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From the Eeaning News.
THE CUULtSE OF LIFE.
Within a high and pillared hall.
A lovely Infant slept,
And o'er his couch a weary watch,
His youthful mother kept;
The rosy light of morning play %1
Upon his featutes fair,
Oh ! think you grief will ever set
His mourrful signet there.
11.
I looked agn. the child had reacl'd
-To hovhood's happy years
And-wild and brieht his proud eye glanc d,
Undimtnedas y- t with tears;
The maountaisi'heixht the "dark blue" wave,
By turns he traversed o'er.
And longed- in joy onsness to sport
On many a distant shore.
ill.
Years rolled away -I Jok'd a_:tin.
Manhood had bronzed his cheek,
Ile left his chiliool's happy home,
The phan'tun. fame, to seek
IIe gains it--on his lofty brow
Unfudin.: uirels bloom;i
Alas! that huitsin honors gild -
The pathway it, the tomb.
Again behold hiini-whetre. oh ! whcre
A M t "rmyhnors Ptose, I
Willh tisme. th e honors ins ,
ills mil d reset ts i. by-gone sent-,
No. conilrt ther' tot tind,
A nwmc. a barren tite, all
Ile inow cn le.ive behind.
V..
And vet once more-iiark the slow ti end
Of'vin crape clad ar:y.
Thet, t;lh l'l i.'s cotirste is run.
II e seeks his lat sad houw to-day.
What now to hitn tim world's renown,
Its pleasuirs. or its cares
All, all sin into tothi:e.ness
Bef'ore the tlint of years.
Il A LC itO.
For Grubs in Slurp's ilew.-Lighr a
pilpe, insert the -m a .1d Way 1il) the
no--l ii ..f tile sheep, c' ver the bowl n.itih
a haaikerchi'fa.t blow the tobacco smoke
vigorolusly up each nostril.
Scare Cre"-c f! :
fit o: poh- uis, ;, prfoper' (iitnces,
thn-augh your co-rn lields, antd the crows
will not iolo cii yolli curc t. " th 'u ' iil
c:auscs a r fit t't:in :at wi'l prove ji as
friht tiul to them as an explosion of gul
p.!wder. We have tried the plan ihr sev
eral years and never without success.
American Farnur.
Remedy for Lockjac.-We woul d stale
for the benthl of those tullicted with this
disease, thatt ai commatin cent, or a piece
of copper, bound firmly oil the wounided
part, and in actual contact n ith it, wvill
cause almost immediate and entire relief,
and cautse ihe wound to speedily heal,
whether it .be made by rusiy ail, steel
inistrumnent, splinter, or any other cause,
either ini foot, hanid or other part ohf the
body.
N. 1B. Rusty or tarnisheri copper is
p:eferable to bright copper, though either
will answer.
Uses of Salt in A4gricullurne.-We htave
severatl times invited the aitention of~ our
readers to thle article oif salt, to be mixed
with mnanures, to be sprend broad cast, or
to he applied to the hill of corn or Or pota
toes. It is no1w time to be stirring in this
matter-to be preparing for summer-to
belguarding our potatoes against wormns,
and rust, and rot.
From numerous statement s mado lby far
mners from different quarters, it seems that
salt is useful to protect potatoes against
the fungus that appears on the vines, and
probably caiuses the disease thlat has beeni
so much talked of. lf this is true, we ought
not to delay one day to provide salt to be
used on the ground in some mode or other.
Coarse-fine salt may be mixed with ashes
and plaster. aind put on to corn or pot atoes
soon after they come up. Plaster is good,
ashes are good, anu it is well known that
salt, is good to keep off the worms. It is
good also to attract moismure, tile want of
which is moro detrimentui to potatoes than
to anty crop. Let us try salt iu various
ways, that we be able to tell each othier
where it succeeds best.-Mass. Plough.
