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'? .' i i 1 . V 'i - ? It' . f t tf-'' - ! T ; H . . . . , f I- ! - v f 1K ' 'J- " H 5 .',:. " - ' ; ''!'' . - i ' : i r. 1 . .3 .' ' ' I I. M ). ' I . ' . ...Ttt'o Dollars per annum m uV-. Snt, in,erej (It $ 1 per -q? arc for df Bnt. tcfltit for each ujWjuenl insertion. J 23 per cent higher. v Court Or I : . i rr J. -i - . : ! ." r-1 r- r - : - J . ' 1 ,. . i Tl r fTlTTI T . T w-i il I " 1 ' V ! ---. - . r .i'l :i-r-: " it;.: - i rSSW' . -. . . .-- .- : ..... ' . - -I . . ; fditorjrJ'nvrirfor. Jis safe" - . , . . .V r -v ! WUi: " - .... i, , , ; -i ? -.. L1U , - , . : , . t - . -- ' -,. . - - . : , i i I i . hi.-!-. i- I 3 ' 1 ' : : ! ' . T?-rH . : ' ' ' ' lie snooK ti ii nUiU inn R.nii'g Hehhts. ',,Xo&r5tani1 (hc SencraI I,,an of ,hK 1:0. irna-M ih Amrrican camp lbrjil a branch of the Hudson? and r 1 j: bck ahout half a mile l'rom the Xultjost directly in front, find with- v5ltflatMl. A httle to the north ana . ' : ' .A'iUL lirltii f-npflinnment. was a -;t om."'' l .Lj..L.iJi.!.!k a :a n..- a. ' ,ht ocunicd by the Hessians. ; if 1 u6now -fil'iae which Arnold entered. Be- ' thorough!): ahumed, put forth a desperate; ' . i;.r eflort to niaintain his ground. But in vain! JLrlv narallel to each other a-'i did exP0SR himf ,f tolhe Attest of the: r3H,rr. vv .; j . ,' . ... : fire to an mate .his taien in vain did hi oravesi cwiicfia ngnm icau nis aevoieai troops to the attacK nothing could stop; L NEW SERIES ; I. , NUMBER T. OP VOLUME IV. JUJE.18, 1847. the world must sink. ! J shook rnbly lipcf 'i'heic i presented serious ob advance of an Armv. while 'ijU,!rSoLrcc. and to the' left of astonishing infantry, Their rapid i i . ! i. ' (rem srifiuiv iiih iiif l I nt p i ppnn in vrtii. .'. lhe annroach was easier, ii vvasi " T ri "i r .. tj Vis account liurgoyne resoiveu 10 mnue ( Jiv 1 j - " "v"p v.v. iwij-. a,eti that direction. Accordingly , nation, a pres4ini5 hard after thefrlntrci ; jbtftk of October, moving his troops Pid larf thjy closed steadily on the fplumns! he advanced to the Arne, j shrinkingj line, j Nb charge of bayonets 1- i.ri an,l f nhiix J iiniii- nnuiinn in an could break their firm array, no blaze of f,jJJ IC1 lJi J - fl 'h'fat Held, displayed his line. The fcrce an l rapid roll jof drum's in the A Jtncan advance guard; "beating to arms. innoliKi d their approach, and Gates im '.'r..Jtf sprit out Morgan with his rille -mto open the brittle. array the close tind: deadly batteries check their! lofty enthlisiasrti, n$ moving amid the horf! rid carnage, they gathered with brows of wrath closer at)d closer oh their ?(j veiefans labored a,mp i BuroynCi sustained ly Ins best olli- t is, pccopi4 a rising ground, and Mor nitooH a wide circuit to fall on his right. .ytWeCfncral Poor, was to march straight . a. V.1II hfralinit ili'p Irfr. nd if nos.sihlf vn pc umi, r i"' i 1 J. l . r . qjaratei H irom lue .nmin urmy. uurt tiiitiie. at half past two in the after n,JiJ opened on the advancing column Poor.1 -U"ut thfsgajlant ollicer led his brigade Mcadjly forward up the hill ; and ath thes ortlei i not to lire till the summit ;jA reaiiiirdj pressed rapidly on through it ston of grape-shot. Wi'.h the same jcTnessilie entered the deadly volleys ol Atrt, then as hej gained the brow of hehcigt' opened to the right and left., isd poured in a close and rapid lire with erribfc efl'ect. Moving resolutely lorward ob the;densc; masses of the grenadiers, ;ifAmcHcahs mowed ihem down with valley $cr volley,, and stood within close pdket-'aaiot ' of the jartillery, and fet it ilrtciionthbir r.nks.1 But nothing could xj wil island those murderous batteries. j.id'Ae'jrme.ricans, , f xcited to madness by :t galling;, devouring' lire, rushed with urfiiic sjiouts up to the very mouths of the snvand swept theri like a storm. But rjtV by jthose resist loss grenadiers, the" xereroflcd -sternly. back to their position. Agmntapy rallieaand charged with, such mpftugsity. that everything went