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I J' - ' f : i 15 Ml, . Froni tle Washington Union of Tuesday . May J 0. r We lay before jwfat .the de spate! witch were rrceivcJ by: last evening mat, 'liy tho -War D'-jmrtmml ! ; v lj - j 1 : r ders which detail lrHu... - , I X Pi: ' cores a'iast the Mica.Ues Cm j. yor-. j " I Drecnrrn continuation oi '! 1; rtel !i tTibB'r -ho feureUojninentiy, or. , M :ifompoVition, cot.ia included .- ' it Mrit "I'SUt.. The !d .ketch hcre,, . cates the positions of the tvo arm. . --v era wtcnU of law level, terminates a f F i ; I ,1 i-i , i. j - vore r.ol fu!!)'kncv.-n wlrnm'j fr ' report was hislilv written. ,' ' ' j. ..... 1 Geo. Twi-s.'vho was ,n the imme. jr.te command of all the advanced forces, has i t i. -nftr fit rt Tiiii kiitrui o uu r!,i-t of CoU. : Camubel ft. lilji VvllUW - , 1 Tin cL-p 1! n nn Wy iikoop.commaftding the regmentsof Pilov s !!ri-ade, is reported in terms of strong approba i.J n.r? nen.r Patterson J I I recommend - - - . . . . ...t. t.- .t. .:f.l, American camp, iroui thoVoad ucrnrf immediately .n a long circu.ft. among lofty hil!, Iwhose commanding pomti had all been fortified anl garrisoned by the enemy. His ri'ht, entrenched, rested :on a precipice overhanging an impassible ravine that forms the bed of the stream ; ami hi entrencbmnl extended continuously to the road, on vhichs placed a formidable batteryi On the other the lofty and difficult , height of Cerro Gordo commanded the approaches in all directions. Th mim Itodv ol lho Mexican' army, .en camped on the level ground, with a battery of fivej.ieces, half a milo in rear w mat .Kiu i wards Ja'.apa. ! . " . ' ' - Itesolvitin-, f possible, Ho. turn the enemy a left, and attack in rear, while menacing or engaging his front, I caused JJIy -revonnoUances to bo pushed with the view of finding a route for a lorco to debouch on the Jalapa j-oad and cut ofT rtreatf , ; ' ; :-.lf . Jl'fio rficonnoi.i3anco begun by Lieut. Beau regard, was continued by Capt.-I.ee, engineers, and ft road made along difilcult slopes and.over chasms out of the enemy's views, thpugli reached by his fire when discovered untjl ar riving at the Mexican lines, further rcconnois. sance became impossible without an actirin. Tho desired p'Mt of "deboi'churp, tho Jalapa road, wasj not therefore reached, though beliov- cd to be within easy distance ; and to gun that pinl.'it now became necessary to carry;' the elnht of Cerro Gordo. 1 he di.sposiiion in. my plan of battle- general order No. Ill, hefeto foro enclosed- were accordingly made, j Twl"' division, reinforced by Shields brig- ado of volunteers, ivus thrown mto position on the I7lh, and was, of necessity, drawn into! ac- H 1 U . .1 i ! tt 1 tion In taking up the ground for its bivouac and; I UhA ftnnntnf hftiVht for our heavv battervi It t ' . .i . . e cr. i ' 1 i V jWIll DO seen mai msnj ui.our nuicers uuu men ' i ; 1 I ; vreroi killed or wounded in this sharp combat handsomely commenced by a company of the (7th inuntry, unaer IJvt. I trst lieut. uardnerJ i! Uvho Is highly praised by all his commanders for H i signal services. Col. Harney coining up jwitbj I 'ihe rifle regiment and first artillery, (also parts n. lOI nt$ urigaue,; orusueu awuy uu i-nt;m iiiu It. t occunlod the height on which, in the night !j was placed a battery of one 24-pounder and two I; .i-pund liowitzcrs, under the superintendence of Capt. Lee, engineers, and Lieut, nagncr jdrdnance.j These Runs opened next mnriVingj and were served with efTect by Capt. Stoptocj and Liout. Brown, 3d artillery, Lieut. Hagner ! 'f ordnance.) and, Lieut. Seymor, 1st artillery. i 1 ; The samo nighuwilli extreme toil and diflii i ! riiltv. tinder the sdperintendencc of Lieut. Towi vr. engineers, and Lieut. Laidley, ordnance, an .8-Inch' howitzer was put in position across the! rivort arid opposite to the enemy's right balery A detachmont of four companies, under Majo Bumham. New York volunteers, performed this xreditablo service, which enabled LiduL. Bipi ley, aniuery, in cnargu m wic piec, 10 open a timftly fire in that quarter. . . Early on the 18th the columns moved to thej reneral attack, and our success was speedy and decisive. Pillow's brigade, assaulting the fight of the entrenchmehls, although compelled to retire, had the cHbct I have heretofore stated. Twigirs' division, storming the strong and vi tal point of Cerro Gordo, pierced the centre, . igaincu commanu oi an me ouirencnmeni arjo mi.. tV.M r.tv t . 