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Dbatrkation of the American Troops near : ;Cruz-:-lvestment of the City " izpore of A.cican Oatworks-Skir with the Bnemy-Capt, .Albur ed Lieut Col. Dickerson. ofthe : tinlto egimnit;'ounded-Positon ," :'the Ariy-Continued Cannonade, iieshoouer Po'rtia, Capt. Powers, ar ii ianring, at 2o'cloick, difeeiTfrom .era C'riz, Iwhence it saildon the 13t ; .1,e. foillewing Meinorandum wasfurnish Capt. owers, of the schooner Por n ,apt, Powers, eight 'a-pico .atchorage,: hut was - t h sotha'od;"east' o era * .~~e~y . ne1 tl *gu* a hea ndin front of th1 ing __ - itune~tf1~.au orgaOiztio~i'dhe Y., ,ca 'e ohe bech. anetk'e - i e over the:sand bilia, , st the enemy's outposts and froica S s.situated from one t t three ilo efrin e castle and forts of the city. Thecar Sev ery opeby orni, not, ho'evere rthioutlusng seeventeen men. ~ he. ItliiAnd 12th, the Ameican Torcs.2Were etnuttyec. in throwio up } stintworks and di:u eirenchnietits. . " ecaidi al' akirmishing ,took place with n t-ieedifray, who oero thrwing showers of Joinb mh tlhs and round shot fromt he'tas d -.1ev rity, but without hu o ef vert.u tiis time. then seamen were landing fsv;sions and ammunition frot the trans ,ratw s anid. t.enruhiu Onthl2th, strong north gale set in, -wh'~ciiu off' all tu~iher commrunicaition left d'ring- the norther, and as we " 4 etiable tomiuakegrogressto the north, - eve.thatit wat impossibl i fr our oanr'thd shells to have been lauded un - 1th inst so that the hombardment e cate aud Vera Cruz did not prob y le he n til the a0th. -': e t"s were some feats or hravery dis the t'h, in which Cl. Dicker f- lnoar the an alhetto Regiment, South Srl~sb~iuvt. ounded in the breast by a mns~etiJl~rm bhe enemy, .antd Capt. uipts, di b2d. Infantry, bad his head - h'tosEby an 52 pound ball. This sais atlibiroda drummers arm add took off 4prtvate's leg' t o the same day the American Sm'ha'd gained comfete possession of tahe foriicetions of' the enemy which -wperaised -by them to atop our troops proaching the city. AI_. the water siadi~g to the city were cut oil, and mu~zitniations effectually stopped. eio ilanded in pergoo on the 11th ~each bark ran the blocekade and. ~ ~~~edupder'the. walls of the castle on fo' The 13th, and many .of ~-~~utrfsports were ready to leave for the e atd.Statessas soont as the .o'rther w as -:i This vessel bninge despatches anil T e bg rom every vessel in the Gulf spdon then'at Sacrificios. onCerrpinderne of the Piraayune. '~i4~,,A~J~Cros, NEAR.YERA CaZ, March 11, 1847. ~ ~ Ihave already written, 6 Efor~gear arrival here. Itt:s now tb ot tip the -news to this eventing, hi met-dO. by only giving the out astbre is a probability of the Ala $in a-short time fot New Or ni heBl of operations is too ex 6 ~lofo ri-y- gifthering particu r yesterday the order- as :4~m Anton Lizardlo to-this - ciisdednost of the day 10,'4. ho 1st Division a 'bT takipi itsiplace in the - 6un iiate fan in close to a~Iiie bejow the city, tIetairill naval rbbdnd fire a ijelrt was revealed and the order was given to advance. The surf boats, about fifty in number; each containina from eighty to a hundred men, moved: off in gallant style and in the most perfici order. As the boats'app-oache the shore near enough to touch ground the men leaped out and for med lines by companies, and marched ashore. No oppostiton was offered. -Gen. Patterson's division (the 2nd) next debark ed in the same mainer, and were followed by the 3d or Gen. T'wigg's Division. It was past midnight before the troops ceas ed landing. The surf boats were manned by the sailors from the United States fleet, wholabored with right good will. The of fGeers of the navy have done all in 'their power to tissist the army in its movements. About 2 o'clock the next morning