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MiSCELLANY.
From Chambers’ Edinburg Review.
JUGGLERS or INDIA.
The cmiveiealion of o frirml, recently arrived froqt
InJta. > nuM" us to notice one or two of the surpiisiui!
I eiformaltcea ol the juggler* of that country which, j
though fomiliar to persons a. quainled with ru-lern
mature, may be new to many ol the reader* of these j
popes. |
A party of juygllera came forward on one occaaion
to peifornt publicly in the yard of ihe barracks at Me
draa. Many hundreds ol the people, of all kinds,
agio, and denominations, including the soldiery ol the
rslabliahmenl, assembled lo witness Ihe exhibition, and
aonie little temporary urraugeinenls Were nude that all
might hear conveniently.
The leader of the jugglers, who were of course nil 1
natives of B.ndoslan. requested the commanding nfli- 1
cer to place u guard of men round the scene of display, l
n precaution which wav adopted and proved a very !
wise one. The floor of the court, be it obseived, was!
composed of ealid, flint am! well trodden. On this ,
ground, then, alter some preliminary tricka of an in-J
feiior kind, one man was left alone with a little girl,
the latter teeming 3or 9 yeara old. Beside them |
stood a tall, narrow basket, perhaps three or faur feet !
idgt by little none Ilian a loot in nidtb. and open at!
the lop. No othiir oljoci, living or inanimate, appear
ed on the ground. Alter a short period spent fly the
man in conversing with the girl he seumed to tpl
angry, ar.d began to rail loudly at her lor Ihe neglect
of some wish of his. The child attempted lo sooth
him, hut he continued to show an incteasrd degiue of
irritation as he went on.
By degrees he la ~cd himself into such apparent fu
ry that the loam actually stood upon his lips, und being
niiur-dly of an unpn posseting countenance, he looked i
to the white epetators at lea.-l, as like an enraged de
mon an might be. Email) bis wrath st the go I rose
seemingly to an uncotiflolabhi height, and he seized
her and put her h neslh Ihe basket, or raiher turned
tlie open rnoulh if I 1 e basket over her person. She
waa thus shut entirely up, the turned bottom of the
hfieki't closing her in above. Having thus disposed of
1..a child, in spite of her screumes and entreaties, the
man ill, w hia sword, which was as bright ns the sur
laie of a mirror, and he appealed aa if about to wreak ,
some further evil on the object of hia ire. And after
some moments, during which he talked lo himself and
thr encloacd giil, an il ju-tifving his anger, he did act
ually at length plunge ihe sword down into the basket
end dicw it out dripping with blood, or at least blood
ied drops. The child screamed piliously fiom her
prison, but in vain; for the man plunged the weapon
Ilgam and again into the scene of her confinement. j
As be did so, the cries of the girl became faint by de
grees, and in the end died away altogether, The deed
ul death was consummated.
Ho, at least, thought roott of the horror atrurk per
sms who witnessed this action. And well ii was for
the chief perforator in it that he requested a guard to 1
he pi iced, for it required all the exeilions of this guard
lo prevent the aroused soldiers, who het.es, and this to
ho no trick, Inn u dialeilicat butchery, from leaping into
the arena and tearing the man to pieces. The excited
Irishmen amongst the number, in particular, ground
their teeth against one another, und uttered language
not very complimentary to the juggler. F.ven the ;
ofltcets, whose latter education and experience made’
them le.s open to such feeling.grew pile with uneasi
ms- But observe the Issue ol sll I hia.
When the man seemed to have cairied his rage to
the last extremity, warned, perhaps, by the looks of
the soldiers that it would be aa well to close the exhi- ‘
bttion without delay, he raised his bloody sword for a
moment before the eyea of the assemblage, and then
struck the basket emaitly w ith il. Tl j baaket tumbled
over on the sole, and on tbc vpot which it had covered, I
in the place of ihe expected corpse of the girl, whose j
hurt groans had just been heard, there was seen Hothing’
No vestige of drees or any other thing to indicate that
the girl had ever been ihere. The amazement of the !
spectators was unbounded, and it was, if possible, ren- 1
dered more intense when, afler the lapse of a’ few
Bicon Is, the nlenliral little girl c.me bounding from
the side of the court yard, from among the spectoV I
ieet II seemed, and clasp, and the juggler around the
knees, wiffi every sign of affection, and without llic
slightest milks of having undergone any injury- what- -
•vr.
VV’e have said the astonishment es tjie assembly was ■
im-niaiurobli*, and it might icelly well he so, seeing
that the feat was performed in the centre of a court,
every p lint of the circumference of which was crowd
ed with spectators, whose eyes were never off the per
form nice one instant. A* to the notion of ■ subtera
nean passage, Ihe nalurn of ihe ground put lhat out of
the question and bi Ice, that nothing of that kind
existed was made plain lo all who chose lo satisfy i
lac mac Ives on the sulj- cl Ly loosing at the scene ol
performance when they had closed. Kverv one was
sure that the gi I had been beneath the basket, and
Ihe'. she did not gel cut of it in the natural way. But
she did get out, and how > Ilia impossible to soy, i
but time is no doubt that ii was accomplished by some
ckiiful marcjuvc.
A fomcwh.it . Idt feat ia fometimet pmfnrmrrl
with animals, A juggler will pl.ee a lean dog below
one of the b.-skeis, and prism pass! when he lifts it 1
rip you will heir -Id a liner of as fine pups a* ever w hip
par-m could dcirr, hut most people will probably
think tbo tree-lrick a more wonderful one than any of
these. A juggler, in performing this, chooser either a
small spot of the extent of two or three feel square, j
and in the open air. or he ukea s large flower pot am]
fill* it with mould for his purpose. Eiiher of the
ways will do. Having this small plat of faith I efore
In n, and Ins sp, tatois ranged around at a distance of
tw o or three feel, the juggler shows to the company a
ma go suite f mod m ihe centre of the eastern fruit
known by that name, which vanes in size from that of |
an apple upwards. I hiaslone the juggler then | lama
in the earth at the di pth of several inches and t-ovcis
it up.
Not many minutes elapsed until the spectator* be
held a small green shoot arise fiom the spot. It in
ert .isvs visibly m height and size every moment, until ‘
it Milams the aliitude of a lout or so. Ii then begins 1
to send ofl ihe branches from the mam stem ; on tho
branches leaves begin m appear, bearing the uaturul
hue of vegetation. Buds next present themselves, the
whole affair, meanwhile, assuming the reguiai aspect,
io every partieulsr, ol a miniature tree, some f>ur feet
■ Igb. iLe I,ii Is are 1 allowed by blossoms, and final y
the green butt sf he mango meets the astonished eyi t
of sll the spec .s o * Look but touch not, is all Ibis j
t.rwe the juggler * #md, and lie hnnself also preserves
the character of a looker an, V\ hen tho fruit has n
lived at soon th ug like a fail growth for such a tree,
the originator of ibis • xlraordinary icgctation plucks
it and hands ii to the *p< clalors.