down i .thrift; passage ; liut that same steady -nor reclaimed the victory, and hurled icA t)ticljL to their -Urjst position. On one ;athf rushed live successive times, and ciptarc it in eacli pnsct. and as often cre forced to relinquish their prize, until Itltnitn ihc'V riirrii-il it off in trinmnh. tj 9 r ' . " . ujor Aklandrwho Commanded the gre- fe held them tp the shock with a ocs mat batlted every ellort. ual- ?n?aercely amid the disorderly ranks, rallied thi;n again and again bv bis 'sce.ahdx'ample, .until at last he him- sell was struck to the ground by a ball, ltin A. l. I i ''in i i r uicy oroKe una neu. morgan, in &C tnckn tlm M-IlK itiic ftuurlUr rinmon poured down :wih resistless strength oa thpeft wing,' carrying everything be- ie Mm. lUallying; bravely behind a W the scattered jtroops attempted to Dr62res3 bill reinforeements com. t v . "Tt . . " Km under Dearborn, and rushing with and such eadl ong furv to the at- tjicy again broke and fled. , ThcxvLolc English 1 ine now heran to l4K,;and BurgoyAe was jast forming a Those shattere( ; i ment as if j about to bear up in the stprmi then swung and rentasunder, and Jrolleil heavily-toUheirjcamp. Morgan and DeaN bon and Ten Broek follo wing up their ad vantage with the whole arrriv took trenchmerits. t sjarne impetuosity, the refuge behind theinf which bristled and under coyer baffled all his elTorts, and soon! well nigh completed ajcircle aboui himl i In every direction the! roar of cannon told that the avenues off safety vverec;utc)flut Even the last desperate cflbrt, to abandon all his ar tillery and baggage, and by a; rapid night rnarch Jiiaiihl Ike Gebrgfe, was seen to be useless. , Still Burgoyue lingered Lis proud heart refused to v ild ! o the stern necessity which bound htn. Vhat I that splendid army, on whose; success ; he had staked ;his reputation; be? surrendered, anu an xns ongnr visions sing at once ir The thought iwas too bitter, and.he; stilt c!uhg,t0;hpAndj by some accident from the perils that only thickened as jhe advancec . Pqr six'days he turned, ike a scorpion giri with .fire, as every moment the devouring element rages ti i eare r-fbis cam p .ivas j ; u n cbverqd, and cannon halls were continually falling into it, Avhile from every height? the art!! tillery played upon him, anc the sharp tirack of t h 3 rifle was heard along His line. He could not jenter a house without its be coming in "a rnbment a target for the bat teries.: j-Through the hall of cbuncilarjd ihrougli'the in part ment in j which they sat at their scanty dinner, the cannon balls ybuld crash, and it vas a constant and 'tliing could ' now arrest the victorious yinericans, as with shouts; that werelheard above the din iof batileV they rushed forward and stormed the camp J H i f - ft i - ! v -- ri itself. But behind I their intrenchmentsJ of their heavy :guns,J ri fearful rows along the ramparts, the British fought with tu6 en ergy of desperation; itself. On the unco vered ranks oflthej impetuous Americans tliey opened all their batteries, and hailed a leaden tempest friom the small arms,! while bombs, hissing through the afmosq phere, dar)iene!d wiljh dust and smoke, ad-j ded ten-fcld horror to the fight, Theyj were no longer struggling for victory, but for life, and therefore summoned all their! energies to check the progress of the vic-i tors. But! neither-'formidable intrench- ; i j ments with ih! abatis in front,; nor ,thc!i hotly worked batteries exploding in their faces, nor ihe close and destructive volley of-musketry,' couldj stay the excited patri- steadili increasing storm of iron around hirn fAt length all hope was abandoned, ! of the enemy, wiom 1 evenged jy and a council of war was called todelib- upon by turning upon hirYi a six poufn ots I hrrtii"- U the! remendous fire, and over the ensanguined field, now covered with a sulphurous jdoud, amid which in cessant lightnjngs played, and continuous thunder-pejal rolle(),;they charge up to the! very muzzles of the