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Ft am the N. O. Dell a, of the 7 th inst. The Advancc to the Capital. The veteran Twiggs has already advanced on the road that leads to the capital of the Aztecs. He commands the vanguard of the ariny which is to realize the popular idea of revelling in the halls of the IMontezumas. Our own Smith leads the division, with his gallant rifles, and a nobler corns w * 1 has never marched under our banr.jr ; and i a strong body of" regular infantry and artii- 1 lery, amounting, in all, to 2,(500 strong, bring up the main body. Thirty miles from Vera Cruz, the river Antigua is scanned by a noble bridge, built of stone, with lofty arches, and guarded by a strong fort which commands the road for a long distance, This bridge is associated with some of the most gallant displays of Mexican courage and patriotism. Here it was the i brave Victoria, with a small band of peas- , ants, kept at bay the Spanish armies, and j cut off the convoy of their treasures and i provisions, me post is a strong- one, and i if defended with skill and vigor, will give J our army much trouble. It is said that La Vega commands the force at the Puerte ! Pactional, and is determined to justify by some brilliant deed the high expectations excited by his manly bearing at Resaca de la Palma. But it will be vain. The impetus which our military strength and con- . fidence have received from the previous success of our army, will bear it triumphantly over all the obstacles of Mexican valor and fervor. This bridge passed, the road lies open, nnd unobstructed to the lovely city of Jalapa. Here our hardy veterans, accustomed to ! tnc low marsny valley ol the Kio Grande ! and the arid plains of Couhuila and Nuevo | Leon, like the redublicuu army of Napoleon, after passing the frigid and rugged heights of San Bernard, and pitching their tents in the smiling vale of the Arno, will suddenly j find themselves transported into a region of j surpassing beauty, fertillity and salubrity, j Here tlu=y may stretch their war-worn : frames on beds of roses and violets, and feast their senses on all that is rich at beau- ; tiful in nature. The cool, bracing air j of the mountain mingles with the soft, ; health-giving breeze from the Gulf, and the 1 combination produces an atmosphere of per- ' T\ntn'i I crwrivwr Hnrn * ?* ! t 1? ' jjukuui k^uiu ?vm uuti\ inu puor ; peasants with the various produce of this i rich valley, with inexhaustible supplies of ! lucious fruit and nutritious food. But delightful as the scene and its pleasures are, i our army should not rest here longer than ; to refresh tired bodies and repair the damage J of the hard service on the sandhills of Vera j Cruz, and of the march from the sea-shore. A summer encampment would be highly detrimental to the morale of our army ? The hardy nature and rough h.ibitso' our soldiers would run riot in the luxurious i ~r t..i 1 uuuiiuiuiLc ui juici|)u, unwaru, onward, ! must be the cry. Continual activity is the ; Hue secret of military discipline. Soldiers are always happier, and more ! obedient and docile under the oxcitement of i a march, than when in camp under the j dominion of idleness and ennui. There is ! no reason why our army should stop for ; any length of lime at Jalapa. The summer j in this high region is mild and temperate, the j road is level and beautiful, and the country I through which it passes is fertile and pro- J ductive. In ten days ourarrny could march i i T _ 1 .1- - ----- -r " irum 10 ine cuy 01 Mexico. Here, we think, the enemy would offer no resistance. the city n-.t admitting of any effective i defence against artillery. If the Mexicans were determined not to yield their Capital without a blow, it would be struck before our army arrived within sight of the city. But with a force of 20,000 strong, we do not apprehend any serious difficulty in taking the Capital. Once possessed of this famous El Dorado of our soldiers, this magnificent city of the noble race, who fell beneath the bloody sword of Cortez, we shall then beprepared to listen to the overtures of the enemy for peace, or if such overtures are not made with all due humility, to take possession of the whole Republic as the lawful spoils of war, and to govern Jt with the laws of our Repulic. From the Georgia Constitutionalist. The Fallen llcroes of fiuena Vista. The most gloaious victories are oftenest those which are purchased with the blood of the rilont gallant heroes. Such victims become thereby, more fondlv anil rirnlirllv /.Viooriahorl Ktr tVio ! # J M..V4 |1> V V*4VV???MUU WJ IUU IKIllUliai heart. The gloom of sorrow throws a halo of romantic interest around the recollection, ~' / lllid^akes deeper and holier that feeling \ of pride and admiration with which the ??all$nt achievement is contemplated.? Those, who fall amidst the victorious shouts iy 6f'their exulting companions in arms become former "Identified with the noblest of ' natiottai" feelings. . Their fate is sadly ffiourned, and their raem&ites tenderly cherishedyfoy a grateful country. ^ has <>or nation beep called on to feel more sensibly, the dear pride at which ,r its reputation for heir&ic valor, has been purchased, than on the occasion of the late bat* are calle&siiponv to mourn the . low of 8%> ofg6liant;*pirjl$ of land. > Some were . peculiarly objects ^,#frftterest, and that fate h to be deplored v v from more than ordinary considerations. The gallant Lincoln, too, in whose veins flowed the choicest blood of the revolution? a decendant of the brave General Lincoln, had already become endeared tohisconntiy, Ktr Vila Yyo 1 I o ? ? ?