4- : r. but in in tin ii uui PwpHiii. i9 uur iiiiaiiu Col. Uiley's brigade) pushed on against the main body of the enemy, the gms of theiriown (i)tt were rapidly turned to play on lhat force, under tho immediate command of Gen. Santa Anna, who fled in confusion. Shield' brigade, bravely assaulting tho left, carried the reaf bat tery (five guns) on the Jalapa road, and aided materially incompleting the rout of the enemy. 1 Tho part taken by the remainder of our for. ces, hold in reservo to support and pursue has already been noticed. ' Tho moment tho fate of the day wadeciided, the cavalry, and Taylor's and Wall's field bat teries wcro pushed on towards Jalapa ih ad vance of the pursuing columns of tho infantry Twiftgs' division and tho brigade of Shields, (now under Col. Baker) and Maj. Gen. Patterson was sent to take command of them. In Ahq hot pursuit many Mexicans wcro! can. turedtor slain before our iwn and horses were exhausted by .the heat and distance. The rout proves to havobeen complete- the retreating army excopta small body of cavalry, being dispersed and utterly disorganized'.-' .The immediate Consequences have Wen our posses sion of this Important city, tho abandonment of 'the works and artillery at La Hoya, the neit for midable pass between Vera Cruz and thoienni- flttl Alt1 tl4 rvt Atm n V r 7 1 j -Zmmun. Ouarterrnbtelr! Sergeant Hen- ty of the 7th infantry, (already known to the larmy for intrepidity-on firrner jpecasions,) who 'hauled down the national standard oi me mi- ican! fort. j vt; h ; i: irYf. . " In expressing my indebted ri ess Tor ab4e as sistance . to Lieut. Col:? Hiitchceck, acting in ppector general, to Majors Smifh andTurnbull, the respective chiefs of crigineerp and topograph, leal engineers to their assistants, Lieutenants neaurefraidV Styehs, Tojarer, G. W. ' O . ( 1 ! . . T . . - mith, McCollao, engineers, ana iiemenanis ferby land Ilardcastle, topographical engineers -to, Caota'" Alien, cuiei Muariurinasier, ana X.tcui. Bwir, cniei comtnissaryj -ana to L.ieui3. -Haner and Laidley ordnanceall iaetiyely .ployed I am impelled to make special incn ion 61 the services at Capt RL ErLeej engin. ;ers. rl his omcer, greaiiy pistinffuisneQ.ai ine iego of Vera Cruz, was again indefatigable, during these operations, in reconnoisances as daring as laboriousandiofthei utmost value. Nor was he less conspicuous in planting batte Hes and in conducting columns to their stations Under the heavy fire of thie enemy. My personal .stuff, Lieuts. Scott, Williams, jind Lay and Major Van Buret, who volunteer- U t..r lKr Iou9 and ef- icicnt assistance. Our whole force present, io action and in re. serve, was 8500 ; the en-rny is estimated at 11.000. or more. About 3000 prisoners, 4 or 5000 stands of arrn. and 43 pieces of arlilery kvere taken. By the accompanying return, ! regret to find our loss more severe than at first I O . ..til .a-v supposed, amounting in tne iwp cays to jj otn cers and HQS men-g-in all 431, of whom G3 wcro killd. The enemy's loss is computed to be from 1000 to 1200. " j I am happy in communicating strong hopes for tho recovery of the gallant (Jen. Shields, who is so much improved; as to have been brought to this place. ! Appended to thU report arc fhe following pa pers : A. General return by name of killed and wounded. - B. popies of report of Lieut. Col. Hitch cock, acting inspector general j(of prisoners ta ken) and accompanying paperp. C. Report of Brigadier Gen. Twiggs, and sub-reports. H D. Report of Maj. Gen, Patterson, and re. porta oft brigade commandersj E. popy of report by Brig. Gen. Worth, an nouncinjg the occupation by hi division of the castle and town of IVrote, with an invento ry of ordnance there found. j I have the honor to remain, sir, With high respect, your most ob't serv't. W INFIELD SCOTT. Hon. Win. L. Maecy, Secretary of War. The following is a recapituljation of the offi cial return of killed and wounded and missing in the actions of tho 17th and 18th, at Cerro Gordo : Officers! killed 3, wounded 30. killed CO-t-wounfled 337. Rank and File from Lt -I VIM li'l