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[From the Chronicle <Sf Sentinel, Extra, 24 th iiist .] {
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM
MEXICO.
BY J. C. RIDDLE’S PRIVATE ENPREsS.
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
In Advance of the Mail.
Arrival of the Steamship Galveston.
A SERIES OF FIGHTS WITH THE
GUERRILLAS.
100 Mexicans Killed and Wounded nnd
40 or 50 Americans.
GEN. CimVAL f,AMi:ri ATTACKED
BIT A lAUKE PARTV.
Battle at the National Bridge.
Communications re-opened nrith Gen. Srntt
Jaiapa to he abandoned nnd the Depot trans
ferred to Derate—So defences at Rin Frio—
'Abortive attempt at a Revolution in Mexico.
{From the New Orleans Delta and Picayune Extras,
of Sunday, 20 ih instant , 12 o'clock M.)
The following highly important intelli
gence was communicated to us by Lieuts.
Floyd and McWilliams, of the 2d Penn,
svlvania Volunteers, who came over on
the steamship Galveston, this morning at
6 o’clock. On thaSih, a small recruiting
party, together wjih some citizens and
disbanded soldiers, in number about 150,
with 75 armed men, and thirty mounted,
lefi Puebla for Vera Cruz. This party
was under command of Captain Cain
bridge, of 3d Artillery. On leaving Ja
lapa and getting near Cerro Gordo, this
party was informed that it would not be
prudent to go through the pass, as there
were about 4000 Mexicans in the chap
arral dlong the pass. Previous to this
twp officers who had gone to the rear of
the train tvere fired at from the chaparral.
At the mouth of the pass the party was
organized and march through without
meeting an enemy. Arrived at the
Bridge that evening Whilst they were
bivouacked on the other side of thqjbridge,
■ being so fatigued that they were unable
to furnish a guard, they ware informed
that some persons were barricading the
bridge. A guard was then stationed be
tween the bridge and the encampment to
prevent the party being surprised. At
this time, signal lights on the ridges and
cliffs were distinctly seen.
Before daylight the sick and wounded
of this little party were removed to Santa
Anna’shhaciendaa —a quarter of a mile
from the bridge. A scouting party was
then sent out, and also a party to clear
the bridge; w’hich was done without any
opposition. The main body of the party
then passed over the bridge. Every thing
appearing then to he safe, and all danger
being passed Lieut. McWilliams and Mr.
Frazer were sent back to bring on the
train on the other side of the bridge. Just
as they were entering the bridge, a party
of about twenty five Mexicans appeared
on the ridge, and fired several vollies on
them. The wagon master and four
others who were passing the bridge, were
fired on and the whole five were killed,
and a wagon was captured, of no great
value.
After the fire had ceased, a party of
lancers appeared on the bridge and seem
ed K) be preparing to charge, but seeing
that Capt. Bainbridge’s party were prepar
ing to teceive them, they wheeled their
horses and galloped off.
Captain Bainbridge resumed his march
in good order, followed by 400 or 500 of
the Lancers, who hung upon his rear and |
flanks for four or five miles, but at a re- j
.spectacle distance. Thus hemmed in,
this little party pursued its way until it
arrived at the Pass of La Voilta, where
Col. Mclntosh had encamped with his
large train. The Mexicans who had at
tacked Bainbridge’s party were the same
v*ho bad compelled Col. Mclntosh to halt
and wail for reinforcements. The party
remained that night in Mclntosh’s camp,
and during the whole time the Mexican*
kept a continual fire on the camp, ap
• preaching with the greatest boldness,
very near to our sentinels.
On the next day, Capt. Bainbridge’s
party resumed its march to Vera Cruz,
being joined by Capt. Duperu’s Dra
goons, who were sent back to get their
horses. This company, with its gallant
Captain, had behaved very handsomely
in the attack on Mclntosh’s camp. Its
gallantry was the theme of universal
praise and admiration in the army. In
deed it was generally admitted that Col.
Mclntosh’s command was saved by the
gall aptry of Dnperu’s party. BainbriHge’s j
party continued their march to Vera
Cruz, where they arrived in safety. In
the meantime, Duperu’s party having a
Jong return train to guard, and being
thiealened by a large body of lancers,
halted at Santa Fe, where they were
charged by a greatly superior force,
.which they gallantly repulsed, killing
many of the enemy, and suffering no loss
themselves. It was said, however, that
some of our wagons were cut off an J the
drivers taken prisoners* Capt. Duperu
arrived safely in Vera Cruz, having lost
three killed and three wounded,
•
s nan iiiMwn —mwii >i> «r ■—«vs.
