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toe and fight with short knives, until one or the other would full, without either having moved in his tracks; and in thu revolution between Santa Ana and BusTAMiiME, they charged up to the ...! 'I i t .1 _ r ...1 -i. a .. . ciujiiwMb wuiisi ueicmng form meir nery deaths, anil throwing lariats over the muzzles, ran oil' with them whilst being discharged ; this, not only once, but many times, though often parties of only thirty-five would charge, and only one or two escape with life. And what is more courageous than the manner in which the Rancheros broke the line ol the Spanish army? Tying two lariats together and fastening the ends to the pommels of their saddles, thus having ioity foot of hide rope between every two men, thev would start, fiftv or a hundred t ? # ^ > B together,and drive into the Spanish lines, tripping and disordering their columns, though themselves devoted to certain death, and this voluntarily. The physical difficulties of the country must also be taken into consideration ; tiie great scarcity of water in many places; the difficulty of procuring provisions for an army ; the fact that roads are few, and that you by necessity, are compelled to travel them, and they in many places pass through defiles most easily defended. But L have already spun out this prosy article too long, and will only add my sincere hope, that the United States may conquer Mexico, and that right speedily ; lor settled bv Americans, ii woulJ be the richest and most pro J tielive and delightful country the sun ever shone on. Aldea.no. From the Army I The Mexicans Twice Routed ! ! ! From the Montgomery Journal By the Daily Picayune, and an extra from the Mobile Advertiser of tinIS'li, we have news, the substance of which is contained in the following:? There has been two engagements between Gen. Tavlor ami tlir? Muxicnn troops, the first occurring the 8th inst., when Gen. Taylor was returning from Point Isabel to his camp, opposite Malamoros. In this the Mexicans, from 5,000 to 7,000 wpre repulsed, our army sleeping on the field of battle, on which next day were found 200 Mexicans dead, several pieces of artillery, stores, &c. Maj. Ringgold died subsequently from wound in this action. Of the second battle we can only give the following particulars from the Picayune. The U. S. steamer Col. Harney arrived this morning, just as our paper was going 10 press, irom tsrazos Santiago, having left on*the 13th inst. Her news is glorious to our arms She brings official accounts of a second battle between the Mexican and American forces, which took place on the 9th, commencing at half past 3 o'clock, P. M., within three miles of camp Taylor. The action was upon the edge o' the ravine, and one mile from the chapparal which was here about twelve miles in width. The Mexicans commenced the action with the artillery, which was posted so as to sweep the narrow pass by which Gen. Taylor was advancing , there being a swamp on either hand, Gen. Taylor immediately ordered a charge in the icuui u i me enemy's destructive fire, and the itoops promptly responded, and carried the enemies guns at the point ol the bayonet. So sudden and impetuous was the at tack, and so successlul, that Arista had not time to save his papers, which with all his correspondence fell into the hands of Gen. Taylor. The action lasted one hour and a half, in which time 600 Mexicans were either killed or wounded, and the Americans took three hundred prisoners and three hundred pieces of artillery. The American loss in action was but sixtytwo, killed and woundedA mnnor ih? r*_i ? mv ib>iivu wCIC V_yUl, lVlClll* tosh, Lieut. Cochran, Col. Brown (by the bursting of a shell,) Lieui Eng, and one or t>vo others, whose names are not given. Col. Payne, Lieuts. Gates, Burbank, Hooe, Luther, and others were wounded. We regiet to say that Maj. Ringgold, who was so severely wounded in the ae tion of the 8th died on the 10th instant and was burned next day with the honors of war The total loss of the Mexicans tn the two uctions ot the 8th and 9th was at least 1200. The Mexican force amoun ted to bJ JO men, whii that ol the Americans on the 0rn11.ul ili'l niiw? V?.,V. MV* VAWVU * \J\JKJ men An exchange of pr's^ner* took place between the two armies subs* qumt to the action, by whirh^npts. Thornton ?n;l Hardee and Lieut. Kme have r?nMed to the army. Lieut Deas was not demanded, and still remains a prisoner. Among the prisoners taken by General Taylor, was Gen. Veja. For him two ii American officers were ottered in ex- r, change, but it was declined to give him u uu.u 111 laliuui^c iui uu j\ mexican officer of equal rank, whenever one should be taken. Gen. Veja anil two Mexican Lieu- I tenant's were sent over by Gen. Taylor ou the Col. Harney as prisoners of war, Gen. Veja was allowed to be accompanied by one of his aids, a Lieut. Colonel, as a friend. The Mexican army was so confident of victory that ev-?ry preparation had been made to celebrate it; but all their preparations fell into the hands ol the Americans. In their flight, many ol the Mexicans took the river, and were drowned in their attempts to swim it. Gen. Taylor reached his camp the afternoon of the action. Leaving there his whole force, he started next morning for Point Isabel, and arrived there the evening of the 10th without molesta rm nun. i no morning 01 me litti tie siar r led back for his camp opposite Matamo- i ros. We need not say thai lie and his i army are in the highest spirits. i Tlie steamer Dallas loolc ofl* from this I place (Montgomery) last night, the i " Pintl il l Vanguards," numbering 70 hardy fellows; the Selma will take the s " Blues" to-day, about 80; and to-mor t row the''Rifles." about the same nam- ^ ber will leave lor Mobile. Montgome- t ry will have sent a battalion when all i these h i ve got off. \ We have every confidence in the au i theritieity of the above account, as it is I too much in detail to be deemed an in- I vent.an. 1 IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. Tim Monitor ol the 25th April receiv- t ed at the office ol the N. O Bulle'in, t mn ttilis :l in inif.-s.ln rif P'.?riiHnc m tin. nation, amounting to n declaration ol j War- against the United States, though t it is not !?sued in thut form. I 1 le declares that the war he has made t is only a deleijsive one, and to prevent . the Mexican territories from invasion i ai.d attack. t Paredes exhorts the Mexicans to ral j ly to the aid of ihe country, and espe i cially invokes voluntary assistance to i carry on the war, calling to remem I brance, as a stimulous to action, the I names of hidalgo and iturbide. MANIFESTO ; OJ the President ad interim of th* Mexi- t can Republic, dated 14 National Palxce ( oj Mexico, Apiil 23, 1846." ( When at the commencement of the c present year 1 took upon myself the < grave responsibility of directing, for a t short time, the destinies of our nation, I i determined with resolute mind to sus- t tain and defend its rights and preroga- i tives, changing the weak and pernicious I policy of temporization, which had been ^ observed towards the government of the i United States of America?notwith* t standing the perfidious means by which < it prepared the way for the occupation < of Texas?the baseness with which it 1 violated the existing treaties that guar t anteed to us inviolate the limit of this Republic, and notwithstanding the im j proper act by which it incorporated one { of our Departments into the States of its t Confederation. 1 The Mexican nation did not achieve t her independence by the most bloody t and heroieai sacrifices, nor did she take * her place among the civilized nations of 4 the world, in order to be the mockery of 1 a neighboring power, which, fomenting our quarrels, our painful disturbances, i and exasperating the weakness which x they produced, clothed herself with the c apparel ol conquest, and commenced in- b vading our territory, consoling herself in jthe dream that she might one day extin- !' guish the manly race to which we be- 'g long, and by branding our foreheads, t with the marking iron of her slavery of i the ^euth, extinguish our nationality, ti atid abandon us to the humiliating inis- < fortune ol being no longer remembered ' among the nations. 1 This magnanimous people, that, in a t an u^gir. ui eieven years ot blood and ex-1 n termination, showed its strength and va- b lor as well as its constancy, burned with 11 impatience to undertake anew war, to 1 which the most scandalous aggressions !' on the part of a government which cal- t leJ its* if friendly, were constantly pro- v voking them ; and in order to degrade 8 us, that government relied on its power v and forgot to stengthen itself on the ti- ' tlesol justice and equity, which are. re J spt'cted by all nations, that strengthen tne hopes of peace, and which maintain j1 the harmony of the whole universe. H This was the reason why the Mexican nation l:inelinnt<H ?l?u> w ... ,.w.. j * which | comnu need at S in Luis Potosi,; noi w th the view of set-king the trou- ^ bl to ne vx? i cite of powi'r, but that ?ny 0 country* ouid shine with the triumph p ol' a cause which is the conservative i a principle of human society. I< # The ancient grievances, the constant nsults which, since