i! " 1 1 i; i-f t Special Correspondonce of the Picayune. j . Vera Cruz A)ril 20, 1847. Gentlemen: An express arrived last evening Dixon in command of 102 convales cent soldier from the hospitals in this city on their roajd to join their respective regiments at and near! Jalapa, stating that the party had been attacked by about 300 Mexicans. The express rider met, two miles this side of whero ho left Lt. D., a! train' of about forty wjagons in charge of Capt. Croghau Ker. Some fears are enter tained for a train that was some five or six hours ahead ott them. In fact, the Mexicans had great rejoicing amongst themselves last even ting, in consequence of the capture of one of our wagon trjains by the enemy. Their accounts jihave. it that our men (the guard) had been lite- .rally cut; to pieces;, but we have, little in any thing that comes from such sources. I: Tho Mexicans have a fine, 'chance now to Work uptjm our trains if they could only raise burage Enough to do it. ColJ Wilson's force lit this place is too weak to pare many from it, anu ii me enemy snouiu go 10 worK wun aeter niiuaticn, they might reap a handsome reward almost without opposition, i The scarcity of Cavalry is ..severely felt. The New Orleans, hn her rip from Tampico, found it necessary to throw, overboard about thirty of the best hor 6cs beloiiging to tho Tennessee cavalry during a scvercj norther. A few cases of vomito are said to hjave occurred, but in a very mild form. ! ! In haste, yours: very resuectfullv. I I J r Jlonoi- to the Brave T! vr ffiito nt r",.! u... n company with Gen. Lewis; visited the Or leans theatre last evening, and took his seat in par q:iette. The audience immediately reco hised hm, and his name was soon in every part of the house. Being completely taken by purprisei not expecting such ;an enthusiastic manifestation of respect, he endeavored to with id raw. rhis he soon found impossible, bein" jprcventfid by those who crowded around him! The mo3l enthusiastic cheering burst forth from .AllRIVAL FIIOM CIlllIUHirA. L i - ' r- i' 1: i I Major Campbell, of SpringHfeld.-Moi, with' Mr.' Gcrry,! (a Lnclede Kaigcr, dh charged in consequence of siclfness.) and thirty, men nncl'tvro boys, tcanifter?, ar rived yesterday rncrnin from, Chihuahua, byj way of Red River. The ccp iny hay ing elected Unjor Campbell car tain, left the city of Chihuahua on the fiAeenth of llkrch, taking the Presidio dc a Grande routes Saortly after crossing the Rib Grande their Indian guide' deserted them, and having no map jof the country their iournev was one of danger and hardship until they arrived at the feettlernents. un the 5th of April they passed itErough a Camanche village, and althpuglil they made presents to the. Indiansr indications of hostility were perceived. " That night, as they were about encamping on the prai rie, torches were seen on their track and thly took to the ;saddle agjainj ! Continu ing to ride until thq torched were lost sight of, they encamped fin a ravine! and next morning started at dawn.l About 10 o - clock they vere pressed closelyby a par; t v of Ibrty or fifty Camanches, finely moan ted ; and as the company bad nothing but mules, wornut ;by a march bfsevjenor eight hundred miles; it was impossible ei ther to escape by flight or purue tbe ene my so the whole party . ciismodnted and Ibrmed lor batt le at the edge of a chapar ral. In this position the Indians surround ed the m ; but manifesting noissition to attack, it wassupposedthejiintiinidedwait ing for reinforcements, and.it vyasMcemcd advisable to fight their wayj through. This was accomplislfcd without ! anytfiiijury to tne company, wit nine exception oi asngni wound received by one of the! men ; four or five of the Indians were wounded. The Indians, now satisfied that any fur ther attempt upon the party would be ra ther a serious a flair, wheeled their horses about and were: not seen after. They were armed with bows and arrows and lances, and four or five of them bad rifles. The company were all armed; with rifles. After this the company lost their track several times, and for twoj weeks before they arrived at the settlements, lived en tirely upon mule meat. Gerry heard a rumor that a party of Camanches. a short time before they met them,; had stolen a large number