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News frosai flic Army. VVe lav before our readers various letters, extracts. &e. in relation to the late battle at nnterey.and aisu trxtU tnfoimatjon as we had received, p 10 the latest hour, from the ihenre of V, ar. It is impossible to trad these letters Without feeling the liveliest interest in the conteet of ai ms now going on. or without rendering all due thanks and honor to those brave mn who wlro have rushed forward 10 sustain the fl ig of the RepuMic. Honor to "Old Zack" and the woble felloes who fight with him under ' the banner of the Mars and stripes! There will be laurel for those who mny survive this War, and tears" for those who fa?i; but the burning indignation of ihe people and the execrations of an enlightened ar.d patri otic posterity, will follow 'such as are croaking of evil and defeat to our armies, arwl endeavoring to embarrass the Admin . istration m its effort to secure a speedy "and honorable peace: "Oh for a tongue to enrse the slave, Whone f reason. like a dread !y blight. Comes o'er the councils of the brave. To blast them in their hour of misfit!" Let soch of the Federal Whig leaders as are niw oposing this War and making efforts t i npair tlie strength and vigor of their own Government, remember the doom those Federalists who opposed the War of 1812! The f.,il owing letter is from a Corespon dent of the Bal'ioiore Sun: JLater from tlic Scat of Was. Great excitement in consequence of a re port that oil" Rough and Ready"'' was to be superseded- Public meeting and reso lution passed The popular if 1 of Old Zack" -How n young Soldier feels when he first smells gunpowder the fall of Co! if'atzon The dead and duing The noble Tennessceans Captain Stew art The Sun and the ladies, fyc.. $-c, Cam near Monterey Mexico. October 6. (I belie vo.) 1846 Gentlemem :-There are no stationery stores in this part of the world where one can y.epm an i geia sneet of paper to ; lflV ramro(! accidentally caughi the ribn.d ! xvn.e t friend, .o I have pa,d our sutler j to'wh,eh the por.r-m of her 'I lovV was at-a"fl-mc Bhet i for this in order to let vou i.,..wi ..,i .r..... .. r t ! - 1 l . r hear frn the BalMmore HatUn Pre- t fpl to the ground, and ,. I looked on that rnn-.njr therefore u.at I have chared you . iWMl faC,, I fel a3 lh h u;..h .hat ao.onn, per sheet. I proceed to to ,e tu do mv ,!uiv. f J L'.evou en-b few temofneasIrani.,iha, n,o,. nf h t.u. . f!!: ii,h f:er Lnnnn, f. ..: i battlf. lo'jf.u us way lo encamnment vesirr dav. ?f d it erea'ed an eeite-neni I shall only pniallv attenpt (o describe. It Ma ted, in o many frdn, ilia- Gen. Tavl-r irind vou, the her of ihe Bit nnd. 9th of May was to be supersede:?,, and Major General Butler n to reprive the appoint ntentto the chief command of this arrnv. I .... cturmei , my ' i You may. probably, wish to know ho a young soldier feels when he smells po ler for 'lie first time I will t'l vu. At fmt I fell 3 though 1 should l?ket have j been out of the party ! felt decidedly " nasty " ntJ looked froo; one end of the battalion to the other to see if I could see any one rim. Yes, I fed like -unnmg, I rtjust ?cknowledfe, but ibey all rood like men ar.d I could not ber the idea to be the first to riH, and, therefore kept on with the rest. The Tenesseens were abmt ten yards in our advance, the Wississippians about ihe same distance in our rr. You will therefore ee, gentlemen, that I had to " star.d up to the rack, fodder or no fad dtr." A' ttus moment an awful fire xVts opened on the Tinesp.ans. They fe! by scores, but H e bala.