I83G, the governnerit of the United States had heaned ipon the Mexican people, were crowned >y the result of sending us a minister, n order that he should be accredit d by is, as if the relations between the two Republics had suffered no alteration in onsumuting the. definitive act of ihe. in:orporation of Texas into the United States. At the very time Mr. Slidel prese^te ? limself among us, the troops of the Unied States occupied our territory; its quadron menaced our ports, and they vere preparing to take possession of the 'eninsula of the Califormas, the Oregon juestion with England being nothing jut a prelude to such a consumation. I lid not admit Mr. Slidell, because the lignity of the nation repelled this new nsuh Meanwhile the United States Army mcamped at Corp:is> Christi, and oocu )ied the Island of Padre Vayin; it nareheded next toward Point St. Is ib I ind waved the Banner of the Stars and stripes on ilie right bank of the Rio Bra m of the North, opposite the City o! llatarnoras, arrogating to itself the navi ration of the river with its vessels of war. rhe village of Laredo was attacked m I ;urprised by a party ol the United States roop^, and some of our soldiers whe vere there unprepared, were dis r?*?.-.; ?v the enemy. Hostilities, therefore, verc commenced by the United States, vho have un lert.iken new conquests ipon the territory of demarcation of tilt Departments- of Tamaulipas and New Leon, at the time that troops* of those United States are Menacing Monterey, >1 u.trw..- r?..i:r. >a "ppi l VXUIIVl rikl. It c innot be doubted upon which ol he two Republics rests the ivsponsib.li y of a war which a feeling ol equity mil justice, and the respect which civili Mlion accords to the rights and property >f all nations, might have prevented If Mexico had suffered with lndoh ucc he repeated advances of ? power which ilready considered itself master and lord )f the American Continent, she won I I lot only lose the importance which hei copulation, her resources, and her posi ion have given her, since, she has been in independent nation,but she would alsc inve f.tllen into a despcable contempt or having, when callud to the combat, iMowed tiie integral parts of her territo y to be taken. Such numerous and iggravaled insults could no longer be f)|pre:?t?>fl nnil f linitu ?l>. w. M.?V< m. MM w V\/IIII11U11U? u 111%' jreneral-in-Chief of the frontier division >f the North, that he act hostilely against )ur enemy?that he make war upon the inemy that is waring against us. and hat by invoking the God of Battles, he nay stimulate the valor of our sol liers, and maintain our unquestionable ight to our territory. Our General taring as a model the established usages, ind regulating himself to the precise ules of our government, intimated to he Commander-in-Chief of the Ameri:an forces that he must retire to the oth ir side of the river Nueces, the previous joundary line of Texas: which intimaion has been disregarded. The nations whoso interest it is that the >eace of so many years should not bp <liw. urbed, and which might be prejudiced in heir commercial relations with the Mexi ran Republic, have discover d ihe cruel ilternutive in which the usurping policy >f the United States lias placed it, and vhich would immediately have to suerumb, if she were not to def-nd energeti:ully the critical position of her exigences. I solemnly announce that I do not de-> :lare war against the United States of \merica, because the august Congress ol In- Nation, and not the Executive, must lecide definitely upon that repnration which o many insults calls for. Besides this, lie d?"fenceofih'- Mexican territory, which 9 invaded by troops o- the United States, s of paramount necessity, and my responsibility would'become great if I did not r? oinmend that the en< my's forces should r- p<d!ed. ] have don?' so From this lay has a defensive war cornnipnci d, and vfrv point of our territory sliiill be sirongy ?W:f?-nded, whi never it id invaded or at. i. eked. Th<* event which the Mexican Governnent I Kid end'-avond to avoid, hue arrived ; nd findinir that its titles to justice have ieen trodden under loot, we enter inio an inavoidatil * contest, which will vain lor iih he ?ynipnthy of nations, and of governiii nts which cendt inn the usurpiitions ot lie mighty. W?; shall a|so*be mighty hy lie sanction ot th?- purpos- , and because, trlieu wry thing d?-ar to a nation is at take, efforts will b?* made cor espoitding /ill) ili?' interests at issu". M anwhil--, he Mexicnn tuition, resolvd to risk ?*vrry I.in.# ... --I -- ?-?? ... 111 if in mi, wiuyivea sill) m?.? example c?f patriotic d? votion, which / ll t?erv?