This IS ihe winding up of the charm. 7'he as am-
UcJ persons handle Ihe f.uit. ands- • nothing in it’
tho eli jbn st degree Jiffernt from ilia ordinary produce
ol the m-ngo eluliotand by the alow vegetation es
m ll.til*. An lulonnaul on llie.e points, ale u p..i;ioo
nf the fiuil brought firth by this jugglery, and found
it tr ; isle exactly like the raw m .ngo. The whole
process now detailed uvuell) ercupio* about * quarter
nl h ‘UI 1.01,1 Ike planting of the alone lo the no
duciiori o| i hr f „p. Though be give. ,w.y this .
fiult. the performer dors not pan witn the Ires. This
feat, which i- p. if rlly familiar lo || who have been 1
in India, i.. main! an eiliaoidmary one, and .fluids
thr most Iff dual evidence of deception to which the 1
rare ol jugglers has attained.
The f act of sitting without a,, mi ■; support m the I
*’ . is one of Ihe lew first rate Indian trick, which have I
t ern pciformed m Europe { but even this w now held !
eoninvli.i cheap t the mode of perf lining il being 1
juett, Xlsa.ly under., end. The fiat,, performed j
his w.y In the cent,.- of , „,.g of .pjl.tvr.aund*
the juggler. Will, an Uaiat.nl, When ail i. „.J y f„,
the performance, the assistant held. „ n ample cloak or
awning ovar the juggler, which cover, him couudetsly :
for the lime, in a few minutes the coyroing „ I
ed, snd the juggler is discovered seeled cro**.|,g lffl | , n j
the air un.ab.i. u , u | air, .1 the height of a fool or ,o
from Ibe ground.
He IS ill the thin dree* nf hi. country, and on out I
I hu arms, wbicbjs extended horizontally, in a bent
Imm IT 7m ‘ \ “ ?*” ** olh “* >"• wide sleeve ■
on the ground. Thu slight contact of ihe elbow with
.! *“* /,*. “ ,htl e ‘ nnr| . Hie men with terirsilsl
things. Otherwise, he to ally |. f, , h . . „ nJ
haw he maintain# b-m.fil Iheie, i. inexplicebl. io
c.reJes. caat.cl wnh .n01i,,-, c|„.k. o, por,„m uf_|
a* II W lo he Uhevud that .1 the pint where ihe
ciuk touches iht* Hhow, a -■f | erlui kud
p%via*a up the *l M 'vu of tl.e uim. anil hctul lown umlor
iluj body, pUiiO'.’ him pfobiibly upon a hoop. ‘I h
other coil ol Ihi* upriiij* p issr> oil'. aoJ Umlt’ it support
under the second or fsthar t*lT il<>ak.
‘Hie fpnng, in all likelihood, can U* fulJ J up in di
viaion. ao as to be easily coocfnlril while ibe awning
la thrown ovn the juggler at the ilo-t? of the per*
j Ibrniane.e, and tcfore ti* gives libfity to examine the
J apot, which he uvually doca.
j Ttoi* ia the received expUnation of the feat, hut there
I m some difficulty atill in nnderatanding the ii ituie ol
the weight or support which ia placed beneath the
cloak. ‘J’hia muat eviJeutlv be of considerable power
to Kuattnn hit fia'hr , end how he gets it out ol the
wav i* nut eoaiiy seen. The leal* .ue tlie reautta of
aurpruing art, addreaa or conirivarit e, an i I >r auch tho
native* at India certainly rival the whole woilJ,
Ahk eos oi KißMins.-**! know a farmer who ha a
out tilieeu acres of land, oil of which he supports hia
family —he continue* tug t forty bushel* wheat Iroin
an acre, and fium tifty to seventy bushel* of Indian ,
corn, bchivlcs corn-f>>dder io ahundance ; inatead ul im
j poveriching hi* land by thwe heavy erupt, kucU i* hi*
| economy in paving, making and applying hi* manure*,
; that hi* l ain giowa richer. Tin* farmer applies In*
knowledge of figure* tu hi* own calling, lie nays he i
c annul dliurJ to grow half u crop, a* the detrnoi j!hn
in fence* and the interest of money on the land ia tlie
ruse, crop or a half crop. It i* needless to soy that
this man lake* two agricultural papers.
1 know unother lmuier who l.u* 78 acres of land a
line i alcurcous rlay loam, ameliorated by tjuariz and
huierioiie pebbles ; w ith the sprinkling of small houl*
ders. Ho barely subsist* hi* family, in a very priini- j
five way, on the avail* of lii* 78 acre*. Hi* cornfield I
i* ploughed, or rather hall ploughed, bite in tho spring,
I tho weed* run a race with tho U e planted corn, until ;
late in Juno, when the hoe and the plough give the !
stunted plants tbc end of the luce.— Now comes a
drought--the already enfeebled plant* have no organ
ic power to make the extia heal available; lit nee tiny
a * pinched by that very influence whirl) gives fruition
lto the weiJ-n nd*d anil early-pi ailed field.
Hut tho drought li-m at least served this man w ith
an excuse fur his short crop of Indian corn ; thin kjv*
rng his pride at the expense of In* pocket. II * wheat j
fallow ib * little better managed ih.m Ins cornfield, hut j
’ crop i* always foul, sometime* abort, and the grain* •
generally shrunken. To bung the year übout without 1
running into debt, this man pinche* hi* family in the ;
ordinary comfort* of civtliz ttiun; go to his houtc in a ’
winter’s day, ten lo one he i* asleep on Ins bed, or sit- j
ting costly by the fee, A*k him to subset ibe for an ,
agiicuitura! paper and he i no longer cosy : oil the ‘
Goth and Vandal in him ia sruuoed. ** 1 want no book i
lo teach me how to farm. ]ook at my neighbor Pro- j
gres*, he is a book U r iner. What use arc hi* Uuihums
und Uerkslnrc*. and all hii big crop* ! lie spend* it
all ; it only makes hi* family proud ; how nidJ il make*
ine lo see hi* chilJren 8-nt by here every d*y to the
j ‘*ll*?p school!” Ido not retort upon this man tin
fa l, that Ins district school cannot be respectably bus
tamed, because t!*c district container; too many such
M.i*i an himself. 1 let bun ulone in hi* glory. 1 aa
*ul no man, who like the hedgehog, is armed at all
points.
1 know another farmer, a uuld,quiet German, who
seem* instinctively tu have that German love of the
beautiful anJ true, which t*ouly an acquired la?ti* w ith
us res! less A rnen mis. While we sham afierthe ul
timate good, they quietly improve that which is within
iheir reach. Tina man’s farm gives an earnest of the
industry am! good sense of it* proprietor. Nut a thistle,
n >t a brier, no uldcr hound fences; all i* neat, clean,
and arable. The house rather plain ; if ii displays no
tate, neither ia it like too many of our fine farm housi**
—a cari< lure on all orders, and good taste te boot. The
■ b,rn a large, well ventilated, with painted blinds; the
fence* permanent and strong ; what ts lacking about
i premise* is ornament, i* amply made up in neat
ncas, and the uppcaiame of positive comfort. This
m*u modestly tays, lch cun night guth English
! anil he take* the papers, and the well thumb
ed leave* of hi* last year’s Uultivjto*, *.ho.v* that it*
; cuiitenta have been under*lHiiJiug|y und by him.
1 know yet another farmer, a hook farmer it you
plcaee, anew beginner, hut an enthusiast in his calling, i
He soon fotiiul that ha coold do nothing by way of im
provement, without awakening in the minded hu htad 1
mun or factotum, un enlhu iam akui to hi* own. This
j nan, a- first demurred to hauling swamp muck into the
ba<n yard, l*t it should spoil the mauurs. Now ht*
ha* b come au aident student in vegetable economy,
and in the philosophy of vegetable growth and nutri
tion, a* it is taught in the bguculiural papers ol the day.