-ee stood like veteran. W e w re fireo" upon by a cro" 6r from 9 and 12 pounders, and murderous dis charge of sma'i arms fro.n ernrs orsireets, doors, window a and tops of house. By this time, Col VV isnn wa tryinf to ; us ahead of the Tence-"!een, (h:tf lictl for the advance nd racctved from Gen Taylor ihe promise of t) and, while in the act of giving three ch'era. was shot .down. He as o our right. .') twen' ty paces ahe l f.l us. I s biot fall od. . all apprehension no left ut. 1 ma.Ie involuntary effort to fet t him to arT.o;d him help, but was broe o by the pre sure of the otaas lwhnd. Jd w illingly j-ielding to i;, impelled hy a inrat for re venge thai would hie carried re thr.tif ' a storm of the bulk-ts or laid i oi mi Monterey. We were now within f;y yards of the wail, behind mlth the e,-,i y were lying in perfect afcum?. and ai tn moment Gen. Tuylor r!e up i fallaut style, accan pnird by a ong oflieer Nov came the thrilling t en of all. A huge Tentiefcaeeari sung out "ilm, men i-.ere conies Uid .ack t;ee nt era f.r do Zack." Three treo.cdous cbears were now given, until " Heaven's hroaJ arch ran- Imcit the sound." I trembled for his safety, f.-r I cpecid to see him fall every moment. . . Great God! 1 ntver ea hr.--t thataight. Tjje gallant old soldirr.Mwriwto tK young enrer who accom panned hi mr,4 received from him a spygUsp, which J;e applied to his eye as if to survey the si-ene rouna' him. There laid at least 400 men. ariot down; the general calmly nut up ihe glass and 'returned it to the flicer. and then n ding still nearer che fee, until he was ap even wiih ie Tennessecans. gre the or dcr to retire." i followed him with my eyes ontil I saw him beyond the danger of the s.ii.'!l arms, and trien almost involuir tartlr tiiteied an ejaculation of thanksgiv ing to the Almighty thai his invaluable life was still preserved to his country. As I was returning I saw a wounded volunteer, who begged me to gire hitn some water. J did bo and carried bim on my back to a place of secuiity. Fie was aTennesseean; when I laid him down in the presenceof his officer, he was a corpse. Oh! gentlemen, the sight was fearful. The word way be umoldicrlikeX cannot help it, it was horridly fearful- The man who can contemplate such a scene as four hundred men dead and dying, and not feel deeply, keenly feel, he is made of sterner siufTthan the materials of which I am com posed. Gentlemen, you should have seen the noble sons of Tennessee, as they ihen con' dticed themselves. They were the heroes of Monterey. You should have seen our own heroic, and indomitable 'olonel Wat son; yotf should have seen our present bp loved commander, the intrepid noble-souled Captain Stewart. He fought like a bull dog and when he lefi the field he was cov ered with blood and gore and dust. Jul timoreans, I tell You lhat a nobler fellow, even Baltimore never produced ; vou may rely on him in any emergency, lie isun hurt. But I must close my two sheets are full. But 1 now have to ask you a favor. Messr9 Sun printers. You o.u?t know that soldiers are not overstocked with ido ney, and therefore cannnot pay the prin' ter. So you must (mind yo.j mvsl) send us occasionally a few numbers ot your pa per. We sometimes get one, which we suppose you senJ us. But verb. Sal. a hint is enough please send them to Cap tain Stewart ; we will get them. One more favor I have to beg, viz : Toe Sun is read daily by every lady in Baltimore at the Breakfast table. Be go. id enough, therefore, to let our s weethe'aits (Cod eternally bUssthcrn) know what we are about . We nave nothing ;o the hape of ladies here, and I therefore nave to consent, my self with gazing on the features of a "lady iove" as they have been most truthfully deli neated by the painter's pe.cil. on a