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No. 91
THE HftLE
ARAND NORTH Cfflffill
THE MEMOIRS
or
M Ki. GEN. ZACIIARY TAYLOR,
Writlca aipraaaty for tha National Whig.
CH AITEK I.
Hrrwa awl sate ful dafeaea of Port Hoiriaon on
lb Watab, Rivet Wv Cap ain Sacha'j Tajlur
tbsaifbl oflha 4th of September 1813'
aaaiawt ladiao 'orca under Uia l'ropbat far
ktcaoUwriog Ua Bcairsrd
Uj tha evening of Thursday lha the 2J
f St-p'eniber, 1812, the report of four
funs tit heard in the diiection where
te y oung farms, ressident in the country
wer nuking hay, about 400 yards distant
from Fort Harrison. This fort wassituated
the Wabash river in what was then
ca.W Indiana Territory, and about 65
aa.lrs iVonh of the present town of Vin
rrtinet. Captain Zachary Taylor, tho sub
jret of these memoirs was in com
mand of the Foit with a garrison of about
tS men. It was known to die comman
dant that tlie Prophet with a largo body, of
Indians , was on his way to that section
of couatry and ha concluded nt once
from the report of the four Runs jtist heard
4k the ,yog farmers tad fatten victims
to the In liin rifle. The hour was late
and it was not deemed prudent to send out
ihlUfvening to see what had become of
ike farmers; buT flietfTSaT coming in tended
-cf.3i lb fi?ilMJ3SW..d'.
At 'i o'ciotk the next morning a oorporal
wi(h a small psrty w sent in search of
tke farmers, with orders not to run the
wkof being drawn into an ambuscade,
The corporal in a few moments sent a man
back inform Captain Taylor that he had
found both the farmers slairtt whereupon
W sent i cart and oxen out arid had the
btd bodies brought in and buried. They
lixt been shot with two bails, scalped and
cut m ili moat shocking manner.
Late m the evening; of the 4th of Septcm
Ur. lilt, old Joseph l.nar, with thirty
or titty Indiina arrived before the Fort
tmsa the Piophet's Town with a white
tit. Anion; diem were about ten wo-
aaWTb) jmm w?e !win posed ' irriTOi-l
patty of the ce re la t tlte diHeren.t triucs
ibai atad tp the Prophet's parly. A
Kbawsno who spore good English infor
ated Capiat) Taylor that old Lemur
friended to speak with him the next morn
hi; with a view to try to get something
to eat. At retreat beating, the men's arras
ailaiiuiiioed andfouad. lo be in rood
dr and cample ted with cartridges of 10
(xtjtn J pfr iuaiu ; For aome lime - past
I'spuia Tay Icr badnot been able to mount a
guard of wore than G privates and two non
raiamiasioned officers, owing to the sick
that prevailed in hia little company,
and be bad Bt considered his force ade
agate to the defence of his post in eonse
e,uence of thi sute of things should it be
Mrouly attacked. He had just recover.
d also iron a severe attack of fever and
was unable to be up much through the
night. However, after tattoo, he cautioned
tbe guard to be vigilant and ordered one of
tit Boa-eo tn n Las ton e J officer as the senli
els could b tee every part of the garri
son, to walk on the iuaide during the
whole Bight, with a view of giving the
Jirraj if tho Indian should ahow ny
signs of attack.
About 11 o'clock that same evening,
aatm ly the 4th of September. 1812, Capt
Taylor was awakened by the firing of the
entittela. II Sprang up and ran out
and ordeted the men to their posts. At
thi moment tl orderly sergeant.
"'jo bad charge of ilia upper block
boese ea'letl out that the Indians had act
tre u the lower block house, the lower
partef which contained th propel ty of lha
eaa'taetor to tho garrison and tho upper
atoiy of which had been assigned to a cor
poral an 1 lea privates as an alarm post.