He* c i* at lea a tone laboring (nan exalted from the char
acter of a moicinary drudge, to be a respectable co
maker with the chemul in hi* laboratory, and on a
i grander scale.
From the Charleston Liming AVui.
LIFE IN CA Mr AM) F1EI.1).
A professional gentleman of this city* who served
| fur sou e yea s in the Army, has afforded u* an oppor
tunity of inspecting his Journal during ihaf peiird,
’ “huh he ha* prepared for puh'iratimi unier the title
of •* Life in Camp anil buhl.’ ]]* ha* aLo granted
ua peiuuesion to make from time to tunc such extract*
, from this woik as we huppo*e would mtcreit our re*d
er*. Availing ours ]\e* of that permission, we present
our readers to-day with the chapter which contains an
uecount the Hattie of Kifikimrnce in Florida, in
which General, then Colonel Taylor, distinguished
hrmselt, and lor hi* gallantry in which i'ligugepient lie
was brtvetted a Brigadier.
cairria nr.
Fort Fierce esfab/ithtd—Remains es an ancient Fur
tijicat'.on The Fithof Indian Hirer— Arrival nf
’ GeneralHimandezand Cavalry— Ij/ Artillery un
boating service — Arrivul nf Gen. Jessup and Dra
goons— Col. Toy tor's buttle of the K'ssunmee.
j On the morninc of ih Sil J.inu.ry, 1838, \\p mov.
eJ ovrr to die writ side of Indian Kiver, lo „ pot (our
miles South of (lie 10l l, dx-6ijnaU-d a. o|| lC
exx-elleni-e —fleinu Ihe highe.t point of land on tins
whole river, though only ihout fifteen f.ct .hove the
walor. \\. iherelore i.Uldiahed ours,Kis, first by
idlehioK our lrnl on a narrow esplanade between Ibe
river and the fllufl, which ri.es perpend,cuia iv behind !
ue; next, by erecting a ulocll liouse upon ilia top of
the bluff Being j-ieltv much like all other block
butt tea in Florida, except that Ihi* one wa. built of pal.
nwtt'i log., e deemed it wurlby lb,- li.le effort, „nj
Ihe distinction iff a a.iiie. It na. Ibetefore dubbed
I ort ] teres, after our worthy commander. My tent
vv.a located with ita front but ff-iv feci from the
w.tct’. edge, and but a few inchea above tho river'a
surface. Here waa luxury ! lo lie upon ray blanks t*.
and have Ihe walor cotj.lamly in eiaw, and almoat (
. w.thin reach iff my band. The rpot upon which we
! were encamped, bore liace. of having not long previ
! oua lcn tha site of an lod‘an camp ; and ut a point
jutting into the river, a saw hundred yard, aoulb of
i u, were atill left alanding the pole, and palmetto !
le.ve. of some of ibetr lodge*. A dense l„ret, in I
winch Ibe palmetto held a calispirunu. pi ire, hound
ed ihe view iuniediat, ly in our rear. The formation
of the ground mlj oiling the bluff prevented vlrong in- 1 1
diiationa of it. b.i-ing been thrown up in the tegular
Rianuer ol a loritfie. ion, but when, or bv wh-tm
will pro!,ably furevn remain a secret—tha anfiqqiiy ‘
only of il. date mle known |> y the rnormou. Ire, , j
growing out ol the rinbanktneni. and rntrenchm, nl*. :
which are ca.ily lo tw di.inigui.tn and. It may ba,,- po.
•Ibly been Ihe retreat, in old, u limn, of the Uticca- ‘
neer, for, lo quote Ibe worda of btalory : •• The eoa.t j
i ol 1 londa waa long Ihe favorite retort, and hir fray.
1 and inlet, but little known to ibe ro.l of the world. I
lung continued lo be Ihe ..fe retreat of that hold, ,le.- ,
; *bd terklru rare of being., who during Ih.
•eventrentb rentury, to much inve.led Ihe Houtbem i
>e.., Il W. from Ibt. Coa.l ihel they drew their mam
\ ~,r i'', c ■"'* wh.it driven from the oeeao, il w.a her. i
; in three unknown region# Ih.l they .ought I
And eteorduig to tndmen.tt w.< lo th. Mpaeteh lorta
and •et'.lemrnt* along the eoa.t tlut they carried in,|rh
j f ih.ir blued-elaine.l w,-alih, wbtrh the* had g.-hn- I
r-d by piracy from Ibe four co-ner. of thn . ort!, or |
| perchance il ie Ihe work of the adventurou. Kp.niardt,
| **hoae trace* are lo Ihi found .1 utmost ee,y aiep in
I f loiida, where more ih.u two hundr.d veaia ago tu, v
, made their .ettlemtol.,
In idcqu.ta are u,d lo expr**. the quantity and
, quality of thefl.h ih.i abounJed in tho.. witer. In
on. hour one may t.k. .. min , Unnilas, lied Ash,
I CrWi /' ,r ** Sheep-Head, Hat,. Trout. ..,,1 myriad, of
other kind., unknown eUowhere, of the flur.t flavor,
and ,-f large dimrn.inn., generally from two lo three I
I • l-nglb, a. Will least . regiment.
The Cnee* kind ol Sbvrp-bead wa ve>y aorni dtKaid-
eJ from our rnesf-’ablcs, as nui-orne thiog* in cornp%r
ison with the other fih cuuglit there, anJ which ore
peculiar to lhe<a latitude*. A* for the o>teia, six are j
a comfortable meal for one person . indeed, without
exaggeration, the greatest abundance may he easily ob
turned, wh ch after removal from the shell measure six
or inches in length, and two or three in breadth.
A whole urrny might be Rubsißted hcie upon the pro
duce of this n\er, it fish diet agreed wrh them, and
not fi’ir an exhaustion of supplies. We all of u* be
gan to g ow so fit upon thi* good living, that we were
afttiiJ something should turn up veiy *oen to produce
, a change in oui ft licitou* inode of lile, and llial we
•diould have to boirow from our neighbors the ludiuns,
I lheir *t)le of dress, tor our clothe* rveiy day becume
lighter. .A few day* alter settling on our new ground,
Lieut. Fowtfll followed u* with hia command, and en
camped a few hundred yards distant on the river shoie.
He, however, ream und but o day or two, when he
again pulhd up stakes und nnburked bis detachment
to prosecute the object of hu expedition. From here
be was to proceed first to explore the Hi. Lucie river,
| one ol the tributary streams of Indian river, twenty
miles routh of our position, llii boats basing proved
! insufficient for the comfort We oecorurnodaiitui of Ins
: whole party, the Washington Volunteers were left
, with us. anon after the departure of Powell, Gen.
Hernandez and his mourned force arrived, having
thread, and llieir way with difficulty through this un- j
known and never before visited tract of country.— ;
JVy. however, | ia J the advantage of carrying brt little j
fiaggage, only what could be packed upon the backs of
on uU)*.
In consequence of thin arers-ion to our numbers,!
and ihe non-arrival of ihe *csel expected from St. !