guns. The camp it self whs s)akjpn throughout its entire: e.x tent, and trembled like a reed in the blast; ... . i . . I i i; L . . . i while Arnold, enraged at the abatis. Which baffled alllhis efforts in front, called a round him; a few brave fellows, and tak ing a short circuit, charge into tl)e sal with great tcI at, the enemy having wa kened" lis during the night only: twice by pleasant messengers in the shape of can-j nop balls.! In the morning, we (the rifles) were obliged for two mortal hours to stand an artillery fire of ball; grape, and canis-l ter under vcryftm perfect shelter, before the command- Id .storm the height -was; gi vert4 It - was here that poor Mason, as fine aifellow ajs.'ever lived, (and: who, by the by is doing jwrell,) lost his leg. Lieut.J Davis -was killed in the very spot where I had been lying a few moments before ; and afterwards, when I atose to obey the' oruer lor wara, a soiuier ;vas discovered, a bout stxjieet abpve me; on the side of the hill, who! was killed so dead .by a grape shop that' had ! passed throurrh his stom ach' that he. had not apparently move ! jTIJE AMERICAN MAIL LINE TO ;. EUROPE. . : I .The departure from this city, on Thurs day; week, of ourj townsman. Selah R. Hobbie, Esq First Assistant Postmaster General," gives us occasion to speak of the 'great public enterprise with xfhich his vi sit to'Southamntnrt Rr.mn'. .u places in Europe connected. He goes out as the Agent o the Postmaster Gen cratrtp jTiake:the jneedful arrangements for the Foreign Mail Service of this coun try to be performed by the New York and' Bremen 'line of steamships. This line ARMY LYTEllLinr r - LATER FROMrMEXli n. The U. S. Steamer Fashion. V j arrived h e re .y esterday, ha vir ! ruz on bunda-, the 30th ult. the following passengers: Lieut. Gregg. II ih regiment l j myLieot. W. Murra v,2d re-r ; sylvania Volunteers Lieuts. Fellnagle of the lst'do; Mr. J? '; son. Quartermaster, second reel:. Woods and 40 discharged Vch ' The U. S. Ship New ! Orient, t right, was to leave Vera CV -31st ult for.ihis port, with the i board. She will nrohnklv ,,-..,. --j . morning. goes into operation on the 1st of June, with the sailing of the steamer Washin: from I hisi recumbent posture, and had died ! ton-! so suddenly thatjthose around were igno- Tbe success of our countrymen in river I ,ngi dejentI 11 u i rant of the fact! Of his having been struck, steamboat navigation is weft established ' t'st,n1aA at fr0!n On the 31st ult.,Mwthestev ry Kingsland, hence fori, Vera C a press of canvass and steam. . btates bngname. unknown, r.si! era Cruz, bound to this port, , ; ult., for repairs. On the" 2nd ir miles S. V. of the Soujh Yrt a United States brig, supposed tV from Vera Cruz. ; j We learn, verbally, that S.rlt at the last accounts, was brlim at Rio Frio, fortifying that na . : ! ing to defend it with a force .'.I,. two to ten :t; The r lies were brdered to take un a do- ; anu recognized. But their enternrise now ,Vru "' suai Draggart vein. n UU" j O w VMH I S IOC 1 1 VI V f 1 T . m sitiort m the ratine, and to hold in check i seeKS a broader and more arduous thea- i ",l,,u onu american shall cr. a-bodv of Mexicans arKAnr-inc to rmn. hre. Iheyhave become imnatient toil;. "ni"Zr save hisdead body fbrceGerro. Gordo, and the other three re-! P,av that -skill upon the Ocean, where gimeri&Of thebtiaradetbsiormthe-heiirht. ! lhe,r well established and powerfdl com. I myself 'heard only the other forward, ! Petitor has hitherto wielded the trident of I Consequently Went ahead with the1 suP"onty in steam navigation. The spi main 0:ldmn, and was fortunate enough r,t of the PeoP,e has manifested itself io oe among tne nrst over the breastworks inrouSn lne acllon Congress. Three self l?reat ilnes of Ocean Steamers have been pounir,:i authorized by law, and the nobU hin erate oh the terms of capitulation. Their ; one of his1 own guns, and paying him back Washington now leads off in this hih r consultations were interrupted