- * * - 1 ' r 1 ?..? buimuii^ vjn iiiiuuitr ueiu 01 glory. He was already pointed to by her as one of her joung heroes.. There was another whose very name awakens a thrill of emotion and enthusiasm, from one end of the Union to the other.? The name of Henry Clay is a spell that has charmed into admiration millions of American hearts. It is identified with all the great events in our country's history for the last forty years?it has shone bright among .i ?i iuu uiiijuiuov iii niu guuuxy 01 great names ?and it has shone unditnmed by dishonor? unsuspected of want of devotion to his country. Men have differed from his opinions, but no generous inind ever doubted that his ardent nature was imbued with the soul of patriotism. His voice was often rung like a clarion through our land, in his country's cause, when foreign aggression called lor I'ebllkfV It rnll?rwl IIII tlio nhiimlnf ? -I' U> il<-l sons, and prepared the hearts of the people lor war, when insult and outrago were perpetrated upon our flag. That voice, still | rich and musical as 'when it charmed a ! listening Senate and crowded gallaries, has been recently heard to regreal, that age 1 had so far enfeebled his arms as to prevent j its being raised in this war against Mexico, " to avenge the wrongs of kin country Many have been the offerings that he has laid upon the altar of his country?the j last is that of his son. Paternal influence might, possibly, had it been exerted, have deterred him. But such were not the lesson.5? iniirrht henpntli thn rtirnl nf Ashluiiu. Col.Clay inherited aspiriteager for his country's service, and worthy his illustrious sire. He was among the first of the gallant band that went forth from the great valley, to obey their country's call, andVas alas, among the first to seal his patriotism with his life's blood. Green be theturl over the graves of the fallen heroes of that well fought field, and long be their memories cherished by a grateful people. " There is a tear for all that die. A mourner o'er the humblest grave. But a nation swells their funeral cry And Triumph weeps above the brave." General Taylor. it : ?i- -- ?- *' i tuauji iin[uiii?.'s tiru iiiiiuu us 10 uiu cany history of Taylor. They show that Gen. j Taylor, who achieved the four great victories in one campaign, " worked" up from the white epaulette on the left shoulder to the douhl* epaulette of gold, and the yellow leather?from the lowest to the highest "Hp conffcs from an ancient Virginia family, which emigrated from England, with our j friends of liberty and settled in the eastern j part of Virginia, near two centuries ago? a family which has since been greatly (lis- j tinguished in its various branches, and which included within its various connections such names as James Madison, John Taylor, of Caroline, Judge Pendleton, Gen. Hunt, &c. General Taylor's father was j one of the most daring of those enterprising pioneers who settled 4 the dark and blood ground' which defines the Indian word Kentucky, and many anecdotes arc told of his prowess in desperate eucounters with the | savages. " lie became also a man of eminence in civil life, and was a member of the Electoral Colleges which voted for Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Clay. He died on his estate near Lexington, in 1826, leaving four sons, of whom ' Old Zack' is the third, and, we believe, one or two daughters. The eldst son, Gen. James Taylor, who was a Quartermaster-General, in the army during the war of 1812, now resides at Newport, Ky., at the advanced age of eighty years. " His more distinguished brother was born in Kentucky, two years before its admission into the Union, and is now, therefore, about fifty-six years of age. Having a stout, vigorous frame, he was early distinguished for feats of manly character, and many amusing anecdotes are told of his achievements in the sports of boyhood. The same foresight, firmness and decision which has since so attracted public admiration, arc said to have characterized his whole course through all the shifting circumstances of life. Soon after the affair of the Chesapeake and Leopard, previous to the war of 1812, he, being then eighteen years of age, received trom Mr. Jefferson (in 1808) the appointment of Lieutenat in the seventh infantry, and commenced that ! military career which has now been crowned with imperishable fame. " His strict o1 ^ervance ot duty, and discipline soon commended him for promotion, and at the opening of the war of 1812, we find him a Captain in his regiment. Hflvinrr Kon*? nr?