portrait which I wear constancy near my heart. Just before Col. Watson fell, as 'l hate al. ready informed ynu I felt somewhat bil icus' ahem- nnd in iomiinrr rrxv mo..o ... ! thought death alti.ost certain. I knew full ! u. . Ii .. .......1.1 .i c . ""' face ; hr jjain if she knew 1 had run 5fe, gentlemen, that form and loiage so ar dently s fondly loved, rose up before me in all its loveliness, and I thought almost aloud : There is no such word as rrm." So run. I didn't, tnd eoub'.rft. I repeat, (iod bless ihe Iadie of Bahm te. T-te remembrance of one of whom restored me tu the consciousness of mv dotv atrid a scene of danger, horror. nd Md.t which my memory never can recur wnnout a huoder. For yourselves cenJlemen, r'ceive the jaU ranee tf my re-pert. Yours, ric., J. M. I learn that theexprrue does nr.i l.nvo , for Camargo to-motrow, I may, therefore. wrnp again. Another Correppondent of the Sun, spea king of the battle, says : "Our loss was immense, at leas- 900 men kitted, wounded, and mUs!ng. The Mexi can loss is not much greater. It now pretty well ascertained that Gen. Taylor was himself opposed to the armistice: which he gramed, and only yielded from the lct lhat nirie f-ur of the thirteen jfners whom he consulted strenuously dvtyd it. I ho lieve if Old Roiih" God bless him had had his own wav, we cou'd have to ken ire citadel r one hours time, nd wjtli a nii . there is h rcpo-t !erp to- (Imv TriiMt Cimarim lU-.t C,,-...l ... i : fciwail lfKs. i he thedrvil with us between here and th al nic. Another Correspondent, writing under date of Octolcr C, sri)-s : Last night a Kjxeial messenger ar riceti fro-m Washington, bearer of des putfket to Gen Taylor we are ignor-ant of 'hr-ir import. If in consideration ol o verture f r peace from Mexico, distrut f mm, as Parerfos is agin getting up, and jn : be. Iffore hngt onto more in t he as cettdoey; and as to Snta Anna, who but an idiot would trust him, even under the mot o!emn obligation? lfellou that utiles we sr.d rcintorccment.s here, the termination ol the arm sttce will fitid Grp. Tavlor hemmed in in Monterey mark tfcm.'Sun Louis Potoni has pronounced a gaiu-i Sanlri Antia,ud in tvor of Pa redes thia after ti kmg of Monterey." Wc- quote the following from the New Orleat; Jeff T.on tan of ihe 21st ulnmo : " Santa Anna is reported to be at San Lu; Potoi. t the he&d ot an army, and that Ampnd-a has gone it it his forces to roet him :hat place. The force, when cooctntrati . will smount to 30,000 men, and there i a general belief tnat it is the intention of Gen. Santa Anna to move iorthwith and attack Gen. VVool as he ad vances. 44 It appears that the Baltimore Iisstahon and the Afasamians were noarlv cut un. and Nu!?red dreadfully from a Haliing fire in the streets. Indeed the whole of the Volunteers engaged are represented as act ing most nobly, and did all which o-en or soldiers could do. ft is said that Gen. Ampudia was so much frightened lest the Texms would kill him, fihat be begged Gen. Worth to furnish an escort for his security, on his departure, which wa accordingly done There ere y igue rumors at Monterey that Santa Anna was at the head oi an arrry, and marching to meel rjen Taylor." Extract of a Letter dated Camargo, October 5. lt is reported and believed Here that the Mexicans oro f-.rii'fvtnsr th- road between Saitillr. smd Monterey.' S:n u Anna .and his troops are to rendezvous ;.t San Louis Potosi on about the 1st :nber.' " It is aiso beiieved that another si d still more bloody battle wiil have to Lc fought if the troops advance on Saltillo. - Ths troops astd officers left here were tho. mo?t dtstiessed people ou ever saw, when they heard f the hattle. Had the