by the whis- ; with interest in his own leaden and iron i r5tct ot American enterprise. It is the tleing pf bullets and roar of artillery, and com. . ".rPme 1 our citizens, our individual ine very le il ia wnicn iney sat was pierc-j ine-storming ol uerro uordo was a ed- by the American marksmen. Pride magnificent spectacle, as well as one of and ambitipn at length yielded toinevita- the'most brilliant, if not most brilliant feats bleTat$( and that splendid army, the relics every accomplished by American arms. of ten thpusand men, laid down its arms. 1 The mountain was so steep, and the men certain when Gen. Scott renchru or whether the army had adv. yond that town, as the destructi; diligence had interrupted coniij. between Jalapa and Vera Cru?, sequently put a. stop to the trr.: of authentic intelligence. The Fashion brought two Yt papers; one of the 2Uth and t!, the 20th ult.; we have L; en ' milted to-xamine them. citizens, their hWUI and capital, that ere- Ye r ' ate these lines-the GovernmcnL giving' era.Cru , copious slowi countenance and aid by inspecting the i morinSs of the 27th and i :! construction of the ships through one of' 'vered lhe temperature a:. ! its naval officers, and bestowing its nat I rrcd thc inhabitants. ) Tortytwo brass cannon, i five thousaud ! so exhausted by previous efforts, that hT0Be h means of the mail contract v f flu ,nT T )eslc rd of armband all thcrcamp iequippage, fell became; a cool deliberate thing. There i wh,h ,he Postmaster General has made. g. ?' tnc 29th, that six Mr..- into the hands of the AmeHcans. ; was no rush ; our gallant soldiers advan- ; " UJ ,nc n"ing ot this line the effort I rr, were nit -Gates deceived 1 the vanquished com- i ced calmly and slowly amidst leaden bur- ! WI" oe maae ly our 1'ost Office Depart- ! C u u,f,r own-country n. 1,3'..J.... l . i i L.:l; l i -r. I OlfMlt fo rlinv nnr fna; '. :i IS lllC nalUTal rpSUIt nilri r!r u courtesy, uresseu in a.piam : ricanes.- wnicn unceasingly swept over i ,u,t,B" luaii inter- ; r:ii ... r . while ihe soldiers, on march- ! them ; batteries in the rear played upon ! course of certain perplexities and embar- ' a ?W a"r.m.l.inS Ul 1 ing 6ut to pile; their armsi foirnd not an ! them? but there was no pause, no hesi- rassments with which it is now trammel- i rA r"J " V ,nc gce L : A .W;A.i ;! i;i"Rr,i tuU u.L.i. r..n.." 1 i ,t tu: led. Each country through u l.ioh i... i rtt ruz aa Jalnpa is now m. .: iiuiM iuivii wic ucm. j. we uiinr iciiu ; inuuii uu iut. went. l lit. il minus hcic , J e" pt Jn14.l i. i . n I ter has to pass has its senarate nost n(Unn I ? . 11 ,e,t tlie first na:;. their arms in the presence of their ene- ! gradi mies. i ' , j ' blazed mandefvvi blue frock. i Vide feurgoyne; I 11 . r : l aeacuy nre openeu upon ine ioe, nis Dreasi- . ' n,""u"1; stopped, robbed works became ours also, and almost sim- u",CBa HBcms nrc resoneu to, to. a total broLen un nnrl K ,V i t ultaneously the different regiments enga- ! obstruction. A reciprocal arrangement'! postin"on uZrlv t i b . that w rd.ir ti,.:A JiiTr.,. posiimon were both released an geu in ioe siorm, enierea, anu tneir stan- ; : wv "" ' uaica ; e(i . , t.i ,rt , , dards triumphantly waved in place of ; ,nto e postage rate, through for the en- tJl frhc . ;ii,. : ""iiMrunfc era tf i cuiier oj.u c,f-.4 ...i .i ' i Frorn thetjValional Intelligencer. BATTLE SCENES. dards tririmnhanllv waved in nlnr-P A friend has handed to us the graphic 4 La Bandera de Mexico.' What a glo- ' usance, wan i.oerty to pay nous ieei nir loo c nossess on oi mv son i ... . u,ttru, auu that moment. I cannot describe it. Of sysieni oi accountaoiiity mat will give to imuiim Kutiuv.i, iu mo luu tin "Hi-,, - , - , mi I , , , . . ; "ni, oionoeu wuen iiipirivr r I ! wneie mailed or delivered, and with n : . ,r . w ,,,,tv 1 fiti-uuiH hijjlu hc LJuiHioU utiuvv ui iuc i .