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"'2=ETQK R, ENT. A i the iBaulo of Buena Vista. At a verf'criicai pointof the battle on - the 23J' when it became necessary to -sustain one of-our columns, which was " r'staggeringunder a charge made by the Mexicans it iverwhelming numbers, Gen. -Taylor despatched Mr. Crittenden to order Col. McKee, of the 2d Kentucky Regi. meut, to ibring:-his men into immediate action. Mr. Crittenden found the Regi rent men and ollicers, eager for the fray, rdeliveted the order and-rode back to the General, by whose side it was his duty to keep. Tue Kentuckians: moved .on for '_ ward in gallant style, led by McKee and Clay, both of whom, alas! fell in a subse - quent part o( the day, It so happened that before reaching a position from which was broken by ravines and masses of - stones. Whilst crossing this valley the heads only of the ,n could be seen from the point which. Gen. Taylor and Mr. Crittenden occupied-and these were bob. bing up and down and cross-wise in such confusion as to impress both with the idea that the regiment had fallen into disorder. The Mexicans were annoying them at the same moment by a fire, which helped to confirm the opinion ,of the General that the Kentuckians were thrown into dismay. It was one of tbose decisive crisis which occur in every contested, field, when the issue of the day depended, for the time being, on 'the gallantry of a particular cot ps. Gen. Taylor, who, as before said, could only see the heads of the troops, and mis led by their motions in getting across guI' lies and going round rocks and other ob structions.1 into the belief that they were about to falter, turned to Mr. Crittenden, who is a Kentuckian, and with a coun - tenance indicating deep mortification, fo the General is a Kentuckian too, and an eye fierce with emotion,. exclaimed "Mr. Crittenden, this will not do-this is not the way for Kentuckians to behave themselves when called upon-to make a good battle it will not answer sir;" and with this he clenched his teeth bard together. Mr. Crattenden,who was mistaken by the same indications that deceived the General, could scarcely make a reply from very chagrin and shame. In a fetw moments, however, the Kentuckians had crossed the uneven places, and were seen ascending the slope of the valley, shoulder to shmul der, and with the itin and regular step of veterans of a hundred fields. On they moved nuul they reached the crest of the bill where they met the enemy before the flush of a tetnperary advantage had subsi ded. Here they delivered their fire b) companies with such regularity and dead ly aim that the decimated phalanx of Mexico gave way and retreated precipi tously. As the Kentuckians emerged flrom the valley the countenance of the old gen eral who was regarding them .with the to tensest interest, gradually relaxed the bitterness of- its expression. A glow of pride supplanted the deep mortification which fixed its ! muscles, and enthusiasm qualified the fierce glances of his- eye. -Forvard they moved., under -his rivited gaze, whose f'eelings became anore an't more wrought up as they approached the screne of carnage. When they .opened , Q~ 'their fire the old .Gernral could. noglongei - restrain.i .lard t* -b h - atuck -hben'eseimSisd,=ti$- 1g ias1i wieireito himselfad ,gi ' in ilianaddis-4 "ihat's the way to dt ir ' and zlie t'ears exultation rolling down :his cheeks as hu -saidit.. -. *I .Having got rid of this ebullition Q(Stoat pride he went about' lodiang alfler othe parts of thaefieid. Frost .he Greenville Mountaineer. DEATH OF ROBERT A. JOYCE. The following letter of Col. Davis, o the Mississippi Regiment, to Genera Thompsotn, of .this place announces thi painful fact that Mr. Joyce was amou; the slain in the battle of Buena Vista The community in Greenville District where he was raised, and the readers o our paper, who remember the interestitng letters frotm htim to his father, wvhich w4 were permitted to putblish, will unite it regretting that a wvarmn-hearted and gallon soldier has fallen, and that his friends are deprived of the contemplated pleasure a welcoming his return, in honor andi~ dis tinction, from the army of Gen. Taylor t< the home of his respected pmaremnt whios aflictioni at the death of a heroic son coin mnands the deepest sympathy of a larg circle of friends. The-letter of Col. Davi is brief in remark but suggests the enil consolation which kindred and friends eat realize, and no words of ours can increast its force. SArLTILO Mexico, March 1. Dear Sir.