*??nnfA/J ?5 ly&v/ii i;nil uoicu Willi lilt? CUIIHIliillU of Fort Harrison, on the Wabash, with a garrison of fifty men, he greatly distinguished himself in that year, by his successful defence of it against a formidable attack by a large body of Indians, and was rewarded by the President with the brevet rank of Major. His well known skill in indian warfare, acquired in his brilliant career in the Northwest Territory, secured for him the command of the First Brigade of the Army Of'die South, and it was at the head ofohaliftvision that ho won the bloody batLake Okee Chobee, during the Flori4* campaign of- 1838, and for which WHS Wvoforl Generaii^^-fter ^our or years arduous service in the swamps and hammocks of was assigned to the command of department of Fort Jessup, where Texas and the Eio Grand found ^B^^ii marriage with a lady cf Miry. !?PPP*r*'; ? land, Gen. Taylor has one son and two daughters, one of whom is married to Col. Davis, of the Mississippi regiment, who was severely wounded at Buena Vista. But to pursue his military career further, in the midst of the glowing enthusiasm of the country over his brilliant achievements in Mexico, would be idle, and the receipt of the Southern mail, as Ave write, compels us A 1 IV- 1? - . ll. . 1 * I 10 oeier a nonce 01 cue nigncr quaimcs I which commend him to the confidence and j respect of his countrymen.1' From the N. O. Picayune. Later from Vera Cruz. March 29. 1847. i This has been a proud day for the Ame! rican army. The garrisons of Vera Cruz, ; and of the much talked of and dreaded Castle of San Juan de Ulua have vacated their quarters and retired into the interior, and the stars and stripes float gracefully I wherethis morning was to be seen the green, white, and red of the enemy. The j S!)Ot selentnrl fnr tlln I'prpmnnv r?f Inviritr ! -J ?- ~"J J " "o down arms was a plain extending back from the city walls, in the direction of Malibran. Our army was drawn up in two lines facing inward, and occupying a mile in extent.? Gen. Worth appeared on the field, in full uniform, to direct the arrangements and receive the conquered troops. The morning was very clear and pleasent, and our ar.ny was in admirable condition. A detachment of sailors and marines added much to the effect. At ten o'clock precisely the well j known sound (heard under similar circumstances at Mouterey) of bugle, fife and drum, played as Mexicans only can play them, j and as nobodv else oup-ht to do it. was heard , J O 1 in the direction of the great gate, and the Mexican army soon began to appearx the column passingbetween our lines: Women and children accompanied the troops, bearing heavy burdens. Their army halted between our lines, stacked their arms, laid down their colors and equipments, and then marched ofF, our troops (those detained for I the purpose from Worth's division) marched into the cit}' at the same time, with colors flying, and the bands playing natural airs. ; Captain Andersons company, 3rd Artillery, ; and Captain Kenriclc's of the 2d, entered the castle, and Lieut. Van Vleit's company *i. o.i 4 _.:i i - -i / -r-i ui uiuou iviuiiury, iuok possession 01 r ort Santiago, ran up the American flag- and I fired a national salute. The effect of our shell upon the city was now seen ; and i proved to have been deplorable. Hardly a house had escaped, and a large portion of them were ruined. The shells had fallen through the roof and exploded inside, | tearing every thing into pieces, bursting through the partitions, and blowing out the windows. The killed and wounded among the soldiery was very slight but the citizens suffered severely. It is said that between six and seven hundred men, women, and children were killed and wounded, more than three hundred being killed. Makcii 30. There were 106 pieces of artillery in poI sition around the city, nnd as many more i dismounted, many of the latter useless.? i The enemy laid down about 4,000 stand of ! arms, and 1,000 more were found in the city, saying nothing of the swords, lances, ! and a very large store of shell, solid shot ! and powder. The great castle is garrisoni nri K?r t Vk o fnl 1 /-* tif i nnr r?r\ *v\ ?>o ^ -? uu uj iuv iunuHiU^ cviiipuuiuo.?-wapmiu ; Anderson's, Captain Taylor's and Lieut. | Van Vleii's, of the 3rd artillery under the j command of Col. Belton. It has 160 guns mounted,several of them being 68-pounders. ; It is a regular bastioned woik, with a deini! lune and covered way on the sea side. A j vast quantity of ammunition was found in | the work. The Mexicans left their national pets behind in the castle, and our troops ' suffered much annoyance from them last j night; I allude, of course, to fleas and other | vermin. Santiago Fort, that spiteful little place which played so warmly upon our entrenchments, is a beautiful work, with nine guns in barbette, most of them fine English pieces. In fact most of their best ordinances is of English manufacture, though they have some fine pieces made in the United States. Gen. Scott ordered 10,000 rations to be issued to the suffering poor at Vera Cruz, and it was an affecting scene to witness the crowd of half famished creatures as they gathered timidly around to receive their re speciive snares. These