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ought to proceed/n * *>™ ,lar wa >’ a f d kno ” !
man he is some tailors are sad
lv convinced /Fthe latter truth already. Ia
painter studi f * picture, a tailor should much
more studagC coat, which as we have shown is
the hiahe® work of art. But we are getting lost
*’ r.he inJfnensity of our subject and we conclude
[’ HjhnoJPorators do in similar emergencies win
illlntiment— Tailoring, the earliest human m
ffulion, for ages reckoned a mrc vulgar handi
. •. niay the time come when it shall be elc
mS t 0 its true glory and recognized as the ap
i fl )rij|e sphere tor the highest artistic genius
jJsf the New Orleans Delta of Dtli inst.
fMIBt TKST FROM MEXICO.
I H|| Alabama arrived here
iifflflirtlav from Vera Cru/., via ‘i'ampico and
Bfljig St- Jago—having left the lirst port on
tojlt., Tampico on the 3d inst. and the
•A 4th.
Ip are under obligations to Col. 1 ottei
||SPLf Santa Anna’s official despatch t-
R WiilS' l Government, giving an account nl
K Buena Vista, and to Capt. Austin,
Lieut. Dobbin, (all of whom
nf Ml “ the steamship Alabama,
ETOAraMw Tactic
in that Mutnity.
OCCUPATION or VERA CBl/-
At about half past 10 a. M., the American
ttobw-ov., Oie
fort St Jago. The same guns that so incessant
that Uncle Sam had got a deed and U ‘
session of his bargain, thousands of hearts
nnd voices from the Yankee arm) and na )
Echoed the glorious news, while every gun
the whole navy turned sea-sick
and vomited forth their sanction. 1h ly’ ■
occupied by Gen. Worth (since made Govern-
B nd a part of his brigade ; another par.
consisting oHhe 3d Artillery and part of the 2cl
took possession oi the right arm of Ma c -an
Juan do Ulna. At 12 o’clock, precise y, o
the dag, but two flags of the Union showed that
.V_ rnmnletc. An incident OCC,Ii-
the victory was complete. An incident occur
red at the staffthat caused the two tube h.t,ud.
Both army and navy claimed the righ < -■
our colors over tlm castle ; Lt. Cos. ’
the gallant 3d Artillery, and Capt. b— o
th e navy, each with color in hand, nct at 1 c
staff; at a suggestion, both were attached to
the halyard, and these two ofheers together
hoisted them. A salute was tired by Capt. n
derson, 3d Artillery. 1 6 U J” ’‘ ]
battery used were previously loaded and shott ,
and bore directly on our shipping—the firs •
rrchochettcd immediately through. ‘ .
Artillery, Lieut. Col. Belton m comma., , now
.arrises the castle, and it is thought will hold
it for the summer. Their camp equipage and ,
baggage have been sent to the cast c, Ism ,
quantity of Hour was found in the) castle, and a
large amount of ammunition ami a quant, y
small arms, those no doobt used I,y the artillery
in garrison. Every prepnrntiojf had been made
for a bombardment —sand-1,ajntraverses thrown ]
across. All the papers of the tjastlc left-castle
left vtuJ®hg = .-soldiers’ quavers had to he po- j
‘ If' l !cr,™ incy u crd“%iCtSrpittl—J
mounted and ready for scrrieis mostly tine Span
ish bronze, some of them 200 j years old—many
new American and English made guns—guns
of evory calibre, from 128’s to 12-pounders.
City much dilapidated ; most extensive prepa'ni
tions for defence against assault; every stre'et
picketed, trenched, and sand bag breastworks ;
in many places rows of pickets inside the walls,
house-tops fortified with sand-bag breastworks.
VERY LATE FROM THE CITY OF
MEXICO.
The editors of La Patria received last night,
via Tampico, a file of El Republicano, from the
city of Mexico, to the 27th March. The num.
hers from the 18th to the 24th having failed to
reach them, we are not able to learn the par
ticulars about the manner in which Santa Anna
was received at the cupital; he entered the city
on the 22d, according to what we are aide to
make out from several documents published in
the Republicano of the 25th.
Gomez Farias was immediately deposed, and
Santa Anna taking charge of the Presidency,
the revolution was soon at an end. Gen. Pena j
Barragan seems to remain at the head of Mili. i
tary Affairs at the capital. The report of ho 1
and Gen. Salas being shot, it seems was got up
by some of the Farias party.