of horses from Coffee's sta tion, on the Red River, and thai; in doing so two or three men were killed and sev eral wounded. ; When the company left Chihuahua Col. Doniphan's army was in the enjoyment of excellent health. Ihe climate in that part of Mexico i3 delightful 'and provisions are abundant.' Col. Doniphan vas. in the absence of instructions, at a, loss to know what- course to pursue. The term of ser vice of his regiment expires .early in June, and unless other troops are sent to take its place, the country conquered by him will again fall into the hands of the ene my. We understand he was induced to march upon Chihuahua from El Paso by the Mexicans themselves, iri th6 hope that he would fail an easy prey to them. They announced in the paper published at Chi huahua that Gen. Wool was marching to the city with his whole army and was within one or two days march. These papers they took particular painb to bring to the notice of Col. Doniphan at El Paso, no doubt to lull him into a feeling of se curity. This ruse was successful, but they soon tbund, much to their -cost.) ; The Mexican officer taken prisoner in attempting to escape in disguise from Chi huahua was Gen. Cuilta, and not Colonel, as has been stated. He was the military commandant of the province, arid would by his rank have commanded at the bat tie of Sacramento, but that he was under arrest by order of the Governor for diso bedience of orders in retiring from! El Pa- . Vrmn th N Jti;rd Intc'.iiger.ctr. THE U. STATES AND. MEX1CO.- In the Washington correspondence of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, the wri ter thereof, well informed of all the acts and thoughts of our Administration, gives us very distinctly to understand that, the entente cordiale between the.-President of the United States and thethen Ex-Presi-dent'of Mexico, by whichjthe latter Svas enabled to regain his office andf lead trie forces of Mexico against those of iheU nitcd States, has continued to exist up to a very recent date. We hope that'no rea der will either overlook or forget this ex THE CAROLINA "WATCHMAN. i . . 1 . I 1,1- j-r-v- SaJisbury, I?;,C. y R P A Y E V E N I N Gt M A.V 28. 1847. .! "I j!-'! For Congress' . - . NATHANIEL BOYDEN, .Vj;;..;. -or mowAH cocstt. ... : .Election on thefjlh day of August. , traordinary revelation ! r h t ; l1 A rKU&i'fco l ur.riSAUlsl Correspondence of the Public Ledger, j i U . This! question has been asked us so of- " Washington, May 13,J 1847. 1 tcnuhtil ve have become tired of frara- "Witri the defeat of Santa Anna our ing answers. So far as we are enabled hope of peace is considerably diminished ; to judge, we are no nearer.a peace with for, however strongly the opposition press jIexic0f tjn c e twe! vc months ago. mav have railed aeamst what it was J - . , T i-.l. tt; -j , - .... . i ii is irne.-ine Armv nnn iavvoi iuc uni- ; ' I j ted States have taken possession of a large part of the country, and it is equally true that tjie Government and People have evinced no disposition to come to terms, but Jbreatbe revenge and revenge only. TT -!?!' JLiJ.' ! 1 l . .1 ' . Having ueiermineu, mai u tney cannoi whip us in pitched battles or fortified pla- pleased to call the passport; granted to that chief certain it is that our best hopes bf ' peace 'rested on him, and that nothing dui inc lmpossiouiiy oi sustaining nimseu in Mexico has thus far baflled his efforts to make the Congress agree to the propo sition oi our Government to senucommis stoncrs. - !-.'" : ' .. ; . . t; . i -. Th tnno nf b5! wnrlilrril disn.itrbps ;was, from the commencement, forced up- ces, they vjill reek their spite against us ion him by the circumstances in which; he bv carrviris on a srueriUa warfare, cut kvas placed, and perfectly understood here all tmah Darties of soldiers and trains iby the President and bis Cabinet, Santa" of U- .! ThUUtmmlrrnnn,!. s only hope of success consisted in . - I . , , . , . ing the war now proposed, and which is being earnedanto effect to a grsat extent. Many bf our soldiers and teamsters have been murdered in this way. It is also said that thie road from Vera Cruz to Ja lapa is - strewed with the. carcasses of ue oi oerro aoroQ nas pui an . .1 I i, , f . end to his prospects, and,1 with them, to' menqans. Aireaay nave; we enougn otr . -. - - . ' . I . - . - I .1 - 1 ' t 2 1 . . I . our calculations ter.w The followinj ing nations . . other in a hrlj'. he disscmir.:-.'; hat 'knowh-dg" people..! This i : t rrn A. Clack, v. . it reipccti the rc ing in cireulatim, this region. Th : ed are a aufacicr.t of the friends c f ). they desire is t!. -: to insure this ll.r building at btfh cr. : Dtmr 5y.