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' ' s A' itT5tsars conspicuously inserted at75 rttS pe square, (l2 lines, or less,) for the ;., " _~,,, tiritisertion, and37. for each continuance. ose published monthly or quarterly, will WiJbe harge-i $1 per square. Advertisements "*; r, "fsnot having the number of insertions marked on-them, will bacontinued until ordered out and harjed accordingly. iommisnications, post paid, will be prompt 'd strictly attended to rFi;r the Charleston Mercurg. ADE: AND PROSPECTS OF CiHARLESTON. * - o the: last three years the Trade of haileston.has been gradually improving, ;u-d within the past twelve months it has eicrased to. an almost unprecedented ex ' tent. ?:More goods have been sold the pre = , seahleason than any other since 1839, and S itbtbis remarkable difference in the rel I'fKt :2ative periods. In 1839 there was an in Y ;' 8aitd .currency, and a reckless abuse of the credit.system; whereas the .state of gs at present is just the reverse. A r sound and wholesome condition of airs'lias aot existed, within the history . rIthe country, than now prevails. .. r'bonhat, then, it may well be inquiredt are to'ascribe the increased, trade to. w" whichwe have referred ?. A good crop has - msthing td.do with -it; the sound con, inof. the Southern conntry' has also' = Hucio do with it; but..he two leading 6 as f oirprosperity,.bohtpresentand . ti, are first, tlhe'e.aedded fielI of ertia s prodjdby id'b het Railroads cod; ibh nftnence of ".,ree'rade. S e nstono ee t fuilfieliiiin of tli &Ci C4 i E. 3,'has'done n'rifoth ,onsv " a ta 'a d e 00 ti ie 4K . Waoaiii No'biiness- attie &'Iransact lwiti ihe countrybeyond titW ln ifge diavr. sand the merchantsTrYi WaIt i a andTennessee were rarlyheirdf rntou city. In 1836-37the-ar-a ifrade +silisle inceased, and Ediried over flhieChatahoochie, and some'lusiness was .. . doewith' Chambers county, aud' t wo;or ~ ihree other 'counties in Alaia'ni' boi-der ago'tibthe State of Georgia. How is it now? Charlestoodoes asotuch businessisith Mabama now, as ghe did s - it6SGeorgia tea or twelve .years ago; a".nd it is believed there are iiearly, if not editemse many goods now sold -to Tennes: Sea merchants as in South Carolina itself: and-no city can' desire abetter orsounder -tradesthan'that of -Ten-nessee in tll res pccts - ,Let any person pass aloug-Ilayne-street and observe the'various addresses on the Sbesand packages turned out, and lie will'see what a widely eatended area is inpp lied with goods from our city. He *wisee thdre boxes marked for Gunter's '* ading. Decatur and :Tuscuabia, Do T m ltiis,-PFickens-County, and othier places' lumhinterior.snd very western verge of. Afkiadpl Springs, P'untdtoe, and ~"riit.oter places in Mississippit anid all 3ea~iunnesee, !o the borders of Virginia od~srsfareas Memphis, and Mill's '' ll'toimbte Mississippi Rtiver. Let the lafcaaiWestern Railroad be pushed1 on Arti,>ie Tennessee River, then tol ~Nshville;' nsd the Monrob and Macoir he extended on. to Columbus; both of whidh htave necessarily to becomnpietedi d the trade of Charleston will embrace ~ ~endessee und AIdhama, a: lar-ge par o4...ississippi'and Kentucky; while thifu4.other band, whet tihe Railroad yCamden .to.Charlotte is completed, ihsecure alLofdIVorth Carouint: ~ hi'prenitions-of Free Trade comes in. irsh-~band'perfect what Railroads andI hesoansos have so-happily domnuienced' jstiYanbanhce valud'to all~i e agricul ~ ural '' ' et.of the rich andfdi'de regions ~fhoh amand West,whielb'efdi-e' were siis useless-.to then prodbcer.l 'ook - at ditent-of the Corn trade f'Charlsi'od ~~duriithe present'senson, (a~iid6 hereto ~ifrealmost unknown,j andwhih outfr ~4thd;questionable policy of the6 Railroads, C Craising.the freights, wonhl'have been -1argelyrincrease'driLet but a judicious trnd l~i~iberal'policy be pursued by the Railroad -. companies, in..providing