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Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will be continued uutil ordered out and charged accordingly. Communications, post paid, will be prompt ly and strictly attemded in .- - . s.. ,= ea e -- -- POETRY. The past she rnleth. At her t uch its tenple -valves unfold. And from their gorgeous shrin-s descend The mighty ment of old At her deep voice the dead reply, Dry bones are clothed and live Long.perishcd garlands bloom auew, And buried joys revivc. When o'er tlwfuture many a shade Of saddening twilight steals, Or the timmed present to the soul its etltiness revsahs. She opes her casket, and a clond Of cheering perfume strea:ns; Till with a lifted heart we tread The pleasant land of dreams. Blake friends of potent Memr, Oh ! young tan ir thy prime, t.nd with her jewels hrirt arid rte, Enrich the board of Time: - Yet tf thou tnocke.t her with deeds .'A triflet 'mid her bowers, She'll send a poion thruingh by veins, Inl life's disastrous hours. - loake fr us f pott .': Memndry ( "sieni rn .lh -Toong - .; - Aitl, nd her to thine inmost .heart, - Before the days o'g!oom; For sorrow softeneth intO jne, -Beneath her wand'sublime". And she inatntmotal robes can wve:tv,*. -roi the trail thread's of Time. MISCE LLANIe:OU. UINTS TO FAR.\lERS. . The Fit iet's lise is shunned by nm, t, becattae it stets o of mindless di u:lgery.. I t outght not to be so. If our fdrt's would ri fleet i. ore, Ohey mig~ht do less Loatd lab )r; and yet accom'list' n:or. itt the course of a year, jar hours w ork, in summer, anid *it it wmnter, ouiht ' with good nt,.gr'e ment, give to any mitan =a good ji.'nig. Ill- who wlk, so hard that [ycan not read or reflect after the ,MIdors Of th.- day arc over. b.. . ofautigue does not plan wis' ly. t.o man shun wm k when work should be done, but dulcr-,delve forever, is not thice:od of man's ife. The fartet's evenings should be de voted to mental acquisition anti rational enjoyment. To mu and tumble into u ous to healhh. Bit let the ftrumer have' ~ clioicest works atbout hinm of his own nuxi liazry jacat; let the'se form the subjct f sudyand tonversation at u hosaethe niewevst and oldest vt- ~ ume, each htaving their allotted seasons. 11 Two or three dtllars c-oaributed by each ~ - family itt a neightborhtood or schtool dis tricI, would go a great way itn the pur-r -chase of standatrdi book< at nmdern pri ces. These are bmt hinls whch a rea der will modify as ltis judgment shal! suggest. I plead only for the essentialc * thing of making home pleasant, its hours a of relaxation hours of instr ucion also-.t Native Loadsttone has been discover ed on Silli'dle Island, Lake Suptrior.- I The Cleveland Heretd is inf'ormned that t the enlirb trap region of L inke Superior g Is magnelic tO o ucit a degree that a comt mion needle is in mest pam t ent irely use-t ess. Tetrap rock itself, composinat c osrocks in conntexion with the tratp, is ti an immense tmagnet. Bouldets of that rock, scattered throuigh the adjace~nt level legions. atrract and repel the nete- J. die', at short distances, in the same man- of net as iron oate. th An English Endorsement.-'it wa-se a cruel speecut of the Frenchman," says. the London Times, but a true one nev, 'r ertheless, whetn he said, Youtr English. ~ man knows all about Titmbuctoo, or Hindustan, or the frowrn regiotn about the North Pole, but ask him about Ire'- s land, the country tying next his own, gt and hte is perfectly intncent of any in- bi formation on the subecl. Africa hie ca inm5iaceitn.. l- h- .egl.c.. re of weeps for the sufTerings of the negro 'but allows his It ish fellow subject tc live in ignorance, in fi tlr, and often tc die ofstarvation. MEXICAN GENERALS-WIIO IS UR REA? Not the