On the day Capt. Bainbridge’s party
loft Mclntosh’s camp, Gen. Cadwallader
had arrived, with a force of 800 men and
two howitzers. The two commands were
then joined, making in alb about 1000
men, with two howitzers, under command
I of Gen. Cadwallader, and pushed on to- ,
wards the National bridge.
On approaching the bridge, Gen. Cad- j
waliader occupied the heights command- •
| j n(T ihe bridge, from w hich the enemy had !
I fired on Capt. Bainbridge’s party, where |
j he was a'tacked by a large force of the i
i Mexicans, posted in the ridges and cha- |
! parral, and some hard fighting was car- j
; ried on for several hours, ihe Mexicans I
( losing more than 100 men, and Gen. Gad- j
; waliader losing some 15 killed and some i
I thirty or forty wounded. The Mexicans
| were repulsed; the bridge wan success
fully passed bv Gen. Cadwallader, who
was on his way to Jaiapa.
The estimated Loss of Col. Mclntosh’s
party is about SIO,OOO. For miles the
road is strewed wiih empty boxes and ha
em sides, which had been captured by the
enemy. There is a great deal of dissat
isfaction in the army, respecting the con
duct of the command which had charge
of this train. There will he a court of
inquiry into the subject.
The garrison at Jaiapa has been bro
ken np, by order of Gen. Scott, and all
the sick and Government stores have been
sent to Perote Castle, so that the lie of
communication is entirely closed. Gen.
Scott has had a road opened from Perote
to Tuxpan, from which, in future all our
j stores and men w ill be sent, in preference
to the old road. The Engineer corps have
completed a fine road from I nxnan to Pe
rofe, the distance being less than one half
that from Vera Cruz to Perote, and Tux
pan being a healthier place.
The success of the attack on Mclntosh s
command has given great confi fence to
the guerrillas, w ho are swarming in great*
numbers through the country, and at
tacking all parlies, large and small.
It was chief! v owing to the gallantry of
Maj. Bennett, the Paymaster, that the specie
j waufons in Mclntosh's party were saved, lie
was in one of them himself when the wagon
was attacked, and fought like a tiger.
We a - e pained to hear that'he fine charger
sent out by the citizens of New Orleans to
Col. Harney was captured by the Mexicans.
Their daring was so great that they even la
riated a woman who was in the wagon, but
she was rescued by our men after some hard
fighting.
There are about 1000 men in camp at Ve
ra Cruz.
Gen Shields was at Jaiapa, and was about
to leave for the United S ates, when he re
ceived an order from Gen. Scull to join him
at Puebla. *
There are no preparations to defend any
so nt between Puebla and the Capital. Ail
the odds and ends of the army are collected in
the city, about 20,000 in number, but poorly
armed, and of inferable ma’erial. was
a small pronunciamcnfo, at the City of Mexi
co, which was easily put down by Gen. Bus
tamante. it was got up by factions of the
peace party and of Gomez Farias’ party.—
Their erv was “down with Sania Anna! but
the President ad interim still maintains his
power and influence. Congress has refused
to accept his resignation.
We have about 6000 men at Puebla, un
der command of Worth and Quitman.
(Jen. Scott will remain at Puebla until he
is reinforced. Gen. Bravo is in command of
the army at the Capital.
Santa Anna has published quite a flaming
account of the affair between him and Gene
ral Worth, at Amoszoque. The truth is that
he had a large force of cavalry, which was
attacked by Col. Duncan’s battery and Major
Bonneville of the 6lh Infantry. He did not
wait to receive more than one volley, from
which, however, he sustained a heavy loss,
and then fLd in the wildest disorder towards
the Capital.
Since the above was written we have learn
ed that, in the affair between Gen. Cadwal
lader and the Mexicans, at the National
Bridge, the company of Lieut. Blakey, of the
newly raised voitigeors, with two howitzers,
charged the barricades and swept them with
a few discharges from the howitzers, in
passing through, however, Lieut. Blakey re
ceived a heavy tire from the enemy on the
ridges which commands the bridges, by which
lie loss of one killed and four
wounded, the Lieut, himself being wounded
in the leg. They also lost several horses.—
The heights were then charged on the right
and left of the road snd gallantly carried, the
enemy flying from before them in great con
fusion. When Gen. Cadwallader had passed
i the ridge, he was attacked by a large party of
i guerrillas, who kept up a continual fire on
his men for a long distance. At Cerro Gor
■ do it was thought, from the reports of heavy
firing that the enemy had made a stand in
great numbers, though no apprehension was
entertained for the safety of Gen. Cadwalla
der’s command, who was moving in a bold
and steady manner, the only wav to deal with
the Mexicans. Capt. Gates’ company of 3d
Dragoons being sent by Gen. Cadwallader to
the rear, to reinforce the guards ot the train,
u;prp fttlarlfpfl Ku 9 IU for&o nt Lunoorfl.
whom they attacked and repulsed with con
siderable loss.
