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The House has shown no favor to the various propositions for providing for the relief of the suffering poor of Ireland. Mr. Crittenden brought forward his bill, to day, but it was not received. Mr. C's. bill appropriates half a million of dollars for the purchase and transportation of p:o visions for the relief of the people of Ire land and Scotland. After some eloquent remarks in its support, it was laid aside. Mr. Hannegan spoke to-day in favor of =the'Three Million Bill. Mr. Sovier gave notice that he would to-morrow, insist on 'taking the vote. It is certainly time that 'it should be disposed of. It is not well understood as yet, whether the bill is to pass or not, but it cannot succeed without the support of Mr. Calhoun and some of bis friends. From the South-Carolinian. Tax DECLINE IN CORN A'ID COTTON. WILL IT CONTINUE I The news by the Cambria shows a de .pression in the European markets. of Cot ton, Corn and Provisions generally. Nor has the news been without its correspond ing effects on this country. To the sue pension of the Corn Laws of Great Brit 'ain, are mainly to be attributed the fall in prices for bread-stuffs. By just so much as the tax on the important article is re duced, will the price of the domestic be temporkrily depressed. And even more! Whenever the tax is about being taken off an article, every holder of it rushes into the market to avoid the loss which-such reduction causes; and an over-supply and a consequent reduction of price, almost always ensues. This is the present con dition of the Corn market in Great Brit sin. But it cannot continue. The wants of that kingdom, and of Europe generally, will need all the bread stuffs and provis ions this country can spare; and though prices, at present, may have declined, the next arrival from-England will doubtless bring accounts of a revival. This we are the more induced to' believo, because it has already been ascertained, that from rot and diseased seed, the potato crop of this season, will be as great a failure as during the last. But how -will it be with Cotton? Are ,prices likely to revive ? If food continues bigh, will not Cotton continue to be de -.pressed ? We think not ! The receipts at all the ports of the U. tates, at last accounts, show an increase of only 66,630 bales over the same- time last year. But this balance cannot hold good till the end of the season. Many .causes have combined, during tie year. to force the crop to market. The- indebt. edness of Planters.; the pressing of credi -iors; the very early and forcing season for the plant, and the-fine weather for get ting out the crop, and the unprecedented facilities, such as good road and rivers, to get it to market, and above all, the temp tng pricps;.with all these motives, it is. not reasonable to suppose, that, more ihon one half of the crop of this year, has not already reached the market. As regaids our own State, we are confident, not one fourth of the crop remains in the hands of planters. If, however. one-half of all the crop of the United States'has come to market, the total, at the en'd of the season, cannot .exceed -?,800,000 bales. This amount, added to the.balance on hand in Grn. Britain, (545.790 baleq,) -catiriot yield over 2,345;790 bales-of'course we :xci;:,ic India Cotton in our country alone, consumed last year, 2,070, ODO bales; and when we consider the in 'creased investment in Cotton Factories, within-the-last year, amounting to many inilliens,.and the demand for the unmanu facttired, article, spreading over a wider erea.eVe.ry day, there cannot be a doubt, that the price of 'Cotton will be kept up to 10 and 12 cents, and perbaps even sev ferni cents higher. To this subject we have given a gootd deal of our attention of late. Almost every prediction we have made has been real ized; nor do we claim to be considered pro. phetic on this account. Any one who had taken the trouble to look into the subject, thust have come to the same conclusion siith ourselves. But it .matters not how :cetain tihe facts before us, or hosr reason 'able the conclusIons, we are 'neverr~ght 'intil European authority speaks for us. 