Tke gtiMBow began to be firod pretty
roanlv from both sides. Captain Taylor
ordered tha buckets to be got ready, and
water to be brought Iron the well, ao a
to extiaguiah the fire without delay as it
Wa to auake Jt tppearsnce. From
ielibhyor aomo other causa the men
were slow in executing these,- orders for
tfto worJ fire" appeared to thow the whole
"f them into confusion snd by the lime
they bad got tho water and had broken
pea the door of the blockhouse the firs
which tit Indians had unseen in the dark
sa of Ca night, introduced .. into the
WlJf iiiroujU some holes which Iho cat
tie bad mad by kicking awiy the mud
fining between the logs in search, of tilt,
bad uofor'anautty communicate J to a
aatitiiy of whir key deposited oa the low
er floor, and in spite of every exertioa that
was nad H prsvrnl their spreading the
in leas than a moment mouut !d...to ...
roof and all elTrts to tx'injiuish
J were for a time, ronjilelely
Wlad. A thi Lhick-tiouc joined the
karracka which mad pait of the fortifica
,le asaotof the men gave tliumselves np
M lost and Captain Tavlor had the treat-
t dtilieulty in getting his orders exceuted.
wn toe raging of the flames
' yvlling and kowtingc uf several hundn-d
luidans tbe cries of nine women and chil
rt;n, part soldier and part ciuxen's wives
lia liaJ lk.-n alillr in the F,tr4 nril
tNcdntpondin? of the incn whii-h was
as than a!l tlie commandaatts'poiiiion On he 13th of September, 1812, Cap
any ihiug but pletant. Indtreil. th -rojiain Taylor, finding that the v men whom
w n m ire than ten or fifteen, men in jhe had sent on the 10th to Vineennes Ty
'H ' XuiU g ifijon able ti dit a great deal, i watrr. were compelled to return, owing
"'hers being siek rr eoirvulesn-nt, and lo the river being so well gunrded despatch
a44 ta the Mtsf trtunes of the command d his oiderly aorgenHt and one private
! ili siomi men ia th Fort, through the wood with a letter to Jorcr
" 1 i.i whom tapluiii , Taylor P-MM-d i nor ilarrium. Thee sl mesm ngerV got
'ty co.ifi1.-nce, j!uiicl -ivit the piclvl j throiinrh safely though iltey wi re i ntir-ly
and fled. But the presence of mind of
Captain Taylor never for a moment forsook
him.
He saw that, by throwing off part of tbe
roof of the barracks which joined
tJie block houae now on fire, and by
seeping the end perfect! ywetthe whole row
of buildings might be saved, and even then
there would be left only an entrance of
18 or 20 feet for the Indians to enter, after
the house should hate been consumed;
and he saw further that a temporary breast
work, could be erected ao as to prevent
their even entering at this breach. At
once he convinced the men that this could
be done and it appeared to inspire them
with new life. Never did men act with more
firmness or desperation. Those who
were able while the others kept tip a
constant-fire from the othet blockhouye
and two bastions mounted the roofs of the
houses with Dr. Clark at their head, under
a shower of bullets, and in less than a
moment, threw oh" as much of the roof as
was necessary. Dr. Claik acted with the
greatest firmness and presence of mind
during the whole time of the attack, which
lasted 7 hours. The removal of the roof
was done with the loss of one man killed
and two wouudud, but. not dangerously,
The man who was kilted was a little
derangetk, - and - did not. get, &ff from. Jhe
libuse as soon as directed or he would
not have been hurt. Although the barracks
were several times in a blaze and the heat
oi trie lire was very intense, owing tolls
immense volume, the men used such exer
tion they kept it under and before the break
of day, raised a temporary breast woik as
high as a man's head, and ull this in ih face
of a heavy fire of ball and an innumerable
quantity of arrows, which the Indians con
tinued to pour in during the whole time
of the nlUck in every put of the parade
There waa only one other man killed,
and ho lost his life by being too anxious.
He got in one of the gullies iu the bastions
and fired over the pickets and called out
to his comrades that --h1litd'krU'e''li'ftf''i
dian, but neglecting to stoop down in an
instant he -was shot deal. No others
were wounded inside the gate.
One of the men who jumped over the
pickets rolurned about an hour before the
break of day and running up tof the
gate begging for god sake that it should be
opened vCaplaiu Tay lor auapeetiag . Jlut
it was a slralijgam for the Indians to get
in as he did not remember the voicer di
rected the men in tho bastion, where the
Captain.happea to be, to ahoot him, be who
he might. One of them fired at him,
but fortunately h ran up to the other bas
tion, where they knew his voice where
upon Dr. Clark directed him to lio down
closely to the pickets behind an empty bar
lei that changed to be there end at day
light he was let in. His arm was broken
in a most shocking manner which he
said was done by the Indiana and " which
was the cause of his returning. The
other man, who jumped over the pickets
was caught by the Indians about 130 yards
from tho garrison, and hewed into pieces,
Tho Indians kept op a cons' aril fire all
night and until 0 o'clock in the morning,
and as aoon as the (rarrison began to re
turn it with some effect, they moved out
of die resch of the guns of th Fort."