-.f"0 wwvooin v., in, owui ..... i SOOl Wrif re the nlhfr . . . ir i . : i w. ! .l.. t ' . j svsteni of nrrnnntn n iri- i laf u-ill 1 r MO ulucr nat tie PI Uerrp uordo, by a young Liieu- ' "ioiue.ui. i canuoi uescnoe it. vji ; J V A 7 J , tenantlof the Mounted Rifles, a graduate i the wounded, and dying we will not : ornmeni s snare oi ihe postage, , was rob bet!, of West PbintJ written to a relative. It speak. $ 1 havseen Death robed in all of . . .u,e y?au,nS o yecis lor which is inst iuie.K hricrrit. and bra f,dlnw his ghastly terrors, and fVel that I am be- ; JAr- or)nc is dispatched m the Washin the writer pf this letter who set the world comingjirtdilterent to the suiienngs ot iny i rr. ; turned to Jalapa. j ' ANOTHER -MASSACRE. From information received at i -At made that" desperate yport, where he feili One houri more pf day-light, and that camp would pave been swept as with a tgog at tignting.. ; ; ' I proceed to tell you of the part i play ed in the battle of Cerro Gordo. God de liver rrie frdm ever being iii such another fight J ftlnmy jlast letter from Vera Crqz I stated that Ijhad been lelt behind my di- vision t'd pt Uen. i wjggs) sick, but that 1 was about to rejoin it at Jalapa, Who Ci. ton. 1 his is so just to all, so manifestly Cruz, there is little doubt that! C promotive ot universal convenience and : ers and five soldiers have fallen an vantage, that we trust our lirst Assist- to Mexican cruelty. That officer! ant Postmaster General will succeed in ! ra Cruz on Sunday, the'23 J ult. v, uuuwimig me ncany co-operaiion oi the , escort consisting of fivr men1 at, : would haje been' 1 d i emy, and a routed The British army abandoned their , . i-i i i, . - - , . ri n mnst n i ntiv. nnpinnnr mnrn el.' c Foti' to Arnold Ion .his sUed,and that darknes$ i.l I li Ji l L .1 .. i " n . . ' ijiiu who iue iiying en fellows ;y profession demands it. The dry grass upon the hill took fire at one time," ahd many dead and some wounded were burnt ud. or rather roasted. Our regiment suffered terribly ; the proportion 1 Proper authorities in England, Germany, i tenant McDonnell? of Captain V. of killed and wounded among the officers ; and rance 1,1 lts adoption. Xat. Int. company. They arrived in safety was more than one out of three, eight of- 1 ta Fe, and lodged there? during t'h ficers being killed and Wounded where FROM CALIFORNIA. I Finding that Capt W, had left, at, iiirr tliot tin s-tit1.l n. : 1 .1 iiKtk i-uum iiui uc more u;: can calculate on the future?! The next 1 fourteen were unharmed ; among the men Lieuts. Talbot, Beal, and other gentlemen ar- news from the army was that Santa Anna, I the proportion was one out of five. Pret-' rived at St. Louis on the lGih, from California, i m,,es ,n aIvance, they determine ! vvith ain army of sixteen thousand men. i ty hot work; such as I do not care about iiv wav nfs:,.a Kvi. ir. . n;. on ,or JalaPa wth an addiio:i was strongly entrenched in a.' mountain ; engaging in again in ahurrv. At one time. .. ... . . ... ... . i more men. nothing bad been l.t - . " V Z r . ! t ''- w . .. . . .. ' e reuruary tan. ai me nine oi lueir .1 r 1 . r .. ... . 1 lilt' ill 111 1 vrB 1 mt "c? r 1 . fe amp ended the day Jalap, at Cerro I assure you. such was the noise of balls d Lieu( Co,. Fremont ' principal height passing over my head that I was uncon- , ' , was at Ciudad involved in the deepest' mystery. lino with his right wing, when A- cxcirement, and burst in j a headlong gal d plunged into the thick Hs! practised eye ,so6n inaddencd Jfrfialfagc. Oathc field, a tKc flghtJ lat General Grazer was the chief pass -between us and fifri!n' thf! nrrrif nf llio nrinoincil V.ii m m w 1. ft 1 V 11 I I I lv I I 1 1 I All 1 111. . - - - -.wwwwvaa,. . . and key-point of his position a peVtect ; scious ;of any other sound, though regi. . de ,os Angelo. acting as Oovernqr of the ter- ; 28th, a gentleman arrived at! Ver--. Mexican Gibralter, a mountain height of ments at the time were rolling for:h their nlory under u appointment from Commodore from whom the Editor pr the Jiaglc ' eight hundred feet or more surmounted