- to re-proin?c?' thai ylory to which ' o?e nation* nmeh'd who tsu-tain d, in all ^e?,thfir uidt?p??nili>nci- and fr?>> do:n. 1 fni'l proud that tin' willoi Duinc Proid' ttRU hag <ieptin> d in - to i?e ill* or^an liroiii;li which ill" I'nt rp'iic will of the /I- xu an It*>pnolic Khonld b<* made known. Ve will ?l|Dw in the coiifat th?J th-< t?ong t th" horoo* and the manyr* of ih?* Ind?*iiiwtnn^u ???ll * ir* HUPii?m<'Q wim tft?? ri'. V inbrance of its pure glory?ithat the va. )r which they inherited has notdegenera. ted in their noble breasts, and that they are determined, if needs be, to immolate themselves on the altar of their country. Mexicans ! I unfurl, this memoablo day, the standard of Independence, on which you see inscribed the names of " Hidalgo" and " Ituibide." Unite under this sacred emblem of our freedom, leaving for time of less danger, questions of local disagreement. 1 have promis"d you that the jrlory which I B'-ek as a reward of my perilous career is not that ot the ambitious man who considers powr ns an instrument ot rapine. I have.sworn to maintain the rights of the Republic during the short epoch ot my government ; and now that I urge you to the contest, I tell you that great sacrifices are necessary, and I promise you that I will shed my own blood in the cause, if necessary. Mexicans! Your valiant army is going to fight, and will light with the valor of heroes?give them your blessings in anticipation, and prepare to crown their noble heads Willi laurels should they conquer, or to deck their tombs with cypress should they titII; in whieh event, your country will call upon you to fill th?ir ranks. Mexico must ei'.lier conquer or exidt no Iniurcr ' 1 [Signed,] M. Paredes y Arrii.laoa. r * We pappose the allusion ia to Captain Fremont's Company.?N. O D? lla. GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR ? COMMANDER OF THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION. Recent events have thrown this ?en tleman so prominently before the public, 1 we feel disposed to gratify tin* sirong de' sire expressed by many, by giving some oi the incidents ul his life. CJen. Tji) lor entered the army in IS08, immediately after the attack on the Chesapeake, and has been in the service 1 of his country, from that time to the prep sent. Having enter d the army as a lieutenant of infantry, he had risen to the command o{ a company, at the beginning ol the last tear. For his gallant defence of Fort Harrison on the 5th September, 1812, Pre M..-I r i i ciui-m itiiiuifuu cumerreu on nun tUi' biovet rank ol Major, and he is now the I ollrst brevet in ihe army In 1832. lie became the Colonel of the 6tli Infantry ; with this regiment he went to Florida in 183G, where he was always foremost in danger. On the 25th December, 1836, Col. Taylor, at the head of a detachment of ' about 500 men, composed of parts of the ' 1st,4th and 6th regiments of U. S InI fan try and some Missouri volunteers, met about 700 Indians, under Alligator, ' Sam Jones and Coa-coo che, on the banks of Oke-cho-bee. This battle was sought by the Indians, for the day before ' the engagement, Col. Taylor received a challenge from Alligator, Celling him where to find him, and bantering him to come on. Col Taylor desiri??nr nntVllnrr Koltni* i ?r?r* ' 1 Kg iiukuiug ututi , iiiiuiuuiaiciy JJUSIICU on, at a rapid march 10 the expected battle ground, fearful that the wily Indian ; might change his purpose. The Indians had a strong position in a thick swamp, covered in front by a small stream, whose quick sands rendered it " almost impassible,but Col.Taylor pushed ' through the quicksands and swamps in the face of a deadly fire from a concealed foe, driving the Indians before him. ! The action was long and severe. The Indians yielding the ground inch by i inch, and then only at the point of the bayonet. After three hours of bloody ' contest, the Indians were routed and pursued with great slaughter, until night. This is the last stand the In dians ever made in a large body, and the only instance in which they voluntary , gave battle. Though Col. Taylor won the day, it was at the expense of 139 ' killed and wounded?more than onelourth of his whole force Two Colonels 1 (Col. Thompson of the 5th Infantry and Col. Gentry of the Missouri Volunteersr) fell Li'-uts. Brooks and Carter, also fell , in the engagement. During the whole of the engagement, Col. Taylor remained on horse-back, passing from point to point, cheering his men to the conflict, and exposed to tho Indian rifle at every moment. . For this battle, Mr. Poinsett, Secretary of War, rendered merited praise to all en_aged, in his