There is much sickness at Vera Cruz, but
very little in the Castle. Col. Wilson pub
lishes a card in the Eagle prnnounc ng the
statement of Col. Mata, that La Vega had
been confined in the guard-house of the Cas
tle, to 1« false.
The little part}’, who cut their way from
Jaiapa to Vera Cruz, and so narrowly es
caped the many perils that surrounded them,
express themselves under the greatest obli
gations to Capt. Bainbridge, Mr. Karns, and
Adj. Dutton, for their coolness, prudence and
judgment in conducting them in salety
through their many dangers.
Gen. Cadwallader is much praised for the
energy and promptness of his movements to
the rescue of Mclntosh, and for Ihe bravery
and skill wito which he scattered tlie swarms
of guerrillas, grown confident by the success
of their previous enterprises.
Gen. Bcott was at Puebla at the last ac
counts. The editors of El A red Iris had received
dates Irom tfie Capital up to the 2d of June, j
Santa Anna had a second lime seat in his re
signation of the Presidency. Congress had
not, however, up to that lime time,accepted it.
He had also made a formal renunciation of
his office as Commander-in-Chief of the army;
which, like his resignation of the Presidency,
remained in abeyance—-Congress not having
acted »pon either.
Rejon, am] five other genera's, whose
names are n-*t {riven, hat! been arrested and
sent to tiie d.ffeient JS’Hles for confinement.
The gallant Capt. Walker has commenced
Ills work of retaliation on the guerrillas. On
the morning of ilie B'h inst.* he started with
his command from Per'ote on an expedition
! some distance into the interior. During the
i expedition he succeeded in capturing nine-
I teen guerrillas and an Alcalde—he lias etn
-1 ploved them in cleaning the s'reets and sinks.
| A letter had been received in Vera Cruz
1 on the lo h inst., previous to the sailing ot
i the Galveston, direct from the head quarters
! ofGen. Scott, stating that Gen. Fcolt had is
| sued orders for the removal of the govern
j menl from Vera Cruz to Tnxpan. This
| change was said to be, in part, owing to the
| sickness in Vera Cruz, and because cornmu
! ideations could be more easily kept up be
tween Tnxpan and Puebla than between the
latter and Vera Cruz. AH the public
stores in Vera Cruz would, in that case, he
removed t<» Tuxpan, and troops, only suifici
ent to garrison the p'ace, left ai Vera < rnz.
i Tiie activitv di-maved among the different
vessels in the harbor at V era Cruz in shif'-
i;»g the cargoes from vessels having but #maH
portions of Government property on board,
i ito others nearly full, with the evident in
tention of a move, would go far to confirm
the rumor of a change in the base o( opera
tions. •
There is still a great deal of sickness in
Vera Cruz, but there istery little in the Cas
te oj San Juan. There has not been a case
of vello'-v fever there, and only two
since Capt. Blanchard’s company lett. In the
town there is much fever, and the deaths
average nine or ten every day. ft is confin
ed mostly to laborers and foreigners (not.
Americans.) We make this statement on
undoubted anHiorif v.
Usl of Passengers by the Galveston —Capts.
S. H. Karnes, li. R. Scott, Kennedy, and
Btinbridge; Lieuis. B. F. Dutton, F. 11. Mc-
Williams, W. Williams, Craft, Gaines, Vv ar
shaw, Caraher, Young, Brown, Flint. Lock
ett, Ankrnm, Read, Tory, and J. Fiasher;
Messrs. VV. Brown, VV. 11. Atkinson, F. W.
9 Ripley,G. Painter, J. Chapman, 11. Pctlipan,
Uurbass and Croft.
[<S pedal Correspondence of the Vicayune.\
Vera Cruz. June 13, 1847,
Yesterday another train arrived here from
Jalapa, after having run the gauntlet under
the protection of about 150 sick, wounded and
discharged soldiers.