'fIn the fact of the depression of the Cotton market, hero -is what -the last -Liverpool Times-says : -."The high prices of provisions. and'the redtlced stock of Cotton, are amongst the causes that have aggravated the condi -ion of the operatives in many of the large - towns of Lancashire -and Yorkshire. The -cotton mills, nder the irrluence of the 'present quotafions of-eotton, ere woirking fanguidly. Mr.:-Bright is going to take -up the question-of-the cotton crop, by mo ving for a select comnrrirtee-to inquire into 'tbe best mode of -prornotitrg the growth of 'cotton in India. Indeed there is a prevail -ing conviction, that the days of cheap cot ton are gone,and are ot iikely.to -return Yfor an indefinite period." The above extract is signifieant of hle Your Cotton planters. Let them -'prdfit WAsGUen, 1'eb. !28. *Mail'Robber -Cr'ught.-A young cha p 'pained Handy Johnson, apparently about 17 years of age, a mail rider berween this city and Carpieiwille, was arrested-yester 'day by Mr. Alexander, Post office Agent -on a-charge of -robbing the mail. The 'father of the 'boy, hardy '3ohnson, has also, bied arrested, and both are now -coalued in onrjail. As far as ascertained one hundred dollars in moneygaud -a ehe-ck drawn by the Bank of Augusta, was sto len from the bag, A portion of the money, we understand, has been recovered. The --oheck.was found on the father of the boy, t5houndeavr.red to negotiate .it with one i'f our inchants. Elzport of Grain f'rom Chleston.-.. le'tter'from Atalanta, (Geo.) to the editors, brings to our attention a fact which we 'had intended to notice-previously, that we have the prospect before us of- enjoying a trade in the export of Bread stuffs, which is, calculated to be highly bendeii to otir ' city. .lu connexion with this mlatter and to show that the trade has already commen- -t ced,.we .will state that 11,507 bushels Cornwere-cleared at the Custom House d and that upwards of 30,000 bushels of Corn, besides Corn Meal, Flour, Potatoes, &c., have been exported to Europe within the past few weeks.-Char. Courier. Prince Murat in Florida.-A corres pondent of Boston Post at Tallahassee, Florida, says they have a hve prince there, who has become a naturalized citizen, the son of Muratt King of Naples. "Prince Achille Murat.is a singular ge nius. Inheriting all his father's courage, but little of-his chivalric love of glory, he has settled down.on a plantation the quiet citizen and- spectator of the affairs of the world." The St. Augustine Herald of the 23d ult. asserts that the recent alarm of Indian depredations in Florida, was entirely groundless-that the cattle of Capt. Jerni gan,--reporid to have been driven off by the Indians, have 'all been found, and that th fires which occurred in the woods at the time were caused by white -persona. - Greenville Rail Road.-The'ooks of subscription to this Road were opened at the Exchange Reading Room this morn ing, and up to 12 o'clock, over 1000 shares were subscribed by city 'residents-iu amounts of from 5 to 250 shares-most part, however, in small amounts ; the sub scribers believing it the duty of every citi zen of Charleston to-contribute something to this enterprise.-Chas. Eve. News. A Sign of Peace.-In consequence of a communication from the Secretary of State, the Senate on Thursday last unan imously agreed to an amendment to the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill, appropriating $50,000 for the expenses of Diplomatic Intercourse with Mexico. As the amendment is made at-the euggestion of the Executive, it seems reasonable to in fer that Government is looking to a re newed diplomatic intercourse with Mex ico.-Ib. Opening of the Danish Ports.-The Secretary of State has given official notice that information had been received from our Charge d' Affaires at Copenhagen, under date of the 19th Dec. last, that a decree- had -been issued by the Danish Go vernment,-for the suspension, until further notice, of all import duties on seed grain and rape seed, and the reductiop of the same on hulledgrain and flour.--b. Food for Ireland.-The packet ship Constitution sailed from New York, with 10,000 bushels of wheat. 26,000 of corn, 2,700 tbbls. of corn meal, 4,000 bbls. of four, and:169 boxes of soda-biscuit. -The Sarah Sands carried out 1.800 bbls. of flour, 600 bbls. of corn-meal, 4000 bushels of corn, 89 bbla; of potatoes, and 68 tierces of rice.-lb. Relief to Ireland.