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mmmm**f»**m*m*mm*<* mw mji. ullwi.twmww THE CONSTITUTIONALISM JAMES GARDNtRj J R. t e 11 m s. Daily, per annum, $S 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum, 6 00 If pnid in advance, 5 00 Weekly, per annum, 00 If paid iu advance, ti 50 TO CLUBS. We cell particular attention to the following terms of our paper : To Clubs, remiuing $lO in advance, FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our weekly pa per in the rea< h of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. KrAil new subscriptions must be paid in advance, j £3“Postage mim he paid on all Curamuiiicaiicns and Eet'ers of business. AMERICAN ARMS TRIUMPHANT I I 31rxir.au L.o*» 4000!—American 700. A Bloody Battle—American Valor Trnim - ( pliant—Santa Anna's Army Cut to f ier.es i by (den. T 'oylor — Loss of Cols. 1 tu, Ale- ; Ke, Hardin , Clay, tf*c. ij-c. Where now are the sceptics, who threw doubt ami discredit upon our statements in the i of Sunday, respect ini; the victory of ; General Taylor. Where are the unbeiiev ing Thomas**.* who would not credit the story that old ‘-Rough and Ready” had a train, un der the most unfavorable circumstances, and against a {Treatly superior force, commanded by their greatest general and president, gam el another and the most glorious of all his V .'lories. On the Gih March, Dr. Turner, U. S. A., after many dangers and hairbreadth escapes, | a-rived in safety at Matamoros. Previous to hs arrival, the communications between Monterey and our lines on the Rio Grande, j bad been c osed fur several days. Dr. Turner communicated tonne of our correspondents h hurried account of the severe battle of Rue: a Vista, fought between Gen. Santa Anna’s force*, about 17,000 strong, and Gen. Tav let’s little army, between 4 and 5.000, mostly vo unleers. The battle began on the glorious • anniversary of the birth of Washington, a lit div lor the display of American patriotism and valor. The scene of this bloody fight was ;< t Buena Vista, the point noon which Gen. Taylor had la len hai k from Agua Ane %a. and is about seven miles from Saltillo. The Mexicans advanced upon him with great boldness. (travel* led on by their best officers, hut were inet by our gallant volun teers will) the coo! firmness of veteran sol di- r-. A fierce and long battle en-oied. the Mexicans cinrgiog wi ll their biyonets j rt the very muzzles of our artiMery and receiv ing the deadly and destructive tire of our | guns, with tint! nching courage. Our men gave not an inch, hut maintained their po-i --tion on the bloody field the whole day of the | 22d. and on the next day until the evening, , when the Mexicans retired to Agua Nueva, I leaving their killed nnhtiried and all their wounded ,on the field where they fell. The killed and wounded on the Mexican side are estimated at 4 000 Some of the Mexican officers taken prisoners admit that their loss was at lea-0 2 000. The American loss was about 700 killed and wound'd. Santa Anna, in his letter, which we publish from the Tam pico Sentinel, admits that his army is cut up. That the victory was on the side of Gnier*! Taylor is abundantly proved by Santa Anna’s precipitate retreat eighteen or tweenfy mTe* to his rear. As to the trophies, we consider that part of his letter as anochrvphal, and shall wait for the particulars before we fully credit. This victory lias been achieved at pteat sacrifice on our part. The ardor of our vo'nmeer officers led them into the Ijo test : part of the fight, and consequently ber of field officers killed and wounded i* la mentably great. Every volunteer colonel but one was either killed or vvmin led. [A list of the officers who were kill'd nr mounded, will he found in our correspondence ] The despatches of Gen. 'Taylor, it is sup posed, have been intercepted by the enemy ; between Monterey and Gotnargo. It will gratify the numerous friends of Col. | Morgan, of the Ohio Volunteers, to hear that he arrived safely at Monterey, having been reinforced by a detachment sent from Mon- ; ferey to his assistance. 