ample<'meaas cf rasportation,-and adjusting the rfreights '~at the. lowest seale:eordpatilentith the a -zpenee of transportation, adCharleston IIsoon, be~. among the. great provision -i ets of 3he Iliton, The~mbdntsof Whneat, Perki Beef, and i6'ie pro 'of the. fertile. Weet and hiutrivest, ioon soon miako our city the resor-t I'niacmmerce. The draisles"of r~indise received in exchang :~ah u mercbantsjo' ofterand - c;'nd Nvariety' to the coditr ghts upon. the'increase atiampoy'a repa the Railroad Compddies for their moderatioo upon the domestic produce. And it will be the interest of the corn grower to send his crop here, because a bag of Corn, or a barrel of Flour, of Pork, or of Beef, with a moderate Railroad freight, can be laid down at Liverpool, via Charleston at a cheaper rtte from its starting point, in Tennessee. for example, than by any olher channel. Add the freight by the Railroad at what it ought to be, to the freight from Charleston to Liverpool, and the sum will be found less than through any other port in the United States. The famine in Ireland, of course, gives an in creased value to all provisions. and it would be a false calculation to expect a continuance of present prices; but it has also taught them the value of Maize, (or Indian Corn) as an article of food, and to consider it as a cheap and nutritive sub stitute for their former dependence, the Potato. As there is little hope of the successful culture of that root for years to come, there is every reason to expect a large and steady demand for Imericau provisions. With the reduction of duties on the other side of the water, and the fa cilities of transportation by Railroads on this, the products of the country must al ways command remunerative prices, and Cha'rleston, from its position and natural advantages, with an ordinary degree of enterprise and energy, must necessarily become the great mart of those products that have heretofore been scarcely known in its co-nmercial transactions. It may be said that all these advantages, in some measure redound to the benefit of Northern cities. Trade is a thing that will regulate itself, and people engaged in it, will go or stay.just wherever it may be to their interest, How then does the mat ter stand as between New York and Char les'on ? New York is a great market, with heavy stocks of goods, that are often times sacrificed at forced sales, and par chasers are tempted to buy; and if they buy largely apd possess ample means, and are up to what are known as the tricks of trade, they tany get goods to greatadvan antage. But these advantages are not available to the country merchant. Goods when sacrificed at. auction.. for iustance, are sold in too large quantities, or in lots ta do n.oosuit his trade;so'that frequent ly in der t otai i a single article that ti elylneis rals lblied to buj ihat, ic be does not want or'.double-tbe ~wrn a torj o os. u4'afe niiktots T treue-.fir lour times 'bioher utn 2N vi ttileast. u ofutd is ore it gstlishtents,.tu bot iplaces, get tuWt to'iNii NvYork than they catiuCharleston for tie asid..goods. Thisis a aelIl known fact. Indeed, there isnot a jobbing tmerchant in 'Charleston chti till riot readily engage to duplicate au entire bill of ity descripiion' of goods urchased in Neiy York. Btit, besides this, the expense oftravel iug: the freight and insurance, is much greater; and to avoid this additional cost, country inercbants are api to buy too many moods as they go but once a year; where as they can as conveniently come or send to (harleston, every three months, as their sales may reqttire.always have fresh goods, and never be overstocked, or caught by surprise, by any sudden change of the times. The relationship between the coun try and the Charleston Merchant is much Chore intimate and confidential than that which exists with the Merchant in New York. With him' it