\ Augustine with forage for the horses, o'Jera wer* is-
I for put of the l*t Artillery to return to the ILni
; lover in the .Mackinaw boots, and bring hack, with all
; possible despatch, a supply of horse food. G’orise
- on the Bth J mu rry, Col. Pie ce and the crejl
er part of his regiment departed on their voyage up
l Indian river; Major Kirby remaining in coinmaink.of
; that part of the regiment which was left to take care
of the camp, and defend the si k.
On the 14th January our remote am! quiet little po*t
presented quite a h ene of bustle, occasioned bv the
arrival ot lien. Jeaup and his Siafl', accompanied by
pat of the 2d Dragoons, under the command of Col.
I Twiggs, amounting to four hundred men, arid about
i *'* hundred mounted volunteers from Alabama and
| I ennessco. They bad left a part of their detachment
encamped about thirty miles from us in the interior, at
a place called ('amp Lloyd ; and had come, seeking
this post through the wilderness, in quest of provisions
lor themselves and horses; and where Gen. Jesup
j concluded to remain and recruit his troops on the fine
I oysters and other fish, until Grn. Euslia with his di*
, vision should arrive at Camp Lloyd. The General
had with him a* guide, an fiidnri recently captured
personally by Lreut. Scari* of Ins They had
passed many heavy trails, which were recent, and all
I thending to the S nub. The lnd'itns were therefore
j thought to l o in force in that direction ; and as the
whole of that part of Florida was represented by our
Indian guides as uninhabitable, except a very narrow
strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Oht
oho lee lake, our troops were expecting soon to give a
ery good a< count of the enemy, it being impossible
fur them to escape unobserved or retrpat much farther
south, without being stopped bv the water.
By the arrival of Cjpt. 11. Brown, we first learnt
the particulars of a disastrous victory which the di
vision under Col. Taylor hod gained over the Indians
disastrous, inasmuch os he lost five officers, twenty
five privates killed, and over a hundred wound* and.
It seemed that on the evening of the 24th December
t -01. I aytor captured an Indian on the Kissimmee river,
from whom lie learnt that Alligator with all the war
spi'its of the Heniinoles, and Sum Jones, or Ahiaka,
l 8 hundred and seventy-five Mickasukies were en
camped not many miles distant on the easd side of the
i Kissimmee, and near the lake Oke-cho-hce. The Col
-1 j on< ’l consequently, under the reluctant guidance of the
captu ed fnd'an, who bad no taste for being hung,
went in search of the enemy, and after passing several
cypres* swamps and dense hammock*, leached the vi
j cinify of their encampment on Christmas morning.
The Indians, in expectation of an attack, had se
lected one of the moat difficult places to approach in
j Florida ; having • swamp nearly a mile wide in font.
which was impassable for horses, and almost so for foot, j
, * hey had also cleared away the palmetto from before
tho hammock in which they were stationed within
rifle range of the skirts, and as the army charged, re- ‘
ceived them with a deadly fire, which brought nearly j
one tenth to the ground. Notwithstanding the warm |
and destructive fire which was kept up. the sixth arid
part ol ihe fourth Infantry pressed forwaid. gained tlie
hammock, and afle. fighting severely for more than an
hour, completely routed the enemy, who were driven ‘
in every direction, leaving the field, wih ten of their
, number dead upon it. in po*se*sion of our troopa, and
innumerable trscei of blood where they had dragged
others i ff.
The sixth Infantry 6uff*rod most severely. It lost
j'* Lieut. Col. A K. Thompson, Adjutant J P. Center,
C’aj t Van Swearingen and Ist Lieut. F. J. Brooks,
j i’l *h ?gt. Major, and nine ten rmik and file. It must
h ve been a hard contested slioggle in which every
officer of four companies of one regiment, including
the orderly sergeants, were either killed or wounded,
while its commander snd stall fill where they fought,
in the hottest of tb** actiou.
The Missouri volunteers, who were with Col. Tay
lor, met with a serious loss in the death of their com
m inder. Col. Gentry, who fell mortally wounded, while
gallantly encouraging hia men lo the charge.
Thu* did our uallant little at my once nioie prove its
! intrepidi y and invincibility, though ul ho great a sac
rifice ; but I trual not gieuier than wa* counterbalanced
by the Advantageous reautta that no doubt accrued from
ibis victory. And it only remains for Congress to
show a nation’s gratitude, by providing for tho fami
lies of those martyrs tn llieir common country’s cause
“ FOREIGN™"” -
From the New York Herald,
Highly Imp*riant liftva from
ii icon:.
ARRIVAL OF.THE
STEAMSHIP HIBERNIA.
TEN HAYS LATER.
The aleamahip Hihffnia, L'apt. Ryrte, m„le a very
.ho, I |,a...ttr, and arrived .1 Uo.lon Juno J at. Khe j
Irii Liverpool on tha iflih o lt .
The intrlligcoc# rtxeived by her i. of conaidenhle
importance.
There appear* to U an evident deeire on the part ofl
l f ,ri * Britain lo aellle Ihe Orrgon question ill the most
.nt,chit* tnaunei.
Th# ‘"• of tire notice reaoltni int, a. they passed !
i ibe Senate, 'e d<*emed of a v#,y faxurahle character.
The quealion was incidentally brought luff.,re the
House of Common., on th. 16111 u|t„ , n d buih Sir
, Robert Feel and Lord John ftß..rl|, referred to it in a
very conciliatory manner.
It ia auppo.cd that poaitfve inti ructions have come
net in the llibernix, 10 Mi. P.cieoh.nt, to ,eule tlie
m.tter at one. end negotiation mil p.oh.blv be intntu
j diaieiy ten.wad in Waalxingteu.
The third reading of the Corn Bill haa at lengdi
1 ‘ll# Hou.e of Common* l,,‘iiu largest majority
win, h 11 ha. yet commanded—Vß
J The traJ* in provisiona waa not vary b'ii#k.
Thera very bill* doing in grain. The urnval nt
floor from the tinned Stale* ctqiimuad large.
The money market has improved in loue. end Ihe
, new. which ceuxf to band la.t week front the Coiled
Nlaiea, relative to ibe action,of Congress on Ihe Ore
gon qje.noa, -, almost nope rrpnhlo ln ita effects on
I the Funle. The tefuine es h r Bank of England
•how an increeae ,0 eiriulafion. Tlie prtvtle dvptietls
r* nn the dcaeaea — an ere tha aecu'iile#; but lit#
bullion, we I t nappj’ to eey. cooijnue. .leadily lo in
j rrca.e. ■* ; ’ ‘ ’
Tne ti'mher trade conlinued ilrp/eewd. . • ‘
The Commercial ar-eounts front the Continent are
, encouraging. The great Leqwic fair baa pawed off
I will, and cotieidarabla quantmea of Engliah gonala,
wlnt h war# arm on .ale, found purcltaeere. German
woollen, are spoken of e* having twen flat at tbo lair.
The Caledonia emvd at Li.vrpwd May I4ib, after
■ ptaeaga of IU) days,
Tb# p,lc# of cottiwt not varied fiom ih# previous ad
eice., though the demand had somewhat aoatad, sad
on Ihe 18111 the market closed heavily.
The Impudent proposition of th* Mexican Govern
ment created a stormy time among the hood linldete
Fared,s agent demanded anew loan es two millions,
anJ proposed la consul,J*'e the oIJ JiU at a Jiarount
of CO per cent.