-The Relief Com mittee have received in this city, besides what has come from the country, about $10,000; of which-iE150 has been sent to a committee of the Society of'Friends, es t'ablished in Dublin by that Society. to su perinteud the distribution of their alms and any other' hey may receive. -500 has also been transmitted to Win.'Ogilby, Esq.. late British Consul in this city and a gentleman in every way tavorably known to our-.citizens, and now residing in Ire I Talt tois istresse : couu tymeb. The churches of this city have also, without distinction, made most liberal con tributions, raised from collections in their respective congregations, and what adds greatly to the value of relief, it has in many instances been conveyed in the most kind and feeling manner. The country is also actively engaged, we iearn,-in the good work. The collections in Augusta, we under stand, are upon the most liberal scale and largest, of both money and provisions, la Columbia the collectiohs are also equally liberal. The Comamittee have re ceived, by the last mail, from R. O'Neal, Esq., for Ward No. 3 in C.olumnbia, $403; and from J. M. Cooper, Camden, $150; Thos. F. D)rayton, Hilton Head, $10. WVe learn, also, that considerable amounts ofCora has been collected in various parts of the country, particularly at Blackville and other points on the rail road. In fact there appears to be every where a wide spread of charity, that is busily a-nd uccessfully working out its ever holy rission in behalf of the afflicted and strick en people of Ireland.-Chas. Eu. News. A Prophecy.-A correspondent sof thie London Economist has furnished the fol lowing. "Last evening, -1 met, at dinner, a Rto rnn Catholic pr-iest, a Doctor Smith, from - onemara Countmy, Galway, who related the -following; 'conversat ion he had with that extraordinary titan, Cobett, in'1826. While speaking of Ireland, Cobbett staid that the dirty weed (alluding to the pota to) twould be the curse of Ireland. "flow so":replieil Dr. Smith, "what must the people do without it .? they live upon it. They have had it-in cultiva'tion 180 years." Cobbett answered ; they must go back to he same food they were accustomed to ive upon previously to the getieral culti ration of the dirty weed.; that is to -grain, is wheat, oats, rye, '&c. You have four rillions of souls in Ireland, and eight mil iono 6f acres uncultivated ground. This pound must be drained and brought intoi :ultivatiou, and you must again grow sheat, oats, rye, &c. The potato will zo't last more than twenty years. when you I oil see to WokiZJ a sat ie Irelaird Woill be r lced. You mUst return to grain crops; tad h-elsnd-instead of.be the most degra- a led, will become one of the finest coun-r ries in the world.-You .may live to seea ny words prove true, but I never shall." -Deplorable Accident.-A most horrible atastrophe occurred yesterday about 11 'clock, at the residence of Mrs. Gibbs, on he cot-ner of Frunklin and 21st streets.J frs. Mary Blagrove. an -elderly lady, the nther of Mrs. Gibbs, was so shockingly mrned, that she eut-vived but two hours. Mrs. B., it appears, hiad been lying up. *n her bed before the fire. [n this situa on, she was found, envolved in flames. ibe retained her 'consciousness till her Il eath, and stated that the fire had comn- ri wits thought in 'danger of .being burned i dWo, Mrs. B. 'wa's immediately removed< to thoeneigbboring residence of Mr. George u Pierce, where medical -aid was at once v procured, and every.attention paid to the poor sufferer by, Mr. Piersiand his family. Their efforts, lbwever,Wbvre in vain, and the unfortunate lad. diel in two hours after the occurronci of gie accident, Richnond Repubhcwi4 FROM TH~ . - We have been kindily-ored with the r perusal of two letteri fromt'ib Army, t written to their fathers, byis'lirave sons, r who have heretolbre distingiislhed them Pelves atalo Alto and Monterey. We make a short extract frorm each. Mouth cf Rio -Grande Jan. 30. "Gen. Taylor is at Monterey. The South Carolina Volunt ' ill, I imagine he sent to him-and us lose the tell fighting we shall h~vi u'Veta ;Cruz ! 'he Pennsylvanians * with Gen. Scott. Lieut. Kean 6y Company of Dragoons is to be 'i ard. The 3d Infantry. is at !ra ''pick am anxious to join it. It is said rlbi from six to seven thousand men t is moment. The majority of theV sent here, are a disgrace to the~ -hiek of one of them shooting a we bile washing on the bank of the river.merely to test his rifle; another tore forcibly from a Mex ican woman tbe rings fromher ears. Their officers take no 'notice ofthese outrages, and the offenders escape. 