On th morning of the 6th nf September
1912 a party of the Indians drove the hor
sea and hogs that belonged to the citiiens
in that quarter within sight of the Fort and
alio! the whole of them. All the cattle,
numbering 65 head aa well as the public
oxen, they caried away with them
Before the eveningfof that day, Captain
Taylor had caused tlie vacancy occasioned
by the burning of the block house to be
filled up with strong row of pickets obtain
by pulling down lha guard house.
The garrison lost the whole of its nrovU
sions by the burning of the block house
in which they were stored and waa
compelled to subsist upon gieen corn until
A auppiy arrived.. .
It is bolieved that the whole of the Weas
or Miamies wera among tho Prophhet's
parly, as one chief whose voice resembled
the famous Stone Eater's gave his orders
in the Miami language. It ia thought a Wo
that the chief Negro Legs w a among the
enemy. Tbe Indians suffered severely,
4 a - a
but Uiey were so numerous tnat tney car
ried off all thsir dead. They disappeared
from before the Fort before the close of the
6ih.
Captain Taylor remained cooped up
within his pickets until the 10th of Septem
ber, 1612 honin? that tome assistance
would have a.-rived from Vincennes, but
none came snl he determined to send two
of hi men to Vincennes by wa'er, with s
letter for Cor. Harrison, though it was wea
kening his force materially. He advised
the sending of provisions ondera strong es
corf, Irst the Indians would attempt to cut
them off. ' ' '
In Captain Taylor's despatch of the 10th
of September to Uo v. Harrison at Vineen
no, he advised that an expedition against
the Prophet ihonM be provided with eve
ry thins, as he believed that every inch of
rrntinJ between Fort Harrison and the Pro
phei's Town wonhl be disputed by ibent.
ignorant of the country. The first mes
sengers found that the Indians had built a
fire on the bank of the river just below the
fort and had a canoe ready to push out
and cutofTany iitnou that might attempt
to paas the fire. ,
On the afternoon of the 13tb of Septem
ber 1812, Col. Russell fortunately reached
the Fort at th head of several companies
01 Kangers and Indian militia, and relieved
the garrison which was in a starving cond
lion. Several wagons loaded with prov
sions had been previously sent on from
Vincennes to Fort Harrison under'tm es
cort of 13 regular troops!, commanded by
Lieu. Fairbanks, hut they were surprised.
ana an slain but tnree.
CHAPTER II.
THE BLOODY BAT I LE
or
LAKE OHEE.CHODEE.
On the 19th of December 1837. Colonel
Zachary Taylor then in command of the
Fjrst Brigade of the Army of the South
received a communication at Fort Gardi
ner in the Territory of Florida from Ma
jor Oeneral J us up, informing him that all
nopes ol bringing tlie war with the Semin-
oles to aclose by negotiatiou'through the med
lauon t tne urreroKees were at ' an ena,
as sam Jones with the Mickasukies had
determined to fight it out to the last, and
directing Colonel Taylor lo proceed
with the least possible delay against
any portion of the enemy, he might hear
of within striking distance, and to destroy
or capture th same. '
Having left two officers and an adequate
lorce lor the proclection of Ins depot, Colo
net Taylor marched the next morning, tlte
20th of December, 1837, carrying 12 day's
rations bis means oi transporation not en
abling him to carry more with the balance
of tiia command which consisted of Cap
tain Munroe's company of the 4th Artillery
total 35 men the.lst InfaBlry undr the
cumiiiauu oi iii. voionri rosier, 4 1 tne
6ih Infantry under Lt Col Thompson ,221
the Missouri volunteers, 180 Morgan's
spies, 47 rioncers.3J Fontoneers, 13
and 70 Delaware Indians making a force
in all, exclusive of officers, of 1052 men.
The greater part of the Shawnecs had been
detached from Col Taylor's command, and
tho emomder refused to-'otcompsnyhtml
under the pretext that they many of them
vere "iTcR, and many of thrm had no mock,
asins.