there was an alarm in the line which extended along the beach. The troops cheered, and those who had fallen into a doze upon the sand banks sprang suddenly to their arms. Our picket guard had approached that of sotne Mexican cavalry who were watching our movements, and had received one or two shots. About half an hour afterwards a d'etachmist of our men fell in with some thirty or'forty csvalry, and several volleys were fired, the balls of the enemy falling into our column but seriously injuriig no one.. At sunrise, Gei. Worth led off his division in advance, fulloving the beach for some distance towards the city, and then turning inland, came in sigbt of sev eral hundred Mexican'cavalry. drawn up about half a mile fro'm the shore. A small howitzer was immediately drawn up to the top of a sand hil and a fire was opened, which soon scattered the enenv. ,The di vision continued to -penetrate to the inte ior'anibng the sand hills, the Mexicans retreating before ibein The 32 'and'33 divisibns followed close it'd took positions-. Gen. Patterson sent Qeb. Pilloivs biigade to. the interior, a rok his posiion onithe left of Geu. Worth's division. Gei "'iigg took his position to the rear of Pattetson's ' An'old cathe= ,ilvas take'n possession of by /General P lowand sous ;iftewards a 'nagazine dit ni x150'hoes Ufininduniin-Diu ag inethe ne kept duafire ti cl itlie towhe. wiredia t r" jd. the place, receiving fairo frm the casile in return-., , -. S's aording .uoi rdy ioved-still near cithe towu -Vurth'e division on the right, nd 'restiu on the sea shore; Gen.: Patter i)n's n the centre, extending- back- into he country, and Uen. 'Twigg's Division )t the left, still farther to-the interior. rhoy have approached considerably within tie i-atn.e of the guns in the town, and can )e reached by those in the castle; from both rf which a brisk cannonadind has been tept up during the day. 'i'Te hue extetida teross tthe railroad which goes from the own to the m'igazine, and the acqueduct which supplies the city with water, is like iise in our possession. ,I short, Ohe city s fairly invested, and coniitunication by :ho main roads cut off. Entrenchients lave been marked otit, (and will be work .dbtn to-nigh!,) which are near enough to he walls to render our heavy guns elle' ive. Thes&, Aors have not been take:n on thore. Stopton's light battery, with the borses, have been landed. with several pie :es of larger calibre. . Neither Duncan's >r Taylur'sa battery has arrived, nor has 2I. Harney reached. here with the 2d Dragoons. A number of vessels with troops tud ordnance, which were due a week ago, rave not been heard of. There has ben .considerable skirmish. og to-day, and some twenty of our men -ounded,among them Lieutenant Colonel Dikinsotn, of the South Carolina regi nent, but not dangerously. Fifteen or wenty nf the Mexican cavalry have been aken prisoners, horses and mnetn. and some fty killed. 'This eveting at 32 pounder all from the city fell inro the 2d Infantry, taking off the head of Capt. WVilliam Al burtis, of That. regiment, and severely, if not mortally wounding two men. I havgo writteni the foregoing -it liaste, Band have purposely aiulded particulars. fearing that .in attemuping to give them I might have commited too ajatny err-ors. I was prevented, by ceemstances, from going into the field to-day, but felt the more easy about it as both Mr. Kendall and Mr. Lunisden %ere there. Tre-mor row the-tug of war comnmences in earnest, and I shall be there :to see it. Should the Alabama start to tight, or bel'ore-l return, you will receive this-.if nut, as Pat would anff, you are informed that this letter will never reach you. It is said thai Gen. -- has been cut o from the city with about 2000 mle. Hie was down opposite.rbe fleet at Anton Lizard'o, probably thinking that otir troops would land there. It is said that there. are only a'bout 4.500 troops in Vera Cruz end the castle. H. P. S.