vofiw teers knowrr that a bnttlo would bft fought, I fool confident they would have gone'for ward, orders or no orders. General QuTtmati, I am told, fought in person at the head of hi.cnrnmaTid, iushit!o forward and crving out "follow "me, mv lirave, boys.follow me.' Colonel McClung lought w ith hi sword a(tr;r he was, 6hot down, nd inwhc moment of sinking from thr; lo. of blood, dnw his pistols and des ".itched two .Mexicans. Wo cpy from nur exc'iMno papers t:jf fallowing iriieresting inctdenls of the battle fie:d: - O.i the morning of the 21 ?t, whiUt Gen eral Worth was rec.ouuo:icrin, near a mile in advance of bis troops, the Mexicans en. dcivored to cut h;tn of. He hesird t.eir o.usketry firr.j at htm to his left ami renr. Whoeilng h:s horse, Iip rlIKl Mjs s.i,Tpui spurs, and passed siile.lv bv the .Mex-c ins who were ?o eager to do inuch, tbt thcrv pcrmmeu ,(n to escape. M hen Cpt.im, C. F. Smith was ordered to s;o;m the fbt height, Mi:jor Ciievaiiier, of 'tie Texan Bankers, asked permisstoo from (if-n, VV.irth to accoinpnnv the storm r.g party. . ' No sir," siid Get;. Worth, "i wish Citpt. Smith especially to com mand that '.xpedinot.." There shall no no difficulty niv ut that." replied the grillar.t Mnjor, I'M qi, under Capt. Smith. V' -r well,", sud Gen. Worth, "you can g i A vIk-11 from LietM. R.nvlr.r,fi's howfz-r having ponetraied tho roof of t!;o Bih -V? palace, buried itself in the body of a '!cx can, and t'i-re exploded, teiru g the p,:or fellow to rays. An Amoricnn Wdier. aaz ing on iho scene, sid tali's otTiocr, "Lieu tortant, that man i - kided very dead, 1 ne ver i-aw a tnaii killed so di-ad.i mv In.'' On the evening of the 23d.'wt-.rn Gen. Worth had given direction for his troops to retire a few qu:ires acd gel a gool ii gin's rest, a young but gallant oilieei l Lieut. Jos. F Irons, 1st aruliery, steppe! up to him and said, in an energetic tone " Genera: I consider that the ver wort! order you ever gave in votirZccir Mc know by the shouts of our men lhat lhe are doing well. We know, sir, bv t-'ie snull nun her of woia tled brought back that they arc not much cxpo-ed. And, sr. llie nto.-'-l e fieri will be t ad on our men. a.;d ti e Mexicans will look upon . as a re real and take courage." , The G ueia turned or: hi l:ecl and uisp-.tc'ied anothe. aid to Gen. Smith, wnh instuci.ons to re lire or not a his discretion Arcordinujv they did not retire. (.'apt. Musson, oi Louisiana, was in a position where the bails ie whizzng some .Many of ihe Mexican avairv had been dtsmoutited. and Capi. M. seeing ne unhorsed, sii'd mak-ig ireks with ra-e horse speed, he called to him to s;op. say ing I can shoot you down, tan 1 will give you a chnrice.' The retreating Mexican was a sensible man and would no stop Capt. M. il.cn put spurs to Ins steed and non coming up with the Mexican O ho was armeo with a g. v ..gK ,ooking brf) tried to get him on his w eapon sid. h,u oi vnn. Tne Mexican struck the o agnsm. mous Captain a hlow with his i-abrs on the left shoulder, and a; the moment ihe Gap tarn was ab ut reciprocating ihe favor, bv a dexterous life his sword, a soidier M fiv n- oii'.