- Ata: ." at the Cmri-IIou?e c -i Resolations wrre tr.n: be published fcr genrr .! to be able U inform Road will araoont to r ' - if : J. V.! ! J.i'.. I j. i: j . ; P.. l . V" I J A T J-'-( if i iuu:. r 1 . The citiz r Anna's only hopi first satisfying the national vanity! of his countrymen, or availing himself of some lucky accident to turn for a moment the tortunes ot war, and to improve that mo ment for concluding a peace, j He came very near such a chance at Bucnd Yisla, but the battle of Cerro Gordo has put an .1 a - i i vLi'. il' of Dcace from that ouar. " tho glories of this war, in the destruction it jr: of many valuable lives and the expend! passage, ina Letter of turc of Jmoney, but should this savage plan the Army Correspondent of ihe NewtOr- continu anyllcngth of timei its butcheries leans Picayune, acquires consequence by. .;r;,i iinnnlWn. battle of Buena Vista disannbintedkhe answering tnat such a state ot things "calculations" of our Administration and exists, we ask, where is the prospect of qf Santa Anna ; which were, that, in case peace rVj If wq take their towns and cities of the defeat of Gen. Taylor, jthe latter and garrison them with a military force, would have it in his power to pake peace we are 'no nearer a close of the war than wnu ine unueu oiaies. ii iurmsnes aiso , r. , . . ri a key to the late decree, of 'thej Mexican I "V Congress, denouncing as a traitor anv in- lowing from the New York correspondent dividual, Jet him be a private Iperson or of the National Intelligencer, presents the a functionary,' who should enter into ne- difficulties in the way of bringing about gotiations;with the Umtebtatcs I a peace in such a clear and concise man ner, so (long as the populace are hos tile, that we give it in preference to any remarksiof our own. The thoughts pre sented iri the last paragraph for the con sideration of Mr. Polk, has struck us more than once while conning over the war, its upon the first limb strong enough to bear; object, and the ends which are to be ac- his weight. That he is nIaYinsr them false eomnlished hv it : and for the life of us. ....'..vi . ... . ' I ; " Jalapa, April 25, 1847; v "The Mexicans here, one and all, de nounce Santa Anna for a coward, a trai tor, and every thing else that is bad ; and I verily believe that a majority of them would rejoice exceedingly had Gen!, Scott i i : .l . .k . i i ! : t caiiiureu mm me oineruay anajnungnim Whereas astonishmtut and rtp circulation calculated to ; Stock of thr Clw!o::-i i . against the jtolanibia ri - , that it is the. intention eft etop short of Charlotte, at s Kc Khali That said r ; it maj,' is totally without i Keloid I That ihe 'chi, citizens of Charlotte til ( that tber deeire and inter, i, utmost efforts ran iccow.; .. built to Charlotte ; and &3 z willing that paid Road be ( the same time or that any shall inrare its completion t : And, WTktrcas, Aniimrn made on the people of jNc r.l ( Eastern portion of this is : , made at the. next session cf t ation of the Charter oil sai J ' . the route at present prepo5e c, - of Broad Rirer : Eetohtd,-That this;Mec: frieoda of the Colombia rou -such intention, and denounce ' eral and antrae,and entirely i , or circumstances. " I And funherTo thw cur c tance of thia'undertalLipg, an 1 c our propertyjto its sccm)U-'. tesorei.iThat the jTown L t structed to stbscribe oae hun J.