-After having received you esteemed favor of Nov. 10, 1846. 1 offe~rei -my personal services to your friend, Mi i Joyce, of my Regimenit, and it gives-m pleasure to have served in a small degre one of your friends. It is now my melan choly duty to inform you that he is n<i more. At the same time, I offer the sierr consolation, that he died gallantly, as be. came a soldier and patriot, lIe was killet in the battle of Buena Vista, on the 23c nIt., in our first and most desperate charg< upon the enemy. lie was buried, witl - rany of his comrades, near the spot he fell upon. Gen. Santa Anna in person ,command ed the Mexican forces, amounting to 20. -000 or more veteran tr,oops, according te his own statement to Gen Taylor, whilsi our own did not quite exceed 5,000 in the acion. The hattle cnmrgenced on the 23d and ended on the following day-the enem3 leavitig the field with great loss, the pre. cise number not aseettained. Our loss, in killed and wounded, is very severe, amounting to more than 700. From a painful wound, I iave used the band of a friend to write this note. With great regard, I am your friend, &c. JE1.FFERSON DAVIS. Gen. WADDy Tuonpsor'.. :-Fr~-wnthe N. 0. Dela. fx xTa. -DEATH OF MRt. SHUIBRICK. * 1iasouaqVuER Cuta, March 2,5. ,* To-day th coibatants appoar to be more eager on otlisidiss,. and the firing -more rapid--this araiybalteroy mount. 11 tea -inch pbortarsi four long. 2& and four Coborns. 'During the-morning ,le Me- it ialcoocentrateddlis Navy, 'b thure li turn fire through the day silenced two of their batteries, and the Navy, breachedtthe o walls in different places.. Midshipman c Shubrick and: three, sailors: wore killed,. and one mortally wounded. .Mr. Shu-. k brick's death was . announced, at; Head quarters in the. following laconic. note, by the commander at the .entrenchments: ( "Mr. Shubrick has been killed at his gun fighting." On enquiry, I learned.the fur ther particulars as follows: He wasshoot log at a gun in one of the bastions in the ..a rear of the city, and was watching the er'ect of his shot upon that piece of artille- r ry when a ball from the piece he was a eliooting at struck him-but the last shot lie fired dismounted the piece that killed I him-thus, in all probability, both artille rists lost their lives in shooting at one a another almost simultaneously. I March 28th.-The following tras issued from Head-Quarters, which directs the I manner and forms to take possessionof the I surrendered works. The brigade desig nated by Major Gen. Patterson, is Gen. Pillows: Gen. Orders No. 72. Anar HEAD-QUARTF.RS, Camp Wash-v ingtoo, before Vera Cruz, March 28.s I 1. By articles ofcapitulation signed and exchanged, the City of Vera Cruz and the Castle of San Jtan de Ulloa, with i their dependancies, are to be garrisoned I by the forces of the United States to-mor- i row at 10 o'clock, A. M. 2. In the mean time no officer or :man of said forces will approach either of these i places nearer than our batteries, Nos. 1, t 2,.3, 1.-5, respectively, except by special 1 order or permission on some matter of public duty. 3. Pending the ceremony of surrend the whole army will stand by its arms each corps near its present ground, ready to advance and attack if necessary. 4. The 1st Brigade of Regulars and a I Volunteer Brigade, to be designated by Maj. Gen. Patterson, together with any detachment from the U. S. Squadron, under Qom. Perry that he may be pleased to designate, will be present at the cere monies of evacuating and surrendering. These forces will occupy such positions at the ceremonies as may be assigned by Brig. Gen. Worth, detachments of whose Brigade will garrison the surrendered works. 