The latest dates received at the capital from
Vera Cruz were to the evening of the 24th, at i
which time the Vera Cruzanos seemed to claim
a victory ovor the Yankees, and were in hopes :
of being succassful throughout the whole atlhir. |
Gen. Santa Anna had ordered several detach. ‘
ments of troops to march immediately to Vera :
Cruz, in order to assist the besieged.
Tho latest accounts from Chihuahua were to |
the sth March. Tho loss of the battle of the j
£Bth February by tho Mexicans, is attributed to
Tho •
and seven pieces of artillery ; whilst tliose
K Mexicans were 2000 men and ten pieces
Kxtillery. The Americans took possession of
Ehihuahua on the 2d March, and nearly all the
(Mexican families were abandoning the city.
’ A letter from Cedral dated the 17th ol March,
•rtates that General Urrea had met a force of
Arriericans in the vicinity of Monterey, and had
killed and a^ great ntunbor, capturing
170 ivagonsjind about 700 mules. He destroy,
s and th 4 wapons. not being able to take them with
l&ting them on fire. No name, as to
th©\j'4Sp- the commander of the American
forcegjPPgiven. — [lb.
UmfiST from Santa Fb.—The St.
Louis papers of the 30th ult. contain later ad.
vices f om. Santa Fc.
Th.e massacre at Taos is confirmed. Gov..
Charles Bent anJ twonty.five other Americans
wejra slain on the occasion.
The St. Louis Republican says that the in.
• surrections oonsisted of about 21(00 men. Col. i
Fri*d sent out about about 200 mon to quell |
thenr. They met some( twenty.five miles from
Santa Ife, where an engagement took place.— 1
Tlhe Mexicans drew up 2000 strong, but at the ‘
fi rat fire from the Missori boys, thirty .six of
them fell deaad. and the last lied.
€apt. Morin, of Platte, who w as in command
pursued through the Moro valley, and burned to
ashes every house, town and rancliero in hit
path. The inhabitants fled to the mountains, 1
where they must starve, as nioriit leaves them
nothing to subsist on.
As M.. Cadwel) (who brought this news)’
was passing out, he heard at a distance, the
sound of artillery, and lebrned from rumor in
the edge of tlWGsettlcnfent, that the American
army hadfflogped the enemy worse than ever.
Capt. HendlyfjWas the fenly one killed on our!
side. Some seven were wounded.
From the Boston ‘Froidler . Ist inst. -
Intkkrrtino from California. —We haxo
been fa veiled with the porsnal of a letter from a
master of an American ship on the coast of
California, to a gentleman in this city, dated at |
Sun Francisco, Nov. 21. W c have only time .
now to make the following extract, by which it |
; will be seen that the new American consul at,
Monterey is a prisoner in the hands of the Cali- 1
for,lions. We shall make further extracts 1 1 om j
the letter to-morrow. ‘I l,c report oftho mas- j
| sacree of thirty Americans, it appears, is with
out foundation.
••The Savannah Inis just arrived from
, IVdro. The icport of an action at San Peffifj
sis false. ‘ll,ere has been no action t WJ ,
since the affair ol
, Stockton is at S„'jfljjßiTo. waiting to be JjT ...
by Col. left Monterey
men and ph>.‘ last “'■
, -wr-sirc v. .Mfflsi m. x
fukt'ii ijrnrins. i
1. Mr. Thomas O. Larkin, American consul Is
at Monterey, has been taken prisoner by the/
C/Uafornians ; and it is thought they will carry j
him off to Sonora. This will he had for the
squadron, as he had contracted to supply a,
large amount of provisions and stores lor them.;
lie was taken at St. Juan, on his way to Mon- j
j “T),C vessels of war here are the ( ongress,
Savannah, Warren and Portsmouth. The Cy
ane is daily expected from Mazutlan.
schooner Julia Ann arrived lust week, a prize
to the Cyanc, and the brig Mnick Adhe , pnzc
to the Warren, cut out ofMazatlan.
C£r The St. Louis Republican has a capital
army correspondent. He concludes a letter
from Saltillo thus :
The Arkansas regiment nf Cavalry had>
reached camp, and had their fires lighted.-j
Some of us gathered round the tent of the Held j
officers, to dry our clothes, ami tell over t m
troubles of the day’s march. Having talked off
some of thef ill humor gathered on the road, one
of the Infantry officers turned to Col. \ ell, and
addressed him: , ~
“Well, Colonel, that’s a good story they told
on one of your men at the Presido.