-M-i, auu me poor viexican was mabP l b,lP ,ne 1,1,81 and N i (ten. north awl the Texan i and the Texan s- At the close of it. e siege and the capiii)lr,:ion of the city.i Texan ofhrer pmprsed thst tt.e Tex atis give Gen. U orih thee cheers, and that thev ait on him in person and give him a soldier's shake of ihe hand. Toe proposi tion was received with enthusiasm, ad the cheers were given in a way that made the welkin rng. After winch ihey waited up on Ihe laureled General, and congratulated him up;n ihe success which has crowned his valor und skill. The following is from the IVew Orleans Commercial Times of the 14th ultimo; ' Departure of Santa Jinna to take the chief command of the army opposing Gen Taylor. (n the 24th 'tat , u was an nounced that the Is1 brigade of cavalry had left the city of Mexico, en route tor Mon terey, hat JSanta Anna was leave the ntxi mornmg. In order to expedite ihe march of the loices destined io operate w ith ti.ose under A irputm ?gamsi the A mencans, he hud pledged his own personal credit The natn! guard would ah ne f,.rm the garri son of ihe city, ihe mhei bugades were then marched out, with Pan.a Anna at the r head on ihe 25ih. " Am podia is said, in the Vera Cruz pa pers, ts have etgncd ibt c ommand of the army of Hie north, which staienn?nt agrees w ith the fact v Inch we published recently, from information received at :he hands of one of th officers who came hither from Monterey, by ihe last arrual." - Late from the Army. . The-latest dales from ihe Army ai Men tery are up to the 12th of last month. Or. dnance, provisions and supplies arriving continually.and the health of the troops was much better than it had been on the Rio I Grande. The Georgia Regiment was the j only reinforcement which had reached Monterey up to xhe 12t'h, but orders had been received, it was understood, by the othsr Regiments stationed on the Rio Grande to move towards bead-quarters.- It was rumored at Monterey ihatSanta Art nn had arrived s.t San Luis Potosi with a force variously estimated at from 15,000 to 25,000 men. and hat he was on fits way to Salnlo. Wp qoote such other items as may be of interest to our reader : Tfie number of men killed and wotin- tied. sv tar asacenained. is 571 Many of me wounded were dying. hi rever & f-one was touched, it wa found difficult lo c fleet a rcco.ery of the patient. The nurnhfr of killed and wounded an the side of the Mexicans is believed to be about 1,- 4iu(. Several incidents ot inu rest were re lated to us, wjitch we h ive not time to note r.oiv. There was no band to hand fight ing. The volunteers, when in?ide the ci ty, exposed themselves as little as feasible in the streets. The; would en;er a lo ose at the extreme end ofa street and fight their way from house io house -now on the roof ami now m the interior ui.;g ihe ri hV wnii deadl-- tiled all tre time, and ibis accounis nr thu greater loss of their enem y. To ihcir credit he it said.jhcy never, tn any instance we are informed, reorted to plunder. With such terror had they inspired the Mex'i.an. that when the order io ceae fir ing was given preparatory to the consulta tion for a tuce. :tr.d for some tunc before it, resistance trj them bad aimon entirely ceased, and iho fort or ci add that remain ed in ihe pos-esion of the enemv was out- sitje the env and could not annoy them f in.pos-ess:on of n. Hence the disatifrc lion expnssed by some in camp asthe terms of the armistice, or indeed at any armistice at sll. Having done so much, and gone so fir, they wisUed o go the whole figure." At what sacrifice Uicy did j so, Mi'y re known when we state thai out of three hundred sr.d fifty chivalric Teuncs ear.s. who vent into field itie fir-t day, one hundred and sevpnittn ot inent were killed and wounded, and of three hundred nd thirty or foriy M ississtppians, same day, sixty--even brave iVJl-us fell. " I'liere hive been afTtavs between the citizens of Monterey ami Texas rangers. i(ic! reuieo, first, m the assassniMion of i Texan volunteer, ari l ihen by way of re- enge, in me Kiinrg oi eleven ijf X'cr y Hie comiades of the slam. v., ss' ! avlor,.to prevent simthai recurrences o-ad oulered an etli.-ttnt guard to be ilisiributtd i!rongh ihe ci i y. 