least impot tant items in the recen-ft news from Mexico, are those which relate to the dsiribution and or ganization of the Mexican army. That army numbers forty-one thousand men, of whortm twentv-five. thousand are with Santa Anna, in the city of Sin Luis d, Pmosi, eight thousand in the fertile soil of San Francisco, and i like- number at Tula, a town lisitant from S-.n Lais 80 miles, and from Tampico one hond red and tweniv. Of the ei,;ht thousand men at Tid, two thousa..d -five hunh wd have been formed into a ct ts if obsi-r vation, and the command thereof given to General Josse iMr1'nntrel Urrea. Urrea is barely fifty years of age, though the hard -lef lihe has led has eive-n hint somewhat older alipearaner. Hlis manners are very polished, te'emhin these of a Fr. nc! g'ner al of the oll rrginc. [is adminiira.ive talents are good. It canriot bn denied that he is an accomplished genaal; bu it tthe same titer, it muu: b.' ;rtiir.d that ie iss'tmtimes wanting in decision, whn decision is most wanting. It is wonIy of note, that the cot ps wh fich Ur ea now com rttands. is conmp 'o seed if hile- very beet itnfannry'regiments in the Mexican se:.vice- these ar s he Crorta'nardit, f Tiimpico, the Puebla regiment, and the corps of veterans. May we not infer front thi, circutsttnte, that Santa Anna has assigned to Urrea an enterir ise of 'ereotit pith and mo me~nt ?"-N. Y. Iherald. A Strange Tale.-T ne N. O. Delta say s that a few years since, a Sc: gean in the army at Foirt Le-avenwort 'was arresjcd on tcharge; of having stol. t muoneyfrom.Lieut. T., nit onlcer at that station. lie ran atnay, was. followed, ir -sted nd money founrltpf4g4J Te aitiir utr. rsur , . disappcared and twas supposed to have been murde red. Fhee Sergeant- was brought up for examination. Th.--pr.ofs w re ex ii ted to 'him the mttinev, his ti ght. &.; his only reply was "Where is rmy accu, ,er ." Bring him be loe me and you ,ball s're wht' i> the thief." But I ieu. 'IT cufi no. be feuned. Th.- Serge t then cone sed thi lie h id b en b ibi-d by Lieutenat T. (eo de er. .ani Itake upon .imis- If he iiiii ny hitch justd belonged the Liuttenant hitseni, who vas a d'-f.ulher to thit. G.ive-rnmniti, and .ishried to cover is crime by ite allegtrd -obbery of the S-'rgant. That he lad ven hrim .wo huni d dollars and a torsi, to fly from the fort, which aftir a vere .conflict with conscience, he al ast consented to do, ht. that b.foire ie tad gone many miles his horse br-.kr I..wn and lie. was thus overtaken and irrested. On the ist of O.:iober, last as the d eixican furce was matirching omt of Mlonterey, one of the officers unde, ren. WVo: tht, whose i oops were drawnif pi tri sini then, recogiz -d in ine oef 1e Mex-~icani C iolns a fi nmliar facie, hichi proved to be i ha of Lie-ut. T1:! ['he Di-lta say s : As s)on as lihe M~exican's eve tiell pott thei faetrs- o1 the t wo A mericanis, e was observe-d to grow deadly pale, nd to pull his caip ove-r his eyeCs aznd un aiway. But the- Amr. r icans hadt tl n enrough to satisfy themi that thie lr-xican colonil was ni oth r that the r-negadie Lietenant TV.- , forg n horse onie a pootrt inenw sufl us the infeamy irwimpr isonmrent in lhe aenitennt ia .y of I elissi .-An itLspectlion of the Me-xi. an mitliar y roll, antd i qeiry amnongt the iexcin officers. contfirrmed cth. trct h of to personal ob~erv.erion of our officers. I W~e utnder-stantd that the evidepnce* 'ill be laid before thie Ex'cutive for rte utrpoisi of obtaingc a ccmrmonica tirn oif ie punrshmernt of the unf ortunate r - i-ant the victimt of the infamctous ti each ry and villainy oef his base officer, whio, the crimne of having disgrac. d his Junte y's uoiformn and be-traye-d its anffdence, adds the eternal inifimy uf ie paricid.' and the traitor. M~rs Gaines' Lano Suit.