An Irishman beitng asked whbether lie
did not frequently conversed with a frieud
in Irish, replied, "No, inde. d ; Jemnmy
often speaks to me in Irish, but I alwa' a
answver him it' English." "Whby so ?
"Because you seo i don't want Jemmy to
,aonv tate iannoraitIrfsh ~"
.17 i S e e e a n e o U S.
Extracts from Vaddy Thompson':
Rerolections of dlrzico.
THE FOR rRESS OF ST. JUAN
DR ULLUAANDVERA CRUZ.
Gen. Thompson says that the little is
land of St. Juan de Uiloa, which is en
tirely covered with the fortress, is some
five or six hundred yatds front the mole
at Vera Cruz, between which points all
the commercial shipping anchors. It
can scarcely be called a harbour, but an
open road, like most of the others on
the Gulf of Mexico. It frequently oc
curs that violent north winds (called "l.s
nortes," or northers) drive the vessels
on shore, and seriously injure the mole
itself. Vessels of war or other nations
anchor about three miles below, neaw
the island of Sacrificios. A very narrow
channel affards the only passage for ves
sels of war, which must of necessity pass
immediately under the guns of the fort.
The fortress of St. Juan de Ulloa has
always been looked upon as one of the
strongest in the world. With a proper
armament and competent engineers, he
should regard it as almost impregnable.
if indeed that term can now be with
truth applied to any place after the re
cent inventions and improvements in
this department of military science.
When it was blown up in 1839. by the
Frnrch, the armam.ni was iii a most
wret:hed condition, and :is to scientific
engineers and artillerists, there were
none. Even then it would not have
been so much of a holiday affair as it
was, had it not been for the accidental
explosion of the magazine. Any fit,
ture assailant must not expect so easy .I
victory if it is tolerably defended. IHe
was very much surprised, however, to
lea'rri that, in the he *inninc of the year
1543. whent an attack was ant icipat'd
from the Enghish, C' pta in Gener aI San
ta Anna ordered the fortress to be dim.
Cr z.
flit Vera Crrz is much more elTec,
tially protected than by al l her fortinf
tions. by t hi' norIers and vomito (tire
yellow fever.) The former have. been
tihe terror of all seamen since the ' isco
very of the country. The latter prevails
on all tie Atlantic coast of Mixico dor
ing the whole year, and w' i ti the great
est malignancy for two-thirds of the
yeIt ; and it so happens that the few
moniths of comparative exemption from
the ravagers ot the yellowt fever are pre
ci 'iv those wh. n the northers prevail
n inh Inm st dsn ietrniv' vinok-nce.
TIrlE BUILDINGS OF MEXICO.
Trre r not, )i b -!e, at huue in the
city without I con t, of greater or les<
duirnensions, in propmt ion to the size ill
the buildinc. l'Inre is on lv one door
on the lower floor, and netre at all on tiht
outside of th: upper story. This door
is very strongly huitI, iad higb eno'ugi
Gr a co . "wh ~- 11 t a ; i -n in
I the patio throu- h which ynun pass to
he steps leading to the upper stories,
wher e alone every body lives except the
lowest classes. In all the es ablishments
of the better classes, the basement story
is only occupied by the servants and at
lumber rooms, and what soick me at
very strange, as stables. I do no't sup.
pose threr is such a sep)JratP bu~iling itn
te city as a stable. In visiting Cnruni
Certunra, for exaimple, whomse whole es
tabliishmenito is aitoug''ther princel'y. aind
oilhers of equal splendtor and luxury, I
ound this coir on the ground floor used
as a stable, and passed thirotugh rows ii
horses and carrniaces to nmake my way~
to tire more spacisirs halls, frlledi wil
fine puaininrg of thle great mai~siers anm
furishedi thr oughrout itn a siyie altogethn
en gor geobs.