-March 13.-Yesterday was a boisterotus day. A heavy norther sprung up in the morning and continued, all day. There was no firing on shore, but I sus ifet ddi- people were busy preparing the entrenchments. 'rhe bark Tomaree has usi been turned to a position convenient fur landing -tbs fiege guns with which she s loaded. T'he 2d Dragoons have not ar ived, nor-fhave the light -hatteries of Dun can and tTayloc.' 'The Alaluama goes but o 'iampico to night, and I ~iv ill send-thi( by hweroihga mayn'n raanhyon: ariv~.! j the day. After-it was closed the: Rifles under Col. Smith had a brisk action with the enem'y, i vhich the 'latter, after a partial success at the outset, vere finally driven back with considerable loss. This morning the line of investment-some five or six miles in extent-will probably, .be complete. -1 do not thin1, frin. all tbht -1 can see and 'learn, that Gen. Scott will be able to plant his batteries for several days to come; and atitil he can mike good show he will not open upon the town at.all. When the bombardment does commence it Will be in earnest. Capt. Vinton of the artillery has been ordered to take up a 1.osition at a lime kilo close in to the walls of the city, and this he has effected without lois. Anticil pating an attack upon thispoint last night Gen. Worth went out, after dark with two companies, to sutpport Capt. V.; but niohing occurred, There was some little skirmishing at the dilferent pickets during. the night. but otherwise all was quiet. , Col. Harney's dragoons have not as yet arrived. yet their services are greatly nee ded. It is said that a large train of pack mules, which went out of the city yester; day, took a heavy amount of specie as well as valuables. All this property might probably have been captured had Gen. Scott had a cavalry force. It was.. also reported last evening that something like 1000 Mexicans were seem coming in to wards sundown, by the main road from Mexico, with a large drove of cattle for the beleaguered city; bAt as the, investment was not then complete, and asiwe had no cavalry, they could not be taken. -I learn, however, that 'Gen. Twiggas, who coin mands on the northern side of the city succeeded during the day in capturiig quite a number of cattle. A nortier, is now a blowing,, which it is. hoped will lyring in the 2d Dragoons. At the magizine, 'which was captured day before yesterday,-a csnsiderable quai. tity of. ammunition was takein, It was evidenrly.ofEinIlisfihor A nricman .i as it was- labelled ahor rgs? lor ran ge;" l Vc> igod vernacula rf exisis iai agdt;.o s aael lail r4 large orlio f -he tp dyw hfootoiure tr. time tie ,vas truck The ballfarried way almost his entire ead ookl the- aiiiof a drummer boy -.and'wounded a corporal besides. It-had goin entirely-over one, of the - Pennsylvania- Regiments before it reachied -the. spot where the brace but un fortunate captain was sitting. It would take a page of our paper to give full elect to'a description of the first latding of our troops on the afternoon of the 9:h -a more stirring spectacle . as probably never been witnessed in Ameri ca. -In the first line there was no less than seventy heavy surf boats. coo.aining nearly 4000 regulars, and all of-them ex pected to meet on enemy before they struck the share. Nt twithstanding this, every watt was anxious to be first-they plutiged! into.the water ,vaist deep- as they reached the shore-the "stars and stripes" were instantly floating-a rush was made for the gaad hills and amidloud shouts they pressed onward. Three long and loud cheers arose fron their comrades still on board. awaiting to be embarked, and meanwhile the tops and every