re. What a magnificent and terrible Stockton. The Commodore had returned on ed that he had seen at n point tu n camp duringSthe iriight, and took post -oh W eight piece$ of cannon,; (eighteen and tune Was played in those mountains, which hoard his ship, and had left that part of the coast, i beyond 1 uente INactonal, the run p ;mprnin theAmeri-, six poundCrs.; which completely corn- acieu liKe some nuge sounninguoani, anu Uoi. m. u. .Kussell, ol Calloway county, in ; u,Mt,ar' "l.,u uiiucrncaui n nuniau manded the neighboring ground and an- ! prolonged and rolled away into the dis- this State, was artin.'r as Sereiarv of the rerri. 'PI'V" cioming, anu porn: proaches;!and, furthermore strengthened ! tance the noise of the battle ! ; lorv - j h? lihnoci M-Ai-l.-c- ciin, .r.,n.,i v. ,1 ! 1 Ka vp ntilv ri r f t f n rl i 1 to frivp. von an " 1 J V Ul V HOI Wi io wt oiuiix., WUU, d4 111 I - 7 , " t-j - - T, .. . . " . .1 r. r " . t . . ... . . . I .n ii It o -l r n n i- i- o a mi nurl a IiaiiI I hA - Utn if completely girt about the i account ot that portion ol the battle in T -n "J1"" i , ...u: A J..n . . .. ! ,i,;i.?i 0ofln0L,i Tl-. u.... January, at San Diego, by Lieut, Cooke, with VV 11 UJ IJ MUUU ,X allltlll I.OVn. V f ""0"b- r WW haUalion ()f Mormon, y the hills, and in thc can troops marched Into it with colors fly ing ana urums oeaiing, anu a long shout went up jfrdm the) ; abandoned intreneli ments. - Inuring tli day a scattered fire of ariiucry was, Kepu up, anu ever anu anon was oorne oacK ip ine camp ine rapiu uis cnaVge'bfj'nusktii' and small detach ments frojn either iVrmy came in collision. Frazer, Whp had died early in the' morn- t.v it 1 I. . . . i : i i . mg alter iw naiue, nau requested to be brush, which summit, upon from which waved proudly the flag of the day. M exico. By hastening onj and travelling 1 44 I go with our division, so soon as it by night as well as day, I arrived just as moves to see Puebla, Mexico, and other the ball opened. The peak of Orizaba sights.; If these cursed Mexicans did not in the distance looked upon the battle i shoot at one so hard, Mexico would be a buried atsUnsetinl the chief redoubt. The some! huge presiding and avenging delightful country to be in. What am I, procession yas formed, and at six o'clock ' idaP deity, j who two weeks ago was sleeping upon was seerj moving slowly up the hill to I he Mexicans, drawn up in columns tp , the hard rock without shelter, doing now ? the' place! Iof interment. "General Wins-the amount of six thousand on the summit, i Why, luxuriating in a real bed, w ith clean low observed it, anu Knowing ltsonipct or 1 w,in coiors uisinaeu, wiiu anu martial 3cc iuun mi tilated. Near him lav'another n wise naked and mangled in th shocking manner. The gentlem;. that five more bodies bad teen among the Chapparal.j The'nur: ed, with the supposition that one corresponds so cntirely-Avith the f j r c accoiiijjiiiuru voi. oowcrs. to i under his command. Great praise is be stowed on Cul. Cooke', r the condition ir which he brought his command in. It is said that all his mm i were in tints health, with their arms as bright as when they i , , , . . . , . , set out on Ihe march-in excellent discipline, .ua uC anu msj compaMc and without any serious loSS. massacred by guenllerps. I Soon after being joined by Col. Cooke, Gen. bo,ne the Mexicans who v. Kearney, with the Mormons and dragoons, pro- tured in Vera Cruz, w;ith 'arms ceeded to Monterey, where he was when our munition, have been tried. Five informant left. There he had heen joined by quitted, and four convicted i.nA character, ordered it to be cannonaded ; music sounding, and Santa!1 ' una, upon a ??0Prt -nt iK' l.lLL'U.. i -..i ' mau luiuuuuous oaine, as i ii. on hprso he moved amid and while they were laying the chieftain 1 milk-while steed and sum nded by a i lamiiy with whom l am on the very nest in his grave, a solitary cannon kept boom-Tbrilliant statt riding 'along the lines en- j of