'This is the same of- 1 fleer who was reported to have (teen taken prisoner, with several companies of his regi ment, near Cerralvo. Col. Curn's, of Ohio, with one company j (Capt. Hunter’s) of the 2 1 U. S. Dragoons, ! his own regiment, one of the Indiana volun teers, the Virginia Regiment, and some 'Tex- | as Ranger*, in all about 2000 men. was about to leave Comargo to attack (Jen. Trrea. who is said to he about thirty miles south of that place, with an army of 4000 In 5000 men, principally ranchc.os. He i* believed to have witli him only 1 SJO regular troops. A great, manv, if not .1 ol lhe-e rancherns, as soon as they hear of the discomfeiture of Santa Anna’s army, will disperse, and the gallant Colonel will no doubt obtain the victory. We learn from a passenger arrived last evening, that it was supposed by many in Tampico, that if a bombardment should take place, the citizen* of Vera Cruz will leave the city. There was little doubt that there would be severe fighting at the Castle of Sm Juan de Ulua. Fr< m the best sources of in formation, we have the report that an attack was In have been made on Vera Cruz on or • bout the 231 of the present month. Among the passengers arrived last eve ning, we had the pleasure of meeting our fel low-townsman, Capt. Alphonse Duoeru. Capt. Gardnt r, of the btig Perfect, "mm Tampico, deserves all praise for the efforts made by him to have the mail he brought, ta ken as soon as possible to the post-office.— The Perfect arrived about 11 o’clock, and in twenty minutes after, the b.sg* were opened, but there was not a single letter for any pa per in the city. The following letter and accompanvirg •fatement we rereived by th rt schr. John Ihdl, Capt. Noves. The John Hell arrived late last night, having left the Brazos on the 1 Ofh inst. Our loss among commissioned officers has been, as if was at Palo A ho, Redac t de la Palma, and Monterey, very severe. We find that 26 officers, of d ffh-ent grades, were killed, and 37 wot nded. We give below a list of the officers killed and wounded. f Correspondence of the '‘Delta.” ] Brazos >t Jaco March 10, 1847. Eds. Delta: —l enclose you herewith a Correct copy ofJip intelligence received from Col. Curtis, commanding at Comargo, re ceived by express from Momerev, which you will perceive was nine da v-> reaching there. The army under Gen 'Taylor maintained Its position at Buena Vista with honor and glory to our country’s (Hg, although our loss has [teen very severe. Maj Thomas, chief Quarter Master at this place, immediately despoched the 'Texan cutler Alert, Capt. Geo. Symptom, with des- patches to the commanding officer at Tam pico, and to Maj. Gen. Scott at Lobns. It is generally supposed, from indications, that Santa Anna is effectually used up. Yours, truly, A. C. W. The fighting commenced on the 22d of February and ended on the 23d. Santa Anna retired, with the loss of 4000 killed and wounded. Loss on our part 700 killed and wounded. The scene of the action was Bue na Vista, a hacienda five miles west of Saltil lo. Santa Anna’s Adjutant General is a pr isoner, together with many other officers and j men. The express who brought the news was sent by Paymaster Butler from Mon terey, and was nine days getting to Comar rro. Gen. Taylor’s official despatch has pro bably been iniercep’ed. Col. Morgan’s com mand reached Monterey in safety, having j been rein arced at Cer r alvo by a command ! from Monterey. Col. Curtis started about 1 P. M., of the 7tb, loaftack Urrea at Aldarnos, 1 twenty miles south of Comargo* American Oll*cci'« Skilled and \Voun:led. v Kacr.Aß?. j Gene-al Staff.—K'Urd: Capt. Goo. Lincoln, I Ass’t Adj’i Gen. Wounded: Asst Adj’t Gin. B iss. Mi pith; B’vt*2l Lieut. Bryan, Topograph j ical Engineers,sligh'h. | Is t Dragoons.— Wounded: Capt. E. Steen, j severely. Company E, Ad Artillery.— Wounded. Li< ut. W. G. French.severely. Company IJ , Aik Artillery. —Wounded: Ist Lieut. O’Brien, slightly. VI M.CNTEMiS.— MISSISSIPPI RTFI.FS. Killed: Ist Lieut. R. L. Moore,2J Lieut. Fran cis McNulty. Wounded: Col. Jefferson Davis, severely; Capt. J. M. Sharp, severely; Lieut. A. B. C*»r wnie, slightly; Lieut. Carnet Posey, slightly; ■ Lieut. J. P. Stockston, slightly. KS.M-f'KV CAV.AI.RV, Killed—Adj. E. M. Vaughan. NVouaJed: One Captain and three Lieuts. Ai'K>\S»S OlVAl.'iV. Kil el: Col. Archibald Yell and Capt. An dtPtjwß. Porter. wound* d: Lieut. Tims. A. Rend r. SECOND KENT.TKV F ' !T RIFI.F.S. Killed; Col. \\ . It. Ah'Kee and Lieut. Col. 1 Denry Clay, Jr; l‘:»pt, James W. Moss, and | Capt \Vin. T. Willis 'V.uitided: Li ut. E S. Barbour, sfiglitly; T : eut. W. S. Withers, severe! ; Lieut. 1 homas W. Mossier, s verely. ivor,\N’» Brigade. nun led: B‘ig. Gen. J>>s Lano. sl’g'dlv. 2<d h'egiment.— Killed: Capt. T. B. Kind-r, Cant. Wm. Walker and Lb ut Th s. C. Parr. Wounded* Capt. W. L. S mderson, slightly, and Cant. John Osborn, slightly; Lieut. S. W. ! Ca‘ cc. slight!''; Lieut. 