'f these things are sert to the papers, they' are afraid to publish, and so it hap enP The people of the United States' iak they have a splendid Army hero, 'wloitthey have an undisciplined mob! Were it not for the Regular Army, there wkiuld scarcely be a Mexican alive on thisifontier." CAARGo; Jan. 27. "The grand army are hdre, en route to the Brazos. The campaign will open at Vera Cruz, of its success 4 have no doubt. There is something inspirating in the ap pearance of our army--th'e. c on, the banners, the music. Worth.is.in hisglory, ho commands the finest division of the army, and will doubtlesr be next in com mand to Scott, as General Taylor will not I presume, go with them. Whether he will remain on the line, or go bome on leave,-I have not beard; indeed, we have no news from him for a month. We get most of our army intelligence from-the Picayune. Gen. Wool is left at'Saltillo with a strong furce of volunteers. -I think it possible Santa Anna will: attempt to retake Saltillo now that the regulars have left, but it will be of no use. "Another revolution in Mexico would not surprise me. all of which will unite to our favor. The expeditioni s to leave the Brazos is kept profounds cret; but thero.can be no doubt Vera- Cruz is the point. The Mexicans know' every thing, however, by means of their spies, which are as numerons as .the aution. Every Mexican is a spy. PLANS OF GLEN. SCOTT. The immediate dosigns of Gen. Scott are no longer a secret. It it supposed tihat they are now as weil understood by the enemy as by our owlt army,. aithe press speaks of them with fred6ai. In the ,orrespondence'of :e $tSKLotJepbli can from .the- Brav' notti extract-from it: The design of Gen. ScottI assert to be as'follows. He has determined upon at tacking and taking the castle ofSan 'Juan at Vera Cruz by the 1st of March at the very-farthbest. Trhis attack is t'o be made by 'sea and:land at thes sanie time; and to that -end Corn. Connor has been notified to be prepared wvith his entire fleet, but Gens. Scott is now anxiously waiting the reply of Comn. Conner to his orders in this respect. - Ges.~'Scott 'has selected the islandl of Lobos as the head of biq operations by land. Thither the whole of Gen. Worth's divi ion is in be transported, the 1st Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, now at auchor off this place, and some two "or three regi mehts from New Orleans. This force wilt be joineil by a part of the division under Gen. Patterson, who will march from the vicinity of Tarnpico to such point as Gen. Scott shall designate. This island has been selected in co-'se quenco of alfording the best and safest harbor between that place and Vera Cruz. Its lengtb-is a mile and a half and its breadth half -a mile. From the main beach it is eight miles, with an excellent channel between it and -the-shore, several rathomis deep. The harbor is a perfectly safe one, permitting the landing of troops without dilficulry, vessels of the largest :lass being enabled to' anchor .withitn a short distance of the shore. The island, f. Lobos is elevated some six or sieven feet above the level of the sea, is covered with s fine growth of timber, amil limnos abound here in.great abundance. Water of a ~ood quality, and in a sufficient qluantity .o supply all the men we shall take there, ~an be procured by sieking barrels. Its barboris .favorably, knowns to a number >f seafaring toen wvhose pursuit has hereto ore been 'smuggling, and it has for yearse >een The spot selected by the English for he transhipment of specie from Mexico. rhe only 'difficulty is its bottom, 4thich eing of georal, requires *great weight to mnable a vessel to ride a "norther".in b afety. All things hiow ever considered, it, a regarded by all our military men, in luding Gen. Jessup, as being the most tdvantageous point on the Gulf coast, for r, he disembarkation .ofan ariny to march n the rear of Vera Vrut 16attack it. From this point, -.then Gen. Scottde igns marching his army by the 20th Oif I text month ; and by the 1st of NMarch our irms will again have been victorious, and , he castle of San Juan in our possession, ti ir defeat and disaster will have befallen ~ is, .both on land and by water.-Picayune. 4 THE LATES FROM THlE BRtAZOS, Umbar-kation of the troops of the Brazos p -Further of the Sturvender- of Maj. q Gaine's Command-their arrival at San i Luis-Movement of Santa Anna'# Army E -March toweards Sqltillo-Santa An nta's Address to his Trpopa.a At an early hour this-moruing the schr. 