It was not until they arrived within seven
miles of the National Bridge that they had
any idea of being molested, nor had they any
news of the attack of Col. Mclntosh's com
mand, but learning that a large body of guer
rillas would await them on the morrow at
certain positions on the road, they concluded
to push forward to the bridge, that night, and
if possible passphese places before Hie guer
iiias could concentrate their forces. Accord
ingly they arrived- at the bridge about 11
o’clock at night, which they found barricaded
and guarded by guerrilla sen’ inels who fled on
then approach. Here they encamped lor the
night, but unfortunately, just as tney were
starting off the next morning they were tired
into by about twenty Mexicans from a height,
killing three of our men, but 1 cannot ascer
tain their names. Tney saw a large num
ber of men on the heights further off*and there
is no doubt but that it they had not come on
as far as they dM the night before, the whole
partv would have been cut off
About six miles this side of the bridge they
me Gen. Cadwallader’s command. No en
counter had taken place since Gen. C j dried
Col. Mclntosh, hut active prepartioos were
bring made to proceed on the journey imme
diately, and if pose ibe play the guerrillas a
Yankee trick. For his purpose Gen. G. had
; sent neatly all his d agoons by a circuitous
j route of several miles to the rear of the sup
posed position of the guerrillas, thereby if pos
sible to cutoff’ their retreat, while he walks
into their affections on this side with his
infantry, and he has no doubt ere this given
them something to remember him by. I
Darn that he had expressed ft is intention of
following them up so long as there is any
hope of settling tiie old score with them, and
we feel satisfied from ids well known ener
gy that he will keep his word,
Gen. C. sent down by the train the sick
and wounded of his command, and all the ,
stiillersand merchants who had gone up with
goods under the protection of the detach
ment!
An order reached Jalapa last Tuesday for
the evacuation of that place within the space
of six days after the receipt of the order, the
sick, wounded and public property, all to be
removed to Perole, which will be the princi
pal depot on tiie route to Mexico. This move
appears to be sincerely felt by the inhabitants
of Jalapa, many of whom are making prepara
tions to leave with their families for a safer
part of the country, if such a place can be
found.
Those who remain will be entirely at the |
mercy of the guerrillas, and those who have
shown the least favor to the Americans,
either from good will or necessity, will re
ceive no mercy at the hands of these cut
throats.
lam almost ashamed to bother yon with
rumors, but it has been reported here by
i nearly all the officers and men who came
dawn with the train, that this depot is to be
immediately removed from this city to Tus
pan; that a road is now being opened belw'een
Puebla and that place, and that all communi
cation will be cut off" between this city and
f lio intormr vorv ermn, and I must a/lmit tKnt
it looks a little plausible, although up to this
time I cannot learn that any orders have
reached the authorities here to that effect,—
That such a mad can be opened, bringing
the two points within a distance not exceed
ing seventy-five miles of each other, there is
no doubt.
Vessels are dally arriving with troops, and
there are now about 1000 at camp ready to
proceed to the interior. Most of them are
companies belonging to the different new re
giments.
Capt. Dupern and bis company have re
turned to obtained their horses, there not be
ing sufficient here to supply them previous to
their departure with Col. Mclntosh.
The British royal mail steamer Avon ar
rived here yesterday with the European mail
for Mexico, forty-five days from England, by
way of nearly all the West India ports.
Vera Cruz, June 14, 1847.
Gentlemen —lt is imposibie to tell precise
ly when a steamer will leave for your city,
but in order to be in time for the Galveston,
which may possibly get off this evening, I
shall give, you a hasty sketch of what has
taken place since 1 wrote you my last letter,
and which lias been kindly furnished to me
by Lieut. Riger ot Capt. Blain’s company of
the Voltigeurs.
Gen. Cadwallader marched with his com
mand from the place wbe-ie he reached Col.
Mclntosh, seven miles this side of the Puente
Nacional, on the 10th inst., reached the
bridge about sundown, which lie found occu
pied by the guerrillas, as well as the heights
around.
Lieut. Biakov, of the Voltigeurs, was de
tached with a section ofmountain howitzers,
and twenty men, and suppor ed h,’ the* infant
ry they were ordered to charge the bridge,
which they did in gallant style, and carried
i it, but I regret to sav, that of Limit. B ’s de- j
tachment he lost one man killed ans four j
wounded, Lieut. B. being included among
the latter, having received a musket bill in
the left leg They also lost five horses, but
I cannot learn the loss sustained by the in
fantry in this charge. The infantry immedi
ately charged the heights, carrying them in
fine style. It. the meantime, Gen. Cadwa’- j
lader, fearing for the safety of Capt.. Blain
and Capt. Gales's companies of Voltiguers,
who were on the way to the command in
charge of a train containing forage and pro
visions to supply the place of those captured
from the train vvh le under I lie command of
Col. Mclntosh, sent hack Cap'. Gates’ com
pany of dragoons, who fell in with a large
party or guerrillas who attacked them, and
whom they nobly charged,.leaving ten dead
Mexicans on the field. I cannot Lear what
number of onr men were wounded at the
National Bridge of other detachments with the
exception of Lieut. Rhodes, who was w mnd
ed in the knee, and has re’timed to this p'are.