5. Until those garrisons, with their ne cessary guards, sentinels and patrols, are duly established, no other person whatso ever will be allowed, .except on-special duty, to enter either of the surrendered places. 6. The inhabitants of .Vera Criz, and their property, are placed under the safe guard.of every American's honor; and any. miscreant, who shall do injury to any persons or property, shall be promptly brought before a military commission, under General Orders No. 20. . By command of Maj. Gen. SCOTT. (Signed.) - : H.L. SCOTT, Ass't Act. Adj. Gen. 29th.March -187.-A 19 o'clock, Gen. -Worth's and Gen. Pi-low's Brigade fdrme about 300 yards apart, opposite each other and the Mexicans' marched. boarsfacke I theirfrms and marblred off. OtiiroopI. then-moved in col Wb'cit at2 ock 0 : k h planted t . ,, up i firs on Fort Sananillig 6 i FrL rConeption and then onhastaniit n' other places. Each Flug; as its went up received the national salute, which was answered by the Squadron--the yards of the vessels were manned- and our colors hailed with three cheers. Coin. Perry was present in the Mus quito Feet under Capt. Tatuall at the evacuation and surrender. rThe Mexicans vpriously estimated their Iloss at from 500 to 1000 killed and wound ed, but all agree that the loss among-the soldiery is comparatively amall and the destruction amonag the wvomen and chtil dren is very great. Among their killed is rGen. Felix Valdez, an oficer of some celebrity. Our lotss in the Army and Navy is about .25 killed and abnut 40 wounded, but many of them slightly. Lieut. Col. Dickinson, Lients. Neil and Balwin, I am happy to st ate are recoveritng .very fast, and the wounded generally are doing well. Th destruction in the city is mnost aw ful--one-half of it is destroyed. Hlottsesi are blown to pieces and furtiiture scat tered ini every directiont-the streets torn up, and the strongest buildings seriously dam aged. Geu. Scott has certainly achieved ai great, glorious and almzost blotodless victo ry over an enemy in a position tha't was considered iimpregnatic. Throughot the whole affair lie has preserved the most perfect equilibrium of temper atnd the Icharacte-istic coolness and courage of a general aid noble soldier, and while, from the necessities of demanding from the ene my his own terms. lie has the best evidence of a bravo and competent officer. .The Eenginaeer Corps under Col. Tot ten have applied themselves to the dis charge of their duties as became them in their position, and endured the privations and exposure to the weather and fire of the enemy without regard to health or loss of life. No division or portion of the army has been better conducted than that of the. Ordnance throughout the whole of the op eration, and no men are entitled to a great or degree ofecredit than Captain Huger and Lient. Haguer, their duty has been ardu ous, and they have labored aight and day to discharge it, in fair weather and foul, both at the general depot and in the en trenchments, and I saw these officers up to their knees in water during the preva. lence of the heavy uorther to rescue their stores from loss. From the Charleston Even ing Newos. Further particulars of the Capture of V'era * Crua. We are indebted to acting sailing master T. B. Huger, Fisq., of this city, who ar rived here to-day, as bearer of dispatches to Washingtone, for the following interesting ~ Col. Dickinson was severely but not ti dangerously. wouded in the breast by an escopette ball, which- was nearly spent t before it reached him. o The less of the Mezicans was about 500S ad- plenty :of provigigba d rere compelledg tosurrenh f th6,immensse:.slanht bildre.by ourbatteries Of the Americans dg er illed and 58 wounded The breach made was av attery in the S. Epart ln ten. Quitsman diviii. There were from^12 oK titi'd! Col Haraey'did t . s was reported.' .t'was a 00 racheros, whichi'&a Ia op e oad between Alaidtoisid 