terms. Lately, when I had a slight ing at intervals on the evening air,' and i couraging his men, presented a sight' at return ot fever, they almost killed me with the hea4 shot tore up the earth in their ! once imposing and, beatjtifui. It was j kindness and attention. From my win- midst. Throughout the solemn burial- i destined shortly to be grand and terntic, ; aow l.regaru a peneci wuuerness oi neau- At nrlsent I board with a very pleasant lie two artillery companies from 'Baltimore. to work in chains, during fourrnt: . - ' . - . :iT .i r :r il,,i . i ir . . . We cannot learn from our informants that any rt half, on the streets and thcro'J: iencinl rrrn v coaoj, bringing order out of contusion, i kurricp thp-' VOI PP.- O ft hp rh pit. ! On the right of our nositidn t2d division i ty, wdods, mountains, meadows and flow cfurage out of despondency, wherev-1 er and aiionJnterrupted by that solitary ! of regulars, to whom the whole honor of; ers, numbers of singing birds of beautiful - c Tintefc.i ; nwr.r.- . m l r.. I i u iVmir ni inc. nnnti it- unKao i ins orfiiii an i ? ur tius v cinri'i u r mp was uiui iai;c uciihi iue vai anu airuu wa- i ii . i i n nir iiii ui i.i.rirMri np urai in cttit 1113 in 11 1 1 1 inn .1 w-- . . . , " - 1 . w lukUV.iAtLi!Li.. rr.i covered with dlist. which the ball, as it i a sectmdi height, commanded; almost eri-! la! Qzala ! I exclaim with admiration. mrtj-,,,,,.-: : '"'riltv 1 . ! . ' ' smoked pkst. threw upon him. The sun tirely by that of Cerro Gordo, and occu- I You should see our family party at night, of affairs, it was supposed, might delay his de , ? Saun IP- . Inillntln. inlnnliniru Inlir 1.7 . " I . .r . . . ' i f . ! 11 .1 I i. . . tfi- ; ha( nourWnn.. nwn. am twilicrht t ppw med bv a arge torce ot . iUeXicans. It was a ioiiv opaniaru uiays me narp ior us panun-. w MCSt markslrhen. said, nointinrr to ! : ... 1 P I.:. :.'..!. tl. im iU..f tW KIrrKt cL,l 'Katolion thp rrirlc tthrpp. of thpmA Don Santincro. Some of the gentlemen named, we under ihl i " ; IF ' ! us maim? pveriine scene, ine American ; nrvi.oartij . i.cit ....o ..v.. o,uwm. ....!, . &vt - - o . , ... v u .r' that ga Wht Officer is Hpit Fra. fKprc .1Up.;;.U, lnrtK ,U ; : nrenarathrv to the nrahd assau t: Th s another boarder, and Don Diego, (that sianu, - ucaier ui iue ucncues i f - . vaaavV tJW'Wv.iiii v,v ci, iiiii illli 11 it uo I I J - C 1 r " portion of Col. Stevenson's command, from N. York,' had arrived. Commodore fehubrick had joined Gen. Kearney at Monterey ; but we are j unable to learn what their operations would le. The question of lhe right to act as Governor of Ihe territory, was si ill in dispute between Gen. Kearney and Commodore Stockton. It was understood, that Gen. K. intended setting out on his return about the 1st of July, but the state the tbwn. The remainder were to ! 0:1 the 3 1 st instant. ' Com. Perry arrived at Vera C. his expeditu fM,. rr-l J . B T . J w V . W A llllll.l. ?;?4dmirrihim.;b'ut it is nppp.wn-'liP I a funeral! riroee'ssion' ceased nlavino- ttnnn , work was gallantly executed by the ri- ; is to say myself) Dance every thing dlerDo tou duty The first shot fir, and inUVmpatiiy. with the brave who fles,' 1st artillery, and one tonSpany of the ! Polkas, Spanish dances. Mexican waltzes; erupner of !his horse thp s p , ' had fallen,' fired minute guns till the so- l7th infantry. Many of oiir men, earned ! and the old padre, a Franciscan monk hA .irTi W ' feCOnU I lemn eeremonv wks over. It was a bu-I away by natural impetuobity, and many ; with shaven crOwn, looks on and says: 4 :gm ,i,m,anfr(S ;h,r ' Sallant ri- ria, worla 0f the! chieftain who had thus : others misunderstanding orders, after hav- 4 Young; people, enjoy yourselves now ; Welf, and he, fell back mortally ' f1,n ' lt hattl- HpM. Ami,! iU ; in? driven ihe enemv lrorn the first hill. ' when you are old confess your sins.' How .Jcd; Arnold I had np sooner given ' thnnHpr rifUrtilhvl he was borne fm'm advanced even to the base kf Cerro