portion of the foreign vessels were crowded With spectators of the scene. Not one who witnessed it will ever forget the larding, Why the Mexicans did cut oppose us is a greater mystery than ever, considering their great advantages at the time and that they have since opposed every step of our advance. The troops, both regulars and volunteers, have suffered incredibly sitnce the landing -marching over the hr-avy sand hills, without wator,.uinder a' broiling sun during the day, and sleepitng out without tents or bedding during the heavy dews which, have alleni at eigh t-exposed, too,-to a continu al fire -from the batteries from the enemy; yet ziot a mnirmur has been beard..- Any hing cain t e etleeted with such troops. -Q. S.. Sloop of lIar, A4lbanyj, Sacriicios, March 13. truornin. . The Portia, so it is said, is-to sail itna mediately, and by her I setad you a few lines more. The, northsris' hde completely blown itself out, do that by breakfast .eim'e the surf boats will again be enabled tireach the shore.. .At half-past 3 o'clock this morning the enemy opened wi'h round shot:and shell, naot only froin the batteries around the town bitt frotm the castle. Rockets. were -also thrown,.:andl the sky at- times was' com pletely lit up by them ; yet a large portioin of them fell far short ln-the mean tiixae, our own men are'cornpelled t5'~rimiin quiet and -take this fire-thehurdebt duty a soldier has to perform; -All seantions to strike back, and -they'w ll be graia'd in the course of a few dayi2 In hasteE From the N. 0.Piaune, p41 adic 8 DAYS LA T ER F ROM55AL iN~! Further par ticulars of thle BaiLle aff;8iena Vista -Arrwaol of 1r. Tuner Oey patches from Ce, Curtish, . *Dr. Turner, beaer r deop sc i sfrjon Col.. Curtis, aryedher. mis anigat 3 o'clock. e :airks' brzos in the siconr Si' - Yobl towad apjet~ a u is Aidinake a halt. et' . itains bis position at J]UeSena 769Tuer inforins us that te s uiblished of the battles ofth ,. berelied upon; t~iii frm.m Ge. Taylor's. saj yeyaister Coffee, who-w idspache's Ftom den. Tayoit U et farther than tht' ag .espacbes were x Oican, who had not gotro er s.. count. The new rei datirgo , was the sub. si paces; and were hio't by aii.x o way nina Jaye in maktin. ,lt6 .Cat argo, being con pell i rcuit af ve; hun die'd tiff the; Mexican forces asif i icnrmed-in the valley. Wth BearId of Col. Curtis sii'"d tgo. 'lt -was thought thii ilfl before, him as heac tersfielning defeat of Pr' a a6eniceived from Satilio i Sihb' March, at winch timeiGi .gas at Buena Vista. ThefLull er wag received at Mat am xscau, merclinnt of that plae . Ni;f'ntofSaltilo. It was datedfd liircb, nd gives-the on ly ?o9 siii ir i1/ ich the bats te *asl- iii yet been received: .Aii3i .?d'ult.jhe battle cona fi ne Visia, five miles frdiiSa e fi opened with ar. tilleya NEsive cannonade was keptg ". No..decided advan targ a tpehe side-the 1oss on beth; great. "0 aiclck, the battle wasag adilkept up without inserit Calf past. three itt .he af 'riooes iere losel eu S edgyo ulie te bn. WSool van de ac t entaaiost ii, utw drivn eback w ~ e Metcanceavalry _cb ttraa sivords, and du a .gg' fell back, the:d o"fredse aroop akaid~i4~ =oT e i'ottd d bad .er a h here was no more .ght ing-the Mejtcaartoos.famishng with ii tiat they co'n ld not triunipliorsdgye'en'. aylortfrom his position, and retirod.-. .'AsyestSaga(nano has only retired a short distance, btI do not -entertaiti.the belief that he enttre another engage. neut. . - -Meiico,.as' rtihe means to-bear the burden of:Jhe wjar-itis opposing poverty to abundance- eakness to strength. , in my opinion-t would he. best for the two Governnents.tol enter- into negotiations. With the-powerthe United States posses ses it %%oulJbas; dishonorable in her to force us into. tealtpsadyantugeous alone to herself, as-it wou be for us to make con cessions fromtitecesity. - "It is reported that a train carrying pro visions to thetAmericao army,- was at tacked andcatptured:.at; Marina by Don JoseUrrea ,':ndi, ayes nhis -possession, with a quautig.O private merchandise, taken at the:same ume. &c. Throu;d bhePteesS of Mr. Arnold, who cameiit D" :Turner,- we have re ceived .:he" . t airosFlag of the 13th, also letters-frouy~pnnesteemed correspon des. .