rations will, as Mexicans usually eat, last 5,000 people at least four days, but it is probable that only 1,000 will partake of the provisions. The city and castle were exhausted of provisions. It is a characteristic of Mexicans that they never lay in stores, but live from hand to mouth. H. From the New Orleans Delta, A\>ril 10th. The Town?Castle of San Juan de llua. The expectation of the garrison of Vera Cruz was, that the city would be carried by storm, and they had made great preparations for a vigorous resistance, which would, no doubt, have caused great bloodshed and destruction. The streets were barricaded as thpy were at Monterey, and loopholes were arranged toi1 the gunners, rows of pickets made, and sand-bags thrown across the barricades. On the flat tops of the houses, cannon and howitzers were so arranged as to rake the streets. Every house was a fortification. . There was, too* an abundance of amunition; and no doubt, had the city been stormed, thousands of persons would have been killed, and our army especially Would have suffered disasters fkr niore heart-seuding than any. vyhich have yet occurred in this war. It was ^the^ ^ ^Vg ^tr>; y.:' ' v'' .' f, VV'-'C 4 bombardment. To the mercenary soldiery who garrisoned Vera Cruz, and who were desirous of emulating the glory of their brethren at Monterey, by slaughtering our men from behind the safe defences of thick stone walls, and from the secure terraces of the houses, it was 110 doubt a disappointment that the streets of Vera Cruz were not made to run with the blood of innocent women and children, who would be slaincd in the inevtiable confusion of the storming of so strong a place. This was the ambition at" Mnviilna l?nt (nrlimntoltr tlw? ofllmlivn i ncss of our shells brought the citizcns to 1 their senses, and they united, as well as the | National Guard, in protesting against any further resistance. Morales saved himself from the chagrin of despotism by resigning, and General Landero, second in command, succeeded him?and he, with more wisdom and regard for the lives of the people, prof- : fered the capitulation of the city. The dam- j age and destruction caused by our shells, espe- : cially by those shot from the naval battery, ! were awful indeed. The houses in Vera ; Cruz are mostly built of coral rock, and yet the Paixhan shot would pass through as many of them as lay in their range : Those | which struck the roofs would pass through iwo or mroc stories, ana men uursi, destroy- j I ing every thing around, and in some instan- | I ces actually throwing down the sides of the j | houses. The castle was not at all injured: one man was killed by a shell. This immense fortification,covering eleven acres of ground, was well supplied with ammunition. There were more than a thousand 12-inch shells, larger than an}' used by our army, and two hundred of the finest guns in the world. Many of these were made at Harper's Ferry, in this country, and some of them quaint, i old Spanish brass pieces, dated as far back as 1021.' The strength of this famous castle has not been exage rated. It was a just remark of an officer o? the British fleet, in I reply to an inquiry of Com. Perry, whether | he thought it could be taken by a naval ; squadron, that " with a thousand British or j American seamen or soldiers to man the j castle, it could blow to atoms all the navies | of the world, before they could make an im; pression on its walls." The city would | have been utterly untenable without the cas| tie. It could not have been occupied an j j nour unacr a rue lrom tlie caslle. ill taking ! ; possession of this fortification, many valua- i blc Mexican documents, tending to throw ! some light upon the intentions of the Government, and others furnishing valuable historical information respecting the castle, and also relating the political history of the Republic, came into the possession of our officers. We look forward to their publica- J ! tionwithno little curiosity and interest. All j [ the valuable provisions in the castle were j lilched by the storekeepers and sutlers, who | lived within its walls. The Matamoros flag gives the following incident of the battle field at Buena Vista. The heroes of it are the veteran Mississippians, under Col. Jeff. Davis, and the hero ic act is unequalled in the annals of wartiire, and although no act could add to the I reputation of this gallant regiment, it serves to show the stuff they are made of, Drs. Bennett, of Covington, Ivy., and garrison, of Port Gibson, Mississippi, stood sponsers ?"all ot which they saw, and part of which they were." The 1st Mississippi regiment, under command of Col. Jefferson Davis, coated itself over with immortal glory. Originally, it numbered 980 some odd, but suddenly transferred from the comforts and genial atmosphere at home, to the almost vertical sun of Brazos Island, last August, disease made frightful ravages among its men. What it lost in this way, in conjunction vyith the killed at Monterey, and those dis?mrged in consequcncc of wounds, reduced it to considerably less than four hundred strong. With this diminished force, (weakened