'iz,, ad dispersed. > Gen. Scott iad deter in B On mnmediatelfto Mexico,'."" ay The Mexicans -ta'de a- aiiolaI, urrender, and marchiid u- a tacking their arni bei?Ce ims of the"Ameriadto' -;had eon put on parole' iid 5 d1 o reach their homes:' Some of the' prideiiI o used their parolee preferin idered. prisoners ofraisi spect i geting out of tiecobirf. f almetto Regiment were erA towever were wounded bin anger Sailing Master Huger nd og a few hours tiefor' th iold aim that noie of taCbdii d vere hurt. The U. S.,s'eamer' os .n rceea Island Reef, darinifa oistbe tight of the 20th' ct Gfe .ew all safe. In the sanie blio to were :hirty vessels lost mostl:te n rod ressels lost to the idahws a!e, names unknown.) sindsilia T1e rews of the other were say he It States kteamer-Scourge hsd" I finger left'a few hbers' aftert "ItI ion, -and while every ,tbi turry of taking possession. From the N. O Pcicjiaye , pii 5. MK. HAILE'S2LE The Dragoons Fighltat; LINas BEFORE'ER, C -9 March..27-49 5 Gentleme'-Thbeocity and 1 hve surrendered,' and the commissi 'are at .his moment .engaged -in 'maki i and signing the articles.. It. lsasa: bat =the :roops of the enemy are to-lay vn/iheir urns and march out of the cit ~rrow ut. noon, as prisoners on parol 'hope, owever, before, the Princetod' as, to norrow with despaches,bto-b ' Isarn the particulars, and forward' ou. I have already writtenioiyo bbitthae oss of the U. S. steamerltzt a the green Island.:. No lnisdw %obut Dapt.. McJ.aughlin and his Wand crew were obliged-to.swim ab yards through the breakers, to read ti boats ent to their.. rescue.: hida g of he 20th, the French barqve Neli. which had run the b!oc a les; and conveyed .ammunition . iWns o the .enemy,?put ottaba m om inder the castle, -ande.on - ave eluded the Porpoisenhii g is that vicinity;.Capt..MlLe Li1il Bjarque get ifirly.;out iih. be made.hase sqoon apt Symfptonjunhi altohet -rd Preer v d- ap there before4 A nort~~i~~ milce at 'tiis time, a ~d hie barque an.plo~t oayn ~ vd in'towards the acoay~ a sunken reef, ;he' haiao and thetHunter,.we heg s toa.its hteight, gutting higher upon the reef and finally filling.; Cot. Harney'sgallant ei d IJq~e? rare yesterday, .in his eijediionagainst Medelin, have added'another foi ther to the eap of the 2d Dragoons, as well as to that if the other troop. eagagedini; As I. am able to, give you. a cori-ecr acon-d h affair, l.'vil! dt o sornewhatietail. Cot. Haurneyesturtsd~hnti-nfohiiigeif the 25th, with Capt. Thornt's'sgaadron, under the immediate comiiand 6f9Hajor Sumner, and fifty diolietergone under Capt. Ker, towards Medelid rivrer, where it wns reported .thatit strong for-ce of Mexican cavalry had~placecthemselves. When he reached the anriidge over ihe Morena about six miles frombhoere began to renconnuitre, as he had received information that the bridgp.Zaa fortified and guarded by-2000 niend 4twopieces uf artillery. Srnall.parti sotlyafi'erswere seen among' the thickets asttheidragoons approacee, and when twithinn aboutesixty yards of the bridge Capt.Ker'i command received a heavy fire framthe bientworks, which killed ~ one corjioral seeerely wounded two men'. S t~ the bridge was fortified'id d el by a strong force, tnhe colonetel bak andI sent a request for two piec'es o llary. C apt. [Hardee, who was engagel on ther beach geiaing his horses. ashore harding. of the light collected a. many of his- ma as had reached the beach, and in psut: through the camp took all he^ eot~ d there (between forty ad fify) Q' gnuSer) ont root, to the coloi's assistace. Col. H askelt, of the 2d .Tennessene~egiment with a part of our four cermp,antiesand Capt. Cheatham,{of',tligflt Teninessee Regiment, also joined tb6di-ajons, and shortly after Lieut. Judd,:of the brd Artil lery, with his su apgeared witis tw par anan Capt. K(er was'now placiti aair~~ ti e oad le'ading to the zgti Tnnes ;eans on the left ofi p:ii.,ip and Lient. Hill werelodei-ildto suiiort -the guns and be ready to charge intothe work tmd Major Sumnergitibgth"~ jnded non, was held in;trese : Juidd