On the morning ofllie 11th the advance had
another sharp en muter about three miles be
: yond tbe bridge, driving the guerrillas before
i them. (’apt. Blain’s and Capt, Bernard’s
! companies, h aving turned over the supplies,
I left the bridge on their return. At the same
I lime Gen. Cadwallader left there to proceed
I on his journey, and they report that on tiie
| Uth they heard the report of fire arms in the
i direction of Cerro Gordo, and from all ap
: pea ranees theie is no doubt that this command
had to fight every f< ot of its way to Jalapa.
The loss of the Mexicans was no less than
forty, while ours, as far as heard fruin, is
one killed and eighteen wounded. If the
; Galveston does not leave to-day I shall fry
and find time to visit camp four miles distant,
I and may give further particulars.
In haste.
p. S.—Gen. Shields, I have been informed
j by a physician from Jalapa, although yet
| feeble, has given up the idea of going ho ne,
and is going to enter again upon the dudes
of his station.
j [Editorial correspondence of the Picayune ]
Fubbla. Mexico May 28, 1847
Gen. Scott arrived here this afternoon with
an escort of some 200 dragoons, and 60 rifles
i under Col, Harney. He left Acajete this
morning at half past 7 o’clock, and from all
the information received there it was almost
certain that the small command would be
attacked by a body ol 2«r 3000 Mexican ca
j valry under Gen. Can ibz *, but not one was
1 see n Gen. S. came into the city at 3 o’clock
and has taken up his quarters at the palace.
At last accounts it is asserted that the
Mexican army is at El Fenon, a few miles
; this side the capifol, and that it is under com
mand of Generals Bravo, Valencia. Leon,
Cortazar and \lvarez, •he latter having sev
-1 oral thousand Indians from the South. Re
ports are rife that they are fortifying the El
Fenon, and al-o near the city.
In the aff'iir at Amozoque, when General
Worth was advancing upon Fuebla, Santa
Anna commanded Ins cavalry—supposed to
I be neaf 3000 in number—in person. Col.
i Duncan gave them something like seventy
, round shot, from his battery; and Major Bon
: neville. with a detachment, was enabled to
1 reach a position from which he gave inem a
j s were tire of musketry. Near 70 Mexicans
| were killed or wounded, and the scampering
of the rest is represented as amusing in the
extreme. Santa Anna, it is thought, was
i endeavoring to g< t between the commands
j of Gens. Worth and Quitman, with the in
tention of having a brush with the latter, but
i if this was his intention, lie was most signal
j ly foiled.
The command here has been annoyed by
I continued rumors of an attack by troops from
| Mexico, aided by a rising of the inhabitants
of the city; but the most active measures
I have been taken to guard against surprise.—
1 enclose a proclamation issued by Gen.
i Worth to-day.
As regards the next movement of the army,
I can give no information. Gen. Twiggs’
division will be up to-morrow or next day,
and then a more definite plan of operations
will be adopted.
I semi this off hap-li tzard by the diligon
*cia. to Jalapa, hut if. is doubtful whether it
will reach New Orleans. G. W. k.
Puebla, May 30, 1847.
Intelligence was received yesterday from
the citv of Mexico np to the dav before the
28 h. Santa Anna on that day submitted to
the Congress a formal resignation of ins of
fice as [’resident inter’uno, and the members
of both houses went at once into session to
deliberate upon the matter.
The result of the election for President
is not yet known, but the opinion gains
ground that Herrera will be the success
ful candidate.
'There are troops between here and the city
of Mexico, nor are there any fortifications in
process of construction either at Rio Frio, or
E! Fenon. What with the National Guard.
Ihe Indians under Alvarez, the Guanajuato
troops under Cortazar,and the odds and pnds
under Valencia and other generals, there may
be some 25,000 badly armed and equipped at
the capital. All was doubt, hesitation and
confusion among the officers, and no one
knew what to do. This is the latest and re
liable intelligence. In haste,
g. w. k.
Puebla, June 3, 1547.