Col Taylor moved down the west side
of the river Kissimmee, in a south easterly
course towards Lake Istopoga. His rea
sons for taking this route were: 1. because
he knewnhet a portion of the hostiles were
to be found in that direction. 2. If Gen.
Jesup should . fall iu with the Mickasukies
snd drive them before him and they should
attempt to, elude him by, crossing the Kis
immee from the east to the West side of
the Peninsula between Fort Gardiner and
the entrance of the Kissimmee into the
Okie-Chobee, in that event, he, Colonel
Taylor, might be near al hand to ' inter- j
cepl them. 3.' To overaw such of th
enemy as had been making propositions!
to give themselves up and who appeared to
be very slow, if not to hesitate, in comply
ing with their propositions on that head,
and to induce them to surrender at once.
4. And because he deemed it advissble
to erect block houses and a small picket
work on the Kisimmee for a third depot,1
some thirty or forty miles below Fort Gar
diner, in order to obtain a knowledge of
the intervening ctfuntry for he had no guide
that could be relied upon and by this
means to open a Communication with
Colonel Smith who was operating on the
Caloosehatchre! or Saubel river, under
his. Colonel Tsylor's orders.
Late on the evening of the first day's
march,;Co!onel Taylor met the Indian chief
Jumper with his family and a part of his
band, consisting of fifteen men, a part of
them with their families; Titid S few hrgrbes
in all, 63 souls on his way to give him
self up in conformity with a previous
arrangement, which the Colonel had made
with him. The ehief and his party was con
ducted by Csptain Parks and a few Shaw
nees. farxa was an active intelligent
half- breed, at the head of the friendly
Shawneea-'andDeIawares, and was
employed by Colonel Taylor to arrange
witn ana dhdi in jumper ana as manv of
his people as he cou'd prevail on to rome
V . . .. -
in. Colonel laj ior encamped thttniffhl
the night of the 20ih Dccomber, lS:tT
near the place w'uCTe he met Jumper, &. the
next morning the 21st of December, hav
ing ordered Captain Parks to join him and
and take command of the Dclawares and
having despatched Jumper, in charge
of some Shawnees to Fort Gardiner and
thence to Fort Lrazier continued his march
southwardly. Three friendly Seniinoles
vara ant forward before the line of march
was taken up to gain intelligenee as lo the
the nosition of the enemy. About noon,
f the same dav Col. T lor sail forward
one battalion of Gentry' Regiment, under
command 01 Lt- voionei irrwe wiui oruers
to pick np any stragglers ' that 1 miht fall
in his ways t encamp two or three miles
in advance of the mainj force, to not with
great circumspection mnl to communicate
promptty any occurrence, thnt misht take
place in" hi vicinity important (or the com
msnder in chief w kriowi s i ; w,
Abc,nt 10 o'clock of the evening if . ih
lst of December, 1S57 Colonel Taylor
received a note from Lt Colonel Priw. au
(iii2 that the three S-niinolc scat forward
in .he morning, had returned that they
had been, at the place wher Alligator had
encamped, 12 or fifteen miles in hi (Lt.
Col. Price's) advance Uiat Alligator had
left that place with a part of his family
for daya before ub ler the pretext of sep
arating hire1alionafrom the Mickasukies,
preparatory lo bis suiendering with them,
dim ui mere were several lamilie yet
remaining at Alligator's camp who wished
to give themselves up and who would re
main there till the Americans should
lake them, unless thev were forcibly
carried off that night by the Mickasukies,
who were encamped at no great distance
fiom them. In consequence ofihis intelii
gence after directing Lt. Colmiel Daven
port to follow him early on the next nnr
ingfthe 22d) with the infantry a little
alter midnight of the 21st December, Col
onel Taylor put himself at the head
ol tho mounted men who were with
him, and joined Lt. Colonel Price
thus reinforced the advance "proceeded,
on crossed Istopoga ouileUand soon after
day light Colonel Taylor look , pus
setsionofthe encampment of Alligator,
where he found the inmates, who had - not
been disturbed They consisted of an
old man and two yountr men. and several
women and children anioutitin mall to 22
i ub om man iniormca
o-l r, . i -i
uiuiivi i uyior mat Alligator was tery
anxious to aeparaie his people from the
Alickasuckies, who were encamped o.n
the opposite side of the Kissimmee, distant
twenty miles where the would fight the
Americans. This old man. waa forthwith
sent to Alligator lo say to him that if h
were sincere in ins nrotessions. lie must
meet Colonel Tsylor the next day at the
aisimmee, where the trail, which the
Americana were marching on, crossed and
where they should halt. As toon as the
infantry came up, Colonel Taylor moved
np to the point just designated which
ne reached late on the evening- nf
,-i'VA,f: ..I. .1
ii u nuv, mo same evenitit:
inc uiu imiian returned, bringing a very
equivocal message from Allizator. whom
he said he met accidentally and corauni-
-U i.: ' .,.