The Liverpool Timrt mention* that report* ere in
circulation of the intended resignation of Sir Robert
Reel.
Smith O Bricn whs still in ptisan, where ho had
been about llnee week*.
The l)utip Newt, eatahliahed by Oiekina, ha* been
tried and failed, Dickens, sicken- and with the Ntwa, ir
winging his flight to Constantinople. from whence the
sheets of his new work are to be sent.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer haa intimated
that the nrtv arrangement for sailing a sleiiinet to Ame
rica weekly w ould ie carried into effect a, soon a- pos
sible.
The London Times of the 16th till, asyx 2 ser
geants, 2 corporal*, 2 bombardiers, anJ 20 gunner* arid
drivers of the Royal Artillery volunteers, were selected
yesterday afternoon and medically inspected at the
Ordinance Hospital, at Woolwich, for special serviee
on the holders of the Oregon lerrhoiy, and will pro
ceed about the latter end of the present month or be
ginning of June for their destination, under the com
mand of Captain Blackwood, promoted la-t month
from the Royal Horse Artillery. The Terrible, war
steamer, is expected to lake them to America with a
•up|dy of gur> and storta. 3,000 excuvotors are also
to proceed from various pans in this country, and as
semble at a certain place on the Hudson Bay Compa
ny’s territory.
It is calculated lhai 30,000 persons will have emi
grated from Ireland in the present year lu the United
State*.
DOMESTIC.
From the N. U. Picayune, Map 30.
EIGHT DAYS LATER FROM THE RIO
GRANDE,—MATAMOROS TAKEN.
i’be steam-hip Galveston arrived last evening from
Uraias Santiago, which place ehe left on the 27th in
stant. She brines a eonli'malion of the nets brought
l y the I clegruph. Gen. I avlor has obtained peacea
ble pot session ol Maiarnoros. The Mexican army left
a large amount of aniumtion in the city, which ta ol
course a valuable acquisiliu’ nu> army.
Ihe Mexicans destroyid an immense quantity of
their ammunition hy fill.ng up the wells amt throwing
other portions into the river.
General Tuylor gave most positive order* to his men
not to take the slightest article w ithout giving a fair
equivalent.
The citizens were told by Gen. Taylor to continue
their business operation*, but prohibited from selling
liquor to any of the a tiny.
Commodore Conner with most of hi* squadron bad
left lor IWsscola. to relit and reinforce hi t ne making
an attack upon Vera Crux. He intends taking with
I him three or four line of bailie ships.
Ihe steam schr. Cincinnati, Capl. Smiili. was at
Mata morns —the May King-laud at anchor oil the
I bar, the Monmouth acting a* her lighter. Thesteam
!Hr AlluslJ was agtooml in the Day. The Sea and
! I” loriela w ere also engaged as lighters.
On her passage to the seat of war, the Galveston
was the scene of a terrible murder, a man named Robert
Mitchell, of the Mi Kclvrv Guards, having stabbed one
of bis comrades named William Malloy. The doccas-
J ed was buried at sea, Capt. Waddell reading the funer
al service. The murderer was immediately put in
irons, and placed in close custody immediately upon
their arrival at Point Isabel.
Gen. Taylor, immediately after having taken posses
sion of ilatamoro*. despatched two companies ol horse
to follow the Mexican army. They accord ugly fol
lowed them about fifty iniies, bat never approxched
nearer than s x hours travel.
I he amount of money found in the .Mexican army
1 chest lifter the battle of the 9lh contained, it is said
( #16,000 in gold.
! ‘ , ,]e -lames 1,. Day, which sailed on the evening of
\ ,he 26l * ) ’ •"*•! “bout S o'clock, a shoit time after the
Galveston. The only additional items of news she
j brings is that the Mexican army had retreated to Ca-
I inargo, about 200 miles from Matamoros, it is sup
posed for reinforcements. A party of Col. Twiggs
Regiment of Diagoons, under the command of Capn.
May, Arnold and Carr, arrived al Point Isabel on the
evening ( the S6tb inst,, for the purpose of recruit
; ing their horses.
Correspondence nf the X. O. Picayune.
Pout Ton, Poikt Hxexi, 2
j May 26, 1946. $
’ e,,t lemen .- I arrived here yesterday morning on
the steamer Klerida, after a passage of eight days, and
j “nd that the news of the taking of Matamoro. was
earned from here a week ago. There is nothing oc-
I , urr,n 8 h ™ of stirring iuterest, the fighting hav
ing ceased for some weeks to come at least, and I am
tnclmed In think that there will be „o mure f it on
the Rio Grande. Our army must seek the enemy in
their own e„ U ntry if they and sire to meet them in any
considerable bodies. Ampudia's defeat on the Blh and
9th has ruined the Mexican army now in the North.
I hey have lot every thing, rnulea, pack-saddles, am
munition, arms, and men enough to strike terror to
their hi-arts. Fon Polk, as this point ia now called, la
a complete museum al the present moment, with its
Mexican booty—Mexican prisoners, mules, lances,
Bandies, curiously wrought, leather pack aaddlea, huge
aad.be bags, muskets, drums, ordnance, copper cannon
balls, g-ape-ahot, letters and all kind* of document*
picked upon the ground where Antpudis wa*encamp
ed. One of the officers who was in the two engage
inents, says that the supper which the .Mexicans had
in their confidence prepared for themselves, and which
they were obliged so suddenly to abandon, afforded a
j r ' cb repast to our tired and hungry officers and men.
He pronounces their liquors, chocolate, soups, roast
beef, etc., to have been first tale. Ampudia's plate,
which was valuable, was promptly rrlurmd to linn.—
Most of the wounded have been semtoCoipus Chris
ti, but there are still enough here to represent most
painfully the sad result* of war. Capt. Page, whose
under jrw w* completely shot away, is in a fair way
j recovering. Capt. Hooe ia walking about with the
Mump of Ins right arm dangl.itg bv his aide, and up-
J l’ er * lu b ‘ excellent humor. Col. Mclntouh, who I
I was badly wouuded, wusalrelchcd out yesterday in a
Mexican wagon trying to read. He was slabbed in
the throat, or rather down the throat, in the neck, and
in other part* of his body, and was rrpealedly knock
ed down in the fight. Lieut. Maclay, who wa* wound
ed in the action of the 9th, i. here, with an awfully
aore shin, acoss which a Mexican grape-shot passed,
shaving a /retie closer than wa- ~fc , .. it carried with
it a slice of bone and smew. Instances of individual
heroism occurred at those two engagement*, whtrh
would have immortalized a Spartan. I shall note down j
sa many of those as I can gather, and will prepare re
cPiilm of them lor iht HicayuiiE,
Your readers are all acquainted with the geographi- ;
eal posit. oil u s Point Issb. I. I will only apeak of il
a* it first appeared to mo. Pori polk la situated on a
bluff, some thirty feel in height; the bres-t-wo ka cm
close an area of about 60 acres, and they rearm'd* a
very high Levee along the Miami rppr. ,r contain#
half a doi-n sublets’ shoes, a number of store-houses,
built in a hurry, several Mexican built but#, thatched
with coarse grass, and some fifty or aixty tent*
Through the fort. east and wcet, rut s a ridge, with a
strong slope to the south, and inclining g.a,orally to
the north. On this ridge ia the flig staff, fom which
floats the Rtar Rpanglrd Dinner.