I sen J you a file of the Courier Francaise of
the city of Mexico, as also a number of orders
and other documents. The Courier contains
nearly all the news of importance. Do read and
publish an account of Santa Anna’s affair at
Amozoque, as it is peculiary rich. It is said that
Almonte has been sentenced to he shot at the
capilol for holding treasonable correspondence
with one ofa our Generals. He*is certainly in
prison, but I hardly believe he will be shot.
There was another revolution at the city of Mexi
co two or three days since, at least such is toe
report, but it was put down by Gen. Bustamente
almost immediately. The originators of it are
friends ofGen. Farias, and, as is supposed, of
peace with the U. S. andt one of their cries was
‘‘death to Santa Anna.” By the way, the story
now is that the Mexican Congress will not accept
the resignation of Santa Anna. Ol course there
was some trick in his resignation. Yours, &c.,
G. w. K.
. Puebla, June 3, 1817.
Kendall is too unwell to write to you, and as
there is an extraordinary express about leaving
for Jalapa, I concluded that a tew lines even from
a stranger from this interesting quarter might not
prove unacceptable.
Gen. Scott and staff, with the dragoons, a'.rain
of about forty wagons, Mr. Kendall,your humble
servant, and no particular quantity of adventu
rers, reached Fuebla on the 27th ult.. and on the
28lh Gen. Twiggs’- division, vvitu tiie big train;
all of whom ami which combined with previous
arrivals, give us a torce ot abo it 6000 men, 600 i
wagons and near 5000 horses and mules. Maj. j
G m, Quitman and vlaj. Gen. Worth had been
in possession of H e townthirteen days when we j
arrived. Two days ago it was thought General !
Scott would move immediately upon the capital, |
i but I think tins morning he will remain here tbr« c
■ or four weeks, at the exp ration of which lime fie j
will not only have shgully increased his army |
but will have all his horses in g**>d condition. |
Santa Anna has resigned the presidency, and the ,
act excites much astonishment here. W e have
not been advised what act ion Congress has taken
upon the subject. Many reasons are alleged tor
j the resignation, but the most plausible i can de
vise are his wish to test h s popularity with the
Congress, or a desire to be behind toe scenes w hen I
the curtain rises for the first act of negotiation.
Enclosed you will find acopy of bis renunciation
and vou can draw your own inlerence. [We j
have already published this ]
1 was muc.i surprised to hnd the church party
here so much opposed to Santa Anna. Amongst
the San Augustine monks and friars I do not t»e
lit-va he lias ,i friend. Herrera is the favorite ot
the clergy. Yesterday a friend of mine who spi aks
Spanish passing well was in conversation with
two reverend genl.emcn, and when he to d them
that we were in favor of Herrera, they seemed
delighted and shook h'm by the hand with great
goodwill. In this place there are no less than
five hundred priests, and they being owners of
one half the town, exercise, independent of their
holv calling, a great influence over the people.
They are treated with great respect, too, by our
own people. Every olii e r , non-commissioned
officer and so'dier is ordered to saint ■ them in the
streets, and a day or two ago, vviu-n the bishop
visited Gen. Scott, the entire guard was turned
out and remained at piesent until his holiness had
passed in and out ag in To conquer a peace the
best method is evidently to conciliate the clergy.
To the 29th, we have papers from the capital.
Nothing is said whatever of defending the plaee.
El Repuhlicano says that oui troops are dying |
; with diarrhoea and oilier diseases at Jalapa, and |
when they were ordered to march on Puebla re- i
! fu -t d positively to obey the order. Before this j
: time thev are probably advised to the contrary. |
A Frenchman came in yesterday and r« ports!bat
Bravo and Ganalizu have resigned from the army.
It is possible that a train of wagons may leave j
here for Jalapa in a dav or two, as 1 have heard
that that post will he broken up. Plenty of every
thing for an army in Puebla.
Man in the White Hat.
[Prom the .V (J. Picayune, Jiff i inst ]
From Tampico.
The brig Hamlet, Gapl. Robinson,arrived j
yesterday forenoon from I arnpico, whence
she sailed on the 1 Ith inst.
We have files of piper-- by this arrival
| from the city of Mexico, but we regret to say
| none later than the 29 h of May, papers ol
J which date we had already received,
i We have also the Tampico Sentinel of the
| 3‘h inst.—-the old Sentinel revived by John
J Gibson, E-q , our whilom city contemporary.