-The N. O. a ffiersotnian says that thre Suepremwe Court hi the Untited mrates are about to take upi p e greait law quit6 in whieb Mrs. Gen. rn ainecs cheaitned aijudgmenit for abiout sev nteen millions in the Disrric-t Court of e ousisiana. Indiependent of the amnount volved, this is a case of creal interet. >m the peculi r and roimantic citcum- ~ anees which gave rise to it --- A A Newo Territory,.-Mr: Martin, of ft 'isconsin, has brought a bill in Coni- n ess,. for establishing a new territory q -yond the limits of that State. It ise lle-d'Minesoia. This is the beginnieg I' a netW State,-- i t, From the N. 0. Picayune. LATER FROM M,LXICO. Bv the arrival .f ;hn U. S. stol e-shit; Relief at Pet-sacola, in fourteen days from Anton L z,rdo, we hive advices ftom Air xico,.only a little later, but full of int-:rest and importance. We' have a letter from a correspon den at Peos'cola, which says that itn morning of ti, de'uarturo of the Relief the boats of tht Princeton captured a Mexican boat -rorn under "the lime kiln" on the Poin. This enrrespon d'snt writes- "'here was considerable pepiperitg of musketry, but no harm done." Tit:. U. S. sloop of war St. Mi v's was coining in as the lelief Vent on: fro-n A-inin Liz r.o There wete h'ing a t thu a neh rage the Ibrit an, Peinre ton, two gn-boa s and tlie steam.r Pe 'ria. P.assel M idIhipmu Rodgers was still a prisonir m V e. a Cruz Correspon a ence of the Picayune. U. :. 'QUAuIJtoN, ANTiN LtzRxo, D. ctnjb.'r 30i1. 1846 . My D a, Sit-I s'ind aou hlioewi h an ihstart 1. the vo t of ihi Alex'c.en Coigi es 'or Presidemii and Vice. ': esi .k.m1 of tIIen Rtepub:ic, which took place -it the 23d inst., and was rece'ived at Vera Cru z y the mnail to-Jay. Tit.. vote . as '.k. n by Smites or d.partnets (deputasines.) each Saite having one v--e, dee'rm:i.i' d by the in j "rity of its deputias. *I'lir eidly candidates who eceived .h vote of a State were Santa Anna and Francisco Fl-n i:igi Twenty S.a e< veee'd, inrchi ing the dish ict f ' Mlexico and i.vo t;'eri;:eries. - Santa An n received -the votes er eight S'taei: and the distiit of .1, xico aeId wiv ter Iitories, b- in~ eh-n' ii ini .I. Hus op p s, nit was tih- choc" of nine States. Of cu- se the I b ction fell on Santa A naj Iter Presi ent. N:msvy-aine depmie's voted, fity fit Santa Anna, forty for Fle triagia end nine' for o'her candidilater Go'nez Farias s tJecty Vise reJ}si. received the vote of eight Stains. Du, rtingo cast i's vote f -r Florr aga. Tie want of trmes is compained of Iro.n, ever y quan let of 11, xi, o. S utta Ania calls the 'itention of the o v t Inme'nt to his destini n of a mu and munnitions of war. The corps of the' Na. ionsl Gua it a e n:1t hof stupplied. Ii p'.pears that arms cani..t be nb:ained fr'm any quaiter even if the' mnmy coiuld be procurel whti ewitIi to pur chan "iom. A prtpaion has been s..hmtted to Conees to raise a frand; f"r this pmp s'.. It is alculah-d that 12.5.000 it, i may he arn d out of the 300,000 fig.tng nien of Mlexico, and tii.it ir -im omt- to two mitaliions of dollas wil be amtpl. fI this purpose. It is I protmised to imt odluce thie" .it ins trim s a wa d by Iahd from Yuca on, and iinall) t) eiaib ish found'eri. < anid artmories. Teil day befot tht' election of Pies h-nt the v.arious ministers of State birtw up thh ip jifolios. It apjper.i that th. embarrassments t if th-- tre'asu'y can neither he cnmpte- I tended nor dscitei!d. Somae of the I iiinto sitions fur raisin, money appear I o be tfthei most g''ixiot c kind . Al hiointe i's huie'ly inhoi''ted a pilan by n~ hich ,ach D)'pa mt t is to bet taxed en toe )itio of its repo-isentah~tion, payitg $3000 , nombhly for e*ach of its depiutie-. A':t caut etf tie States