'f larmonious Walker, Capt.' Maleoim, er- 01 ved from the .Brazos, having made the ii ass.ge in six ,las Tro.. te. co... G esey of Mr. Martin, who camo passenger n the schr. we are placed in possession of ur correspondence to the 18th inst., and 'arious items of intelligence. Mr.- Haile writes on the 18th that there were transports enough at the Brazos or all the remaining troops of Worth's livision, and that every moment of calm veather was improved in embarking them. n three good days more the whole com nand would be dtfe. By this arrival we have further infor nation in regard to the troops captured y Gen. Minon. In Minon's o'vn modest eport, which is before us, his prisoners ire set down at 82 in all. Besides the Americans taken by him, here was one Mexican named Galeano, uhn had been with our troops as a spy tnd a guide. He was immediately put a the 'sword, although Major Gaines in erceded for him. We have before us another list of the aptured, which includes the names of ..apt. Albert Pike of Arkansas, and Capt. Wm. Heady of Kentucky. Capt. Heady aas captured two days after 'Maj. Bor. and's party by a party-of rancheros. His rate is uncertain.. -The party captored is now said' to-have onsisted of fifty Arkansas troops and two >arties of Kentucky troops, one of twenty - ive the other of eighteen. Their camp *was surrounded in the ught after they had marched forty miles. Report says that Capt. C. M. Clay ished to break the ranke, but could not nduce others to assent to it, finding the Mexicans'so outnumbered them. Minon's :ommand consisted of two thousand and tome hundred men, according to some Iceounts, others-say of not more than ave iundred. Dan Henrie, well known as a Mier pri toner, who acted as an interpreter to the krkansas troops, made his escape from he Mexican camp, on Maj. Gaire's horse. rhe guard fired upon him, but he escaped ininjured. The prisoners arrived at San Luis en he 26th ult. Drums were beaten through he streets and guns were fired to celebrate he event. Mr. Haile give us another imlortant tem from this same letter from San Luis. t is to the effect that on the 27th uIt. here marched out of San Luis for Tan jue de la Vaca, the place where Minon nade his-capture, three bodies of infantry t brigade of cavalry, and that of foot ar. illery, with more than fourteen pieces of artillery. These pieces consisted of three 4 pounders, three -18 pounders, four 10 rounders, and the others 8 and .6 poun lers. -It was also said that within -two lays another division woild march, and shortly after, the rest of the force remain ng in San Luis Potosi. So it appears he blow is to be struck in the direction of Saltillo. Santa Anna's address to his ronps, dated the 27th ult., favors this idea and would seem to leave no doubt about t, but we learn that the opinions of the t>ficers in our army are various on this point. Many think banta Anna is in ruth on his way to Vera Cruz. and that he display of .force on the other side of an Luis is intended to mask his move nents, and hide the weakness of the latter lacs. Though crowded for time and room, ae'cannot omit Santa Anna's address. rae eral-ii' Chuefo he Arm ro 0e~fi" Conpaniuns in arms ! The operatiois f the enemy demand that we should move precipitately upot-his prin:ipal line, and we go to execute it, The 'inlependence, he honor and the 'destiny of the nation lepend at this moment on you~r decision. -Soldlets ! the ebtire world observes us, and will expect our acts to he as -heroic as hey are necessnry. 'Privations of all cinds surroun'd us, in consequence of the teglect shown towards us for more than month by those who should provide your >ay and'provisions. But when has maise y debilitated your .spirits or weakened !our enthtusiasthm.. The Mexican. soldier is well hnown for iis frugality -an-d his patience under suffe tag-never wanting magazines in mar lihes across deserts-anti always counting ipon the resources of the enemy to pro ride for his wants.. To day we shall undlertsike a march ver a desert country, without succor or rovisions. But be assurcd that we shall minedilately be provided from those of the nemny, a-nd wvith them you will be suffi iendly reimbursed. My friends-we go to open the 'earn aign. What days of glory awvait us ! Vhat a flattering future for our country! low satisfactory, when we contemplate hat we 'have- saved its independence. lowy the world will admnite us ! How be nation wvill bless us! -And when in he bosoms of our families wve shall relate de risks and fatigues which we have en ured; the combats with and triumphs over