‘The volunleers am gathering here in crowds. Yes
terday theOndiaka, Mary Kimrland, Florida and Or
leans, arrived With troopifrom New Orlcana. A com
pany of Texan Ranger* came down to r tdre Island
and were crossed over last evening, ft me arc in- I
cemped near the Fort, on the prairie, and an contpa
ntca of Louraiana Volunteers nr* encamped on the
• .lint, 3J miles distant, at the Uar. | hud the pi.
-e yrateid.y nf mccitog Gen. Memuran Hunt, ol ibe
J.xsn olunlrcra. The G*mial look# well, and i.
an.to. |„ b. on 11,. fisld. Hie men at* hard* looking
h Mow*. All they pray fur is to ho permitted to go out
through the interior, as our array niarrhc# in toward ‘
Me sir ten, and to taka aucb towns as they ran reach
Tib t> knowledge of the country, their hardihood and 1
eipe.lvncs in fighting Mexican*, fit them peeul.a.ly lor <
such #*'•* ‘1 here are more than Iw*nly vessel* |y.
mg h*‘*. mid and outside of th* B*r. On* frigate
of war and the balance transports and Hading ve-a. I*.
Th* florid, drew less than seven feet and bumped
heavily on the Uar as she came over yeabnday morn
mg. Ibv Hon. Kic Garland is here, and ia about to : 1
establish lm* nf coaches between Hu* point ih( J 1 I
MataiDiirO*. Ho will make a forlune hy the operation I ‘
if ha commence# soon. The suilfera put ll* screw. ‘ 1
to the poo’ eeldiera her* at a cruel rate, in tho way of 1
charges It is really outrageous, and should Lc looked
lo by those in power. A* *oon as I become a little |
belter acquainted with mailer* and men in ihi* vicinity,
I shall be able to give you mote interestin', matter for
publication. 1 intend to start to-day or 10-morrow, if
possible, for Maiarnoros, and shall there keep you in
formed nf all that transpire* worthy of note. An soon
as I can obtain a correct knowledge of the number and
organization of ihe Louisiana Volunteer*, you slttrll
know what they arc doing. At present they are in
tbo ercat confusion to allow me to class them off.
The sea-bathing at this place is fine—ihe sun exces
sively hot. not a solitary shade tree—plenty of fish,
and a fine sea-breeze. .'The Volunteers, as far as I hafe
heard, enjoy excellent health. ‘Two from (.’apt. Rot
st an’a company were brought to the hospital, hut are
not dangerously ill. Yesterday a Louisiana Volun- t
leer was huried. He watt an Italian, 1 believe, and
had been sick lor a long time. ’The pour fellow re- ]
ccived a soldier's burial.
Yours very truly, JJ,
P. 8. —'The Volunteers encamped at Ihe Point by
the liar, hove just been ordered lo this place.
A Idler from our private car respondent -ti,’ contains
the following ilem :
1 so-got in the beginning* of my last letter to say
that Ihe Cumman.Hug General haa ordered that Ihe
blocks ie oi Ihe Rio Grande will be considered as rais
ed in rega-d lo all ves.els bringing cargoes for mi r
chant* in MatatriHins, except such a* contain muni
tions of war of any description.”
From the X. O. Courier, May 30.
TEXAS.
A letter from San Antonio dc Bexar, give* deplora
ble accounts of murders and robberies committed up
on the people inhabiting the western frontier of ‘Texas
hy the Garaanehes and Lipans. Most of the able
bodied men of the colonies of New Braunfels, Gastro
ville and Lake Quahi having join and the army under
Gen. Tuylor, the savages, profiling by their absence,
threw themselves upon the old men, women ar.d chil
dren, burnt the houses, the crops of corn, inuilvled
the dead bodies, violated llte women arid carried oIV a
number of children into slavery.
Ihe Commercial Association of German Prince*
who undertook to colonize the mountains of the Hun
Saba, have not been successful it) their plans. ‘They
directed a cenvoy of one hundred wagons on the route
towards the colony, which was attacked by the sava
go*. ’The German emigrants, after fighting desperate
ly, wer* overwhelmed by number* and obliged to re
treat, leaving behind them a great number of killed and
wounded in the hands of the savages. ‘The wagons
contained Ihe whole forlune* of the emigrants.
The people say that two companies ought to he de
spatched without delay in pursuit of these aavagei, if
the exigencies of the service will permit the absence
of such a fe'Ce from Ihe main army. When the troop#
make their appearance, the savtigr* w ill fly before them
—but widufterwa da return and commit new ravages
A strong body of soldiers Jtutpld be permanently sia
‘i-lied near Ibe settlements lo restrain those Indians.
I he improvidence of the leaders of those colonies
ha* become p overbtal. Tiny are generally land-pec
ulator*—who, since the slave trade is abolished, have
made a commerce in the whips.
Generally the emigrants are brought over in had
ships, and arc made to pay a high price for their pas
sage—they have ttom dtcal treatment when sick, and
on hoard ship many of them die; and when they land
they ate again cheated in the transportation of their
baggage.
We Iruat the Government will take Ih ae unfortu
nate emigrant* under their protection—as thsy were
Ihe first to fly to amts at the call of Ihetr adopted
country. It is to be hoped that some method will lie
devised ot arresting the oppressive conduct of the spec
ulating leaders of the colonies.
CAPTURE OF MATAMOROS.
W’e get some interesting accounts from the N. O
p tpers of the capture of Matarnorn* by Gen. Taylor
It is staled that on the morning of the 17th ult. about
auur.se, Gen. Ampudia gave the signal that he wishtof
to hold a parley with Gen. Taylor. He came over to
the American camp in person, anJ requested of Gen.
T*ylor the granting of an arm nice. To this Gen. T
replied, • Sir, th* time lor asking an armistice is past;
you should have thought of this before; it is now 100
late to think of such a thing.’ Gen. Ampudia then
desired a suspension of hostilities. This also Gen. T.
positively refused, atating that he had brought all hi*
cannon to Ibe Fort and lie wa* determined they should
render aome serviee. at the came time pooling to Ihe
cannon and its position.
Ampudia then asked Gen. Taylor il in surrendering
Matamoros lie would be allowed to exrepl the Govern
ment property. Gen Taylor replied No, and that he
intenden lo take the town at 4 A. M. the next day.—
Ampudia then retired, and Gen. Taylor matched hi*
troops up to Fort Drown and at daylight commenced
crossing. No resistance wa* offered hy Ibe Mexicans
on the bank, and it is said that many of them assisted
in landing the ooats. One officer a lieutenant of the
cavalry, wa* drowned in crossing the river. After be
ing crossed they were met by a nunilvr of citizens and
Mexican officers who desirrd Cos know of Gen. Taylor
if they could retain (he gsrrrntneol properly. Ueu. T.
replied that he wanted all Hie town. The American
force* th. n lunched into Ihe place, and Adj. Bits* rode
up to Ihe fort and sounding the parley, demand -d the
surrender of the town; It* was asked if th* govern
ment property would be excepted; he replied that
nothing could he retained ; oil must he surrendered.