'Lieut. Colonel McClung wa rapid: recovcrtng frnni ;he r 7 cts of tn.N wolir..!.-'. Ouo of ti e officers o: his icgim-nt irfnti.'s 1 s that the gallant colonel was tho rtr' i't.-i that Mioued h'seU in j,.- first tori - ormrd in t i-s:er a Tivlnr's diviston, a;o ;.t :C receiv d4his w.-u'dj whilst nviou his sword noil m;d cheering o.; his t.ici.. -'outing "vic!'!i!" The rnu-liei Ih! "truck hm n his It ft h:md winUt hold n his scabbard to his li:p, and cut ofTt a j o fingers, glar-cug fon tl o scabbnrd, and ' itenng ht ni.d:rncn. Ir-tciusing in its course, 'he bone above the hip j'i!iT. 'Wo ecl bound to '.a.io further, from 'lie evidence ftiro:hd us, th.jt General Taylor's criolne;. nnd sound ju Igateot hrongh.-ul the ifrrd.le three da;. was re marked by every or.r engaged, a:.d ht.i Ins intrepidity was such, he being in th: ilnckcst of 'he fighr, nnd always wbcic the ball- fell fastest, thai his escape was oVemr-n noraru;. us. fie kII preserve the tame liob.e leciiii-s; and euiniV ,earty io ,)Ui,P:i his government may order htrn owhe sCi vie? s of his com. try n.ay call Inm. wheiiir r the heud ot five, or twenty ihous.ird men. We are gr it fi'd to b? able t slate thai the duel", uln.-h were on tho tap: at Ca marge between Col. ll-iie Peyton ar-d Gvs. Maisha!!, ar.d also between apt. Mi:ss-:, of !iii- City, and- Cnpt. Chcrvess rf the. Texas voluti'ccrs, have all been amicahlv arrangrd. ' Gen. Ampudia has issued another pro clamation si.vo his jctrea from Monft rev, caintig opnn the Mexicans to fl -ck to his F.tnr.dsrti lo repei the invaders oftheirsr.il His excuse, in the proclamation, fr defeat at .Monterey, and the surrender of that ci ty i o our troop, is a want of ammuni tion ! ! 7'ho utter taisity .f trn-i s n;t tnoi-t is lounri at .Monterey falter the capitulation." tiatost from Mexico. The New Orleans Commeicial Times of tho 2nd infant savs, that th; Mexicnr.s have totallv evacuated 'he whole countrs this gide San Luis Potosi, dismantled Saf tdo, ano riestr-.-yed ail their fori ifica lions n the Rmconadn : ai d that instructions have brti Jorwarded to ihe con maodtnu Genera's lo lV back n San Luis Potosi! A: this point, it is said, Santa Anna will roncontrate the whole of t e .Mexican for ces, nr.d rnakr desperate hattlc. Saul An na, it is tunher stated, left the City of Mexico en Ihe29ih September, with 2000 chvMi-v and 800 mlaiHry, on ti way tSo Luis Potosi. Larpe rcni.iK,,.,. - """i wen- being made by ihe Mexican citiz-ns lo carry on the war, and the Clergy bad conscWd to rr,orfg)jxe their - nrocerlv to raise 82.- 000,000. i-.Ut a 0(lri cod not ie obtained upon the mortgage. St. Anthony's fire, a disease incident to children mostly, but which sometimes at tacks adults, took its name from .a supposi tion that St Anthony could cure it, which was eatd to be believed by those who Jived in his time. Cinizot. The following SKetch ol I ho personal ap Parence of the Prime Minis'er of France is from the. I?ans correspondence of the Boston Courier: ' A few evenings after my arrival in Pa ris, I was at a party given by -the Amcri can minister on the occasion of the mar riago of a young lady' of Alabama Miss Cook with a Trench nobleman.; I was wandering Ihrough the saloon when my attention was arrested by a lm!e,paSe mea grc m.in in h!f k, decorated on! wiih the ribbon of the Legion of Honor. 1 Pale, and meagre and small as ho was, hnwetrr ho had '.bout Inm an air' of command nnd eened to receive the universal reject which his bearing chalicngrd. 1 certainly did not at the moment think of his bf ingn very great man. Tlis fcirchrad, though high seemed too retreating for a ver pro found thinker, and in the deep lines about the darkened eyelids and ituhc sallow look of hi entire features, I supr;ord lh.it ! suv ihe tokens of s.cti dise.i.i or wetkness as is con-i.