aire to hand otve'r t'i ir pt ut s to thle general c.'tnmeiantd'ng Veira i A z. The g'eiierals le'ceiv'ig tihe 'I nonier t ir' to d.sj 'tise it at Itemr own ! liscrnin fr-pur i ptilosee if the~ warc Lcringi'i .0 the G, nierail Give.nm n11'ri. I callowance is .o be tmade- for the ex teise' of collecri i. - Th'Ie presentt 'edmnistratiion ha~ve been lected by so equivcal a Vote and are decidedly uinp..pu!asr in the mnore im cirtant States, that they carn hardly be t xpected to cointettd successftilly with lhs emtbprrssmepnts 'of their sittasion. i( nt haita Anna remains at the. he'ad eif the ai rmy, Fariais of cottis- be entrutsteo with It Ii civil admtintist rationt, thi" birdein of ~tich hte c.,nnot sujpport. Of cours" IP o wili have to -ustian'lho o 'im orl' l 1in etrrassm--ni s and a I the rev'erses d f the coiuntry. If S-ina A nna is forced > retr ai or loses a battle, he will ship P IIll t blam. , oin -hose wiho conduct 11 dmnaifratiomn. And wh~en F.aiioas and ci is Cabinet succumbt, ani in all homans d sebabiliiy they will f..ll betore mans e If Sainta Anina ke'eps his ar my togeth,% I' rihe will probib~i)lf unrch onl t he cap;i- tu 'i and this will he th- pm. lud.' of a civl W an. .I doi nor riitk 'lie contry under th iy cir ctustantces will toleraete Santa 'ina's dictouship. The regiments in omn Putebla aind other D. -parsments mI >w garrisoning Vera Ci uz will be f' Jite likely to be withidrawn to s'tLevngsh- Ci Sone side or the other, for I areprehend sc at the shock of civil. war will be felt Sil Central Mexico. Within a short ki ti1mi' ry Crnz ma% b ", as it has before witho .a gaorison adequate for its de fence, nd then will be the time to s:rike an effect ive blow with our forces for its occitpaiion. Aftz the above letter w.as in type and otrrgculmeis were alreadt crowded, we eeehived froem the po't office fil s of papers from Vera Cruz, coming down to the 2ch of December-just len days later ti n the' napers. which -we had "rfeviit!ly -received from thiat city. We hardly-;ered say tha tthe views given in our corst'spondent's letter are confirmed by the lcpers before us, so far as they go; btsi ie has aces in fuller sources of inforat:ion. The resignations of Alumiontp '*nd Guevara-the Ministers ~f WI.ariaed Justice--were sent in on h.- 2,_f December, that of Laragua, MinsteI f Foreign Affairs, on the 22d. We. d a 'copy of Coin. Conner's letter to i.v. Lauder'o, reqesting the reelease of the sailors who were saved at the wrec ' of the Soniers by flaring ashore, ried in which he protests aga inst their rie'irng Passed Midshipnae Roe' ers as a' spy. The letter was trans mitted. te the Supreme Government for irsdrr- r in the premises, with a rec EmrnN-nlii inn that the G vern ment should rede to the cummrtodore's re que st. - We tind in the M-xican papers re peated , ?pressions of diss,,eisfaciion with tie cuur-' of Santa Anna. An appre rnension a ,i.sats. to be half developed that he meditates usicig the army for other pur;poses than repelling the inva: 'ers, and.!ae is warned gainst any such course. fie is nmch c'nsured for- his s -Seri'y ti' G'n. Garcia Conde, who was seni: Tunder asirest toZ-icatecas or Durango. LAT NFROM THE ARMY. By t h 7l. S. s. imer Erleti:t,' Capt, 1Wr1hco1, wich at rived on. Sunday night-, we bv tes' fro m Brazos Santiago, inen epartingf a f w days to juin'hiuim eithti at 'ampico or Victoria. A reperi had been had been bronuht to M ter, by -a Mexican, as we learn fron the M at M amos Flag, in 4 corres pondence from Cam.eego to that paper, dared e 3d inst. that Ge,,. Quitman with, 2000 volunteer,, had given battle the p-e.cdilng dai to 1300 MJexicanes in 'ler G a. Uirea, two leagues north of V ictoria. The eport was no! credited by the: oflicers of' the army -t Camiargo. ilie eter also states th. Gen. ' vlor i: b.n six daeys matrclh in the reacr of Gen. Q. with 3000 reulars. Ge n. Wenlih w:is still at Saltillo, and had en re einforce'd by th e regimncts of I Diiio, K"ntuecky aid lidiana volunteers Ge-n. Wo.ol was in c. iony, fiit on mikes rue S-lhillo on the San ies road, Wih I L5011 M."xlcan lancers hovering around n his immediate vicinity. . Gen. Pate'rson and his division had I r ived at San Fernando on his way to f Victoria. The Flag's correspondemie i vrites that the ayuotaniento came out s rom the lown to meet and welcomt % :imn. Tie 1st Indiana R:'gimeniti , Cod. i )take had arrived at M?-.itawros from f Jamie go to relieve the 31 Ohio R. gi-. ntent, Cocl. Curtis, who were awaitinig irde'rs fromi Ge'n Scot. Out' own'ceiespondence' belowv will j uelfound exttremnely i.'ter esticiC. By the i 'itt of our spe'ci.f ceorre'spoendem, Mr. ( I cil.-. we are happey to perceive that c e was about sactine from Camnarguo, inn eocd healhh, to r ejuin the airmey, a nd 2 onga'uta'e onrselves anid readers upon~ d iem 'prospect of soon hearing fruim him U t hieaud quar ters. c Correspondence cof thce Picayune. .e SAruILo, M-xico, Dec. 20, '46. a Since I wrote to y ou last the aspect D ithings lies taken a dliff'ere'nt course, a net now there is but littlie donht in thte Ii eind1 oIf eveiy one connected with the fk rmy, th it befoce another mi6nth has ni ;issed, ainothir tee rible battle will be u coghit in the neigaborhood of this ni lace. An express was sent on Inst Tues- si ey to Monterey, and another to Gent. loel, for reinforcements. Three comn- he inies of Col. Maershall's Kentucky ii ceunted riflenien arrived here by a for- ai d maeIh from Monterey on Thurs- tlI y sight last, andl yesterday evening SKenttciky antd Ohio regime'nts came p and encamp jed below~ town. A n ex- et e'ss which came in from Po tras 3es- i fo rdaty evening reports that Gun. WVool,' ith his command, may be expectedl in the is neighborhood to-mlorrow eve'ninig. mt A mail fuom this place, containing di loortant doc'uments of the fu'utre move- ar ets of the Mexican army, and plans fo r the rrecaptture of this place wvas nc psured on its way to San Luis by a te etutinig pat ty of dragoons ai few days aj ice. A large -body of lancers area town to be scouring, then enntry be- th tween here and St. Luis, and not fa from us at that, and they are almos known to be the advance guard of the main army of the enemy. Of the vari ous accounts of the troops at the dispo. sal of Santa Anna at San Luis, none full short of 32,000 men. Our officers and men are in fine spirits, and are ewg-r to meet the self styled N 'poleon, to administer to him the same -kind of a dose they have given his predecessors. A portion of our for. ces, probably Gen. Wool's command, is to take immediate possession of the Linates pass, which is about thirty-live tmiles from here. Gn. - Vorth, ho -hns 'been sick 'for the last t wo weeks, is 'out again to day. The weather is a little too cold here to be pleasant, and the night before last we had ice half an inch thick. I forgot to mention that Webster's battery (two 24 pound howize'rs) is here. Your, &c., ALTO. SALTILLO, Mexico, Dec. 26, '46. I am t'ld that all.sorts of runiums have been circulated at Monterey about the command at this place-hat it had been cut to piecces by 20,000 Mexicans-and other stories equally absntb have been picked up by the news:nongers below, and sent on in the-shape of news to New. Orleans. A private letter of mine, written by the last mail, if teceived in due time, informed you of the situation of things, as they vere at that timee, and even if our fainds inelow and at home have fears for oitr safety at this remote place, let them feel absured