-t " Stock of the Columbia! and ( : dition to theprirate sabscrpu:: jEDWAi:: Datid S. Yates, Secretary : you cannot beat ont of their-heads ; that! he has sold the battles of Buena IVista and; Cerro Gordo for a consideration they are5 equally confident, and in proofj-they are: eternally talking about the 83,000,00.: They do not understand why it Iwas that; President Polk allowed him to pass' freely! into Vera Cruz from Havana, unless there was bribery and corruption at the bbttotn ; the idea that our troops are a whit! better than theirs, or that they can wbipj them, even two to one when posted behind bat teries, has never entered their heads ; and hence, as a better excuse than none, there are many of them who say that hey have been sold by the Hero of TampicpJ I A gain, there are doubtless many, perhaps the larger portion, who have lost all con fidence either in his honesty or bravery ; and, although they may not desire a peace with us, they are still anxious to get rid so as our army advanced. ; of the tyrant on any terms. Such is the We have received the first number ot state of feeling here in Jalapa." the Anglo Saxon published in the city of ( - Chihuahua immediately after its capture The Regiment of Voltigucurs. Thisser by the American forces, lt is. dated on vice appears to be popular with recruits. ;the 13th March and is published both in The companies we perceive arc filling up English and Spanish. On the ' Spanish rapidly. This is characteristic of cur sale ol the paper we tind a proclamation of Col. Doniphan, as Commandjfer-in-chief of the American forces-in. Chihuahua, re questing the people to continue,-at their ordinary vocations; inviting those in the towns and ranchos to continue their trade with the city, and assuring; all non-combatants of protection. He! likewise en gages to protect the people from the in cursions of the Indians. It isfsiated by the Anglo-Saxon that Govcrnor Tdas has established a temporary seat of govern ment for the State-of Chihuahua at Par rail, two hundred miles south of the city. 'I' i. . x 1 t ... : , s ; -.. . . we coul4 frame no answer to the ques tions, here asked. It seems to us, that in stead of penetrating into the heart of the country, f indemnity only, is our object, the better policy would be to hold the ter ritory now in possession of our troops on the Ilio Grande and the sea coast, and while udder our jurisdiction make the best of it we can. But to the article in question:!! ! Papulation of Mexico. I see one of this morning's papers, in a plausible course of rea soning frorri such data as we have, makes the present population oi diuxico someming iikc twelve millions.; Io 1793 a census was taken, which showed about four millions and a half. Iu 1803 Humboldt estimated the population at nearly six millions.' And in 1820 Malta Brun makes it eight millions ; .and at that point it has stood in the quotations up to this day. It cannot be, that Mexico has not grown for the last twenty.seyen years. It is true, her insti tutions have bipen unstable, and she has been much convulsed !wih wars and revolutions. countrymen. Voltigueurs have usually !'Kul 60 was our own country during the severe m .... : a the post of honor, and lead the van in for T struggle IT ' it- cverv nart of the house : hauoiipts sioq oiinqiortrcs oi 1 orotc, (second only to prod unn hitn from every box; the ladies San Juan do Ulloa,) with: its extensivo ptma. waivcdlheir handkerchiefs : and the orchestra mem oi Ktxty.six guns and mortars, and H3 large supplies of material. To General Worth's rc. port, annexed, I refer for details. i I have heretofore endeavored to do justice to thp skill and courage with which the attick on the height of Cero Gordo was directed arid ex ecuted, n.tminrr tho reiriments most distinWuish- , cd, and their commanders, under the lead of! ,loli lUrney. Lieut. G. V. Smith led the en gineer company as part of the storming! force, and Is noticed withdittinctionv v ' ' 4 : n i.j.- Hi ii aoanuoniino; the music of the pcrlormances, im mediateiy struck up Hail Columbia, in honor ol the hero. Sonic lime elapsed before the en thusiasm of the audience was 'sufficiently aba ted io permit the performance of the evening to proceed, i N. G. JBv. Mercury. of our 1 revolutionary war : and Ue ward movements through the most dan- ! Tocquevillc lays it jdown as a fact that the pop. gerous defiles. They move ab'out with ulation of these United States marched steadi the celerity of cavalry. In fact they form jy OUXvaVd, witlioul any.perceptiblo check in a little army of themselves, of dragoons, j lhcir incre'a3e dqring all lhat crisis. mianiry anu artillery, in tne lust place there arc to be 50'J dragoons, mounted ; then each drajroon is to have an infantrv- man at his side, whom he on emergencies, takes up