is a lifetime business. nd customers are sought after, to. be per. nanently retained. In- New York the uctuatious of busittess are great, and eve y transaction is made as if it were to be the last between the parties. The most s ,made of every ne. There is tabother ircustance in favor of the Charleston ~derhant not sulficiently estimated. It is he great extent anil variety of his assort nent. For exatmplle, in aidry gods esta lishent, a country merchant will find in harleston, foreign dry goods, domestic ;oods, silk goods, fancy goods of all kinds, muttons. combs, and every article of cotton, silk or wool that he may need. Ii is the ame with hardware, grocery and other ~stalishments;- while in New York all. bese things are sold separately, so that, nstead of si few hills, as in Charleston, the buyer has to make a separate bill for mach description of goods. The stocks et on hand by the jobber in Charleston are double in amount to those in New ok, for the above reasons,- and because e Newv York jobber can-supply himself om day to'day from the auctioneers and the importers. 'Greater f'acilities ate obtained too, in Carestob by, co'untry merchants than perhasanj where else. Money is never bove 6 per Ct. 'and w'iih' good paper is alost always to be procured. Country paper, payabli at Banks ii3the' int'erior of South Carolinia,-Gporgia, or elskhlere, is always available-to the Oharlesin mer hant, there being no instance khown when such paper could not be reaidilj discounted. n New York the fluctuations in the umone market ate often very gi-eat Money, is freuently 9. 10~and 12 per cent, and dif licult to be obtained, atzd'very often country paper-cadnot be used at any sacrifice. The effet of this different condition of iig'is plainly shown by its results. In Charleston the jobber that manages; wh tlralie' p'rdence, never fails. In Ney 1&rkisthy are failing constantly.- The ilodpo pteiced flve years . A great change is evidently coming over the minds of country nerchaint with regard to the relative advantages of making pur chases in New York and Charleston.. It is pretty generally conceded now. that it~is more advantageous to come here three or four tines a year. than to go to lew York once. Heretofore it would happen that' a merchant from a village went to Nets York, and came back boosting that. he bougtht his goods at the North, and thereolre could undersell his competitors. Next yearall his neighbors would go, and now every body can go and the thing turns upon a close calculatin of profit and loss, and the balance is struck in favor of Charlestob, as the greatly iicreased business of the last season abundantly proves. With these advantages, which we have hastily and imperfectly enutnerated: with. the admirable position of our city of foreign commerce ; her capacious and. beautiful harbor, within an jour's sail of the broad Atlantic ; with the richest stables of th~e world *at her doors ; with a back countt'y of immense extent and unrivalled fertility, with which its comrmunicatiuns are at all seasons of the year perfect, while thoseo the Northern cities are interrupted four o, five months annually by the inclemency, of the climate-a bright and prosperous future awaits her. But its advancement or re tardmentdelends upon her citizens. With an enlarged. and liberal spirit pervading her counsels, she will advance with, rapid stripes in a career of prosperity that usill lead her to a position of commercial and political import-uce second to no other city in the Union. We were informed by a friend of ours yesterday of an occ:rreuce that deserves to be noticed. A wolthy planter in Lowndes county, 'Mr. Morgan Smith, told his; ne gro'es the other day of the terrible dietress, prevailing in Ireland, and asked them if they would do anything to aid thosefvb o were perishing for, want of. food. ;They said t:iy would. lie asked them what they would do, ivhether they would .give up one meal aday-1' They saif,.not! heyc would rather give money '.He tpen asked. how 'much they:.. would: give.. When; thej had all subscribed, they amount; was found to beFIFTY DoMAas.t Ihenir of negroes belonging M Stiiti e understati'd, s over oa&Jiundred of l'agaet"' scribtg wea J .Awtsoccurralu r1kbrabol a o er co taie kpl'ace. l %rii'sialbidnuaner negroes.