-teiitvuh the I'dca of the great ex ertions oTn grit man. But still lcoitf..ss I vs much pleased with the mm; f,ir through tho lines of care oi- sufTeriritf 'there seemed to Le beaming on his countenance an excellent spirit of good nature; and o his benevolent I ok ho added such charms of conversation and imde himself so much he happy fpirit of thr party which sur, rounded him, that I cou:d not help being mens;bly engaged in hn favor. Thai small mm conversing with Count Porta lis" said Mr King, stopping to spoafr with me for a moment, "i Guizo'." (In.zH thought, I. How li;t ie does his appearance betoken the man who at this moment cxetts n greater influence on tho politics of Eu rope thrtn a!.n st any other liv.ng person; who, in Franre, i almost at 'much ofa king ns Loui P:n'ippe, A wonderful man is this Guizot. vast le irnmg is cqmlb d .dv by his great 'alenrs and Iih ur.f. i qu riib'e spirt!." 1 he portrait of Go z ' in the Pdteut of j : at W;hMg;on painted by Healy, pre -eotsa thoughtful nvduauve counienor.ee Hummed by intriewce and rm Id good nature. If the presen' ago knows Guiz t as a man who f y. rrs M.fl:.o: ct on the poises of Ku. n pe,posien(y pcih.ips will know him belter !1K A Wl'iier tXtv.L-i if.gr iy -hroughcut the Civi! z-d world.' In devo ting httn elf to the polKical service of France, some ma v f?ar that tho cnu" of !.i;man.iv ;tr.i o ;' iiivibzaiion ?t .T- rs by the v ndiawui of tne.r j.bi' bl champion frcn the front ri.nks of t'ioc who advance faith eat. It was not until after tho revolution of 1830 lhat Go zjt bvca ire 'distinguished in : iiuchI affjira. His siud.es had ied him thiough tho wh 'e rar.ge of invcstiMtion j'.Mla.nmg to the nature of Goverruncit, the essence and elements of a Slate, nnd he hnd treated of these things with adts.ri f.in vt;vo power of anil) sis and a grasp of -"ner:ti zifton s:ie:i as no Mordesquie or Mco:nve! :icr displayed.-, As Mincer of Frr-nce the fir si philcvher has bjcome 'htr fir.-t sratcsiPriji of the- age. Tho mind D powerful nnd cipacious in dealing with t-?eys, has shown-Vqua? pownr and cap , city n ..tltrg uh men and t tings. It is to the Jury vf Franca that such men risi to the coctrol of her sfTi.m , llo otjier 0!1,.,;n cou'd such phenorneea happen as yet, American and Texan Prisoners in Jlexico. The Mobile tlerald of He 25'h inst. says : The move nems of the Mexican force- in and around Mexico indicate a de termmaiion on the part of ur Government to conquer peace and bring i,e war a elose. The Philadelphia Ledger rery properly sugce.-ts that in ihe terms which will be agreed upon when nego atious for peace have fully commenced, t!;ere it one eondition ii.au our Government should re quire of Mexico, and ihat is the release of all American and Texan priboncrs confined in the mints of that country: I said lhat there arc many respectable citizens of the Untied States now confined at iard labor in itie Mexican mines f.r inffing 'of fences, probably political indiscretions, which h3ve brought down the vengeance of the Goverment upon 'heir head. 1- of th es e should - be released before any terms of peace aie concluded, and comuiig, sioners sfo.nld be apomted n examine into jheir conditinn, a no me that they are once, more restored to freedom and thetr rights. The duty ought not to be entrusted to any Mexicans nor left to Mexican laitn to per form If there are Mexicans confined in . slavery, it is tie duty of their countrymen ' to see ihat they shall be reeased The weather is-uiiscttled. .;'
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