(.Nseotifi~ra he list of~ktlled published in another columan, and also the arponnt.ofi loss- dn otha sides -heretofore reported. The Matamforos Flag puablishes ste letter,froma whtch tshe eitracts-were mdude. -:- M&A : - Under the hea.of"fLtest Intelligence." the Flag;eltestliatiGen..Taylor-was ex Ipected-at lna arhut w ith the IKentucky ..cOaalg:giog lie .purpose of o ipeninig the ce municationt between that p-eand Ca' ~~~''$Ssi is seeins, adds thla . , ughliand. Ready tiet only as to ~t inhkig generaln to6th mountains, a~ie'oine ddwn so scare theirliule tY OEkq S the highfways, sos to i lo ciountry rrom I iul Gen ta1~- d. J ncaile he uinder-. took-the cli1 m 9fl Urreahe wpuld leave the id t this army at Buena Vista. - ~ - NoblerAIb5d hyician resi ding in Ciaa t~~ h e F'laghs re ceived aletd btiirgotntt 8altillo, dated -~two c bedbattle, wlidh Ana-doh'd~~ A id~conveyed frt hiijas btU09':~ i orb~sthat Gon. U rdineTuitiPass, as 0 ~ h4~Cl. urtis Tall u s ilitns ; lor, arrived in our city yesterday on t1 Southerner, Capt. Goodspeed, bearing th despatches of Gen. Tayloi to the Govert ment. Lieut. C. took an active part i the battle of Buena 'Vista as the Aid t Gen. Taylor, and had the honor to bet the bid iperp's reply to Santa Anna's'd inanud' to - surrender. The Lieutenat looked as sturdy and stfwart-as 'a mout ,ain .hunter, and has no -doubt, left wit the retreating Mexicaus many mementos of is valor and strength. lie left Buen Vista on the 2 of March. Geu.. Tayk occupied the very ,.position which lie ha never moved except to charge the enen] He intended to remain there until all at prehensi.os of an attack had subsided, an he uabuld then .leav&' for Monterey an Camargo in order to open his conmunic; tions.. .As fur as could be heardptf Satti Anua, be' was onhis, retreat to San Lti many of' his: troops having deserted- his and dispersed over the country. Liei Crittended says our wounded were doill well bwhen he left-that our loss is abei 750y; 300 killed and 450 wounded.-A bol half way betwecn Canargo and Monmere: Lieui. C..tnt Col. Cirtis with a 'fircu fifteen or e-veisteen htadred rmen, con posed of the 3J.Ohiiureinmeut and si full companies of the first Virginia. reg meat. They were pur uing-their mart with great rapidity :o Monterey, and w'el undisturbed by the enemy. A sh:oit di tance'from Marin, Liens: C.'s party, whit was coinmposed of two :unidred. voluntee with two pieces of 'ar.iVery and a loo train of wagons, were a tacked by 15& cavalry under the immediate command Gen. t rrea. They were eet by a shai fire of cannon and musketry, and after short resistance, were routed, loosing se, eralof his inen. OwiTg to the 'te'r-or the gedieslers, the enethy succeeded cuiingof about fifty wagons-all of the however,empty, except one or twoA hit contnided ilearly ':ill :le; ammauniion the deselinert,. eaiviig thtit biut abes foureindi in. tliir'cartouch boiies. : . That ight, however, the volunteers wet consoled' for their naisfortunu by hearit -frp iMxicau.twl.camediaio camp th ,Utreat~ctpiireiad proved, jske.theahi i:ewer,.e 'ly estin y aertnA eil bore uptinthe. boxes of anmutnitiont, .,a 'snokingi'their cigarilos, .vhenesudenriy spark.coin municated to the pwder, and tremendous explosioiensued, bloit som, eight or ten of them into :eternit and terrifying the rest so. that they sea tered all over the country, and fled lil scared sheep. They believed that this w, a Yankee trick- sort.6finfernal machi: sent among theni to blow . them up; at loud and deep were the curses 'they be towed upon the excrab.e Yaakees.for the diabolical cunning. - J. B.' BU'L.Et, Paymaster U..S..A P. S.