idling uiu -iiithusuKies were aim encamped
where they had been tarrying for some
days, and that they were determined tn
fight tho Americans.
Colonel Taylor" at once" dfiiprmiiiftit on
indulging them as soon is practie able. "
Accordingly next morning, (the 23d of
IJi'cember) Colonel Taylor laid out a small
stockade work for the protection of a future
depot, and in order that he might be able
to move with thegrcater celerity, he deposi
ted lha whole of his heavy baggie, includ
ing urtilery, &c., at this point. Afier
having provirioned the command for three-
days, and leaving behind Captain Munroe
whh his company, the pioneer pontoniers
85 sick and disable Infantry and a portion
of the friendly Indians, who alleged they
were unable to march any further he
crossed the Kissimmee, taking as a guide
the old Indian whu had been captured the
day before, and who accompanied the
advance with Great annirent riilnctanr'A i
pursuit of the enemy and earlv the nori
day, (tho 24th of December,) reached
Alligator's encampment, situated on th
edge of Cabbage Tree Hammock, in the
midst or a large prairie, and in which from
the appearance of things there being oth
er encampments in the vicinity and many
evidences of alatiirhterred cattle there
must havo been suveral hundred Individ
uals. At a small hammock, . at no great
distance from Alligator'e encampment and
surrounded by a swsmp, impassable for
mounted men, tbe apSes surprised
an encampment, contaning one old man,
four young men and some women and
children. One of the party iinmeliatelv
raised a white flag, when the men were taken
possession of and brought across the swamp
to the main body. Colonel Tavlor nm.
ceeded with an interpreter to mn i
They proved to be Seminole and professed
to be friendly Thry slated that Ihey were
preparing to come in, that they had just
s'auehtered a number of cattle and wire
employed in drying and Jerking the ssme.
They also informrd Colonel Taylor that
the Mickastickies headed by A-via-ka
(Ssm Jones J -.were some ton or ' twelve
miles distant encamped in a . swamp, and
that they were prepared to fight the Ameri
cans.
Although the Colonel placed but I Ule
confidence in their professions of friend
ship or their intentions of coming in yet be
had no time to look up their women and
children who had fled and concealed them
selves in the swamp, or to have encumber
bcrcd himself with them in the situaluui
he then was. Accordingly he released the
old man, who promised that ho would
collect all the women and children and
litkelthem in Captain Munroe. at the Kis-
nninee the next day. He also dismissed
the old man who hud acted as guide
thus
able
far supplying hw id ice with the four
wai rors who had l
ccn captured that nioru
ing
These arrMrfgcmenliiucinz made.Colonel
Tuylor moved forward under thier guidance
for the camp of the Mickasukies. Be
tween S and 3 o'clock in the' afternoon of
the 23d of December, Colonel Taylor reach
ed a very dense cypress swamp, through
whie'i he was compelled t pa,.d in
which the guides informed him Jt migh'
tie attacked. After maKing the necessary
dipositions for battle, it was ascertained
that there was no enemy to oppose his
in ifoh. The whole army crossed ove,-ihe
swamp and encamped for the night, the
nouroemg late. During the passage of
tne rear, Captain Parks, who was in ad
vance with a few friendly Ini'iant, fell in
with two of the enemy's spies about three
miles distant from the camp, one on horee
back and the other on foot ami aucceded. in
capturing the latter. He was an active
young warrior, armed witti an excellent
idle wi.h fifty bul a -in UU pcuch
and an adeate pro portion of powder. This
Indian continued the information which
had been previously received from the oth
er Indians, and, in addition' stated that a
large body of St-mminoles headed by John
Cohna.Co-a-coochee, (and no doubt Alii,
gator with other chiefs were encamped
live or six miles from Col Taylor, near
the MirkastikiLS, wits a cypress swamp
and a dense hammock between them and
the latt.r. The srmy moved forward
at day;lighlt the next morning, the 24lh of
December, and after marching five oi six
miles readied the camp of iho Seminole
on the border braiiother cypress swamp,
which must have contained several hun
dred peisons, whi. h bore evident traces of
having been abundoned in a great hurry,
"w. nre were 8 tm huriung and quantHiw
oi oeei tying on the ground unconsumcd.