behind him, and finally there is an active little battery of light brass pie ces, which can be unlimbcred and parted upon the back of mules, moved about with The Anglo-Saxon is in size abottt eiht by I celerity, or placed in battery in positions twelve inches; Lieut. Charles Iviibben inaccessible t is the editor and John S. Webb publisher. The materials were found in the cit j . The reports of this assault mako favorabld at mention of many, in which I can well concur j sti having witnessed the darin? iUn mAA -J. ! t;, feet steadiniss of tho wholes Besides those ah ready named, Lieut. Brooks, 3d iufantry ;Lieu Macdonald,'2d dragoons ; Lieut. Vandrbo 7th infantry alUcttnSStafroiricersCapt4laVrJ. der, 1st artillery, and Lieut. Qardner, IthMnl - - t.G wuu rspeciai praise. "r ! Col. Uiley's brigado and Talcott's rocket and howitzer battery, wero engaged, on and zhoki tbe-heights, and boro au active part. : v Tho brigade so gallantly led by Oen. Shieldi and aae, hi, fall by Col. Baker, deserves high commendation for it. fine behavior and succesU Cols, ternnn and Barnelt, and Majorlllarr rmmanded the regiments ; Lieut. Hammont 3d artillery, aud Umt. Davis, Illinoi voluft teer,, constituted theW.de stafK, These o l crations, hid from mrview l.v ;niArV...:U. i.tiU i EXECUTION OF nr? John Broughton yesterday Offered the pen a ty of the crnne for which he Was condemned, l no lonts ot type were as barren of tos as a cockney's prounciation, arid the pub lisher is forced into the double cockneyism of using two v's as a substituted 1 mm I n t rft a - niggled for some time beford life'Lamo T tmct. Ho made a shnrt nrht tors exnjluiniriff the inrMnnii u;a a" . ! . , r tave rise to the cirqumstancial evidence dgainst him and professing his willingnes to die, and therfriv ness of his enemiesprotestiiig his innocence to the last. t , A large number of persons! attended to ness tho; execution, among whom were noticed no indeiorum or disordei. During Broughton's addressj all were silent and attentive. Wilmington Commercial. THE NEW TROOrS. The Washington Union says: "In general, it may bo reasonably estimated that there are now some 7,000 of the new levies on route for the seat pf war, or to be en route in all the month of May from 5,000 to G000 of whom should reach their destination by the last of that month. It should be here stated, too; that several officers of each company are left behirrtl, for the purpose of Jilling up the several to heavier pieces. The. annual Convention of the Protes tant Episcopal Church in Xorth Carolina was held in Ncwbern, beginning on Wed nesday the 5th inst., and ending on Mon day the 10th. From the Ncwbcrnian we learn that about the usual number of del egates were in attendance. No other than the customary business came before the Convention. Two persons were ordained Priests. The population of the United Stales is dou , bled in about twenty. five years; that of Cana. da in less time ; and even that of old England in about forty-fou years. Why, then, should Mexico be supposed to have stood still T It is fair to infer that she has now more than twelve millions instead of less. It is certainly aques j tion of growing importance for Mr. Polk to an i swer how he is to lake care of these twelve millions of people when he has conquered them; 1 or rather when hu has conquered their princi- , pal towns and strong places for I presume no one believes he can ever conquer the people of that country ; that is out of the question. He can go to the city 'of Mexico, undoubtedly, and i his troops can " revel in the halls of the Mon. ! tezumas." But what then ? What is he go ing to do with these twelve millions of people? I confess it puzzle me somewhat to sec how GENERAL ASSEMDLY (IF I ; ! AKCIIUKC.: We leam from the llichmu.i 7 that the Central AssernbJy of t! c 1 of the United States, (blj Stic .', pointraent at he FiretFresbjU r.v on the 2th h, and was opened vi:!. ; Cbakx.es Hodge, D. E ..Modi'rau r The spacious-xhurch ivas crowd; i Previous to the senno i Rev. 'J. II.'