daring a-n ,presampjtuouis enemy; and ereafter, when telling our children that to bave saved our country a secoud time, de -jubilee will be complete, and these scrifices will then appear as nothing. -Soldiers ! hurty forth in the defence of our country. The cause we stustain is a oly one; never have we struggled with tore justice, because we fight for the tod ofour forefathers and of our children, io honor and religion of our wi'ves andh bildreu! What sacrifice, then, can be o great objects so dlear ? Let our motto a, "CONQUER OR DlE !" Let us rear before the great Eternal that we ill not wait an instant in purging our >i1 of the stranger who has dared to pro me it with his presence. No treaty, noth ig whica may not be heroic and proud. ANToNIo LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA. Headq~uarters, San Luis Potosi. Jan. 27. 'URTIHER FROM THE BRAZOS. In addition to der ails given in our last. e annex the following items of informa on, for which we are ind~ebied to Mr. Lrnin, who arrived on the Harmoniouts r'alker. Glen. WVood apprised Gen. Taylor, to airds the end of.Januaary, that he antici stedl n attack at Saltillo. In cense oinco, Geon. Ta~ylor left Monterey on the it of February with his staff' for Sal tillo. e took with him Bragg's battery and homas's battery, the Mississippi Rifles id Mays squadron of dragoons. Capt. hos. F. Marshall was to leave Monterey the 3d inst., with his company of nunted men, also for Saltillo. Capt. nrrn. with a dtachme-.nt f 15 r -r t for the different regiments, also left Mon terey for Saltillo with General Taylor. The American forces at Saltillo would be between 5000 and 6000 men. In ad dition to the two batteries named above the batteries of Capt. Washington and1 Capt. Webster were at Saltillo, and at last accounts the troops were throwing up formidable fortifications. Little appre hension .is felt as to the result of any attack which may be made upon that .point. The numberof troops left at Monterey does not exceed 500 men, and but the cit adel or "black fort" is held by them,:add there is no route by which the Mexicans can approach the city with artille'y, save by Saltillo. Without artillery any attempt upon Monterey would be -futile. The troops at Monterey consist principally of Ohio and Indiana volunteers, all tinder the command of Col. Rogers. Capt. Ar nold of the 2d Dragoons, has also been ordered to proceod to 'Monterey from the mouth of the Rio Grande, We mentioned in our last the capture of Capt. Heady by a party of rancheros. He was taken, with seventeen men, two days after the command of Majors Gaines and Bortland had been surprised. In regard to the murderers of Lieut. Ritchie we learn that Gen. Taylor had investigated the affair a throughly as was possible while an his return to Monterey. His inquiries led -him to release the first alcade of Villa Cran and also the inter preter of Lieut. Ritchie, an .Englishman, who was also his guide.; but he retained as prisoners two Mexicans, upon whom cir cumstantial evidence fixed suspicion, and carried them with him to !Monterey. The principal man concerned in the atrocious affair, tbe one who threw the lasso, was still at large and in possession of the des patches.- He proceeded on his route to San Lois, by way of Victoria and Tula, having had the'despatcbes translated for him at Linares. We have conversed with an intelligent Spanish gentleman who left Durango on the 15th of January-Senor Benito Ve lez, a nephew, we learn, of Peter Har mony, of New York. Senor -Velez con firms all that we have said of the action near El Paso -on the 25th of Dec. The loss of the Mexicans in that affair was about 180 men. No news bad reached Durango of the fall of Chihuahua when our informant left the-e. On the 10th of January Gen. Heredia left Durango for Chihuhua, at the head of 700 men,of whom-150 wore cavalry. lie took with him 1500 muskets 'a nd two pie' ces of artillery. When, he reached Cuencame, in the north part of the' State of Durango, he heard the news of the action near El Passo, and leaving there his infantry he pushed on to Chihuhua with his cavalry. with the view to assume the command of the Government forces there. The cavalry of Guiltz, whidh was in the action of the 25th December, and which protected as far as possible the retreat of the Mexicans upon El Palso and after wards Carizal, had dwindled down to a handful by desertions which took place a: the different ranchos on the route. We add Gen. Minion's report of his sue coss. The date is omitted, but the des patch is addressed to Santa Anna : Excellent Sir-To day t have captured; without the lose of a man, two-,chiefs of treeoois tie Unted iSt as fib ha fbd vanced to this point ; all their arms, :hor ses and eqaipments have been taken for the nation, and at the first opportunity will he placed at the disposal ofyour-Excellen cy, accordingto the list herein. Thepris oners will -be put ent route for Bau Lois to morrow. aud.i shall continue my opera tiotns abiout thtis point, and if fortune is fa. v.:rable to me, I shall endeavor to turn it to account fur the pu~blic good. 