“What is that ?” inquired the Colonel.
“One of your Arkansas hoys was standing
guard just after .lark, when the officer ot the
day came around. ‘Who comes there ? said
the sentinel. ‘The officer of the day,’ was the
reply. ‘Well,’ said the sentry, ‘you had bettei
1 be getting to your tent, for the officer of the
nig nt will be around here presently, and hell
give you jessc.”
“They tell a heap of stones on my men that
( are not true,” said tlm Colonel, alter a hearty
j camp laugh had subsided, “and that is one ot
j them. jJßfcwil! tell yon one that actually^du^
fiitq 1 1 >*■ iTc*wivmTit s ifs n^im :
“I wasegoing the rounds alter and
came to title ol my men who had never been on
guard before. lie hailed, ‘M ho conies there ?’
in a thundering voice, I answered, ‘the officer
of file day.’ ‘I don’t know any such man,’
said the sentinel, bringing his gun down to a
rcutly.’ ‘Stand back,’ho shouted. ‘Well, but,’
said, ‘you know me, and lam officer of the
day.’
“I don’t know any body in the night,’ said
he.
“But 11 tave the countersign, and am going
the rounds.’
“I dont know anything about the rounds,’
said the sentinel, getting mad, thinking 1 was
tampering with him. ‘My orders were to let
nobody pajss, sign or countersign, and 1 tell
you what it is, Mr. Officer, you’d better be off,
for she's cocked.”
“Well, what did you do, Colonel ?” asked a
dozen at a time.
“Why, what could Ido ? I heard the tick
as he brought the gun to his face, and saw the
fellow would shoot, so I sloped ! It won’t do
to fool with a Rackcnsackcr.”
Poor Yell will no more toll his jokes at
mess.table or camp-fire.
Itk.ms from Vera C’kuz.—Tho Tropic re
| echos the following items of news from an ofli
i cer of the navy who visited both the castle and
i city atler the surrender:
j A bomb fell through tho roof of tho Gover
j nor’s Palace, killed a lady and her two children,
; who were seated near one of the parlor doors,
j The door way and the furniture in the room
| were entiroly destroyed,
j Tho number of woman and children and
other non-jjombatants in the city, has been
greatly overrated by tho press. Tho whole
diet not proimbTycxc^^H
two J?
The killed andVoumled among tho comhatfl
ants in the/city are satd to be fifty-eight. ■
Thero was but one gun fired at the castlaj';
and no one was injured in it.
The city and castlo were entirely without
provisions, but thero was a large quantity of
ammunition, powder, balls and shells, both in
the castle and city.
Os the Mexican officers who were captured!
at Vera, there were five Generals, eighteen j
Colonels, thirty-seven Lieutenant-Colonels, five j
Majors, ninety Captains, and one hundred and j
eighty Lieutenants —in all, three hundred and
thirty.five.
It is said Gen. Scott will at onre move into
the interior, and that his first object will be 1
Jalapa. which he will take and hold, untill ar- ,
rangemonts are completed and further rein
i forccinents received for the march on tlie eapi- j
tal. He is fully imbressed with the necessity i
i of getting his army clear from the vomito,
i which may now be expected in a very short .
i can obtain considerable
can besides readily keep open his
communications with the sea coast. It is
thought that a garrison kept in the castle, sur.
rounded os it i* with the ocean, would be tree
from the attack* of the vomito, ami it would so
! completely emnnmnd llie town,ns to render it
. (iituocnssan to tuaimaiii n force in the latter.
u You shan’t kiss me, no yell shan't, unless
1 you nro the strongest, ami I know you are,” s*
’ tlu‘ girt laid to h<r b ,mi.
m
[MS©®©!
FOR THR MUSCOGEE DEMOCRAXgSB
Mr. Ed,tor: Not long since a
man went to pay his lady-love a visit.Y j |
child observing his appearance,ran toll
| exclaiming : “ La, la,, ma ! if
c(l off our black sheep s tail, andmjftH
face !” The gentleman made jMfl
A few days alter that, seeing thtjij
he says, “ Well, sis, I LjJ£j^bxkflr
sheep’s ta,i.” “ And®
again iiiiiofcutly JKI
lIISOIbIT
LA in it * application to alt.