In some of the larger private buildingi
thirty or forty iff;ernt families reside;
each one having rented one or vi wo oos
tll entiered at tire only outside door int<
the court, which is the comminon proper
ty of all-anrd front wvhichr each oneo hra
an entrance to his own rooms on the
ground fl 'or of thre gallery above, w biel
runs all arounid thet building. I do no
think that the oee cuvered by the cit3
of Mexico can exceed two miles in lengti
and a mite and a half in wvidrth, a verj
small stpace occuplied by a populatiom
of nearly two hundred tliousand.
But it is not at aill surprisinrg wibeu
you see thirty or forty families, enourg
to make a respectable village, all hud
died away in one house, and conside
wat a large number sleep in the op.l
air in that delightful climate. Ulow pun
must be the 'atmosphere when tire cit'
of Mexico is so remarkably healthy, not
wihstnding such a crowded and filth;
mode of livmng, and with a tropical sit
sining upon the moist surface of thi
valley? One would think thre latter suffi
cient of itself to produce the most fata
malaria.
It is a little curious that while tb
buildings and population of Mexico ar
thus a~m..,d., into so small a space. an
the rents are three times as high at; in
the city of New York, yet all around
the city there is a vacant ground, and as
dry as the city itself, which may be had
ailnost for the taking. 1 was riding out
%ith a friend one evening when he show
ed me a square containing between five
and six acies,just in the rear of the Pla
za de Toros on the outskirts of the city,
and not more than half or three quar
ters of a mile from the public square,
which he had just purchased for four
hundred dollars. Why these lots are
not improved and the city extended, I
cann"t easily comprehend.
FRODUCE OF THC MEXICAN
MINES.
The pmoduce of the mines of Mexico
is quiite as large or larger, now than any
other period, taking an average of ten
years, but nothing so piofitable to the
proprie!ors, owing to the immense in,
vestmi nts in machinery, and the greater
labor of raising the ores now compared
with the rude and unexpensive machin
ery before used, and the comparatively
small labor of taking out the ores. The
company which now owns the great mine
of Real del Monte have, in the last few
years, expended, in machinery and other
ways, several million of dollars. The
shaft of that mine is nearly a thousand
yards deep. Baron H umboldt gives the
gross produce of the mines of Me,:ico,
from 1600 to 1803, both years inclusive,
as :!mounting to $1.358,452,020 -about
twelvo mi'lions of dollt.rs per annum.
The highest amount, which was in the
yeat 1796. was $26 644,566. The pro
duce of the year 1804 he state at $24,
000,000. Mr. Ward estimates the an
nual produce, for a few years prior to
1810, at $24 000,000 After that period,
fromu the revulutionary condition of the
conu 'try, it dwindled almost to nothing
in one year to three and a half millions
Of dlo'lars. The olicial returns for the
year 1842 exhibit an exporation of gold
mal silver,.as registered at teCuton
?i usi amottag -to ,50,
The facility with which di g values in
::ld may he concealed, and thus clan.
destinely exported, and the temptation
to do so fron the high duty of six per
cent on exportation, caused a very large
amount to be stnmteeled. That this was
extensively practised was known to every
one in Mexico. To torm any accurate
estimate of the amount of the exports of
specie, a very large addition must be
madie on this account. Three or four
millions would scarcely cover it. Add
to these the amount retained in the
country, and i will be very safe to as
sume the ;.resent produce of the mines
t from twenty-two to twenty-four tnil
lions of dollars per annum. The whole
amount coined at tle mint in the city of
."xico since the Conquesi is $443,000,
000. since 1690, $205,968,750. iMi
nine in Mxim, as evety hele e lse, is
it La:reu of chince ; and, like all games
of cuani., there are many more losers
ttan winners amongst those who play
at it.
It is risking vety little to say that if
Mexico was inhabited by our race, the
produce of th mines would he at least
live times as great as it now is. There
is not a !ine which would not he wot ked
and as many mo're new ones discovered.