that we feel ourw lves adequate to any emer gency, fnd that ttherc.is Ittle danger of our getting cut up if they do come down upon us. I will now give you a'little sketch of Chrisimas in Saltillo, the most interest ing and'exciting one I ever enjoyed. -If you could have peeped into the kitchens of any of the barracks before daylight you would htave behe)J-the b.usiest set of U.. an express arrived from Get.l Wool, informing Gen. Btmler. that he was in tmomentary expectation.of be ng attacked b'y-tcl enemy. Orders were immcediamely issued for every tian to "pack imy his duds," put on his ac coutremcents, and fall in, whtch was per lormed in double quick. time. All was JXcitement and joy. In the meantime )hl Madame Rumtuter w.as hard at work, )nd I never saw the old lady more in l.astrious. One story was to the effect ta Wool was within t welve miles of retreatin:g en the phce, and fighting 0,000 Mexicans as ho came along. nomtter w is that a pot tion of his col-. tma had been cut to pieces, and a hun. Iced utter stories of the same kind were irculated. A though n-cy did not be eve tIese repu ts, t hey thought twere vas something like a fight ahead, partic 1ly tas the orders from huadqu.rtets gad been so eimlictt. The streets be. are the quarters presented an intetest "g spectacle. Tie guns were all tacked befo e the doors, and 'very man I r .re his accon rements, ready and anx >is to be off, but the most amusing part I the scene was the Christmas duins 'hcere wacs scarcely a man but wvhat had wc limbt of an oldl gobler. the rib of a ig, or somethtling else of the kind, en- I cying it probably, from the novelty of a w scenme, better than they 'ever did a ;mrist macs dinner before-atnd then all I andiidly believed that wie should wind t p thme dacy with anocther battle. About 'clohck, P. M., WVebster's battery. and a ce Ohmo nnd Kentucky volunteers, wvho 'cre enccatmped six tmiles below town, acme in, andl such cheers as the regtc Irs gave thenm, acid such as they return J put me in mind ol the shouts which ri ecompancied thce different victories in b lonterey. Webster's battery took tip a position onc thce top of the hill, while 0 ec pioneers were busily engaged ma. 0 ing loop hol' s through every house "t ar the t oad. The' horses belonging I the light batteries were all kept liar- d ~ssed and their caissons filled with ama n unuitionl. I never saw ncen so enthcu- d iscic as theyv wete now. Thm Kentucky and Ohio volunteers 'E ft this morning again for their encamp- Ia ent. Maij. WVrighit of the 8th infantry, rived here yesterdL'y, wvith recruits for tI ati regitnent, e I hacve just seen .saver al officers and 6 ivates of Gen. WVools colnmttn who" me into camp in the moniteg, anid in- ci rmted Gent. WV. 'hact there wvas a large S e'xican force witii a few miles of etm, omi their way to attack his.com,~ ej and itind Saltillo. A party wvas imeme- as itely sent out to reconntoitr~e, buct on et riving a' the designatied place they und that thcete were tno Mexicans :here, r lhad there been any, I mteed hiardly .to I you thcat we are all very much dis, el pointed in not meeting the enemy bhe ain, and those who appeared, to be is a happiest during the excitement of in yesterday, are the most dejected to day, particularly Capt. Blanchard and his Louisiana boys., I will keep you . ad. vised of such news as I can gather from lide to time. Gen. Butler is conlman der~in-cltief of the place, konterey, and Gen. Wool's command, Yours. &c., ALTO. LATER FROM THE ARMY. The U. S. steamship. Eudora arrived at New-Orleans on the 19th, from Bra. zqs Santiago, wheqce she sailed on the 12th ult. :She brought over : number. of officers, and Mr. 0. Hammond, bearer of despatches from Gen. Scoot to the Government. . The