)oluint>is, Thursday, Al ril 45,
Fu rope.— Several Packet vesfl
and steamers have recently arrived at New
and Boston, bringing Liverpool
•Hist ult. There is no polUi|ljj|fli
Ftmougl, to dcYwtUKftHflf
Inver in Liverpool, but remained
Take cake of your Paters !
“Democrat” will please kick all borrowers, !■
“ middle of next week.” We must stop tjß
occasioned by having to supply custoumrsß
extra copies, bv reason of frequent losses froffl
bad practice of lending their newspapers! , &&
II.I.tniNATION.
Monday evening last was a gala time®
city, the people, almost cn masse, haviiM
in paying honor to the brave and
who have achieved such signal tnmnphsJH
ico, for our arms. At 8 o’clock, the mflM
ing of the various church and other bd|j|
city, and the firing of cannon' ga®HMl
signal for a gcerZ Jighting, up, ■
thing if v.as, through the lengthH
i tin- town, from the single talloH
‘l,„,e widow's retired
blazing lumps of the. inansfoiH
“City Light Guards,” iinderfl|
(Capt. Cooper beingjabseiit, j tfi|
- Y| paraded the streets, beartng au a|M
Sinner with characteristic devices, suchtt
Hinny and Navy,” “Como and talfl
“General Taylor never surrenders!” ■
Davis and his squad ol 20, “A. . lt^|
grape, Capt. Bragg,” Ate. Ate. Ib’oflß
Band of Musicians, under the directioß
Bernreuter, ascended to the roof iff the J
occupied by us, and thence
ring and patriotic strains of martial tqM
immense crowd of citizens that tbroil
streets. Various transparencies andj
were exhibited at the windows, wliichl
• possible to enumerate in detail, affshW
I thoimhlic iTulsabeat in .joyful mB
t it® Hall, or Court House,
cent building, was brilliantly illjl
from the plaza there boomed the nl
until a late hour in the evening.!
Hotel, with its long range of
out gloriously. So nlso did Ca(l
Mansion House, Perry’s Kentucky fl
cert Hall, &c. &c. Among the tral
that attracted considerable attention, w
provided for a window of the “ Demoqi
l>y Mr. States Lewis, representing an
tal column overshadowed by a xvcenSiJ
nnd bearing the inscription on the\j
“ Sacred to the memory of Yell, Hardin
( lay, 1 inton, Albertis, Jt®|
ed as a tribute of respect
/alien brave, and was piHjgj
the hundreds who looked!
ti, i.
N“ aecident of anvflfll
pleasures and general'joyTof" the evj
were there any indications to slioxvj
feeling had any thing to do with the!
lions of honor which were being il
whole population, to the gallant Army
of the country.
John C. Calhoun.— Although we hjfl
compelled to differ in opinion with this I
guished Senator, and have, on several occfl
denounced what we believed to be his p J
errors, yet wc have ever been I
justice to the greatness of his talents and fcefl
to the country, and to the general /loaes/jil
views and purposes. We are not of thrß
are prepared to hunt down Mr. Calhoun, vfl
jijooddipiiiid spirit of party, on acconn^H
Tic ’• ■ p ■ IUK |
views of his own, ontliesur?)^Bß^Hj^H l, 8 ,1 l
doer not stand by the administration, t CC! -
good and evil report, attd under all circutny 1 ex-
Ho has a right to his opinions and to the !,;tsor
pression of them, and on account of hilf’ a his
vices in the cause of Free Trade, &W 01
past and prospective services in
ern rights and Southern Institutions, ■
to more lenity and forbearance, fromß
cratie press, than lie is now receiving® /
of the pampered, hireling
of Executive nntronage?B
111 . 1 Hot be I'.lM
m ■!” n- . i .-'lelil'imMMwßfeuVua
i’ I- -i. than - : f
demur i-> that
: :yUon :ia 11, -t llie
--I nter^H
wrong in itself, Imt is
when viewed a- the n'-ultW *
ness Id the ■■ powers that■
Mr. W uio i kk. —The rifl/el
wlt 111 Hlt dislillelioll of purl', <B
meeting oil TlleMi.iv 111. I, fo| iB
ing Hon. D. VV iioii a- i ’flj
Ills sllolllv evpeeled V I
due I” t J \\ . ,
■tik
|§As one of the “signs of the
lithe fact that “Old Rough
whrto be the nominee of the
almost by
j|fcV>urier N Enquirer
1 American
also the whig pa-
K, the N.'O. Bulletin, anti di-
H|in various parts ol the L nion-
Bhis rather as the effect of the
M which ever follows the suc
'Jlits of distinguished army
jsfind vent in some manner,
KHttfoud thought,” nr calm and
RBition of the Whig party of
BHc so think, because their
■fcyigorous health, and ;
Bs’utthe XrtrtlTthat prefer Me-1
GLcr ; others, again, prefer Gen
Slot see, therefore, how the party
PI upon Gen. Taylor, who is a
HPpTaiid obnoxious, on that account,
of the North, as he is to many
Bvho oppose the war, for his participation
In Thgse is, however, no telling what
fine popular enthusiasm may do, when
set in motion, as appeared
BPrdi-'fore, in the Presidential slam-
Taylor
allow of
There may he such a conglom-
Bof the various clouds and winds of the
Ril atmosphere now arrayed against the
|t Administration, as to sweep all before j
II before the tempest —especially
t nothing but. such a union can |
tit opposition into power. Ihe j
who can best accomplish this ■
ntrating the forces may be the
Grande ; and when it is con
will have a good chance of sup.