tow advanced' estiti if jygtlio aridge, and as soon~as-he \~in' he eceived the concenraiedf eD cans, . about finly .yird itant. Tme rison the right-anu4: Ieft e oo lered torezteud..and, con~ nce. .rmnggt uns. Lieut~eJd d s lie. bridge, ad r1t.egtw over. Hask1.: e id;It ade, tith their men, idt to forsiifcation,ieapingor erarricade he .enemy fell i~a'dEo "" ytd. astactes to he cledieda~yi n Mid udtner's wuio itd'im.'allojed up and nfie'Ad into the chaparral but the cavalry p wiereinet and routed. A party of thirty' e 'lynacetiurned off into a bye road.' were a ipr ied'biLieuts. Lowry and Oakes and h tiree men, and all but five were either a =disiiaunted or sabred. Major Sumner "i,'Capt. Sibley had a number of perso- r nalteocounters with the enemy who vvere. ; i 6every instance, either killed or dis- a mounted.. The pursuit was continued to d thoevillage of Medelin, six miles beyond s tie bridge, where another party of lancers i were seen retreating and Lieut. Neill, the t adjuanothe 2d Dragoons, pursued them t with three men. A supporting party was a eni.afteihim, but his horse being fleeter t thaan the:others; he first caught up with I thopnrsued, two of whom closed upon f him.' He fought gallantly with them, but rceived two lance wounds in the arm and 1reisi, 'aud fell from his horse. The pur isuit'as continued two miles farther, but 'uigiht'coming on, the party returned to camp, which place they reached at 3 'docll in the morning. Major Gen. Pat teraod,, with Col. Campbell's regiment, arrived at the bridge soon after Col. Har- 1 .iey 'had made his dispositions for the i attack, but in a very gentlemanly manner 'declined taking command but assisted in c the.attack and assault, behaving very gal. lantlyas did likewise Col. Campbell. The cool judgment of Col. Harney in preparing for the attack,' and his gallant } conduct during the charge and pursuit, i 'filed the command with admiration. Any person who has ever seen him can imagine what an imposing fignie be must have C presented dashing through among the Mexican horseman and hurling them to I the earth with his powerful arm and keen i blade. In his turn he speaks in the most complimentary terms of the bravery and energy of the officers and men who acted under him-of Majors Sumner and Beall, 'of Capt. Hardee, who mounted in the pursuit and joined the colonel as one of his staff, of Capt. Ker, Lieut. Judd, Lieut Brown, Dr. Barnes, Lieuts., Lowry and Neil,(ithe'wounids of Lienut. N. are doing well,) of Col, Haskell, Capt. Cheatham. and the other officers and men, both reg ulars and the volunteers. Col. Haskell was the first to leap the parapet of the bridge. Col Harney lost two killed and and nine wounded, one of the latter being Thos. Young, of Texas, who acted as guide and behaved bravely. The exact number of Mexicans killed is not known, butit is known that over fifty fell in the attack and pursuit-most of them falling under the sabre I do not 'know how many men the volunteers and Lieut. Judd lost. H. P. S.-Midnight.--The commissioners ard still together. .LINES BEFORE VERA CaUZ. Morning of March 28. Gentlemen -The. articles of surrender were signed, sealed and delivered' last night about 12 .o'clock, 'and the town of Vera Cruz, the celebratd elale, and all' theircontente are-given up to Uncle Sam. This is.the ,19th-day 'sidce we' 'landed; sven'teen of which'wehave 'been, under their fire. Our engineer officers have workeda uay and night, and exposed them selves fearlessly 'in reconnissances. and' - i ai-ls. .g- Our -dificei-s'and u'd-dFEioji'b todihree dags ,errifid toih''has spi ng-up. cariryinog away'the theiatsabd half el'ucating the poor'fello~ws areaidy so m'uchbharassed. I am speaking us6i'-particularly" of the first division,' whieh constructed and mnnned the works, and served the' batteries.that have i;'en the town. The other t wo divisions have fiad very hard duties to perform. The sailors have worked like good'fellowvs and their bat.tery has done most excellent ser vice. The town is in' ruins, anid the streets (so say the