{ Tiie latest dates from the rapitol mentioned
in the Sentinel are the 29th of May. Noth*
i in** 1 nvre recent appears to be known in
j Tampico of affairs m the interior,
j Tiie Sentinel speaks of the
| health of the Louisiana volunteers at Tampt
l co. Their ranks have been thinned by dy
-1 sentry and intermittent lever.
J The Sentinel speaks confidently of the
| means ofdelence nl Tampico against revolt
j or external attack. Eight hundred bayonets |
I can be mustered, exclusive o, lunfrsemen and i
! field ar illery.
i The Sentinel calls upon the citizens to j
m ide preparations tor the celebration of the
| 4in ot July,‘a hint not inopportune here.
We conclude our extracts from the Senti
nel by copying the following paragraph:
The Louisiana Regiment —No < o ps un
der the careful supervision ot Col. L G. De-
Russy lias improved in so short a time
than this body of m tn. Tuey are in every
respect equal to the regulars who have been
a longer tune in the service. Major F. Gir
ault deserves the greatest credit tor his un
relaxing efforts in d sciplmmg and drilling
his portion of this regiment.
But what has Louisiana done for them?—
Has she compensated the officers and men
shipwrecked on board the Ondiaka? Where
is the fS7OOJ talked about; why cannot this
State uniform the whole regiment? Those
who enjoy themselves comfortably at home
appear to have forgotten that a regiment
from Louisiana exists at all.
Co’. Hamer,
Capt. Henry, of the 3d Infantry, a gallant
officer who has fought in every battle since
the Mexican campaign opened, except those
of Buena Vista and Cerro Gordo, in a letter
to Hie N. Y. Spirit of the Times, gives a des
cription of the personal appearance and
qualities of the dashing and intrepid Harney
which we are satisfied our readers will be
gratified to see, familiar as most of them may
be with the gallant colonel ol dragoons. He
says:
Sandy hair, very light complexion, a frank,
generous expression of countenance, form
perfect in symmetry, without one particle of
superfluous flesh, fit “to run tor a man’s I tie,”
in the prime of manhood, with a mild but de
ter mined blue eye, and you have him stand
ing before you. Mount him on his nube
charger, excite that blue eye until it almost
scintillates, and give animation to that form
until it appears to expand, and you have one
ot the most gallant, dashing cavalry officers
in any sen ice. He is a man of iron will, and
if necessary, of desperate courage. As a
partisan officer he is conspicuous, I deem
him the be.it in the service. Lake all men ot
sin li a temperament, he is a warm, devoted
friend, and a bitter enemy. Think of his
towering form carrying his brigade to Hie
storming of that terrible height. What a
picture tor an artist! Harney with arm out- j
stretched and sword drawn, pointing to the |
! height, with his gallant brigade, regardle.-s
of all obstacles, rushing into the enemy’s
breastworks! Ail accounts represent him as
conspicuous, and that the clear, shrill tones
of his voice, calm almost to frigidity, could
be distinctly heard all the way up the moun
tain side.
Facts vs Fiction.
The Bulletin, in an article answering some
remarks from the Washington Union, reite
rates a statement which it made some three
weeks since, and which the editor at tbe time,
as well as now, knows is not the truth. He
says: “No one here fully doubts that it was
the great flood of government bills, that were
thrown upon the market, which drove ex
change upon New York down to 2£ a 3 per
cent discount, -at a season of the year when
northern funds are invariably at a premium ,”
&c. Now, let us refer to the Prices Cur
rent of Cooke, Young &, Co., for Hie same
periods last year, and contrast them with the
present.
May 16, 1846, GO day hills on N. York, 31 a4l dis.
June 10, “ “ “ “ 24 a24 do.
.May 16, 1817, 60 day bills on “ 24 a 3 do.
June 9, “ “ “ “ 2| a24 do.
t-V. O. Courier.
AUGUSTA. GEO..
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1817.
[CTThe Savannah Republican of the 21st*
contains two diatribes against the democrat-,
charging them with many naughtincs-c.«
j which seem to shock the sensitive nerves of
j our cotemporary. One of these articles ia
' entitled “The Parly of ‘Progress.’ ” Among
the heinous errors of this party, in the eyes
; of the Republican , was the elevation to llua
I Presidency of General Andrew Jackson.