-Many of the Mexicans who wei taken prisoners, state that they had= n eaten any'thing for three days: previoi to the battle, that the army of Santa Ai na was in a state of-utter destitution, at that unless he could get supplies in foi days, his army would disband, or that..the must inevitably starve ! .This report confirmed . from many sources. -. I am, in haste, yours, &c. J. B. B. P. S.-By an express I learn to-da: 28th Feb., that the uounded generally a doing well. This will he sent by anothi Mexican express, as .an American cool uit get to Cumargu without a large escot Our post is weak, and the commandir officer thinks that noue should leave. J.B.B. . MO.TElIEY, March 2, 184y. Dear -: The ofiicial despatebes, frol Gen..Taylor did ot leave this place,:I was expected on 'the 28th ulr. [;.has hired an express,. therefu~re, a: my ownse: pense, and have given my horse to tab private lett ers to)Camiarg). Alt is deemni entirely impoisible for any person to tea1 this place for the States without a strati esdort. 1 send a Mexican, who will ,1 through the passis of the Mouetains. TI etfort is at least worth being made, Il the worst eventt.that can happen, 'I)ose n horse and a h'ino'dred -dollaris.- We hai no very satignews since rmy last, wvhit I sept as I send this, thirough my frienD Messrs. H art well and Ger man, N. 0. M oNtTER EY, M exico. Feb. 27, 1847. MyDea...-. This nisy' reach you the same time that my' letters of the 261 inst. does-and it muy be ten 'or fiftet days behindi it.. The only'.additional. Infoi-mamion rece ved here sin'co thai' dat'e'i by an e'xpre rider. fromn SaItillds. e states' that San) Agna.had'retired from Aga.uv. moiles frotm Saltillo;) and thai Ged. TIa' lor bas' moed' and encaiiiped ~pah' ti spot whicb Santa-Anna has' beft-(thse' G'en.iSanta Atna sent a messenster vil acotiier to Gen. Tiylor; informinflitj thai lie "ould fight egaid,"' but 'TIh he'should seldect'&. field better ,calculasti id display atid inarsh'al hii' troops.' etub to.wMich'it is'said Gen.' Taylor .relied'! sting 't'o -Samta" nna~th'at h.'Nas'Wvh[ ped tfat'lhe (Sauta' 4ina) knzcw'tliat' wa~ bea, aun'bhe'foi-e bhy ;{.w4 advised bisto3end-.oosals'f T6is 6eegabin't ie iThkurd- be'jwmj ad favrably'" est 1'ei-ed.;61i tweet gG ebitt e LATEST FROM GEN. TAYIOiR e Presumed dissolution of .Santa Ania's Army-their "sbrethed condition'the = n mistakes of a day--Urbanity of General if Taylor towards Santa Anna Probable r termination of the War, tc. 8'c. - Te news is, first, that Gen. Taylor still it occupies Sahillo and Buena Vista, baI - that he ie4y,ing.quietly at Agua Nueva,~oa h the ground'ity been occupied-by Santa s Anna and hie army! Second. that Santa a Anna's army was in a' state of wretched r and extreme destitution. in consequencT d of their being no adequate jupply of forage and provisions in ihat vicinity.. Third; - that he must eht or starve, if.rieremait . d long iii his present,posiion. Fourth, that d he has beatd that Gen.'Patterson ismnarch ing from Tampicn totvards> San.Luis Poa a tosi; and many of the Mexicans tier e sak t, that in consequence' of this ,Santa Anna n has struck tents, and that hes'and his, wbol - t. army are now, on their way to San i Lut g Potosi, for the purpase of defending or it rescuing that place,'if it has'beeu taket by - it our troops. The Mexicans here seem tititte r, confident that this latter report is true. jf Fifth, the Mexicans who arrived last night t- ilsu state that 'he-division of Santa Aana's " x army underGeit. Urreaand