‘The Mexican flag waa immediately hauled down and
the Star Spangled Banner tan op. The citizen* join
ed loudly in the cheering of the army, A stifficiant
force was then placed in th© fort, and Ihe army after
moving through the town.drew f) and encamped in
the vicinity. Not a gun was fired. Ampudia retreat
ed front the town immediately alter the inteiview with
Gen. Taylor.— Herald A Tribune.
From Ihe Galveston New* of the 29th ult. we take
the following distressing new* :
Tite sloop ’Tom Jack, Captain Parker, arrived yes
terday morning from Corpus Cbiisli. She left Aran
saa P*-s last Monday, at which place the Steamship
! Sea had just arrived from Braao* Santiago, to take to
the latter place aorne families and persons connected
with the army, front St. Joseph's Island and Corpus
Chriati. Onboard of the Bea were Mr. McCliester,
Leul. Humphries, and Mr. Roger*—all of whom woe
suposed to have been killed. The former indeed was
seven ly wounded, artel -opposed to lie dead hy Hi* Mex
h ana, as reported. Tu tins cirruinatain ehe owed his
escape. He was, however, subsequently found in the
chapp.rebuild taken ptiaoner to Matamoro*, where he
waa well treated, ami tecoveird of his wounds. Mr.
Rogers, in a company of 15 men, two women and a
child, had started from Corpus Chriati for Point laabel,
an the 2d or 3d ult. They arrived at the Litllu Colo
rado a day or two before the hauls of the Hth, when
they were aurpriaed by a company of Rancheroa, and
being overpowered by numbers, they were inductd lo
surrender on a promise of being treated as prisoners of
war Aa soon however, aa they hid delivrraJ up their
aims, they were tied four logatber, stripped of their
clothing, robbed of all their mnney, of which they had
e coueuerable amount. Having h>*n closely confin
ed, twyond Ih* power of resistance, th*ir throats wer#
then cut with a large knife, by a person appointed for
the putpo.r, the women having previously suffered
dishonor. In this massacre Kogsra saw hi* father and
In oilier butclie r*J before lit* own turn chine ; and his j
ow u ext ape wa* owing lo the fart tbal while the wound
upon his throat waa not fatal, he had the presence of
mind in fiuzn himself deed, and waa accordingly, with
all lit* balance, thrown into III* Colorado, where he
managed to recap* unseen, and swam to the other aid*
of tbs river, l Irene* ha auhsequoolty ntads his way
to Ihi Ho> Grand*, it taken priaonrr.sant to the H a
p’tal in MatamoriM, anil, after ibe battle exchanged.
It ie stated that a la'tcr was written from Corpus Chi la
ti two days liefer* the departure of this company, giv
ing infnrniaii*n to th* Mexican* of their march, and
of their amount of money. Future dav-lop,'menu may
detect the author ol Hus cold Ido.ale,l act of treason.—
It was mil, ar lorn, without much Ivluclaree, and
anruu threats hum an Aiiiencm officer, that the Mexi
can officer toOavutad l* *icliMlg* Mr. Rogers.
THE MEXICAN* HI7EINU FOR PEACE.
A who auived at New Or leane j n Ihe
OaJwttlon, fumi-haa lha Bulk!in with lha billowing
iinponem intelligence! ••On lha 17>h inet. a large
I -or i ion of (Jen. Tayior’a army moved up lha liver fu
ilia purpoae ofcroaamg, Can. Taylor remaining at ihe
fortification with about three hundred man, Aa the
araiy ware aeer. by the Meaicaira an lha oppoeile aide
to leave Ilia encampment ami approach the ford, Anala
sent . fl.g of true* lo Gen. Taylor, reno,„i„„ .
| ‘*‘ ,x * l ” ks - 6' v,n * • ra*on for h, **"’
that hr desirrd to communicate with hi* 0.,,. Uf "’
Gen. T. answered, that h. would giv. him tills'. "'"'l
Ihe next mom rig to evacuate the city of Mai W
and would permit him ie take the public pr 0,,.,
.I hi* charge. ‘Th. fl.g th*.. rtu,n-d. <J “**
day, (the 18ih) the army crosarrl on flats of m-t, ‘ >,W
construction, and the bodies of wagon* caulked tT*
passage was made alroul f .ur mile* above Fort R ‘**
,On arriving at Ihe ctly, it wa* diacovered thru A*"*”
with hi* force#, bed depart*©, leaving ottlr th* -
ed batteries. All the mortals and t*ch of the rn ' < , >Ur “’
app,train- a* could not be removed, in th ni ht '" ,,r
escape, wteic thrown into the well*. A party f r '“* *”
attnv went out lo reconnoitre immediately alter
l H*nce of Matamoro*, and overtook a portion ofthV
i Heating Mexicans, twenty of whom were made U o
! era. It t* understood that Arista’s Head
at San Fernanda, bout ninety miles distant hum
amuros.” llll ’
A correspondent of ilia Charleaton Evening N,„
under dole of (New Orleans, Mnv 31st, sav*
“ Since my Inst wu hare had several arrival. f r „„ ,i
interior, and ibe number of soldiers nt the h.irruck** e
i>e *ren by ilih esiimnio :
Tho St. I onix
Louisville Legion, - • •
.Sixth Louisiana Krg'i. Col. Feathrrmon. ! *
Artillery Batulion, Major Unlly,
One company of Col Peyton'a Volunteer*, * yjj
Total, jr-
And there nrc about four incomplete regiment, i™ , f
cny. I Itu* we are w ell prepared fi.r war, and ‘
afinirs, m a alight degree, work under*taodinglt t”
t mine* bus tecerved ordera for the care of tlw irn,,,'.’
hktdy ,o arrive front the W rst.ull of which wa. .S
paled hy that velrrnn. who ha* received a well
compliment Iruin the lower House ol our l.egi k |„,
will. It has passed resolutions upplauding hi. whole mb’
taty career, but more particularly aince this Mti Z
War. >on will see by the new* fion. .Mexico 1.-dv .
mo-t inlniuuu* *lur upon the character of the
Gul. Gross. Tlli* originally appeared in a Mexican
I per. and may serve as a excuse to Mexican* • Dug muai
I be added to our lift of unrequited tillanie*. Our own,,.
) jtiinty of hdlowing up the war, and at once laying ih,
| lue flat upon hi* buck ia moat fortunate—or rather would
J he, if we would take advantage us il. I.et the troop,
now here he speedily augmented, or immediately
| tu Huinmoros, and otbei* follow a* soon as por-iM
, but to think of itu rendezvous ir. Mei'eo|lintil A ugu-loi
Sepicmher, oa seem* to be the intautiuu at head qu„
irr,, is moat deplorable. •‘No!” aa * used to u, „
j school,'’ let ttsiiae ot once, gird un our swotd,” and
i lorili to 1
“ The st.lou’is we hnve licrr nr* true men, allr nni
willing to light. Excellent nnd well dim iplined on n.
r uli; liglit, guy-heailed, slid good conipanions, nhru
not on • uty.
•’ I o-morrow night Gen. Vega and stslT accoinpnm
; Gen. Guinea amt Mass ta the Goncert ol 61 r. and lb.
Misses Slomatt, at th# St. Chailcs Theatre. Os cotirr,
n great many will he present on that occasion. Vega „
: a ereut lion, and no innn ia more popular with our tul
leers thun Gen. Gaines.”