-tioV are suppoi ed, by~thoit who' know' notihg' of-tlii -working' ofslave institutions of the South, to bie' miueralile half starved,"over=norked 'creapires, diri-0 ven ,only 'by 'the 'dvereer's -'whip' nd working i-chains,' rfusing - to j;iveaupfra' day's meal, but readily subscribinig money to-relieve the starving condition' t a peg ply, nearly ive thousan'I miles offa peo,; ple said to be free, and dwelling in a land made beautiful and fertile by:Godybuti' cursed with the 'blighting influence of.a govertn'ent whose footsteps,. whether- in' India or Ireland; are ever marked by blood, pestilence and' famine. And yet that government boasts of its universal pbilan thropy, and points to slavery. inthe-southi; era States. Why slavery, as it is among us would be a blessing compared to- the galling bitterness of the chain that eats into tte very bones of the 'rish people, a chain rusted for centuries with the blood of brave people, and which carries with it in each alternate link, fever and famine !-Mont. gouery Flag and Advertiser. Smithsonian Institution.-T he-buildirig Cuommittce uf this Iuntution have con tracted for the . erection' of. t6eir b'uilding '1 he edifice is to comprise a museum 200 feet by 50; a library 90 feet by50; a gd. lery of art 125 feel Ilong; two leciure rooms one capable of containing an audlienaeaof 800 to 1.000 p~ersonsh; the othir connected wvith the laboratory. together with several smaller rooms. Trhe at vle selected iis the Ia ter Norman, or rather Lotmbard, as it prevailed in the twelfth century chiefly in Germany, Normandy antI' itn Eouthern E-urope, immediat~eiy preeeeding the iuiro ductiomn of the Gothic. There are to be in all nine towers of various shapes and sizus, seyveral them _small to be died as, elevators, and to receive flues, &c. T~he principal tower on the nortti front will be 145 feet high. Mesur's. James Dixon & Co. .vei-e the successful competitors for the contiact, their bids, both for ttarble andy, frsione finish, being thte lowest that wei-e receive~d, The bid of .Mess-s~ ~ Co...fr'i;ie& eutire building including furnitiute .indfli ting up, and .:the amount aY' ieniliE. contractLwithi them was .closei, 'is '205,. 250, being nearly thirty-seven thousand dollars with the amount- which the build ing committee had authpority to expeind~ Thte maierial.adopted for'fhk exteraa walls of the building -isa l'reeit~ok'ofig proved. durability,. irm theii if y of Seneca creek,,on-the Potomac.Is color is .pinkish or gray, becoming ltgltser' by' expostire.' It is easily .worked when first quairried. i ut becomes bpy exposure, in'the' coire of a year or twoo, s.gI d th'ht the: lest tempered-tool will hardly cut it. .Hal~ Stoirmin :TerTar-Onrhe 3rd of March a lportion of Lavaca Coni Texs, was visitedi by a hait slorm of groat sev'er-' ity. The hiail stanes wer'e uf~a very-larget size and fell ii a,. get uusmbere,uikilli.g lowls%'knnekfg .Tbi~hpna ioffof iek breaking the esmalle ranejbos-oflrrgee _feard' from, -doingir ERUZ TO MEXIC C * - auy'iuquiries (says th L JTi~) respecting the di; tn - wsties -of Vera -Cruz an 74 e fbtiined, ty the kindoes ;efts ilopjid'g. acedurd df dit Lea ~ tc.sao , on00 ' d lag, at i o'clck, . p =bout- .O .70miles Ai pa-on;Wednesday -, dI 7s'ocloqik, p.ma. biuisda~ morn lie edfuuanrt,' 55 miles Bet o&:Perotea you 40. v 0001150= until you -, . ht~of" ujwards of. *900 '64bo level ofrthe ArrivI. "al tit eaing: Leav 9n riday mioral ig ='for Puebla, die ':tati ,9j miles Arive 'at Puebla, at 4 oecl u S u~amorn . ,mrdsance, . 