Can3les, ihich i was acting .betweeti this and Camarjo, - z I has been withdrawn. This rumor is..cre 'e dited generally,-and if true will go to con - firm the opinion tidt' Santa Anna has be- . . h come-alarmed for the safety of San Luis , " rd anl is now marching to succor the troopa a there and to save that city, if be can. O There has a crisis. arrived in. Ois fate ,f and the affairs of.iexico, and in 60-days, i -p think, he will have lost his power and in a fluence.. The event will lead to a speedy P. termination of the war. for the reasonithar of there is no other General around :i boat m n the heads of divisions and the:leader, ot i the ntiumerous;mmilitary faetions in feico wi ill tiiemp .to rally. .ven'tfov we benr f of cabal, faci'obs anilidsthordiatiion iba; it must injure if not destroy'his conidenc'any ibeoficers.ad . b8It1 ie o.urmy A very shor period will produce oeas' .and; results of.a deieiv character, ;sti'Los r - Mae ;af - P a ta o i. 'y 9 a eisican soldiers lrouceo o ~u n da tion'.aad desertion: IT a camp to pil. audijol add feast th " ' '% . ranchos; that.,wtill thy.d-ihAiae g *ila d lithx e Anna-;hey .villandbitrnin nextremt is ties. gnd 'leave-itn t'. our it rcy aid to te pl:'lutsopbise upon the empty vanity of un d expected schemes of glory. Yours., :r; JOHN, B. BUTLER, U. S. A :ONTaE~Y, -March 3, 1g4y. Dear Sir-1 have no doubt ofthe' dissol e lution.of Santa Anna's army, morally and. i physically; and there will be no more figiting in this region,ifthere be au ywhere. Just twelve hours after I had sent yo ir my~second express with a Mex'can,giving h ime my best horse and $50 to -go to Cu-r; margo, we received from. above iotelli is Bence from Gets. Taylor's army. Gen. Santa Anna is really to be .pitied' -his men are a -wretched se:. He had.'. f, twice during the battle to interpose his' - e lancers to prevent desertion and ibey shot': r down some fifty at each time, before he' d could prevent the flight'of the inflintry.-.' t- This information comes from- prisoners. g who -deserted as soon as- exchanged, and caine into Gen. Taylnr's camp. They're-- -" port that Santa 'Anna is destitute of all' - kinds of provisions, and that he cannot Skeep them together. . ' '-* SSantogna anticipated an easy vieto~: as ry. 'His~army wvas told '.that the Atmeri' ~e cans had abupidance of pf-o'visiona aiid los *, . ~. -of money, and 'tha't.' they mgiis~enter SaV ~e tillo on the clay ofrthe battle, and .take their d supper at our expense.' ' This isfroin re ie Portis of orisonera taken, officers as wvell as - Ba : ta Attuls dd send a -message l e, Gen. Taylor asking him to surrender, sta. n tingthat he (Tavlor) was .wek;, and that le (Santta Aana) had 20,000amnent, and Sshould certainly take him. Gen.' Taylor -~ h said -Santa An:ma mighst come' and take' Is him. The Courier replied to Gee. Tay- -~ lot that he womold have in houitso consid - er~of th' generous offer! of Sa~nia Anna. Gaeo. Taylor mold1 the mnesseanger to 'thank Sania Anna l'di' his generositsj b't itiat.' tt he could not1 think of taxing the Courtiesy m0' ItGen. Sant~a A nna so far asilo -dstaiti him ni ah hiou'r, sil that 'he had bette~r -come'at) once ! .This is given .to me y' a person . -? who says he was prespot atnd hea'rd-it2'~~ i - Osend you an extract of a let ter frotn'an~'.iA~ a officer who dtstiiguished hirfiself"on' thtG i) glorious ifeld, which'.isjindreidtbirihaglom t -~ .~ rious fromt the disparity of- forel tiiw-al te peculiar ci'cumstduees under Which the' '.d .'mem'orable battle has been foughit. v .: a 'Dowith ttis as you dai .tlk pmoper;-. . h ydu 'will recciv e atihe same tim~e ths:,N ;d-t si' ri'~ea two eti oJ t~p~~h'?uilicial it aoconuuftheto b wae b.at nyoe b'et any more of a mefotiG onsider.,thle t ie',a ama ~ t~ ii'citstt dcd a iluelee *A - esJ"~