P* S. Ship (’iimbri'land.
Ihe following letter was received in this city, tv*
i" D “Ififf rin the U. S. Squadron, and the information it
contains enu he fully relied upon.— Charleston keniai
1 Aetcx. *
V. S. Snip CvitoKRUM) i
Pensacula, 20tli May, 1846. j
I You will readily suppose the cautt* of oltr departuri
j freon Vers Urn? for the Rio Grande, where ae hur
Iteen since operating with the army. The JMtxkxn *,.
my, reduced from ld.OdO to 1100 men, the capture of Us
ri'o and Matamoros, with all their storra and manittsaj,
I and the flight of Arista, haa left us time to purtuanm
original phut* of nailiire. Divisions, therefore, of tin
j squadron have been sent off.and before this,theenenni
I ports have ell been blockaded. I pity .Mexico; the pe,.
pie seem to he so deluded. I was in the Barilo expet
■ lion, the inh >hiisnl* ot’ winch place seemed glad eoougii
to have that protection extended to them from ear troop
which they seem n“ver to have received from fheirnap
I should not lie surprised, that the next news from Mr,.
ico, should bring us ridings of a revolution, overthrew,
•re the government of Parades. One thing is rrrli*
Mexico esn nevi r raise iuch an army as the one we re
centlv encountered
Gen. Taylor ha* been solicited bv Arista fern cent
lion of hostilities, preparatory to the arrangement
final terms of peace, and Gen. Taylor replied, that in
limn * w ould be allowed him lo evacuate Maiamorct
there was no lack of hurry when he received ihe refit
Itavinx quitted that place precipitately, leaving ev-o.
tiling in lis flight. Ariein has been misled, and sod*,
reived th* inhabitants of the Itio Grande. He ruppavt
that Taylor was not empowered to cross the river uafn
aov circumstances, but wa* undeceived by the cnpiors
of Rarita, when he quickly applied lo Gen. Tavlnr for
a reasalion of hostilities, proffering lo agree lo *ll the
demands of lh Americans, provided they would not
cross Hin river. I think, from all appeaiancia,lhtl iht
war eaonot last over two or three month*.
Wr shall probably sail, as soon as we are prof inset
for Vera Cruz ; but I doubt if ony attnek will be matte
on the Castle, ns they have prepared il so well fordo
fence ; nnrf if their practice should be equal to Ihe fin
against Gen. Tavlor'a camp. Ihey would sink the whole
of our navy. When the Frenrh attacked lit# Castle,
there were only twenty-five guns of *maf! calibre at ihs
point of atlaek ; they nave now ever two hundred pieco,
thirteen mortars and Paixhan guns in quantities,on at*
batteries at the same point; and one of onr Engineer
officer* aaya, that if they were served welt, no Beet
could ever make any impression.
From the Philadelphia North American
The Admiuiftiratltan and Gen. Scoil.
The statements mad* hy cor able Washington cw
respondeat, in (elation to fh* course pursued by tb*
Administration towards Oen. Scott, cannot fill totl
eil# apprehension and indignation among all perlite
‘I he selection of Gen. Scoff (o eommsnd the fore*
raised under the recant act of Congress was innotint
ed in the Union, and bailed in all quarters and by all
parlies, with exultation and delight. Wbsthitoecm
red In excuse the capricious inconsistency cdf th* Ad
ministration 1 Is not the hero of Chippewa at would
j now as then 1 If there he * reason for a step which
thus out nan the nation and her bravest defender, n
| must b* a secret personal and political reason. Ttism
tlulgence of aueh motives, at such a time, ia utter ly in*
excusable. This mjustioe to a gallant, able, wild faith
fol officer lias no parallel in our history, tnd is rendw
ed llte more obviuus hy Ih* magnanimous eiivpls **
bv Urn. Scolt in refusing to ptucklhe piofierrd lau
rel* which have been earned by ih* trsmic Tsylof
‘The effect of such n act must b* lo diseou'it’ <l*
army and to inspire distrust in the peoplr h*
blow, a heavy one, at the service id gen ral. They*’
sition In which Grnetal Scott wu cal'wl not oah *
the President, hut hy tha Ton* of ih* wholsnatioO’
was due lo his virtue*, genius, and sipaitane*— I to hr*
past aclitev.merit* and htat present high tank and cbst
acter. The country will not sanction the court* “f ‘!>•
President who, start and into joslou*y by the scfltiet
wall which all panics hath and lit* aeleelion of lbs bst”
to lead on our armies lo victory, now aesks to dnbvs
or and disiin-s linn. The design inti attempt trill kia
dle a flame of popular indignation such as tbs cottony
his not witnessed sot years. The w'ar i-now tbrcruis
of the country not nf a faction ; and Ihe effort In i*” l ’
and drgrad* Ihe army, llnough tit chief, to ordrr tv
subserve unworthy political purposes, must m**l
universal reprobation.
Carre tpondtncc of the Philadelphia North Awn'***
WaaiiiNirroa, May J4,|M®.
It ia hardly necearary for me to make any eon®* 111
U|h)ii the intelligence received from lha frunim W*
night, inaeraucb aa no oflfn lal account* haw hern
evived by ihe I'reaident or al the War Department.* 1 ”
Ilia aubjocl ia hy far 100 grave a one for mere •P' C “JV
lion, t can only aay, ihe facta ae elated are ion 10 *“’
lo be greedy e.agi rated.
I now lurn lo a mailer, lha promulgation of •'"t
will, I have no doubt, oeraaion no lillle aurprii* 101
country, and .f II ahould teaull. aa rircume!anc l,J *
eeeui lo wanatit lha apprebrnvtub of, a 111 oaU' r “*
general and aponlanaoue bural ol juel rndigr'a' 1 141
throughout Ilia Union— in a word, thtrt i* ttri“*a Tt *
ton In tit tu ve an ifforl it tiring made by the d/* l ’" 1 *
t niton to tuptntdt Gen Scott in command *J
South Wetlrrii urmy _
In order In prevent he t aee lairly, It i*
refer tu ihu cncuinaiaiitee which broughtabael
laition for thia pool. Alier Ihe fire! indicell 1 '" ”
tdiliea IronipliH f,.nner, lien. Sc oil waecgtlod lid 0”
Cil aa lo tl.a military operatloae ll wee
ed lo him by iho I'rraid. nl and tiecrela.y o’ *
|>r,K'e* > and lo Ihe Kin lirande and taka coaemai.
force* | in plain Irita* they deaired lodrepl*** 1
I'aylur. W nli all Ibe true invlmcl
uohh* qu iliiuic* *f u m in. lien. bcuti U J§t*J
q is’ctl to l> rtiiwiti fruin ut ll a duty.
I hut liftie Taj fur vaii In* } * rnonal *7
Mirtd an (no flaltl ot Uuhl together—be ha •
ahomi himself hiij ermr tu acery 10 -
In* huil herr. |l!ci J, and %%ia a hr*a ■* 4l
ami Mould I'inioul %ii(or on ly. After fl
mun*tfn<r, at \eirtooo ml raiew# iheaulje*
in w i (i* and it waaihm submitted *h'ihf'* ,r * ff# i,
ce|l lUt command cat the (intfl* ordered by {)
I*o thia he reutlily •a* an led, uHifing that ***•
would then hire no pru|cr ground of riwfp* w •