Ia five yeairs, with such a population,
and only wvith anegntal number with that
which Mexico tnow has, I do) not hesitate
to assert that the mineral and agricul
itnral exrports alone would nearly equal
all the exports of any othier country of
the world. The last time I exam-ined
the tables upon that subject, the whole
exports of the produce of Britishi labor
was ab.uitt tw., hundred and sixty mi!,
lions af dollars- per a'nnunr. Mexico, in
the possession' of another race, would
approach that amount in ten days.
THE YELLOW FEVER.
Alluding to the vornita, or yellow fe
ver, General T. say that according to
the estimate of those most entitled to
confidence, less th n five per cent of
those attacked die. This estimate does
not include the patients in the hospitals,
for the reason that the general terror of
being sent to tIe hospital is so great,
that many are deterred trom applying
for relief until their cases are beyond
the reach of remedies. Some facts came
under his obser'vations which went very
far ro shake his confidence-never very
great-in medical theories. The uni,
versal treatment of yellow fever, by the
Vera Cruz physicians, is very simp~le,
and certainly not very unpleasant-it is
nothing more than cold application to
the stomath, and lime juice and sweet
oil given alternately ; and this practice is'
so generally successful as to give the
results which' he had stated-five per
cent. of deaths. They say there that
calomel is'certainly fatal ; but hear the
I other, the caloniel-side of the questiouzs
The prisonlersof'thte Santa Fe expedit
a tion were rele'as.d on the 16th of June,
and airived at Vera Cruz in August,
1 whore they r~mained'more than a month
forty;;& them were attacked by the
yellow r; and in its most malignant
form, as ay be well supposed, from
their irre lar. habits and the total des
titution, all the comforts of a sick
bed. a1T were attended by a young
physic vho belonged to the expedi
tion, a. hosr practice was to give
large do rocalomel-not more than
one died
e New York Globe.
OLD I SIDES RELIEVING AN
EN - FLEET AT SEA.
A v .leasing circumstance lately
occurred: e history of Old Ironsides,
during 6. -resent cruise in the Pacific
Ocean, d we recommend it to our
fried, C Hart, to be interwoven with
some of .admirable "Old Ironside's
stories, ich we have-been the means,
in part,, lying to the world, through
the colu ":f our paper. We find them
coming to us daily, in our exchan
ges; wit asrked editorial commenda
ctio-so ch so that we wonder why
the uilt, eps his pen idle when tle
"wind a in the shoulder of his sails"
so favo When about ten days out
from 'M' aon her passage to Manilla,
the Co tution found herself near a
fleet of British vessels ot war, be
calmed."; letter now before us, from
an inteli nt young officer on board,
continu e story thus :
"Asfe ht cat-paws fanned u, along
until w' . within two miles of them,
and the e wind left us. We were all
thus be id in sight of each other.
We. ma rhem out to be a large line of
battles I two frigates, one brig and
two stea is; their nation as yet un
known;. Here was no wind to 'throw
out thol igns. Presently one of the
steame an firing up and shortly af
tersbor for us. We were just ex
ercisin 5ewat general quarters, (al
ways k' "ag up our discipline, you
perc hen :ho came within hail'
posed tile East India aqua ron of if. B.
M., that they had ' -en months down
among the islands, l. :he whole squad
ton were short ot bread, "grog," water
and other necessaries, and they desired
to know if we could furnish them with
the stores required, to last them one
week. We of course complied. No
sooner asked than done. No sailor ever
stops to count the buiscuit in his locker,
when he sees a hung:y customer. Then
a lively scene occurred, gratifying, I as
sure you to both sides. Our guns had
to be secured, and indeed, we must have
presented rather a hostile appearance to
Mr. Bull ; in fact, one of the officers good
Iuuort'dlv observed,he thought we were
going to blow him out of the water. We
turned to with light hearts, and broke
out the provisions and seit them on
board, while we entertained the officers
in a very gallant style, in fact doing
the clean and genteel thing by them.