11. Pennington, sliglul ; Lieut. David S. Lewis, slightly; Lieut. Joshua Moore, sliglul ; Lieut. Judin Davis, slightly, and Lieut. J. A. Emerson slightly. 3 / /i glment.—- Killed: Capt. James Taggart. Wounded: VL>j. W. A. Gorman, slightly, and 1 Capt John M. Sleep, slightly. M.f.INOIS BWIGU'R. I*/ Regiment. Killed; Col. Jim. J. Hardin, j an<l Ca- 1. J. W, Z ibriskie and Li. ut. Bryan fcl. j Han Alton. | W iti led: Lieut. IL. Mi'Conncll, slightly, • and Lieut Hez -kiah E ans slightlv. '2l Rc%[ nenf.- K lie I; C tpt. \V »o Iward; Lieut Fletcher; Lent. Ferguson; Lieutenant Robbins; | Lieut. T. K lh; Lieut. Bartleson; Lieut. Atb : orton; Lieu*. Price. Wounded; Capt. Coffev; Capt. Baker; Lieut. Jno. A. Pieketf; Lieut. Engelman; Lieut. Steel; Lieut. West: Adj. \V hite.side. TEXAS COMPANY. Killed: Ist Lieut. Ca uphtdl; 2d Lieut. Leon hard. Wounded: Capt. Conner. M<t\mo«os, March Oth, 1817. Sir: The foregoing is a copy of a s?a ement j handed to me by Surgeon Turner, 11. S. Army, just arrived at this place from Comargo. which is | co roburated b a letter from Lieut. Britton, As j sistant Commissarv at Comargo. Verv resucetf’nllv, vour ob’t serv’t. J. P. TAYLOR, Lt. Col. & A. C. G. S. ITJrsirnii Accaant of r!ic Buttle. The following, from the Tampico Sentinel, i give* the Mexican account of the battle of ; Buena Vista, which, to nur mind, is as con elusive proof of our vi t'<ry as that which comes from Gen. 'Taylor’s camp. Our city was thrown in'o a great state of j excitement yesterday by the receipt of news ! from San Lai* Pofosi, giving the particulars i of a blond y engagement between the Arne | riran forces under Gen. Tavlor and those j of fiie Mexicans under Santa Anna, at a j point called Buena Vista. As those details j are from a Mexican journal, we, of rour.-e, i have to receive them as such, and give them just so much credence as each individual ! may suppose them to be worth, making a i proper allowance for the known disposition of this people to exaggerate everything, from I the noble conflict of two courageous armies jto the adurements of the cock-pit. When the contents of the said piper were promul ; gated first, there was such horror comming j led with tlie recital, that one would have i supposed, that Alexander the Great was again at the head of the Macedonians, carry ing triumph an 1 devastation wherever his army appeared, and there was such an air of grandeur thrown around the stra'agems of the dignified and conquering Mexican chieftain, that we were carried back to the golden days of Roman warr ors. From all we were ab'e to gather, in the excited state of the public mind, which hav ing little to work upon, was inventing and conflicting with itself in every possible way, the accounts published in our paper of the 6 h inst., are partly confirmed. In that num ber we give the sub-tance of a despatch from Santa Anna, declaring his intention to give (Jen. 'Taylor battle on the 21st. (Jen. Tay lor was then represented as h ing at a place called Agua Nueva, (New Water.) fortify ing himself. We are inclined to think Hus was intended by the general as a ruse to de coy Santa Anna into a regular standing en gagement. knowing that the point he had selected was one that Santa Anna must pass, i being the only good water within a great number of mile*, which would be sufficient to supp y tiie wants of so iarge a force as Gen. Santa Anna had then uhder his com mand; ami a* we have drawn t! i * much from the probabili ies attending this bloody encoun fer,we will draw further.and suppose it proba ble tha r , on arriving heie the Mexican army, which had been fully prepared for the strile by starvation and thirst, railed all their en ergies into requisition, and hence the slaught er, reported to have taken p’ace on b *»h side*—the one, a struggle for food and drink; on the other, a natural display at courage and military enthusiasm. 'Ti e enemy, out numbering our army about four to one, and standing as jf were u mu liis own ground, pos*es>ing super or advantages in the way of interested friends in all parts of the country, together with cor rect kuowledege of its geographical and geo logical character, and many other fact* cal culate)! to favor him, is reduced to the neces sity ol inventing subterfuge? to account for an unpardonable want of success, amount ing, in a word to defeat. 'This is humiliat ing indeed. Twenty to twenty-two thousand mea against four or five thousand, with all liwuwiii.npm ~mu ■ imjmmun _i ■ li. i I ■mi. ■ _ I v, X \ # r- M//y/ ’SSSS '4:« dm/ m < te n I / , Si sa fjwjl 1 ■' i i > iiy S if £ 5 p;« lu yr / ■--?.