Mexican officers) are strewed with the dead. Morales had de' termined to hold out ''as long as men toukd be found to serve the gunas-es long as one stone was left upon another," tjut the army seeing the awful hovac around them, got up, a pronunciamenlo, deposed Morales, and appointed a' new comman dr. "If Gen. Scott could see." said one of their officers. "the frightful destruction of women and children, lie would weep tears of blood." Well, the Mexican troops are to march out of the city to-mnorrow mnorning at 10 o'clock, saluting and st riking to our colors. On the plain, by the lagoon, just outside the walls, they will lay dowtn their arms. 'andi become prisoners of wvar. Thie men will he allowed to retire, on the parole of their oflicers, not to serve again during the war. The racheros to he immuediately discharged. The officers, all who choose will be allowed to go ou parole. It is believed, however, thtat only a small par. tion of them will leave on parole, prefer ig to be sent to the States. 'Well, 1 may not agree with many, but' 0 the best of my julgment, the city has een gallantly defentded. Trhev have done ill, with a force like ours to deal with, that men could well do. Their artillerists lave shown great skill. On our side, we have won the strongest place, wvith a very fev exceptions, in the world. Our gene. rals and our officers and men have, both regulars and new voluniteers even dis played the most manly and soldierlike' qualitie3. Our navy has come nobly min fora 'share of the laurels, and gallantly vo them. 'Our engineers have proved that they are aufait, both topographical ad corp of engineers. Our arailletrists havei done their work to perfection. Yes, "hurrai olur side"-hurra for our army-hurrai for Uncle Sa-n, we are victorious! 'P. S.-Five days are allowed for thei removol of private property. Officers are allowed theit side-arms, horses and trap pin. Our troops take possession of the castle to-morrow. All the armaments,. forts, ke., are to belong ter Uncle Sam. The armaments not injured in actual wvar may bie considered negotiable for restora ton, on a definite treaty of peace being t made. Private property and religion res pcted. There are five generals in the city. The ~ name of'Morales's successor is L.andero. t H. Taico.-A correspondent of' the N. d 0.Segta writing from Tampico, says: a1 "Mi, Chase,-whose name will ever be I' gelates &w iii thieaatuidtioa of Tamu ico, appears a lady of: much mentalien-4 rgy and prepossessing-. manners, ,witli. iany or our country's peculiarities about er, and manifesitly deeply attached to her dopted country's interests. "Allow me the privilege of correcting a eport that the Mexican spy Ryley, is now ing in the jail at Tampico, is an Irisb* van. This is not the fact;,he is a Lin oner, his name is Ryder, not Ryley. I peak of this confidently, as having sarr tile knowledge of Irish character wbien ould enable me to detect imposition, and he poor wretch's own account of himself, ,dded to my observation, has. brought me this conclusion.' He is not an. Irishman i 'oor Paddy has enough to do to bear his suits without saddling- him with the ices of other nations." NOTHER GREAT BATTLE IN NEW MEXICO. BRILLIANT VICTORY! )VEiwHELMtNG DY.FEAT OF 2000 MEx . CANS!! We copy the following important intel igence from the Baltimore Sun of the 6th st: The Louisville Courier, of the 2d.inst., ontains the following letter from St. Louis. ST. Louts, Monday evening, March 29. Mr. W. N. Haldeman-Dear Sir: We ave this moment received an Express com Santa Fe. The Mexican insurrec ionisis, numbering 2000 men, marched [own on Santa Fe, as was intimated by cur last ad vices. Th ey were met by Capt. Morris's- command in the valley of the loro, and totally defeated ! ! A great cumber of the enemy were killed and woun led, and the rest fled precipitately to the nountains. The action was a most bril iant one on the part of our men and re lects much credit on their coolness and :ou rage. '"he news of the assassination of Gov. Brent is fully confirmed. Twenty-five