communication to Con gress. i ne orenel oj ISrigartier General was conferred on Col. Taylor, and he was given the chief command in Florida, which he resigned in 1840, after four or five years arduous and indefatigable service in the swamps and hammocks of Florida. After, his retirement from Florida, he w?s*asi-igned to the command of the 1st Department ol the Army, including the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, &c, with his head quarters at Fort Jesnp Louisiana. His position gave him command of , the "Army of ? ccupation," but the ( u^age of the service woul I have justified ) ihft trnvt>rnmpill in u??i?rr?innr lA ihsit comm.tn:!, either of six genera] officers ' of ih?' Regui.tr Army, whose rank is higher than his; . ; But. it may ba fairlv presumed that '' the high character, gallsnt services and I great experience of Gen. T., aside from, his geographical position, pointed him. out as the appropriate commander of an arm V whirl* was In nlnnf " ? - j , nag upun the banks of the Rio del Norte. Gen. Taylor is about 56 years of age: is a man of much general information and an excellent and tried soldier: a prudent and skilful commander whose traits of character are, a wise precau* tion in providing for the hour of trial, and a fearless, reckless courage in battle. He is a Kentuckian by birth, and all that that word implies He is an Ame* rican at heart, and stamped with all the elements of a hero, by nature. Under his command the flag of the Union will receive no dishonor on the banks of the Ric Grande. Nashville Orihopolitdn. Mkxican Preparation.?We are in formed, from a reliable source, that within the last year and a hall, or two years, the Mexican Government has been receiving, from time to time, schooners, powder, cannon and ball, from the city ofi\ew York. Within this period there have been bull t y our ship** masters, twelve strong schooners, of sufficient strength and ca acity to act as privateers or vessels of war. These vessels were built with an eye to strengih combined with swillness of sailing. These vessels were despatched to Mexico under American colors and unVr the captainship of Americans, from lime to time, as they were built, and were paid for bv an ex tensive Mexican house in I his city. Each of these vessels carried, likewise., from eijrht 10 ten tons of gunpowder as cargo, and likewise a number of gutis, amounting-to one hundred and eighty in all, which were cast in a 1'oundary in this c'.ty, and proved by an American of skill in such matters. At. one time, it is said, the Mexican Government were, indebted to this Mexican house in half a million of dollars, for these supplies. A shipmaster lately from Vera Cruz, reports that, when he was there he inspected the castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, and saw a cannon of 182 pounds calibre, which, with forty or filly Paixhan guns, are now mounted on fliat fortress. Th? beach where the Freneh landed is likewise completely fortified. We have the name and dates for all these facts, which we suppress for the present. N. Y. Herald. 0 Volunteers?no more wanted.? We learn from an authentic source that the requisition made by Gen. Taylor on Louisiana has been fulUf complied with, without a iv 1 *1 ? uian, aim luai mere are even more volunteers than can be received. Several companies have been already refused, and offers are beginning to pour in Irom the interior which will all be rejected until further requisition from the proper authorities is made. This intelligence was brought here yesterday by Major Chase ot the U, S* Army, who declined accepting the services of the gallant volunteers from Montgomery under Capt. Elmore, now quartered in his city, to the very great mortification of Capt E. and his brave associates. We understand that so eager are tney lor their countrys service, that a messenger has been despatched to the proper officer in l\ew Orleans with a proposition to volunteer without pay, and a request to be received on those terms. Never was there a set of men more eager tor ihe battle-field than ihese Montgomery volunteers, and it will be a sore disap .'oini men to them should ihey not >e permitted to minscle in the struggle now raging on the banks ol the. KioGrande. To all those who ire desirous of engaging i'? the service of their country in the present crisis, we would recommend the exercise of a little patience. We have little doubt but a requisition will He ma le as soon an the war intelli* gence reaches Washington, which will furnish an opportunity for the , gnu ilicai ion of all who may desire * o volunteer. . But for the present i Lhey miist hold on. j