Here the trooos iverd. aoain JIs
order of battle but.no euemy.- appeared to
oppose iiicm. i ho command crossed
over this swamp aboui 1 1 o'clock in the
inorni ig, ami enterred a large piairie in
it Iront on which two or three hundred
head of cattle were gjaaing and?a
Indian pomes. Here another young In
uiau warnor was taken armed and equip
pi-u as ine;iormer was. tie pointed out
dense hammock on the riaht about a mile
dulmit, in which he said the hostiles
were posted and. waiting to give the Aiuor
cans buttle..
To It continued.)
THE ADMINISTRATION AND
n'l . r ..
iic presses oi tne party in power
mnite ireqtieni eiiorts lo defend the nd
ministration from the suspicion, unter-
Mined by many, of an indisposition to
sttsin.n oen. 'l uylor in tho field ns his
position nnd the services renuired of
him demand. The language ofjacis,.
uowetor, necas notntng lo eive it mean
ingand force. The ptiblic can under
stand it.
The following extrnclof alt ller from
Monterey published iu (he Cincinnati
Chronicle, gives an exposition of the
present state of things in connection with
(Jen. Taylor's command:
"No little speculation is indulged in
by the officers of Gen. Taylor' com-
niatid as lo what course he will adopt
ufer the term of service of the present
volnnteor lorce now out here shall
have expired whether with the small
and insignificant force whh which he
is to be furnished, he will temain at
Monterey, or whether he will fall back
to the Kio Grande, Some are of o-
piuion that tie will bring np the tour
regiments (which it i understood are
all that have been assigned lor him)
to Monterey, and such supplies as he
may want and hold the tituce-tlirow-
ing the responsibility of opening the
line of communication with the Rio
Grande upon the Government. Not a
few believe that he will adopt the form
er course, ftaojely, fall back to Camargo
or Mutamorns. One thing is evident, he
cannot hold the country he has conquer
ed unless he is supplied with more
troops than have been sent lo him. ..
With the, lour regiments he will be
able to hold Monterey, but Sltiilo. will
have to be abandoned, and the whole
line from Monterey to the Brazos left
TjnpreTeclbr.Tbii'woold. present a
deplorable state of thing; the victorious
leader of our army shut up, . as it were
in the enemy's country, nnd cut off
from all communication with bis own!
Why the foraging parties of the enemy
that have of late infested the country
between here and Camargo could Iheu
retake all the towns ol the Rio Grande.
What a ' hniriilnting sight. Can it be
that our Government will leave the old
hero in this strait? And yet, if Gen.
Taylor is not furnished with more
troops by the 1st of June, one of two
alternatives is left him: either to aband
on ; the country he has conuqurrod,
and Tall back on-CTimarko, or else con
cent rule his forces in Monterey, leay
ioir it to the Government to'opcu a com
munication with him."
If such is the picture now presented
of Gen. Taylor', situation, t is only in
keeping with the circumstances ol hard
ship under which he has been compel
led to struggle from the beginning.
Recent accounts from his head quarters
state that the old hero is evidently
chngrined, but says nothing. ! Not he.
A man of his sort never complains. Ife
docs his duty under the most perplexing
vexations; he can do no more under the
most fayourinscco.ntingence,This is
tyhat one. always has noder hi control;
nnd happy is ho who knows ( how to
discriminate between .what pettains to
his own proper functions and what be
lot:js to tlioso of others and to
be contented with Pc, discrimi
nation nnd with the dutiea it brines h
views b
In connection with tha foregoing
sketch, illustrative of Taylor'a preseiit
situations, we append, as a companion
piece, the following ictrospective out
liiio by tho Louisville Journal,
The Government organs boast of tho
wu" wmcu tn Mexican wnr has
been conducted on iho part of tha Ad
mistmtion. So far as the plans of ilu
Administration are concerned, never
.was a war conducted moro wretchedly.
Santa Auna, having intercepted a des
patch Irom the Government to Gen.
