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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