I don't recollect ever spending a more
pleasant time than I did the two hours
they were with us ; and when they left it
was like parting with friends of long
standing. "The good Old Ironsides-al
ways thefirst to prepare for her friends
or foes; arnd her gentlemanly oflicers
the first to treat them accordingly." A
light breeze shortly afterwvards sprung
up -night closed in-the ' ind freshened
-we cracked our studded sails, alow
and aloft, and the next day the high
mountarins of Liuzon were plainly in
view."~
Thus it seems, whether for battle or
relief, Old~ronsides is always'on hand.
Inideed it is characteristic of American
officers and American sailors, that they
wilh share their last crust with their fel
lows in distress ;~ and may the day be
very distant when they will forget either
their bravery or their hospitality. If the
nasty and little-soutled editors and wri
ters of the British press could have wit
nessed this scene, they might possibly
have forgotten their spleen in regard to
Brother Jonathan for a single hour, and
been made practically sensible of the
fact that he is neither mean nor grasp.
ing ; and their national slanders might,
perhaps, have intermitted for a whole
day. But twenty four hours only would
have been the duration of their for bear
anmce; and, we dare say, if any of the
toadying tribe had been on board,- the
very grog and provender furnished by
Old Ironsides, would have been gulped
down with a sneer at our willing cheer
fulness in saving' the fleet from starvation.
It really appears to us that there is no
British writer, traveller, or editor, witi
mind sufficiently enlarged,to permit his
readers to suppose that Americans have
souls big enough to be saved. We be
lieve they have not yet set us down am
corards. At any tate, we are willing
to give them another chance of testing
our quality in that way, itn addition t<
our generosity and magnanimity.
Mosier Pluck.-The Louisville Jour
nniav ay-A strapning- customer, ,wh4
looked as if he could "cliaw up" a halt
dozen Mexicans at one meal, without
being satified, reached our city yester,
day morning, from an interior county,
[Putnam] in Indiana, for the purpose of
joining one of the volunteer companies.
So anxious was he to enter into service,
that he walked the entire distance from
his house, which was more. than a hun
dred miles, barefoatcd. le is one of
the right kind of "boys."
GROWING HONORS.
A few years ago, a. friend of ours was
out upon a trout fishing excursion, and
after the fatigues of the day were nearly
ended,-whether with any thing more
than "fisherman's luck," we know not
-lie entered a public house in a neigh
bog ing townr, for refreshment. He ther
encountered a garrulous old man, who
had done his country some service in the
Revolution, with whom he fell into con
versation. The old man was poor, he
said, and expiated so feelingly upon the
inconveniences of his poverty, that our
friend, who is alway benevolently in
clined, was considerably removed. It
was not then regarded a sinful thing to
drink a glass of toddy, especially upon a
fishing expedition-indeed it was a mat
ter almost universally admitted, that the
fish wouldn't bite unless there was a bot
tIe of black strap along-and so he ask
ed the old man to drink.
"Thank you, Captain," said the old
man, and the drinks were despatched.
Our friend had ordered dinner, and
when it was ready, he invited the old
hero to dine with him.
' I declare Major,' said he, 'you are
very kind-f don't care if I do.'
After dinner, a cigar was handed to
him, with the request, that he would join
in a social smoke.
' Well now, Colonel, I do declare,'
said the old man, 'you are very gene
rous.'
jCQn efs t' 4 w t o erofo t
indeed very happy.
'Come my old harty,' said our friend,
'let us take a little something more be.
fore we part.'
-General,' said the old fan, 'you are
too generous,-but, as yotfsay, I can't
refuse a glass, at parting.'
Our friend then extended his hand,
on taking leave, and in grasping that of
the old hero, lie deposited a half dollar
in it."
'What is this ?' said he,'a half dollar?
What is that for?'
'Ott,' said our friend, 'it will help you
along a little, in the roueh journey of life,
and I am very g!ad of an opportunity to
do a kindness to one of the men who
fought for the liberties we enjoy.'