I aylor became advised of all thnj wa
to bo done that Gen. Taylor, stripped
of lus regular troops, was to bo left at
Saluilo with less than 5,0uO row volun
teers, while an overweluiing attack was
to be tnade upon Vera Cruz.
Santa Anna saw at- a glance that the
best possildo opportunity for conquest
and glory was before him.I with his
nrmly1.0,.n,erTe ..V'-Qi-JWlPilsus,-
iuuiu uverwucim ueu. Tuylor'e hund-
series of rapid uiaiclws, h might within
the space of a single month, recapture
Monterey, Matnmorns and all other
places taken by the American troops,
and overrun Texas without nnnn;nnn
numbi-iLr.'y.'" waste and burning
every town
and
d village in (he count ry.
i nis was aatita Anna's ilan when lie
marched from San I-ouis Putosi. Ky.
ery thing argued his sticces. And his
success would have been complete he
would in four weeks not only have re
covered every thing lost by Mexico du
ring ihe war, but huve conquered and de
populated Texas, a Stnlehe ..Mhumv
bCI lop the -wonderful fatt, rf act utipar
alleled nt the history oT warfare, - a fact
upon which the Administration nt
Washington had no right to caluloto,
n fact upon which the Admin istralion
did wot calculnto, that Gen. Taylor
wns able, with between four and five
thousand in experienced militia.- to en.
eoumcT and bent tacit a host of nearly
li ve times m number :6t Mexican veter
ans led on by Ihe Mexicnu Napoleon!
Was it not folly, infatuation,, slark
madness on Ihe part of the Admiiiisi,
tion, to hazard all our conquests dorin- -
Ihe wnr &, even the fate of a State of the
Union upon the ability oi less than fiv """"
thousand raw volunters to withstand
more than twenty thousand regulars!
DESIGN OK TUB MUT1&1 GOV
ERNMENT TO SEIZE PORTIONS'
OF MEXICO.
Tho New York Sun publishes a let. '
ter from a cot respondent in London,'
the writer of which says, instructions
have been sent by the IJritisli govern
ment to Mr. Bankheod. minister, and
at. af tnl..u .. . 1
j'ltiiiiuoii, consul ai ino city ot
Mexico: ': : . i
"These instructions, as I have learnwl
from Iho higliest authority,' direct tho
English minister to push his elTorts at
mediation, to urge a treaty of peace, not'
toue over-scrupulous as lo boundary
lines,' if the Americans ask territory,
provided they rcstire north nsfar as the
Rio Grande and the moment the A
tnerican nrmy withdraws beyond that
lino, to demand front Mexico the eighty
millions due to England, principal and ,s
interest, and if such demand is not set--
tied, ns the English cahinot very , welt
know it cannot be with ready money or'
acceptable bonds, to seiza i all ; .territory:
that has been left by tho United Stater.
Oorrespondinir with these instructions.
orders have been dispatched to the mail
and war steamers and other armed Brit
ish craft in and contiguous lo the Gulf,
to proceed at once before the Mexican '
ports, so that the moment we retire, the ;
English demand can lie enforced by u
military occupation. The policy of the
I'.ngltsh cabinet is to drive us.: by lair
means or foul, from the coast and south"
ern part of Mexico, in orJer to enjoy
those portions themselves." '
The Sun, m etving this letter, sav
(he writer enjoys a position that entitles
him to credit, and affords bim superiron
opportunity" lor knowing ' the secret
movement of the English cabinet.
Mow any newspaper Correspondent can'
get nt the secrets of the English Cab
inet, we cannot seo; ; They do hot tisu-!
all y let secrets ont-Phil. Led. " ;r .
"vTuTeof MEXICO, M
Col Curtis of dhW(wrrtea from Btima
VistS that there ' is 1ft o ' Valuable land to bo
acquired ht thei conquest of Mekico. All
that is prodaetive is already owned i byi
tndividnals. '3 Ninety nine hundrecahaiof
the land between' Camargo and .Duen
Vista ar utterly worthless, for want of wa- .
ter which ha to ho carried for roileVto wai
ter a lew acres of corn, wheal or Larloyv
by irrigation. , , . :. . . ,:i ..v , ,r t,
. J3C7It is slated that a valuable Snven.'
tion in Medical Science has been Intredu- .
red in New York called a "Spyrometer,','
for testing tbe condition of the Lungs.