nasses of the Democracy, who
swayed by the current of popular
the regular channel of party, it
luch marvel to us, if he should
liosen the next President. This,’
m no great cause of grief to us, j
ive already avowed our prefer-
r— -Gen. Cass —and as yet sec j
■it preference.
ndy to yield all
cments, but can- :
lie position he oe-;
ion of our gallant
, and a grateful j
jjpot be slow to remember him for
he has rendered to his
El‘though it should he deferred for a
its fruition in the Presidential
t laamini, IsVJ. In the meantime,
Jfto our first love, and aid, by all
in our power, in the elevation
| high station, of the distinguished States
—satisfied, as we are, that in
;e, enlarged views, great tal
ability, lie has no superior,
Hs, in the United States. He
limself to be a friend to the
its of the South, as by his re
-1 Wilmot proviso,” and is, in
lent counsellor, to whom the
of the nation niuy be salcL|
: Biro Ckkk.o.—The Harrisburg Union, says:
; Bst duty of every democrat is to be true to tlie
■ principle of party tactics.”
■s the creed of most politicians, whether
Democratic, but we think it more hon-
Bmake “ party tactics” a secondary consid
■) to sound principles, instead of making the
■ subservient to mere party expediency 1
BaiunA Politicians. —pp “ Worcester
(detn.) thus takes a micros.
Wg at the character of the menihers of
Bigress. As a acral thing, there is
■than poetry in the sketch delineated:
misfortune, that, with few cxcep-
Bubfic men, at this day. are nothing but
■fans; men eminent iy selfish : men who
■lie life, not for the good ~f the eoiintrv,
■Living, and make money out of the puhlit*
■neglect or put a.-ido inoa-uiv.-, es-
twenty millions of people,
■veyinay calc uiateVthechan cis of amhition upon
■nlitical chess-boafa fimeu who are ready tor any
Bttive that will promote their individual welfare
■ money in their purses. Os this class, the pre
■ongress furnishes many shining specimens.
Bngress could ever show more of them ; and we
in the reflection that the democratic
|Bhas its full share of such representatives. Such
■would make war or make peace, with equal in-
Bence, if by one, sooner or easier than by the
B, they could make a President who would pro-
them.”
Bake care, Mr. Palladium, how you speak ir-
Hrently of the “powers that be,” or you will
■brown overboard from the good ship“Do-
Bracy.” Such plain talk would not suit this
Bude, no way you could fix it 1
■jirLOVMF.NT for Females.—A large number of
Biles in all quarters of New York, arc now engaged
■aking bags to contain grain for shipment to Eu
■ The price paid for making, is one cent each,
a low rate, but it is actually much better
BfoTTslurts at a shilling a piece !
BLJh the pseudo-philanthropists of New
Hpwho will so grind the faces of the poor
rosso? of our own land, as to compel them
for the pittance above mentioned, and j
that too in a work of benevolence and mercy to
the destitute abroad ! Surely, starvation of these
female operatives cannot bo far distant, if they j
maintain their integrity and purity of character. ;
How mistaken are all the fashionable views on
tho subject of “moral reform ” of erring females,
when lnJhTieds are virtually driven into the xvays
of M®Briy the very scantiness of tho wages of
they receive, and the utter insuffi
ciejr of the same to provide the necessaries of
■Br The thousands annually expended in the
■pans of restoration, had infinitely better be
Bed in meting out a proper recompense for toil,
ntd thyssqrve as a preventive to crime by taking
flje'toJHjSfatioiis which beset the
fvorty-striekon daughicr:- .■!’humanity .