'Your Excellency, otn receiving this ae count, will please regard it not for what has been donte, since it is a very small affair, b-ut merely as a proof of the desire which we have to discharge our duty. -la spite of the dilliculties which we have ex perienced *in crossing -over this country, exhausted of every thing, we shall cor. quetr all tncouverrieoces. Among the persons taken to day was one with arms in hand, Galeano, a Mexi can, who served the enemy as a spy and guide. Ho was imtmediately put to the sword. The chief of the surrendered for. ces wished to intercede for hitm, etc,, etc. From the Hatn. Jo'urnal, Extra. March 7. -LATE4R FROM TAMPICO. Throtugh the politeness of the Editors of the New Orleans Picayune, we have *been placed in possession of an E xtra fr-om the o0icc of that Jpaper from which we gleam the following items of inteligence. The schr. Oolla, Capt. IHam, arrived at New Orleans on the first inst., with dates from Tampico to the 20th nIt. Gen. Scott arrived at Tampico-on -the 19th uIt., and was received with salutes fired from thte land and from the U. S. schooner Nonara. The G~enet al wasin excellent bislth, and Tampico was alive with excitement. T~he Mexicans had the utmost curiosity to ace the 'great Gene ral'.of whom they had heard so much, Quite the most imiportant news by this arrival is the repotrtert evacut~jion of Vera Cruz. by order of Santa Anna. The news was received at Newt Orleans in the fol lowing letter tram a most respectable source: TamPICo, Feb. 18, 1847. This afternoon the mail carrier frotn Vera Cruz arrived, bringing letters for foreign merchants in this-city, which stated that the commander of the Mexican forces at Vera Cruz had received positive orders from Santa Anna to withdrawv all the forcest ft-am that city and to march them into the intorior, and it is supposed by all noiw, that-Vera Cruz will be occupied by our troops, without a blowv beingstruck. Preparationr- were-making at.Tampico for. the emibarkation of the tr-oops with ra pidity. The Sentinel announces -the death of Capt. A-chilles Morris,.of tire Illitnois vol unteers. H e. died otn -the 15th ult., atd -was buried with Military honors. -A letter has been received in Ner Or leans dated tho morning of the 18th ult., from Tampico, which -declares that Gen. Urrea had received poiitive orders to move against Matamores atnd the Brazos.. The following letter from Mr. Loins den to the ediiors of the Picayune will be rane with interet . TAsIPco, Feb.. 18, 1847. A Vessel is to sail early to morrow morn ing for New Orleans, and 1 avail myself of the occasion to send you -what little news I have picked up.-since my last. I have seeu.an extract from a-letter written at San Louis Pqtosi.-on .the9th inst. by a Mexican oticer to his friend in this place. This extract-states that Santa Anna was to march upon Saltillo preparatory to at tacking Monterey; that Urrea. with some 5000 troops at Victoria, was to attack Mats amoras, and that both expeditions must prove successful. The writer indulges in the most sanguine expectatigns. He says "the Yankees will see a strong blow struck against them, and be made to pay dearly for what they have done." Itis certain that Santa Anna is at Saltill it is even reported that be has engied Govt. Taylor. This however, we do'not believe-in Tampico. I must confess that the extiact of the letter to 'which I he allude gives me some concern. shall give the Yankees some hot work a the North while they are marching on Vera Cruz," is the confident language of the writer' of this extract, who is none other than. the private secretary of Santa Anna. Of this -I am altogether well as sured. - Midshipman Perry is .still here with the Tampico. formerly the Belle, taken as a prize. He is to sail in a day or two for Anton'Lizardo. The Nonata, domman