. offered up an earnest rayer to i) - 1 The Rev. Drillodse ook his text I chapter, 13threrse: Do ye 'not ;.: minister about holy th ngstlive cf pie, and theyCwhich wiit at the Alt : r the Altar t" lia discmrse was d--: -of showing the ohliga ion of ihe l' as a body to sustain a id provL'e f r t ted to the disseminati a of it doc:. support oaghtnot to le confided Ij i or separate church provision tba t u precarious an uncertain cnaractcr ; i tained.and provided by the wjiole t!. ganization. , rom tht church, !.e t ters held then-credentials t-r it r-"t in its Brrrice. Ibey were emp.eyeJ duty of thealaurch to provide for c for them thahey wobld Le p!acf J of pursuing some other vocation t . . . calling, to support the nselTesl 11.-: vocation with this vie; r, diverted tht : from xhe objects of hii holy caliirjj, t spired a thirst for wealth both of : hinhly detrimental to Ihe caue of t!.o gion. These generab views he el .1 great clearness and commenced with those who minister at the altar htve I diiTerent ages,beginnipg with the Jev Consutution of the Presbyterian Cl.u: particular, an urged spon the Atf. r ..' of its amendment, referring to so r e t examples of the sdvaarages cf a nr. . for the ministers, anJ khe dlrretlcn f : . . - i . . . Dors to tne cause ot Christianity. aerab views he el .Lf r nd force, of t ho-j j ! t : a historical c'eta.I c f ; . " The officers of the Tboihwxix, D. D., Stated Clerk ; Rev. General A? r' 'e.t III It. Dav:: f, V Clerk; Rev. P. JSrltaow, D. V , T 17" The attention ojtle pul l.c venisement of Mr. Ptixv , 1 1 l .i uruivmuu,. .i. some of the rnbet emiSect Colleges. ; I French F7w uv r. . i:,- .i me - aurora, c Matahza," under date ofi the 15th of Anril. th aonouncement that the le! French fleet, at ' hr- n ,he Wrbr of! Hanvana, WaS OrtlOrt-il .t tion- t.'JA:-.-l - i the Aurora, of e Cruz. pajt immediately for Vera 9 andard 100 Col.Tibbatts regiments to the maximum s privates to each company. reports that, in this way, his regiment, the lGth infantry, may number j 1,QO0; strong, at Point Isabel, by the 31st bf may. The same may probably be said of the 15th infantry. The strentgh of the ten hew re giments, say by the end of Junei in Mexico and cn route for the seat of war, hiay thus probably range! from 8 ,000 to 10,000 certainly not less than the fdrmcr number, and possibly equal to the ldttcr. j - Wilmington was asreed unon as the place for holding the next Convention, in ; he u eventually to get out of the scrape. It is 1848. recorded somewhere, in Mother Goose, or some ; ; other standard author, that " Tht- K:n of France, with twenty thousand men. Marched up the hiilianJ then tnarclid iowa gain.'r Pei haps an equally brilliant epic may one of these days be written on a ceitaiu President of the United States. So long as things remain as they are '.vc have no prospect of .a return of peace ; and He who can dispose the hearts of all THE WHIGS TRIUMPHANT IN IL LINOIS. ' The dark Locofoco State. of Illinois is redeemed and disenthralled 'from Lccofo coism. Illinois ranges herself beside the other Whig States, and cries lor admis sion into the Whig ranks. At the late se lection, for delegates to alter or form a Constitution, the Whigs will have from five to ten majority. For the first time, since the State was organized, the Whigs have carried the State. In 1340, when almost every State fell from under the weight of Locofocoistn, Illinois stood with New Hampshire, Virginia and Missouri,: People instead of learning war and con Export cf ItreatUtuJt. Acc made up by the Editors of the PL 11: ican, the quantity of Boar, wheat, cc " exported from the United Sute3 u September 1, 181G, ti let Mty.ij u Flour, I i barrel, Corn Meal, m t .it I neai. I tu-: Corn, ! -I " Dy changing the quantity uf-iV-r and corn, allowing Cvjr LufetitJ! to ports have been equal to Wheat,; ! Com, Or upwards of torty-lbur and A L of wheat and corn ex Honors to Mri IVchiUr '.I. conn 5 I.' 21X 21 x. .ilf orted ,n ei ks receive J to do right, alone .can answer this inter- j Mr. Webster w esting question, j But we trust the day is with evcryt mark of ioi or. not far distant! when we shall once more j ;0y greet him ok every lr.: be at peace with all the earth, when our I rpds South. The citizens as living monuments of follv tending in deadly combat with neighbor- were preparing his reception there. at thu h: 4 4 i t i - - "... i i i I - r : - 4. J; if i i
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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