Mgays coMbnon sense.
(Put.—The recent elections in this
■gone for the W lug—the Governor,
Kternor, majority of Legislature and all
Ben being of iliat stripe. This is
■rt, in favor of the Whigs.
Bnrii’ALiTv.—The Whigs have also
Municipality in New Orleans, I v
■got enough out of (he others to make
■in the hoard of the whole city. “Get
■ way, old Dun Tucker “—the “ peopl,
i@MTTo.
Waked up !—We thought we should be able, j
at length, to stir up “ Dandy Jack ”of the Post, ‘
Office, sufficiently, at least, to elicit from him j
a grimace or a grin, if nothing more. Our;
“ sharp stick,” of last week, has made a grievous
rent in his editorial trowsaloons, and he has made
a desperate effort to cover up the nakedness of;
his official corporosity, by charging falsehood \
upon us 1 Let us see whether he is not nearer
a sclf-coni'icled liar than he may have supposed.
Our readers will recollect,-that tjjie reason as
signed by us why the “ Times ” able, last;
week, to get ahead of us in disseminating war
■ intelligence, south and south-east of this city, j
; was the diet of the Editor of that paper having •
j received the only slip that came to this city by j
I Monday night’s mail, and his being able, as Post I
j Master, to keep open the Southern mails until he
| could print the. news—a privilege which has
never been granted to his cotemporaries. That j
the Southern mails were thus kept open for the j
“Times,” at the period specified, is clearly
shown from the fact that the news appeared in
that paper of the next morning, and from the ad
jxiission contained in the following extract in the .
issue of the 6th April:
r K
1 X ARDT. this head - .
plains of the non-receipt of onr paper in Savannah at j
the same tine with some of our eutemporaries. The
“ Times ” is advertised to be issued on Tuesday of.
each week, and no mail departs upon that day, with- ;
out carrying our paper with it.
The mail for the cast leaves at 9 o’clock, P. M.. on
each day, and immediately upon the arrival of the
Western Stage. Should the issue of our paper,
therefore, be anticipated in time for the Savannah
mail of Monday night, we would not be enabled, as
now, to keep our columns open for news from the
west, by which onr subscribers frequently receive in
telligence from the seat of war, a week in advance.
So! so ! “ The mail for the east leaves at 9
o’clock, P. M.,” and should the paper be antici
pated for the Savannah mail of Monday evening,
he “ would not be enabled, AS NOW, to keep
our columns open for news from the west, by
which our subscribers frequently receive intelli
gence from the seat of war, a week in advance.”
According to this precious confession, the Editor
| is in the habit, of keeping hi.-^ columns open until |
j after the arrival of the western mail on Monday
night, for the benefit of his subscribers, while
his eutemporaries of the “Enquirer,” who issue
at the same hour, are obliged to have their pack
ets for the South in the Post Office by 9 o’clock j
of Monday night ! This was the sum and sub- j
stance of our last charge—that by his position, j
as Post Master, he was able to place the “Times” j
packets in the Southern mail nine or ten hours j
later than was allowed to the other printers of j
the city! And yet, in the very face of this con- J
session lie has the effrontery to say that what we |
have said about the matter was a “ downright j
lie from beginning to end”! Comment upon j
such conduct is superfluous!
As to the matter of paying S-0 for a slip of
intelligence, (which, by the way, is a
Pp4(jfcmit w h hin g,)
“'•(shall ot course have to decline tne AdjlitanFs
offer oftservicc, simply because were the money
paid, and the slip sent, and received at the Post
Office, we t should not hr, sure of getting it! If
our New Orleans and Western papers are fre
quently kept back from us till 8 o’clock of the
next morning after they arrive, which we can
prove to have been the case, although we were
present at the opening of the mail the evening
previous, and applied at the window, in due sea
son, what inducement would there be for our ma
king any arrangement to get slips? Just none
at all, Mr. ex-Adjutant, while you have the hand
ling of the mail bags ! We therefore decline
your proposition, Sir, not having 820 to throw
away for so unprofitable a speculation.