« \\\ ■■ II s 1 ;;' /iy v XX;N\ > V~w x .- ~*'Jr-JzxT.' ~i y «r* t i,. - vVvvvVC , -». ~%ii m i Tr| r rl ':i; \SsS5v . I hi % w ■ 7 B ir= % «;j || =l3 W^\ g=6 =j3 MX i> :j: =j: s YJjtVM $ 'v' N Jf/Jj! *) S Iy * w The above cut of \t*r» Cruz and the Gas l!e of St. Juan D'ljloi, is from a drawmgbv an intelligent «*rTi *.f*r attached to the Exnedi* j ti >n, and furnished hv a friend to t!ie Editors i of ihe Charleston Evening News, r l‘lie I’a'meito llegiment gVen ft conspi j c ons place, and the Georgia Boys are no : where in the Programme. Bui vvl e e fight- I j n«r is in he done, there are those among I I them who will be among the foremost to storm the ‘‘imminent deadly breach.” j It is not executed with any reference to mathematical correctness in the scale, but is simply intended to represent the relative no- I sition of places, and to give an outline of.the ; proposed mode of assault. D, in the rut, denotes the position of San j Antonio Lizardo, where the American troops are to land, ami which is situated about nine j miles south of the city. A, represents the Castle of Sin Juan d’Uloa, garrisoned by 15 H) men. A bridge, | GOO yards in leng’h, runs from the Cfy to the Castle. The front and rear walls of the j Cattle, and of the (ditv and Civile, which are designated by the figures 1, I. and 3, 3. are six feet thick, while the sides on the north and south, designated by 2,2, are only three feel thick. The letters C, C, mark the position of | eighteen cannon plumed on the wall of the city,and directed imrnoveah!y.towards the Gu f. At L. li, the north-eastern and smith the attending favorable circuui.-iances, and yet 'bat Hie larger force should acknowledge the neces-ary of falling back, after less than two davs’ battle, is almost increditde—we would lie inclined think the despatches of Santa Ann i a forgery, as far as this ac knowledgment (goes, did we not find it in one of the prints mul 'r the patronage of his government. But here is the precious do cument—let it speak its own shame for the present; ('amp. (near Buena Vi-fa.) FVb. 23, IS 17. Kxcellent Sir: After two days of battle, in w hich the enemy, with a force of 8 to 9000 i men, and 2G pieces of artillery, lost live of | ; his positions, three pieces of artillery and two flags, I have determined to go hat k to Agua | Niipva to provide myself with prov isions, not j having a single biscuit or a grain of rice left. Thanks to the position occupied by } he 1 enemv, he has not been completely beaten, but he left on tlie field about 2000 dead. Both armies have been cut to piece-:, but the trophies of war will give you an idea on which side has been the advantage. We have struggled with hunger and J hirst during forty h nirs, and if we can provide ourselves i w.th provisions, we vviil go again to charge j the enemy. The soldiers under my com- j mand have done their duty, and covered the j honor of the Mexican nation with glory.— The enemy has seen that neither his advan j tageous positions, nor the broken nature of j the ground, nor the rigor of the sea-on. (for if has been raining during the action.) could prevent the terrible charge with the bayo- j net, which left him terrified. SANTA ANNA. In addition to the above, we find in the same paper a private letter from an officer j in the Mexican armv, giving pome facts \ ' which, when contrasted, have something of j I the “sublime and ridiculous” order min | gled with the horrible. At first he states that i the Mexican army were then encamped up- I on the same ground which they had previ* ■ ! ously occupied; from which we infer that , { they had been driven from it and had been j able to recover it, either from the fact that ; the American forces had chosen some other I camping ground, nr that they generously i permitted them to remain where, hv the for i tune of the day, they found themselves at | the close oftlie contest, lie also states that t 1 e 10-s of the Mexicans was about 1000; men,and that their disposition to disband was ! so great that Santa Anna was compelled to return to Agua Nueva, from which we are led to suppose, as before stated, tha* Gen. Taylor never intended to make a decided i stand at this point, but manifested such a disposition only to draw info a fight and thereby greatly weaken his forces as well as retard his disigns. H-» states a iot'e circumstance, which, not being men tioned in the despatch of Santa Anna, must fie received as a flight of imagination on ibe part of the writer, viz: that two officers, be longing to the army of Gen. Taylor, had i been received under cover of a flag of truce — t that their eyes were bandaged, and they led i i before the mighty and august Genera), who 11 pstern angles nffhe Cnv wall, arptvvo l.a-- lions, p.tcii mounting two guns, pointing, as i represented, in a n trth-western and south* ! western direction, B, designates the situa tion of a sand hill, whose summit is elevated ; about ten feel above the w ills of the City, | and about seven hundred sards distant. It is the intention o! Gen. Scott to storm tins hill with regulars,and mount, ii with artillery, to pay upon tip* city an i Castle, I is the j opinion of the Commander of the Siege Train ! of Ariilierv, that if Gen Scott will place him on the Inil with his cannon, he can silence i the long guns at the south-east bastion in five minutes, and wifi be able to batter ; down that portion of the walls at I’, marked I with black lines, in half an hour. After this | is accomplished the regulars are to advance at E, and storm the breach. M. represenfs ' a division of volunteers covered by the re ■ gu'ars, and who are to advance at the same | time. Q. on the northern s de, is said to repre sent the position allotted to the South Caro lina Regiment, who are to advance on that side at the same time, if a breach can be ef j footed in the walls at that point. Tne writer says that he is not certain that this will be the exact pons of the as-aull of the Palmetto boys, but that Gen. Scott informed Col. But ler that two b-eaches would he made in the wad's of the City, and that vvhi'c t! e reguars were storming one, the South Carolinians were to march on the other. look particular pams to strike them with ter ror by a display of the splendor to In-over whelming f-*rce, besides, informing them that he would li-ien to no terms of capitulation other than a discretionary surrender. This looks queer in the fare of Santa Anna’s own declaration of his intention to full back upon Agua Nueva, and an admission that his army had been cut up. It is stated in the same letter that in many instances contests were observed over the body of lim dead American soldiers for the pieces of meat found in his haversack, and fur the water in his canteen. I; is highly pmhab'e that the loss on (he part of the Mexican forces is about 2.000 men, whilst, tiiat of the American sid>* is about 500. (Jen. 'Taylor has, no doubt, fallen back upon Saltillo, or continued his course towards Monterey. S. me rumors say that the country between Saltil'o xnd Monterey j is filled with armed Mexican-; also between Monterey and Comargo, and between Mata | moms and the Bnzo-; hut vre doubt the truth of themiandif true.we doubt their ability to get possession of any important point. There was a story yesferdiy that the Mexicans had taken possession of Point Label, and that j she sc hr. Swan, which arrive! here yesterday, j brought a confirmation of these fuels. Wo need only say that there is not. a word of truth in the report, as fir as she is con cerned, and that no such news has been of ficially received by the commander of this city. l‘nr icafars. We hen * just received from onr correspon dent at Monterey, more authentic accounts of the great victory of our arms at Baena Vista, I than have yet appeared, and knowing the intense anxiety of the public re penting the particulars oi this bloody fight, we ha-ton to lay them before our readers in an Extra. On the 22-1. Santa Anna began the battle hv various martcE ivres, attempting to outfi ink and terrify old Rough and Ready. On that day the battle was confined to skirm.-hing and cannonading, without much effect on either side. In the meantime Santa Anna had sent a large so-cg to 'Tailor’s rear, but our artillery opened upon them with great j effect, and they were soon compelled to with- j dra vv. On ilie 23 I the battle commence !in real I earnest, and raged with great violence during 1 the whole day. 