Hear how that political censor discourse!h:
“This party owes its origin to the acts of a.
great but self-willed partisan, of whom we
would speak with tfie respect due to the tie
-1 parted, but whose ac s have survived him, and
I are now bearing bitter fruit for us and our
descendants, lie was a soldier—a o ! gen
i era), and an ambitious one.—and carried into
| the Presidential (.’hair the same ti ry ii«-
j pulses which had made him the vie or on
i hard fought fields. 11 is views of the Tonsil
i tu’iou were necessarily imperfect, his own
strong will was paramount to all Constitu
tional scruples—he interpreted that instru
ment, ‘as he understood ii’—and inspired
our people with an admiration fur military
glory adverse to their true policy,—which
should be one of peace.”
We will stick a pin here, and inquire which
party the Republican —ils editors, and qoitn
dam supporters, and even present supporters
belonged to then. Dd they no' form a part
of this very same party? Or were they
amonnrthe five or six hundred voters in Geor
gia who supported John Quincy Adams for
the Presidency. In fact when did that paper
cease its support of Geu. Jackson? a d why
did it cease? The answer would afford a
rich commentary on the text.
“And inspired our people with an admira
tion for military glory adverse to (heir I u•
policy —winch should he one of peace.”
This is from the pen which proposes to t! a
people of O org:a, two military heroes as
suitable candidates for civil officers, '1 ho
he o of Buena Vista for Presal- n of the Uni
ted .Stales, and the hero of Wilhlacoochee
for Governor of Georgia,
i Again the R pull can pursues ts strain of
invective in this wise:
“Per a time, the so called Democrats, w ho
have of real Democracy nothing but toe
name, contented t iern-elves with making war
upon our mo-l valuable institutions. Ihe
downfall of the National Bank, and conse
quent prostration ot pub ic credo—ihe unreal
mockery of she Sub-Treasury system—Dorr
ism at the North, Repudiation at the South
and West—-threatened war.- with France and
i England—were i lie first fruits of their de
structive and reckless policy.
“From these evils, the calmer counsels of
the Whig party saved the country.”
Among the sins here charged against the
“so called democrats,” and the Republican
might have exclaimed Quorum pars fui , so
I far at least as som* of those recounted sins
are concerned, following: The down
fall of the National Bmk. How much
in what way did the Republican aid to arrest
this downfall. Its downfall may be dated
from the refusal to renew its charter. his
was in 1832. Did the Republican advocate
its re-charter? D;d it not oppose that re
charter—(J d it not contend that such an in
stitution was unconstitutional, unwise and
inexpedient, etc. etc.
As to “the real mockery of the sub-freasn
ry system,” it is a system that is now a real
existence, and not a mockery; unless its
signal refutation of the whig predictions of
ruin, bankruptcy and disaster which if would
j produce, may be called a mockery. Ii is a
i mockery o! these croaking prophecies. But
it may not be amiss here to observe that when
it was first suggested in 1831 in Congress
as a substitute for the exj iring National
Bank, and of the Pet Rand system, a dis
tinguished member from Georgia of the
R publican's party, advocated and vo ed
for it. The whigs of Georgia, then as
l H
a party opposed a National B.nk, and many
of its most prominent members of Cong r ess,
with whose names the editors of the Repub
lican are sufficiently familiar made speeches
against it.
As to Dorrism at the North, we have only
to say that the great democratic party of the
country is not responsible for all the isms of
isolated portions of the party. By that rule
the poor whigs would be overwhelmed by its
absurd isms — Fourierism, An'i Rent ism.
Abolitionism — Anti-tcar-ism, Federalism , in
the old blue light, sense of the term, are
among the isms with which that party is sore
ly afflicted.
But we have one gentle hint to drop to the
Republican. A press and a party that advo
cated o"Ths Bankrupt by which
hundreds of millions of honest debts were re
pudiated, and creditors remorselessly de
frauded of their just and legal claims, should
be tlie last to talk about repudiation. In the
history of the civilized world the whig parly
has the signal honor of standing conspicuous
I and alone, as the unblushing advocates of Re
j pudiation. And so may they ever stand. It
j is a gross slander to charge the democratic
! party as a party with advocating repudiation,
i either of individual or State liabilities.
The other article to which we refer as one
in which the Republican pours forth a phili
pic against “the so called democrats,” is en
titled “National Observatory.” It refers
to the fact that we have a National Observa
tory at W aehingfon,and that the Union refers
in terms of complacency to the recent impor
tation of a splendid Refracting Circle fur
a Telescope of the institution.
It speaks of these gross deceptions upon
the people by ihe supporters of Gen. Jackson
to prejudice them against Mr. Adams’ ad
ministration. One was in reference to the
National Observatory proposed by Mr. Adams,
ridiculed by his opponents as a light house in
the skies —another was the alleged magnifi
cence of the East Room, although it says
“every one except the deceived people know