other smericans fell at the, same time. I have no time for further particulars, 9 the steamer Colorado. by which I send his, is preparing to shove out. In haste, yours, &c: From the Boston Traveller, 1st inst. INTERESTING FROM CALIFOR NIA. We have been favored with the perusal i a letter -from a master of an American hip on the coast of California, to a gentle. man in this city, dated at Saint Francisco N0ov.21. We have only time now to make he following extract, by which it will be seen that the new American consul a Monterey is a prisoner in the hands of the Californt us. We shall make further ex tracts from the letter to-tmorrow. The report of the massacre of thirty Americans it appears, is without foundation. "The Savannah hisjust arrived here froi San Pedro. The report of an action. a San Pedro is false. There has been ac ation there since the affair of Capt. -Mer' in. Commodore. StocktonA . at Sar Pedro, waiting to bo-joined -by Col.:Fre mut, 0o 6left-Montery with-400;menianc orises list week. 'When.together, .Isup osethey wil make iclead work.offit,a drive'evry oqe oiiof-the counti-yw ht taken'u .alz .ts tY~r.t hdtynillar r him in ltoI mra. ohi ill- be bad Jo- the -squadr9n aheahst outraered to .supply a large .ainount ep povisions and stores forthemt sIleo gas aken asSt. Juan, on his way to .lonterey. "'The vessels of war here arc the Con ress: Sa.vannah, Warren and.Portsmouth. The Gyane daily expected from Mlazntlan. The schooner Julia Ann arrived'last week, prize to the Gyane, and the brig Males hhel, prize to the Warren, cut out 01 dazatlan." - F-rum the N. 0. Delta.. THE GREAT WESTERN. he runaway woaiter-Her opinion of Gen. Taylor-h er contempt of cowardice-Th. death of Capt. Lincoln.-Her passiont ives toay to regret-Evidence of her es eem for the brave dlead. The "Great Western," or "The Heroira ofFort Brown," as she is often called, stiFi sticks to the army. Indeed, it is only whet she is abroad with the soldiers that she ap. pears to be at h.ome. At tthe present tme her tent is pitched at Saltillo, whIere she xhibirs the same rouzgh-and-ready good nature, the same esprit du corps, which has distinguished her since "joined the army." She kieeps a restaurat, or mess house, more especially foir the oiflicers, and gives a kick to a saucy -cus-.omer, or a cup of coffee to favorite one, writh equal facility. She does a steak to a T, bht he who would at tempt to ''do" her, would find himself te labor under a mistake. Let anly one say a vord against the Amirican Army, and he is sure first to set him up and - then to knock him down. One itnstance, by way sfillustration: On the evening of the .ttle of Buena Vista, Feb. 23d,.a little sfeinate fellow, in all the haste and all ~e bewilderment of.John Gilpin, in hie involuntary equestrian teat from lshington: rode into Saltillo and up to the quart 'rs ol Lhe Great Western. He was trembling so that one would imagine an invisable slectrifying machine was operating on his serves. -Why, wvhat's the matter with you. Miss lahncy-whait's skeered you now 2" said he "amiable hostess." Oh, Mrs. Bourdette-Mrs. Bourdette !" taid the counterfeit soldier-the apology iir a man, "we'll he all slain by ,whoMex ans ; Gen. Taylor ison the retreat ; it's il over with us ; we'll be either shot, or tent to the mines. Oh! I would'nt care," se continued, in -a whining tone, I would'nt tare, hut for my old wvoman and three hidrn in the -States.' 'I know, John.' aid she to me when I was coming away -'I know your courage will get you into scrape-you are too imperuous,- John,' aid she ; and it was true for her. - If I was tot I might still be a waiter inna respecta! l restauratin New-Orleanss. H-aint you ot a cup ofecoffee for me, Mrs. Blourdette -Lsuch is the Great Western's matrimonial ame-hint yougot a cup of coffee -fo e. just to quench my thirst 7". : "Not a drop, Watson,"satd the-A mazon roman of the camp, sternly. "So you. iminive creature, whose heart has got te shaking ague-ayor sayv tha.uGen.iTay ,r'has retreated ?" - , . - ~"S" -'saw ii rtt -y { "It'osn mi:fi " Western., emphaiticay - I never reirea retreats-:it never Ira - nor'everliefore, toi out, you shune U you did ngat w n cans torve:y d'li dished an did sw-r verted 'inia a care of.the little man, faster tbarbe ra o a. This seine.was noit'ell;o neevs arrived of the West - On hearing it,-the elarg ate e her band-she fell herseJfontq, weapt like a child.: - - ,"You kIow rho 'Ciptain not, Mrs. Bourdette = said'ap ent. _ : "Knew hint !V' aid'dfe,-wqltag tears from her bronzed-feervit apron--,Knew- bim.!