ded by Midshipman Smith, sailed a few days ago, but returned in a leaky condi. lion with her hull working badly. -A. sur vey has been held upon her, and she is condemned and turned over-to the Quar Iermaqters department for Ihe use of the United Statee. By an arrival from Lobos Island Ilegrn that there are now at that place one Penn. sylvania regiment, the South Carolina Palmetto Regiment, part of the N. York regiment, the whole of the Louisiana Re gitnent, with the exception of that pait; which was wrecked and are now -in:Ta C" pico under Col. Derussay; also, 400 of 8th Regiment U. S. Infantry. . I learnfu ,i ther that the vessel'by'iwhich I have this intelligence, on her passago p, spoke a vessel with troops of the 6th U. S.-Infan try on board, bound for-'LobosIsland. Many.of the troops at the Island had not disembarked, others.had landed and-cor mened. .drilling. The Island-:fnrnishes - scant andi brakjsh water; of wood there is a sufiiienc.y. In addition to the ships at anchor at Lobos, the U. S. sloop of war St. Mary's is also there. The British mail steamer from-.'Ver'a Cruz. due here some two or -three days, has not yet arrived. I see that sotrie of the volunteers lately in your city were guilty of a little, bad contuct, and -"H."-in his errespondence complains severely of their depredaiions ino his whereabouts; -butit-'falls to my lotto speak io the fullest terms of peace of- the volunteers encamped at this post.. I hav'e never seen a more orderl'ylet of men any. where. . Yours, 8&c. i. A.;L. LATER. FROM TIE .LRA OS. Through the same source from which'. n e obtained the -above, we. dirive ihe following: ' The 'pr eller Washiigtof. nr.i* e d ult. en, Buds r seonge oher. W -tifeari'rb'as'stthI - suffering so much'from the effcipctsothe wound he received at Monterey, as 'fo lie disabled for netive service. - "BuAzos, Feb. 20, ':847 The following letter was receifell here to-day. by Capt, Cross~ confirming are: port whtich reached this place some days tince, and which has no doubt, been cdin municated to you: - - . SArrrir~O, Fib. 8. My D~ear Captain-I have only time to write a few lines, and have but little news to communicate. Capt. Heady and nineteen niehnwere captured by Mexican cavalr'y on the28th ult.-This is now confirined. Gen. Taylor. with Majors 'Brigge Squadron, and Thome''haterie's and the Mississippi regiment, arrived here'on the 2d inst. He has taken his position at Aqua Nuova, All-the troops willto there day after to-mnorrow, excepet a 'few, who will remain'in town, and^Pike's kjuadron. wvhiech'has gone to Polomus. 'The enemy are still near us, but will not'attiEk up. Yours, &c. - There is little doubt noWv but'that Gen. Minon will give Gen. Taylor considerable irouble. A regiment obf Texas rangers is. very much needed. They should be -al-: lowed to enlist-for six months, if they are averse to engaging for an indefinite time. Gen. Taylor w ants light troops who thor oughly understand this kind. warfare, as. the Texans do. -I Get .mnI Buzos.. Feh, 22. Genteme-Itseems that Gen. Taylor is busy, making 'water tanks, and eollec ting a large train of wagons . sd pack omies. The enemy his left that part of the country for parts unknown, but issup posed to have mnoved toward Vera,Cruz... Worth's division is now all afloat ex cep:t he dragoons and light batteries, and' one or t wo com~panjies that were: left ont of their regimeots for want ofroomion ship board. The wind has been blowing fromn the north these twvo gr ih~ree 4lays and the lighters he consequently been-idle. The -whole division would have been em barked before this, ihe weather hadper mitted. During twvo-thirds of thre time.it is too rough to unload ships .i .the offing. Gen. Worth will sail to the Edi:h in a day ofrtwo. The vessels lying here .are dreassiloff - in their prettiest attire.t:o-day,.it,.being the' 22d, and salutes .have been ,flred. No steamer has arrived since the. Alabama,. but we are looking impatiently' for, the' New Orleans. A portion-of the Virginia. troops, under Major R~andolph, artived hero a dlay or two sincs, and will land' at. the mouth of the Rio Grande,'and proceed to Saltillo, The volpnteers, or 'most of' them, who shalt hereafter -arrive, will join General Taylor. --. Paredes in Paris.-'The Providlence, Rt I. Journal, which states that the writer was informed that. Paredes was then in~ Paris, endeavoring, but withouit succe,, to entangle the.Erench Governmetit in'th~ affairs of Mexico. -