still more by the extraction of the Tombigby and Carroll county companies which guarded Gen. Taylor's tent,) this skeleton regiment sustained, and repelled, with immense slaughter, a charge of three times their own number of Santa Anna's best lancers. The lancers first bore down upon the Indiana regiment?we forget which one?and dispersed it. The Missippians endeavored to rally them, but before they could do so, were in turn themselves charged. Colonel Davis contrary to all customs, instead of i 11 ' iorming in a nonow square, stretched out his men in the form of a crotchet. The lancers came up at a rapid gallop ; but so perfectly astonished was, not only the chief officer, but his men, at so strange a mode of receiving a charge of cavalry, that they involuntarily halted. For a few seconds they gazed upon the unruffled countenances of the riflemen opposed to them, but feeling there was no time to lose, the order " Adilanie V [forward] was pompously given. The cfotchet was filled in an instant; and just as they wheeled their horses, with lances set on both prongs, the intrepid Missis sippi Colonel, standing inside the fork,called out, " Boys fire ! and oil at them with your knives /'' Simultaneously with the sharp crack of ihe rifles, a deafening shout went up, and bowie-knifes and revolvers flashed in the directioa of the laqces.- Strange as it may seem, many of the landers .were ac-; tually dragged from their fcortW todeath^ta this ; did bodv ftf liftMiftittnti" wA*fl hmiirin naolr; - ->iv . .* Inrlin^rv 2 J i ii < ii t% -..vutiiiu. icgiuieiu 10 say, mai moy were aitcrwards brought up to support the Mississippi regiment, and fought valiantly. ?tt ; , t ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C. Wednesday, April 21,1817. ^ .. '. ; i.. ..! Cotton Market. Charleston April 17th from 10 to 12 Hamburg-, Apr?l 17th, from 10 toll {*4 cts. infr* On our first page will be found the full particulars of the capture of Vera Cruz; we have not giveu it as news, but publish it to preserve it upon our file as a record of the times. In our next we shall also publish the particulars of the battle of Bucna Vista for the same :purpose. These actiotys{ have now become history, and in after years will be read with delight?they have marked an area in the history ot our country, and Will grow brighter with the lapse of ages. Ud" We have received nothing from our Regiment since our last, and we learn by the latest intelligence from Vera Cruz, that no tiding had been received from the division that marched against Alvarado. It was thought that the garrison at that place would resist, and in such event the town was to have been attacked by land and water. We certainly shall know by the next mail what has been done. To be Hung. We understand that a negro boy belonging to Mr. Wm. Pratt of this District, is now in Jail in this place, and is to be hung on the 14th of next month, for burning a stable of Mr. Juun Clinkscales'. Shall we have Peace ? This question has been repeatedly asked since the brilliant battle of Buena Vista and the capture of Vera Cruz. And were we to judge from the present aspect of Mexico, we would conclude that she could not hold out much longer against our victorious arms. Stript of her arms and ammunition, the government bankrupt and her soldiery starving, it is worse than madness in her to continue the unequal contest. She might as well attempt to resist the progress of the sweeping whirlwind as to stay the advance of our troops, and unless our propositions of peace are listened to, in less than throe months, the thunders of the American cannon will . echo through the Palace of Montezuma, and her proud capital be added to the list of our captures. There are at present no indications of peace. We perceive by the latest news from Mexico, that Santa Anna had arrived at the capital and assumed the reins of go;vornment, and that he had united with Gomez Farias, declaring it his intention to carry on the war at the expense of the church. If such is the case, the war may r be a protracted one yet: a short time how--: ever will develope this. : r Frmii Vora f!nw We learn from the N. O. Picayutie^ that on the 28th ult. some men belonging to the New York and Pennsylvania Regiments, and four sailors from the frigate PotQmac left the camp and went some seven or eigfc miles into the country arpapd,;,yem.Pjro^^ when they were attacked by a body of Rancheros and the most of their nuiftber killed. The, remains of five of them were found, they had been shot and horridly jnutillated. A stringent order was issued by General Scott on the 1st of April, denouncing, certain outrages which had been committed by a few worthless soldiers in the army, and calling upon the mass of the troopp, | officers and privates, to assist in bringing Jo \ justice those who should disgrace oip tional name by any violation of1 law,Whatever. Soldiers ?re not allowed to stiray from camp without a written permission, and officers are forbidden to give permissions s&ve to the orderly, and sober. Oen. Taylor aiiilhe PrefMteMf* atoWMlSV ao >??e?i.og dW twnthrftughepta^Uoited Swie^ to el^