- I d den t one else. I wae henli-tedmey - ago, in .efferson*Ball' __ my first husband joined liwg, we have lived together, thahs_' at my table, all the time sniis was on runaway in him.'7'4 man, I must go and see to hi di h night, lest. them rascally, greases strip him, and, not knowiog~hi not give him decent burial.'.' sir Of she went to the bloodys tpin field, sought among the dead andidy she found out the corpse of the brave tain, which she broughttdSa~biife decently , enterred.eSheynowkeg sword and other; eqnipment,nn& not to part with.them thro' f *The Captain did go thr<I ceremony of an enlistmentzith - of Fort Brown, and htws' tar. means the least brave person, ho took into the service of UncleSazp.t REQUISITION FOR-TN6OPS Probable movement of ibp o Excchange of Prisonerd c *$ We have conversed owith a.genal who honorably. participatede inthen of Buena Vista, in whichiconvpezsa derived.several items ofinterest. proceed to give to the, pubi,.g Lieut. Crttenden, wbo,receay city for Washington, cearnd ituh requisition from 'Gen. Tyor; Government, for ten "thoiisa"sid troops. "- y , Gee. Taylor, it is thought, will ad; on San Luis Potosi so soon as-the ,bein' forcemeet called-for'arrives'.1 The Regiment of Louisiana Vol it is confidently believed.will hag - portunity to distingtisothems ly will be directed toppen ,tg..;com tion betwepn TampidoL which'n cessarily hethe besefof pe o San Luis Potosi. -+ The, bodies of the. officer wloifl~ battle of Buena j ' by their frie rn 'tafofiae n verized charca wasit fins plai6t f9Uya tillo glFraevtf . eh reseo n enma reginment, who, wiliie sin maken ~y the nsygmg e to he res'.oaed to Gen. Tyor ce meet. . 0. Tri. Gen.. Taylor's Saga ity.-Ithig wyell observed that if Gei Taylor hsd? treated on Monterey, in conformilj~wi the views of Gen.sScott and the4,udio ary orders of the .War Depiartmie. would with his inferiority of numbershv so dispirited our volunteer force.,.as mgt ~ have produced calamizous resultus~4a tim ating the moral ell'ects ofsuce.ahgn he manifested the cpnsummnatesagaj~~ a statesman, as in his subseqmuent &g~ju during the en'gageunentatBen i exhibited the highest skill as a strafeir In the possession of ibis duble qii tion,,-as commander and imaster.t s-:ience or human ature, he 6asnohe inaptly compared .withb Gediralk-in~ A Hero Researde4.-Te.eCnc - Commercial says :-: 'rpraljP, -f at the City Hotel, .reei gea) day, his commissin as' Ltenutenant~ 3rd regiment of Iiifantr? C-fr Sullivan, on the minmora6le'~eth :c captured. Marengo, Ged.d(aV'js dc-camp, receiving six sabre~ 'i~ face wit'h his victory:, 'tAtithe as. sa ball skinned his cheek-bone... 1H ered up his prisoners: toas.flic went back with .six mengsmi .ce from .the enemy a field-piece. - The NorLatand South.ByjL pointmnent made.*by. the sn the adjournment of Congressi~ that 41 captains are from-the sla' to 15 from the~ free-23 -1st l~ from slave States, to 8'from thte 2d lieutenants from -Slave~tates~~ from the free. Look out for Cu yesterday a counterfeit Fiv p, on the Planters & Medhlics' - as there are probably~but(~ circulation, (this being th& boen* presrited atihe'b.5', that due cautioP. shotajabe' ceiving the ntes of' thsi dii ---- and-hus stop thanauh.e~~p~ false bankers sA .liettort engrating, whieh isihadiy e ec at once deifeet ihetcounterfa Tribunte stes, as 'thet rogtuery. a. coucsefsifoaf, . Sugar, made. hy maiinsgtl commnon~sah. h hastpiii dJe gstibosne.lttd~n~ .A wre~dfeI- - vejtiser CoutendshatN 'teTjl - rarthe relief :aindnl~mi(a - -