One word as to the P. O. law referred to.
We arc under no obligation to enlighten the
ignorance of the Deputy, as to matters that took
place when he was an infant “ muling and
puking in its nurse’s arms ” —but that such a
law did exist, can be established by indubitable
testimony of one or more persons now in the
city, who arc personally cognizant of the fact,
and to whom we can refer him, if he really do.
sires information upon the subject. Os the pro
priety, at least, of such a law being now in force,
recent events at the Columbus Post Office prove
to a demonstration.
What this official popinjay has to say respect
ing our size or our deficiency in that respect, is
hardly worthy of a reply. “ Little ” as we may
be, physically, morally and mentally, we never
theless do “ feel big ” enough to cope with the
ex-Adjutant in all those attributes of humanity
which go to make up the creature man! We
-confess, however, that we are no match fir the
Deputy in many particulars. We are not, for
instance, so atomically “ little ” as to accept two
offices at the same time which we are incapable
of filling! We are not so “little” as to volun
teer lor the war, and after getting out where the
“ elephant ” was to be seen, sham sickness in
order to get back to our m^Mnv! We are not
so “ little ” as to seek a the pretence
4>f sickness, return home,sleek, fat
saucy, and then forget shat our furlough had ex
pired ! Nor could we ever become so infintesi
mally minute as to receive gold, twice over, from
Government, for services never rendered to our
country! These are the homcrpathic items of
littleness and meanness which have been m ,iop
olizcd entirely by the lilliput of the Post Office,
and of which there arc not any “ more of the
same sort left.” And we may add that his opin
ion of us is of as little consequence as himself.
We never knew a spoiled child, who had been
subjected to the discipline of the birch, while cn
coucliant over his mother’s knee, that had any
very big ideas ol the virtue inherent in the rod
well laid on his back. Neither do we expect,
that whon we find it necessary, occasionally, to
place “ dandy jack ” over our editorial knoes,
and inflict upon him a regular sjmnkeuie, that he
will admire either our temper or our skill!
That would be looking for more than the pro.
gramme of the piny called for, by something con.
sideta bfe. It would,
Capt. Davis’s Squad. —The following are
the names of the 22 volunteers who composed
the detachment of skirmishers under the com
mand of Capt. JonN E. Davis :
Sergeant King, Corporal Bugg, Privates Black
man, Bozeman, Eubanks, Fontaine, Keigler, Levans,
; Lord of Miss., Lott of Miss., Lott of Miss., McCall,
Mitchell, McGehee and McLeod of Miss., Mallsbv,
j Reid, Savina, Sledge, Tharp, Wells and McDonald.
Os these, Sergeant King, Private Eubanks,
| one of the Lotts, and Quarter-Master Sergeant
I McDonald, were wounded. Lott has since died
| of his wounds.
From Vera Cruz. —Dates up to April 2d
have been received by the Picayune from Vera
Cruz, but there is nothing communicated of much
importance. The report from Alvarado, whith
er Gen. Quitman’s brigade had marched, was,
that on the fall of Vera Cruz, the armed Mexican
force at the former place had immediately dis
persed. From Mexico there were many rumors.
All was anarchy and confusion. Party was ar
rayed against party, and like the Ishmaeliteg of
old “every man’s hand was against his neigh
: bor.” Gen. Santa Ana had taken the oath of
office as President. The Mexicans discharged
on parole from Vera Cruz were committing
great atrocities wherever they dispersed through
the country, upon the defenceless inhabitants.
The intelligence from Puente Nacionel up to
; noon of the 31st March, is, that Gen. Vega was
: there with 1000 men, who were deserting in
] squads, though at the risk offering shot if etfJEght.,
April 2d, a detachment under C(>l. Harney
started for Antigua, an old town north of Vera
\ Cruz, to take possession, as a point from which
I to make reconnoisanccs.
From Mazatlan the report brought by two
; gentlemen is, that upper and lower California
are both in the hands of the Americans. Nothing
; of Gen. Kearney.
Gen. Worth, as Governor of Vera Cruz, had
adopted very stringent municipal reguWtions,
‘ t which were duly enforced. Goods wer™ coin
ing in under the ne w tariff, and all was bustle
i and activity. F'our hundred pieces of artillery
and large quantities of ammunition were among
the spoils of the victors at Vera Cruz.