80 miles, Arrive y in 3ixco,abont 4 rut. half way be !.' a aiiiilMexieo, you. doee Azjwardsof2O n~iles. 300miles, '- JUrAN VLLOA. Tse Ja a8n extract of a let ter an a~i fie New "Yorkr Tribune, from ai r oti bo ard the United .States r r- ; 4eck,. with my glass,'] swept ~ i :,era Crud, Its en YitQuJj' --Jg bl which covers =it vas witbt.rathot a n aj ray eyes reared upon ihie~gw " Ie.'batlhed and bristling riilfat$ of.'cannion. 'The ques. do c tcaiCi be. taken ? .~all expa e~ tadtcki,tii ! doubt ii vat y'tnly. itlian iifrce *,..it .eoPI pr' eta they-'please a u < ia. irl:t~e by a ofJ.: - isby .ger~d.. Then naaul e"'ere not Iiotiipraof, Che:pu~lir, ':of iicln iuiforrchar 'atrbu hot penotrat~ed tlto~uido of gagewaestt cre ijucklabout~ the auies :ol she ship ping li N.omany bills pflmtud; wad an adldition toall this; the. command. vlg offic i> auge .been. snsaruc;ed . uiot4 fire she ;fii'r gun;, permiited . the, Fronch bquiadrui L ,wz a up :and take its plositioc us ue~y stogmooring to. paissthn winter saaso0a "Now rteL ys see what a great -change ime and' .sevre lesson have. effected it this uasuato castle. -There are at. presont mouned. iithf 'its periphery nearly 30C canon; sod ;thee all 31s, 423,. and 8 and 10-incli t ixh~A, ithere being a very large nurberof.he~Uer.;'andwhorever it haa been.-posiblotii'rain a gun upon the chan nel of approach~ they are pilanted 'ent bar. bes,' 50 ibat a'fleei moving up to the at. tck, must bieexpiosed to the concentrated fire of ste1'~nty cannuon, over a distance of tco nlilew, befote~a:can got intoposision o the revolution, were called ReaJistus or Royalists. 3. Mestizos, or half-blood, the descend .its of the whiite and aboriginal races; e this class comprises the great mass of the population of Medd.. . 4. The n'ative unmixed Indian, now ra a pidly being amalgamaied with the others. - et still powerful in a ntimerical point of view. 5. Mulattoes, as with u,, the desltid ants of whites aid Africans. 6. Africans anid persons of unmixed A frican blood. 7. Zambos, the descendants of Indian and African parems. Besides, there are numerous descend ants of emigrants from the Canary Islands, with a great admuixture of Moorish, not Africa:i blood, ditanos,. or Gypseys, and it is said that on the Pacific coast, near Acapulco, a large ptopprtioriof the pnpu latirin have i great admixture of Malay and Chinese blood. There are said to be 30,006 perso'ni ip'edally devoted to reli gidu; including nuns, the great mass. of whom are collected i the capital and the valley originally known as that f Mexis.. The city of Mexico, with a population of 150,000, coataids 30,000 leperor, a class corresponding. exactly. with the la zaroni of Naples.=U. S. Gazette. From the Picayu'ne 9th.. . LATER FROM MEXICO. Santa Anna's Addres. to his Army-His ..Arrival at the City of Mexico-His In. auguration-The inagural A.'dress Policy of the New Administration, Sc. By the Alabama we have received pa pers from the city of Mexico up to the 24th March, inclusive. - The movements of Santa Anna first arrest oui attention. He took letve of the army at San Luis Potosi on the 14th March in the following brief and happy~ address : Companions. in Arms.-Devoied entirely, to the service of the country, [ march to assume. the reins of:Government, in doing which I make the most costly sacrifice sting contrary to my. cherished desires and'fixed intentions. BIut this'coirse will put an end to-the civil war whici.l'des; troingour lieautiful cajiiral; itwill give niityto ou defen' dimui.ule the= igteous-s uge iilldhiali1 e. en-. gae d re i .pen ibsiaiij ,sad o whc'yi ave~fu hnvt scw b a twar- hadihae'honor of coitinJibi; you. The natiocowessyou airecompnie. .Ad;you shall shortly receive ir itbrough rmyexertions,> although 'Ibis is'iot ihicon - sideration which sianultatei nu to bear -yourselves asworthysons of Mexico. ,,-.Soldiers.