'The Americans did not wait to be attacked, hut vviili the most danmr impetuosity charged on the enemy with loud buzz is, their otfi- ers leading them most gal lantly. Gm. Tavlor was everywhere in the | thicke-t of the’fight. II * received a haM through his overcoat, but was not injured. Adj’t B is* was slightly wounded at his -ide. Adj’f Lincoln, also ot the General’s staff, the intrepid young officer who so distinguished himself at Resaca de la Palma, was killed. The battle nf the 231 lasted from ea*ly morn till about 4 o’clock, P M , when Santa Anna drew off his army and retired to Agua Nneva, to await a reinforcement. It will be remern beredjthat Santa Anna’s corps de resene, com manded by Gen. Vasquez, had been delayed in its march, and has, no doubt, joined him a few days after the battle. But in the mean time his army is starving, and many of his men are deserting. Capt. Prentiss’ strong ariilierv company was not in the action, but had left Monterey to join Gen. Taylor, with six cannon, two being 18-pounders. On the 7th March, one of the Ohio regiments also left Monterey to join G*’n. Taylor. It these and Capt. Pientiss’ arti lery arrive in time, the General’s heavy loss will be fnMy repaired and ha will be ready to meet Santa Anna aga in (Jen. Tavlor, at the last accounts, was still maintaining his position, undisturbed by the enemy. An exchange of prisoners had taken place, and ‘’Old Rough and Ready’s” promise to Cal. Marshall to get back Cassius M. Clay and his party, by taking Mexicans prisonerr enough to exchange fur them, has been fully redeemed. Gen. Wool greatly distinguished himself in the action, and all the officers fought l.ke hems. After il e battle, G’n. Taylor demanded of Santa Anna n unconditional surrender of his whole army, vvmch flie Liter declined; nut, in return, required Gen. Tavlor to surrender iimjedi ifely. Immortal be the reply of‘’Old Rough and Readv,” as delivered bv the gal lant l/euf. Crittenden—“(JEN. TAYLOR N F.VER suR RE \ DERS! ” Santa Anna’s Adjutant-General was cap tiired bv flip Americans, but was afterwards exchanged. Gen. Tavlor occupied his ground on the I 2-Uh and 25f.1i without interruption, j Co!. Morgan, of the Ohio Volunteers, with | a small force, cut, his way through large bodes of armed Mexican-, and arrived at Marin. A detachment of three companies, un der command of Gcd. Godding-, was sent to his aid. and the whole party are said to have arrived safely at Monterey. [ From the Xcw Orleais Pi nay 'nr, 2R 7 j /.txf] j Dr Tn ner, bearer of despatches from Cot. Curds, arriv'd here this morning at 3 o’clock He embjrk«d at the Buz is in file schooner St. I’.uil, on the 1 tth in-t., which ves-el he left fifty mbps belo.v the rifv last evening, and took pas-age in rhr* towboat De So'n. We learn from him verb ill v that if is (tnders’ood at Comargo that Santa Anna has rciirpii from Agua Nueva in the direct on o! Parras, where it was supposed lie would make a half. Gen. d’avlor still maintained his position at Buena Vista. Dr. Turner in forms ns that the news here’ofore published of the hatiles of the 22 i and 23d mav b*» re -1 ed unon» tiiat it was htougnt from Gen Tav lot’s camp to Monterey bv Paymaster C< H’-e. who was hearer of despatches from Gen.’Tavlor, but who could not get farther Ilian that place with them. The despatches were sent th-mce 1• y a Mexican, who had not got through by the la-1 accounts. 'The new received at Comargo was the substance of these despatches, and were brought l>v an ex press rider, who was nine diys in making the trip through to Comargo. being compell ed to make a circuit of five hundred miles to escape the Mexican forces and rancheros, that swarmed in the va lev. Nothing had been heard of Co!. Cart is since he ip ft Comargo. jt was thought that Gen. Urrea woird fly before him as soon a he ascertained Ihe overwhelming defeat of 1 n a Anna. Pr-vate letters had received at S il j tjflo as late as to the 5 h March, at. which I nr** Gen. Tav'or was at Buena Visfa. ’The i following letter was received at Mafamoros, j by a Mexican mercfiatlt of that, place, from a Mexican of Saltillo. If was dated nn the j fj'h March, and gives the onl account of ! the manner in which the bailie was fought 1 that has vet been received: “At 3 o’clock on the 22 I n!f. the baffle commenced at Buena \ i-ta, five miles from Sahillo. ’The fight opened with ariilierv, and I a destructive cannonade was k»pt open until j sun-eb No decided advantage was ob'ained j by either side—the loss on both being very I £TPHf ‘•On the 23 1, at 10 o c!ock, foe battle was | again renewed and kept up without inter m’ss'on uni t halt past lliree in flip afie r nonn. Both armies were closely engaged during the whole time. Gen. Wool advanced with a sirongdefarhinent against the Mexican army , hut was driven hack with immense loss.