Gordo, pleasant this ! One of the girls (Solidad pcp ibau hej placed himself at the- the disastrous fihtthe enemy? gups 1 hat nigjhtj when we : restejd Upon the first , by name) sings wejl, and is n writing 1;0:three Tegi'ments of Larned's bri- Pealed over his gijave, and when the mute I hill, under comparative cdver ot its cresr, ou ior me a opanisn song u . r..u wun a I -Y?r'Wgot.fb thc 24th ult., from the Mexican coast. IJc reached I on the lGtb, arid the next day rar National Flag in the town.; C tj ' A. Ma grader was appointed Go vi. i Laguna. As the po.ssesstop of i cuts ofT water communication v interior of Tobasco, it'j is deenu ! tant tp keep it securely.- j . Ihe iagle says that suspicion float of a design on thet part of inglon. ; A corresnondent of the St. Louis Republican, writing from Santa re, under date of Ihe in ot Mexicans at Vera CrUZ. to lot:'::. ordination and create a revolt ag; American authority. It warns v. lit', - A I sbout, those who heard heir latesf day, led them ltlvn ;nY Hessian troops threw U vJ-5iln his path, and for a moment ,:ffc handful vwm irom I Of IIS Path. 'Nthinrr on.ilt . viiistrLf T ha tirmAc z imwmm kill. Ill IIITI . I IIKIT1IC IF! t procession: turned laway in the gathering surrounded by dead and Wounded iUexi- Minues oinevening. last saluti. and th!e . I J " U L 1' 1 11U;. IJKKV . IIILLIAI"" their cannon gave his ; cans, many a brave comradj, was missed from ihe; Alabama Jonrnal thal at sullen echo, as it 10) I- who waif expiating the tnnj of having beep ; County Convention in Montgomery,! o V. ; w rmlv rpnmpm ' Krnvp pvpn to rashness. !! : .L i . . ri W u:n:., Hojf. Henry W. ed over the hills. Was his only requiem.! j brave even to rashness. : BurgoV he, nowiconvincedf that he could 1 ! 'I was too late to Join m . ... . il .it . ... 1 ' .i A J.-. UJ. ... LUl J iy regiment on Tbe next moment with not cut way through the American ar-j the first dhy. but attached myself to a COmpailY Oljllic m luiauuj, Milieu uciu ah elxposeq situation, ahd jiad, the extreme icnciiy 01 peiiscu ui the pleasurtj of returniii; I rejoined y company!, son,and!hext;morningi men, he burst like a jny. topkhe onlernativc lea himj and Jikxi. 1 . began hisi retreat, hoping to retrace his Vthir midt,nnd scat- ttttr,a tn f)u n .. .l steps to Lake George and from thence to Canada! f This he should havedohe sOoti-i er how jit .was ppjate nfor the Amerii can armyextenaing itself; pn evcr' side, 11 illiaud. We learn the Whig a resolution i to the amount that Henry W. Milliard be unan- imousiy ihe Whig candidate for Congress in the second district was passed by acclamation i ' only one or two voices dissenting. April says 41 All is apparently quiet 7i?re, but erery ob-. serving man knows that we are walking daily over a volcano which is ready to burst upon us if an opportunity offers. As I said in a former letter, in peace or war, this country cahrtol be retained hut by military force! We hear lhat Colonel Doniphan intend to return to .Missouri, through Texas. If he doeVso before, other troops arrive to relieve him. Chihuahua- will fall aain into the bands of thc Mexican. For mv n.irL 1 cannot think Le win so unwise a V-4 ; I ri 4 Fwr. On4 "Wednesday they are known and wjjitched. ar i 1 overt act Will be severely piinlsht -1 - - n - ' Lieut. Col. Fagg, and. th'n B Company of N. C.' V'olu nt ee jrs; for safety some apprehension nas f i,i- t Kpv West. Florida, c i t lOHUl-u". rn.rn.j . f ult. after n stormy voyage of; 1 3d., well. They expected lo satl n;-. to arrive at the Brasosin 10: dn:, . bout the27tb ult- j 1 ' 2M nrJ - Savave'ivas annointed by i 7 ? rt" . . 8 I That . nisht - HsV a list of 50 Volunteers n tbe'sbH U?. BoanJ. of D rectors. Cashier of .he . u-lr Capt. Ma- j Mississippi Regiment, who have died in Bank of-Cape Fear, rice Drt Ttom H- lli;ba!lre-openedMexic6... J . .,r- - ; igh'.A' . . , .; . t' 1 . i ' - f i . 1 j -. H : 1 Jr ' -n. r-L", , .... . " . : .i -i..-i -.--t - '; i ' f; i.. j. : ..;!