steamer Giraffe was.lost on the 7th inst., in a heavy norther, fifty miles south of the mouth of the Rio Grande. Th vessel was totally lost, and with it -fo -tien, names not known. There was no news (says the Com. Times) at the Brazos, from the Army. Geneal Scott was there on the 12th inst., and would remain a few days, when it was expected he would leave for Tam pico or Victoria. , He had sent. an-ex, press to General Taylor, informing the latter that he would -meet him at Tam pico or Victoria. It was not previously kntown which of these two places .was indicated, as ihe express had not return ed when the Eudora sailed. TEXAN PmusnNERs.-Mr. Gillespie, released lately by Santa Anna at Sari Luis, '(says the Matamoros Flag). has " just returned to Matamoras. Mr. Gil. l'spie was captured at China, on the 16th of September last, and was taken onto S-n. Luis, in advance of the re treating Mefcas from Monterey. Up. on his arrival in San Luis, he, withother prisoners, was put in prison, and e. mained in confinement until released ia consplimeft to Genet al Taylor, by ordep of SantaAnna. He speaksin terms of' the-highest praise of nearly all the19er ican ofBqers, save one, with whoin her had an ealings and -n 4a t ins e .pris ners can never- rget for the'kindness and consideration.wi, * which he treated them. ..The affices from whom the prisoners had. received harsh treatment was, upon their repre. sentations, broken of his command and placed under arrest. The number %f troops at San Luis Mr. Gillespie states to be 27,090 at the. time of his. departure, with an additional orce of 10,000 somewhere in the vicin ity. This large force was under .con itant drill, and many foreign officers were said to be engaged in the 'service. Great enthusiasm and tho most perfect uhordination prevailed in the Mexican ine's.-Char. Eve. Ncws. FROM MEXICO. The br g J,-terson, Captain Morgan, irrived at N,.w Orle.ans from Havant: in the 20;l1 inst. bringing dates from ultra Cauz to the 31st Dec.: The M!xican Congress had rejeeted gr proposition for peace, only 19 meml ers voting for it. A few days before he question was brought up, there had een a caucus meeting of the majority It that body wien a resolution, was dopted clhat all present should take an ath to vote against any proposition for pace so long as at United States soldier tood upon the soil of Mexico. The. correspondent of the. Newv Or sans Tinmes says char the blockade of ice coast was very imperfect.. Frdoa te 10th to~ the 24clh December, the mount of duties paid to vessels entering ie port of Alvarado, only a short dis ence .somb of-Vera Cruz, wvas not less tan $200,000. The report of the Minister of Financa !lprese'ts the. treasury to be much em arrassed. The expenses of the army San Luis Peotosi bordered on $400,. 3~0 a niointh, amnd of-chat of Voma Crus; 3a Cruz on $80,000. acid it was found npoissible io supply this sum entirely, .lnncci~a Loderano, residing' in Lon,. mn, had been appointe-d an agent to. egotiate a lo'an of .twenty millions o(~ >llars, .and D. Manuel F. Lizardo, also London, had been appointed agent r thce Mexican bond hiolders in Eng nd. Early in December the governor of a federal district was authorised to juip from the public rents, .6000 iu nary andl 4000 cavalry, and a sufficieni imber of stillerists for six pieces of nnon. This tforce was destined for nc Lums Potosi.-Eve. News. The city of New York is said to be odled with counterfeit dimres, qunarterls d half dollars, miade of base met als, and sily dletectedl by their sound. . if thou desire to be truly valiant,' fear do evil is always afraid to 'suffer il, he that never fears is~ desperate ; that always fears is a-coward.. He - the truly valiant man.that dares-noth. Sut what ho aoght -