— ’The Mexican cavalry charged upon him with drawn swords and did gre.it execution, /lx 1 I’m)/ fallback (lea. Tavlor advanced with I fresh troops and rep/led the. Mexicans with ■ "real slaughter I 'This charge decided the : battle, which was not again renewed, ’The '• linin' er killed and wounded was very great on both sides. J can only estimate the num ber bv the cart loads of wounded (hat have entered this citv from both battle fields. “On the 24' h both armies hung off without i com ng to a general engagement—each oc ; cupied in carrying oil'the wounded and bury ing their dead. “Alter the 2 Th there vva = no more fighting —'he Mexican iroms famishing wi• 1 1 hunger became convinced that they could not tri umph nr drive Gen.'Taylor from Ids position, ; and retired. “As vet Santa Anna lias only retired a i short distance, but 1 do not entertain the be lief tfiat he will venture another engage ment “Mexico has not the means to bear the bur den of tfie war—if. is opposing poverty to abundance—weakness to strength. In rnv op'n on it would he best for the two Govern ments to enter into negotiations. With the power the U. States possess it would fie d.s honorable in her to force us into treaties ad vantageoMs alone to as it would be for ns to make concessions from necessity. “It is reported that a train carrying provis ions in the American army was attacked and captured at Marina, by Don Jose Urrea, and is vet in his possession, with a quantity of private merchandi.-e, taken at the same time,” &c. Through the politeness of Mr Arnold, who I came with Dr Turner, vv • have received the j \Jatari.oros PDg of the 13th, al-o h-ners from ; an esteemed correspondent. Our letters con | fi in the I is’ ot killed, published in another ( column, and also the amount of on both i S ’des heretofore reported. The Mat a morns Fiag publishes the letter from which the above extracts were made. Under the hea I of “latest Intelligence ” the Flag states that Gen. Taylor was e\- | peeled hi Monterey on the 8:li, with the Ken tuc-ky cavalry, for the purpose of opening the communication between tiiat place and Gnmargo. “So it seems,” adds the Fla-', “ih tt old Rough and Ready not only has hi wli p their big general in the mountains, but has to come down to scare their little ones avvav from ihe highways, so as to reliove the country from lAeut. (den. Stampede, in case lie undertook the cliastisemant of Urrea he BucilvUt U * e ' n '‘ in budy of ‘“i* at Noble Art. —A Mexican physician residing in Comargo, says the Flag, has received a letter from a surgeon at Saltillo, dated two days after the battle, which states that Gen. Taylor permitted Santa Anna to have all his wounded conveyed info Saltillo, and tender ed him surgical aid from his own army. It was reported in Matamoros that Gen. Urrea had retreated towards the Tula Pass, as soon as he understood that Col. Curtis wa» marching against him. It was also said that Santa Anna was fall ing back upon San Louis Polosi; but as we before said, Dr. Turner thinks he has only retreated to Parras. An Address of the Governor of San Luis to his countrymen, dated the 27ih, recapit ulal ing Santa Anna's despatch and congratulat ing the people upon the victory, of which, in the most emphatic language, all the glory is attributed to Santa Anna. It throws no light on affairs hardlv, but we give it in order to give all they have to say in making outolheir victory. FelLmc-Cnmitrywen —Our army, under (ho orders of his Excellency, Benemerilo de la Palria, I). Anton n Lopez de Santa Anna, with heroic valor—overcoming the inflictions of the most frightful suffering, struggling against. the nature of the ground, and even with Nature herself, which appeared to dis pute the victory with it—has severely pun ished our common enemy on the 22d and 23d mst. It has covered itself with victory. Its illustrious commander has given new life to his country, and has reconquered its inde pendence, so perfidiously and vilely mena ced. The pride of the North American has been humiliated, and our army has restored the national honor outraged at Resaca and Mon’erey. The Republic commences to-day an advance which will make if respected abroad, and which will hear it on without doubt to that immortality destined for free and independent nations. Our immense ter ritory, usurped by this vile and detestable horde, will be restored to us intact; not a sin gle vile foot-print shall dare to pollute our -•oil, and the hern, (he genius, (he man whom Heaven has bestowed upon ie as a precious gift, and the afflictions of the country’, will very so,,n complete the sublime enterprise which he has commenced. Union, fellow countrymen! e’ernal gratitude to the illustri ous, renowned ami well-deserving President, Gen. f). Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and •he invincible army which is fighting under his orders it) defence of our dearest interests. RAMON ADA MO. Sin Luis Po'osi. Feb 27, 1847. 'The Sold ado then gives extracts from sev eral priva’e letters received bv (he same ex press that brought Santa Anna’s despatches. The first one is verv interesting; it is dated Tit*- Enemy's ('amp, Feb. 23. 1847. Dear Friend —The general-in-chiefis upon the point of despatching a courier—now 5 o’chu-k. P. M. We have taken the fortifica tions f»t the enemv. and four of his positions, which he defended with obstinacy, and every height and every ravine (jf which they furi oll-1 v disputed. W'e have lost, many field and other officer*, out of proportion to the number of soldiers, and we have taken fr» m ’ tfie rnemv two fl tg- and three pieces of ar tillerv. There are very few prisoners—four, I believe—the rest are dead. Our troops are perishing from hunger ai d thir-t. 'They have not drink wafer in two da vs, and have eaten nothing since the day they were at lucaruacion, and a slice of roast ed meat at La Vaca. I am much afraid lest this cause ghoul 1 disperse us to-night, since the soldiers are already scattering, and we have seen bodies of them fighting and charging upon the ene my wherever fh°y thought there was wafer, ciring for nothing; and we have seen them disputing among themselves, totally indiffer ent to the hre of the rnemv for a piece of ham found upon the dead Yankee-. This flight i< a fearful one for the Republic, since 1 dread le-f we slionhl become disbanded —- I i conclusion, dear friend, there now remains but lirtie to he done, because we have beep pursuing the enemv all day long with flic bivonet.and to-morrow thev will h» finished. They killed the horse of the general-in-chief with a grape shot. Addition , nr Fns/cripf. 2 Vh. —Since closing niv letter, the general-in chief, convinced, without doubt, that the army will disband un less It can obtain fond and procure wafer, has ordered its march to Agna Nueva, where there a re some ca: tie and water —water which is before everything else, i It is cruel, dear L.. that which we drive suffered. W'e have h*<t about a thou sand men. and many officers killed and wound ed, and our Lombard ini among the last If is the first action which the Republic has fought on a large scalp and obstinately. It began at five minutes past 2 o’clock in the afternoon of the 22 1. They attacked us on our r : ght and were repulsed at 6 o’clock. On the 23 I they returned to the charge at tho same point before 6 o’clock in the morning, and wp r e driven hark n league and aqnar’er to Buena Vista, the different conflicts which we had with them being concluded at 0 in the evening. From Havana and Trra Cra*. The packet brig Adams Grav, Capt. Col lins, arrived from Havana, vesterdav morning, bringing ns files of papers* to the 14tn in=t. the day of his departure. I he D;ario of the 12:1), publishes extensive extracts Mexican news,most of which we had received here, via Tampico. The Vera Cruz papers are only to tho 24th February, from them the following extracts are made by the Havana journals. All sorts of preparations to oppose the „t --tack of the Americans was going on at Vera Cruz, where 2000 men from Puebla were daily expected to arrive. Gen. Morale*, Cotn | mander-m Chief of the troops at Vera Cruz . | D represented is very anxious that the Am-* ericans should commence their attack on the j city, as he was confident that with the forces | under his command, and the reinforcement , expected, he would b« able to give them a hard filit. Tho Mexicans were carefully watching all the movements of the American squadron,and nothing indented the approach ing of the attack, but they had reliable in. formation that the troops and several vessels intended m operate in it, were at Lohos Ll and, where they awaited the result of Dun Alejandro A'oclia s mission, In order to begin the attack if the proposals tendered by him on the part of the United States Government, were refused. 1 iie papers from the Capital seem to con firm the belief, that the mission or Senor A'oeha was to propose an arrangement by which the |i„p n f ihe 26th parallefsliould be the boundary between Mexico and the U. Slates, for which ;$20,000,000 would be paid to Mexico, and moreover, the Ueited Slates would take upon themselves to satisfy the claims of their citizens amounting to about 811,000,000. The Monitor says, that how ever advantageous! this offer may appear at