This Was too much Jor the old man.
The tears started to his, eyes, and he
could only utter, almost choked with
emotion-'God bless you Governor.'
Very Good.-One of the best "tricks"
that we have heard of for a long time, is
the following. It is worth trying :
Legerdemain,-or, How to get a whole
Suit of Clothes into a Junk Bottle.-E very
time you have a feeling like taking a
"horn," drop the price of a "nipper" into
the bottle and drink a glass of pure cold
w-ater. Repeat this until the bottle is full,
then break it and cary the contents to,a
good Tailor. And within the .apace of a
week, you will find yourself encased in a
new suit of clothes, without any trouble
or expense to yoturself. The same can be
done with hats, boats, &c. , We. .have
known a cart load ofiflour to be transmog
rified in a similar manner.
Indian Justice-A lot of Cherokees re
cently found guilty. by their bretheren, of
stealing some saddles, were ordered to te
ceive the whip 110 times each. This
would naturally stir-up their blood,.and
induce them to bridle their thieving ap
petites.
How to stop a Newspaper.-Call at the
office and rork up arrearages and order it
stopped like a man ; and- not refuse to
take it out of the post office, and sneak
away like a puppy.
How their names are Pronounced-A
correspondent of the St. Lonis Reveille
says-As the names ofthe following Span
ish officers are likely, at the present june
tnre of affairs, to be frequently in the
motiihs of our citizens, for the satisfaction
of those not already informed as to the cor
r'ect pronnciation of them, I subjoin the
following:
Generals Arista, Ampudia, Mejla, and
Canales, Colonels Carasdo an-d Caraba
jal, are pronounced by Spaniards, a!
nearly as possible...as follows : A reeusta
Am- poo-dia, Ma-hee-a, Co-na-les, Ca-vas
co, Ca-ra-tf-bal-the vowel a, in each-in
stance, having the souadof that lietter is
the English word far. The j' becomeshb
the vb.
Latoyers in England.-The Englisi
bar is composed -of abovie 3080 barristers
exclusive of the 28 serjeants at law. Therm
-are 74 Queen's counsel, includ ing the At
boney ndr Soalicito,- Gdirnl.
FROM THE ARYli.
OFFICE OF THE PICAYUNE,
Tuesday moroing-Juno 2,.1846.
5 DATS LATER FROM MEXICO'
By the barque Louisiana, Capt. Wil
liams, we, have had advices from Vera
Cruz to the 25th ult.-five days later than
that brough4 by the Thetus. . The Louis
iana ,sailed in .cbrnpauy. with the Helen
McLeod, leaving no, American. merchant
vessels in port. The brig Petersburg, for
New York got away on the 20th.
The blockade of the port of Vera Cruz
commenced on the 20th. ]Fifteen days'
were allowed to all neutral vessels in port
to load and depart. . ....
., By orders from the Mexican Govern
ment the American Cdusul\ office was. to
be closed, aon. he. and all American citi
zens were to leave on the 26th. On the;
day :5a. Consul expected to go on board
uie tmamr frigate .Miiswissi;ppi. The friate
anhd t::e Raritan were at anchor of Vea
Cr'z on the 25th. and the 41lup of ...a
Faltmuuth w.a !cyg off the port.
The Luuisia:a and Helere ;.Lecd' ; ot
of in great haste :o prevent beine seized.
The day they sailed news reached Ve
ra Cruz that NSazatlno and Tepic- had
pronctunced in favor of Santa Anna. Gen.
Alvarez was 4ill1 carrying on his hostilt
operationis in tlhe south part of the depart
mental Mexico. . ,
A report was in circulation that Gen. *
Paredes intended to leave the city of Mex
ico at. the head of more troops to reinfdre
the army of the North.
The animosity.existing against the A
mericaus has been violently increased.by
the news of the two actions of the 8th and
9th ut.. ., .