-You -are- the' hope of your country, her-best defenders. Your duty then is toguard all parts; and on this ac count I.have disposed that two brigades . of infantry and.one of cavalry, with their corresponding batteries, shall march to the defence of the. State of Vera Cruz, the rest of the army defending this frontier. Everywhere you will conduct your selves as you have done hiherto, and you will ever deserve the illustrious name youI have acquired. I am going to procure whatever is necessary to consummaio the great work which is committed in you, and be assured that i- the hour of danger you will again fiud in the midst of you your general. ANT. LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA. Headquarters, San Luis Potssi, March T4, 1847. We do not precisely understand, but infer that the three brigades above .men tioned are distinct fromr the foiur thousand picked veterman when he had previoiissy detached'fromn his armny with orders, to procedd t'o the capi al under General Vas Frou San Luis to' ihe city of Mexico Santa Ann's progress. was juriumphial. He contilnually meca delegations from Con gress sem nt r o propitiat him. A'ddresses from the different S8'tates -,wee p'resened to him on his rtcit.,~ Hie arrived- iii the itmin'edinie viiinitv of the, ca'pital, d'n the 20ih. On the 23'd lie took~ the opih ,fof f liee as f'residepitoftihe Republic at the city of Guadialu pe de. Widalgo. The af teratoon of the fullowi'g ,d'ay h'e e,niered the city of Mexico with great pomp and solemnit'y. N Te Deum was sung in the netroptanfchurch,.where he received the felicitations of this authories and cur por'ationis. We give' hits inaujgbral address below. The Cabinet of Santa Anna is comnposed as follows; D. Mariago Ojero, Minister of F'oreign-OAliirs;'IY. Juan'Rondoro, of the Trea'ury;'D: Francisco Suarvey Triarte, ofJ'ustice~and D. Jose Igacio Gutierrez, of War. From anything we find in the papers it does not appear that Santa Anna's as sumption of the reins of Government isa revolution. He of 'course disubsesses Gomez'Fa'riaf as chief ficutie offieer, but' without driving. the latter -from his utatidin or Vice President. El Republicano, a v'ery pertinacious opponen: of the Adl minuistration'o~f Farias, claims the. change aeqbivalent . to a. revolution, all the measures'of' Farias are to be abandoned, t isays;'but it-will be proper to wait till Santa Anna has time to look about him. SOur latest papers just binlg him into the S-fall enjoynment of polver. Before Santa -Anna reached:the capital he. sent asoder .- thither for'theyreleas&-of Gbmes geeiraza,. I wvhom'Iarias hali1.apt fort a'eek ortwyo' ,- a dlsea prison: - sanin 4nn'las 'nond his intention of asking from Congress' a amnesty for ali.polisical offences commi ted since 821. -- SANTA ANNA'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.. Senorer Deputies.-l. hve just. take the oath- which the law prescribes, and in ' doing so, ought to accompany it with a - manifestation of my sentiments,. andjibe -- motives of my conduct to this respect'ble - committee pf the lpgislative bodiy. ie events which hedve tatenplace ah the capital are known, anud are of suetga character as in bind me to give them T speedy and pacific termination. Surroun.l ed by difficulties of all kinds, interested it what iathe most important and essentia ' *ti for tle.wliole nation, as is the sustaining of - a strong and decided struggle with a for eign power, in which noihing lesetis in volved than the existence of the natidd, i would be the best of evils to enter into a contest with those who ought to unite in repelling the common enemy.. Thesp discords out to disappear at the imperious . voice of patriotism which calls upon ih tons of tbe. country to Ipuve -ut one wi and-aim. The moments have been urget = -I have seen the forward steps of the