From tiie Brazos. —The U. S. schooner
Harry Long arrived at New Orleans on the 9th
from Brazos, with dates from Matamoras to the
31st ult. There were again rumors of an action
between the advanced guard of Gen. Taylor and
Urea’s forces. “The story is, that Gen. Tay
lor, with May’s dragoons, Bragg’s battery and a
i portion of the Kentucky cavalry—about 700 in
all—was on his return to Monterey, when he
heard that he was within two days’ march of
Urea. He immediately gave pursuit, and finally
i with his advanced guard encountered the rear
i guard of Urea. An action ensued, and the rumor
I says lasted seven hours, when a courier was sent
l by Gen. T. to hasten up the main body of bis
; command and then to push on to Col. Curtis ami
; order up his regiment. The courier is said to
have reported that a couple of hours more fight-
I iiig would settle the business, as Taylor was
j making great havoc among the Mexicans.” The
I Picayune gives these rumors because they were
circulating on the Rio Grande, and among ;he
| Mexicans, who believed them.
The Matamoros Flag speaks of a letter dated
12th March from Buena Vista—stating that all
was quieVthere, and that by Gen. Taylor’s or
! ders, 40 muff loads of provisions had been sent
! to IncarnaJßn IbcJihc use of the wougfed MoJB
state of stauratiuPPs t&tBHEsT
Four companies t>f N. C. Troops and fimr of
Massachusetts Regiment had passed Matamoros
on their/way to Comargo from Brazos.
I he steamboat Brownsville, laden with army
stores was snagged 30 miles below Revnosa and
sunk to the guards. She was, however, raised
and proceeded back to the mouth tor repairs.
Snu later from the Rio Gbamie. —Bv
last night s mail we received a contradiction of
the above report respecting a battle between
Gen. Taylor and Urea. It was not so, but Gen.
Taylor having heard that Morales was in the
vicinity of Ramus with 4000 men, set out in pur
suit and followed him as far as Caidercta, but
the bird had flown, and could not be overtaken,
says the Doha, though pursued by literally flying
artillery. Gen. Taylor had returned to Monte
rey. Capt. Grey, alias “Mustang Gray,” with
a party ol I’exan Rangers had started in pursuit,
of Canales, said to be about 20 miles south of
Ceralvo with 230 men. Several assassinations of
Mexicans had occurred. Gen. Minon who, with
2000 cavalry, retreated before Lieut. Shovcr and
sixty artillerists with two guns, is under arrest
for cowardice!
Battle of Sacramento the Picayune
of the 10th April we (bid the Mexican account
ol the battle at Sacramento gained bv Col. Don
iphan’s forces on the 28th March. According
to the Mexican report, the American force was
900, while that of the Mexicans was 1000, be
sides ten peices of artillery. Sacramento is
near Chihuahua, the capital of the State of the
same name, which has fallen into the hands of
our forces. The Mexican commander, Jose A.
Heredia, in his despatches to his government
calls for 1000 infantry, 500 cavalry and 10 pieces
artillery to defend Durango, against which he
says the Americans are going to march. Here
dia fairly acknowledges hhnseif badly aihipped
by Col. Doniphan.
That Thrust. —ln the Times of Tuesday,
the morning after the Illumination, the Editor
has taken the occasion to taunt, the Whigs with
rejoicing over the victories won in this “ unjust,
damnable, and unrighteous President's war." —
Was ever there a more ill-timed and malignant
assault made upon the patriotism of the Whigs of
Columbus? The remark quoted is that of a rab
id abolition member of Congress, who, though a
whig, cannot be said to speak the general senti
ments of the party to which he belongs. We do
not know what ails the Adjutant, unless he is yet
smarting under our lash. Perhaps he was vexed
that he did not do any thing to get up the Illumi
nation, and that somebody else did ! Pshaw!
No Accommodation. —The complaints are
increasing against the want of accommodation
at our City Post Office. Not long since, one of
our merchants took a letter to the office to be
mailed, about 5 minutes after the hour for clos
ing, and knocked repeatedly for admission, as he
was anxious to send on a draft by that mail; but
no attention whatevor was paid to him—tho
young clerks in the insido only giggling and
making merry at his expense !
On Tuesday last, wc met at the Post Office door
a gentleman of the neighborhood, bearing in his
hand four consecutive copies of a weekly paper
from abroad, which lie had just lakcn out of the