, The enorihod s forced loans which the
Government had imposed upon the clergy.
the latter bad declared itself totally unable
to meet. . The ,metropolitan church wasa
ordered to furnish a. subsidy of- 98,000
per month ;. the church of $1ichoacan 35.
000--of Puebla $40,000-'of Guadala'ara.
20,000-of Durango 15.000,.and of Oajaca
8,000... These great sums per month show.
that the President is determined to prose
cute the war.with energy; he will never
beabe 'ocl~a ,* la . IJJ. ,
he~re, has been arreste4 by* the Govdic
ment. k. .....
Gen. Almonte has made a formal resig.
nation of his mission to France.
In regard to. the report as to Paredes
putting himself at the head of, the army,.
El Republicanosays itis uncertain wheth
er he will repair to the Rio Grande or to
Vera Cruz; but that he will leave the cap
ital.as soon, as Congress assembles. .. .
Full accounts of the disastrous actions
of the.8th. abd 9;h had reached the capital,
and appeared in theofcialjournal. They
are more accura;e .by far than Mexican
bulletins generally, and do credit to Aris
ta. The news was received with profound
regret, but with an; apparent determina
tion to fight the war out.
SF-ore the Picyun:.
LATER FROM TEXAS.
IURDER OF 14 AMERICANs BY MEXICANS.
The steamship New York arrived yes
terday about 1 o'clock, in 30 hours from.
Galveston.. The only news from the ar
my she brings .we find in the Galveston
papers. communicated by the sloop Tom
Jack, Capt. Parker, which arrived on
Thursday from Corpus Cnristi. She left,
Aransas Pass on the 25th uIt., at which
place the steamship Sea had just arrived
from Point Isabel. On board the Sea.
were. Mr. McCleister, supposed to have
been killed in Capt. Walker's scouting.
party, Lieutenant Humn'phrey's and Mr.
Rogers. McCleister was severely woun
dled and .supposed by .the Mexicans to be.
dead. He was subsequently found in the.
chapparel andtaken tQ Matamoras, where.
hbe was well treated and recoeored from his
wounds~
.A paity of our dragoons, as previously
stated,,.had pursued the retreating Mext-.
canis from Matamoras, overtaking a party
of them, taking 3Q prisoners, besides kit-.
liog a number in this skirmish. It is said
that Getieral Taylor's army are encamp
ed a mile from the city, and that the sol
diers are notp ermitted to eater the town.
The most distressing news is the mtjr
der of a party of fifiteen A mericans, includ
ing two women and a child, between Point
Isabel and Corpus Christi, by a party of
Mexicans, exceeding in dold tilooded cru
elty any of tlhe previ'ous attrocities of these
savage's. It appears thiat a party of fifteen, .
of whom Mr. Rogers spoke of as above
was one, left.Corpus Christi for Point Is.
abel oni th., 2d or 3d inst. They arrived.
at the Little Colorado just previous to the
battle of the 8th nlt., wvhere they we're
surprised by a company of' Rancheros,
and being,,overpowered by Mexrican prom
ises to surrender as prisoners of war. No
sooner had thee blood thirsty dogs ob
tained pos'sessi-oni of their arms than they.
strippedand rob.bed.their victims, bound
thbm beyond.the power of resistance, and.
havring ravished the wvomen before their
races, cut all' theirnthroats, one fiend per
fotnming, the .horrible butchery. Rogers
saw his rather and brother hutchered before.
him in this terrible manner before his own.
turn came, and his own escape was owing '
to th. fact, that while the wound upon
his throat was not fatal, he had the pre-.
sence of mind to feign himself dead,- and'
wvas accordingly, with all the. balance,..
thrown into the Colorado, where he man
aged to escape unseern, and swam to the .
Iother aide of the river-. :Thence he subse
quently made his way' to the"Rio Grande,,
,was taken prisoe, 94at-o6 the hospital lin