enemy-I lia:n rushed totheafield to repel Aim, and even at the moment of doing s I h'ave been forced to leave a brave and victorious army, and. to come. hither assume a power which I have iedeatedly said was rppugnant to' my .feelings, aid whh'I had decided never~to undertake. i That which.has been and ought to be, in object o'f aspiration and desire, . fao l rne an enarrmous sacrifice. .ut I am old,,.;: for my country, and shalf .p.er serve t,, without thinking what it may cost meto -. to that which the nation des res 1-should lo. I have entered upon lh$ Supreme ' Miagistracy because f have,.seen t.at was the soe .legaf m'ean'sof termning he disturbances of this capital, and be-; ause I believe I shall thug be able to faci itate the prosecution of the ward, td to, . ave the independence and honor of Mex - co, which I wish to. present udsiliei tZ irilliant to the world which is be d i: as. I have before me the: comit . h'e Soveleigh Co'n y locyhdse decisions'l h r hall ;consta'n'tieo'tnue lo.. eideisfiwillriejlieis e' IRhave ifinmlyftesibledr - ".&l7 nioli1ito wihua for whihitiis have t iaiees wichb beling toal add -c qivilizatin siain's afd which iah nya-astsince my return the coun t. p 'his will no' be deniedf and the nation hall still aee me obedient to, is wishlae without my having any otber.ruloo(of. oa rget tian it deciions s a Mexican aod.. ioldir, ' shall always take the.'a.. ' 'oadas the nation, and I aspire to %ooter - ite than that of a good citizen,. and i n pg~aking of me that it should he, sai'd tha - always loved my country.-that I serve I with zel, and that i saarificed myset. or its good. L ATElf FROMI VERA~ Ca'U?. The ship Alhambra, C'apt. Wilson, anc he sieamship Alabamy Capt. mright, arrived yesterday fromn Vera Cruz. The,. i oramer asajed on the ltinst. direct, wier he Alabama left on the 3st uit., and ouchied at TamRico and the Brazits'. -.VZRA Cans' March 40> Formal possessdyo.ir as taken yesterday - af the *heroic' city of Vera Cruf.by Gen. Vortlr, different portions of his disiod t >ccupying the. national. pala'ee,..the castle i' Sara Juan d'e Uflua uid tie foaius f San-~ iago and Conception, as' well as the hit eries and works of all kinds. 'th e hole _o :eremnoby was grand and imposaing beyondh any thingit has ever been nur lot. trw t ess. At fO'o'clock the diffeent Mexican, regif'nts marchedo uandt laid 'owsi their rms, in pfesence of a .large portin of ou. irn y; yet very proper y tnot one urmd . ,f exultation rose uponu the air. Ti'ifeL cants piled their arms ini good Iemper, nornifying as it must have keen, to thm and marched ohi wiih'their. womna aue4s , Sutspaying a wod. As di)e 'sta~rs & stines wvere rota up at the differsjit wvorks, saut after salute. resoundgd fr:1m our differenit,4 sasteries as, well as froagthae navy, and. by ,,. 1 o'clock in iie afternoon all was orddi ind quiet.. General Worth, who yester.J iay received hai brevet of major general, ~ itas by a s;agular comencdence also appoint-, ad Governor of the city of Vera Cruz and the aastle. H'e marches however: with the army, yet' will remain here long enough t regi~aate-thoroughly, the municipaixag - slaisonhssof this place.. 1 might here spiat~. that Mr. Dimond, our former coslhr h'ai.been appointed collector of sbe-par., The city, or at least the northersfppr j tion of '.t, has beert tors all to. piefep-lho~ - destruction is'deadftil, Thso-oilier pars~of~ thme place would have suffered in~ihoearnie way had. the bom~bardmnent of the place continued asmothey day. There isoa report to-dany that Alvarado, wall give up"without a fight. I shall learn, more of' the tritut of this' riauaior~ be Vaa Can ,larch:3T. Gen Quitmah' s bfsgade setout on thob march for Alvarado last .evening.~ place :s dist ance some thirty or forty mary south, and the wall irpabig reaoh. . t'o-moru uaa t prsume' that of the smaller V es the nav, ennd -