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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. -