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T ar LA sr y A'. +J ' g ni QtstlYAIs,': , 0,..Ihas been go .ersince she rmetiefrom thesbanks *of essteadily moving,. through thonsaaauf -years, to 'a north-western direction, and uo governmeiit' ought less to oppose'it'thiau ours; but every truth re qairos proper care and distinguish discoru-' mnt-in its application and the federal government of oukUnion. has been far too ; '>;', ,careless, itiems,,;igmany.cases of pauper iinportauons; siand; occasional shaineless and wholesale ii'ssions of criminals from imbroad .We trus the measure, lately adopted by ihe British. government, re garding convicts, will attract more serious attention from our.Cabinet. Onr readers are aware that Sir George Grey, the-British Secretary for the Home .Department, and Earl Grey, the Colonial Minister, have abolished transportation to New South-Wales or any other penal colony, and substituted the lollowiug plan: The British convict is to be confined in solitary prison, for one year; then, in a prison on the social plan, where he is to have the opporluuity of earning wages, which shall be credited to his account, and if ho behave well, the Crown will make use of the pardoning prerogative, after the lapse of two-thirds of the awarded'itnpri sonment, on condition that the criminal expatriate himself, his wages to pay for the passige. He may, it he chooses, ex patriate himself to a British colony. But wil e do so ? This is an important qntes tion for us. England turns out the annual number of about four thousand criminals. Accor ding to the new plan, four thousand indi * viduals, well -schooled and thouroughly trained in the arts of crime, are to be let loose, not upon the colonies-for they are too far, except Canada, which is a poor field for a thorough piced criminal,'who standsain need of a' well peopled and in destrious country-het upon neighboring douutries. - Now a criminal wilt prefer, as a mater of course. a country % here his ownulanguage is spoken, where large cities offer a fine opening for his trade, where rapid communication can easily transport himfrom' place to place, :over great dis tences, 'where he finds acquaintances, and where, above all, the institutions of civil liberty allow of a very limited preventive policenly-where no passports, no gene d' arms, no police registrations exist, and that country is for the British felon, the United States. Are we to suffer such yearli inux of four thousand rogues ?. We cannot directly' interfere with the tneasure, for although it is. decidedly aginstthe spirit of Christian'internationai 1kwit'is not so against its palpable doc 'tritisiaad precedents, on which positive anddirect international action can be had. W, must guard, ourselves, therefore, as boiesaecan, in some other way, althdugh it is our Nell considered opinion, that: the President ought even now, to instruct: Mr. Banicrfthexostlato'i'Wth the British gove aeda to'ibieatesi that unless she maurebe rescinded, on ChiefMag n ist ate; ip '1 o(c is. uphalo : ose utiOe 4 yg'postte, 'manner, am - si.rs au ee dy Thie quesor i~s ean easy one ; for the rmedy:mustnt only endeavor, to ward off the~criminals..but it.must carry withinat, the probability of the abolition of * the &ritish measure.- It must be a serious -and eff~cative reinedy against the measure itself. How: -ould a law do, proscribing -that' no enigrant'roni the British isles, shall be admitted without aproper-certifi -'cateto be paid for, of our consul, at the portswhence ahe emigrant sailed, and to prevontthe influx of crime by way of S..". Canada, faaiher ouacting that every emi shall be liable to be taken up and sent Sfiom ihe'couotry, unless ho can show hiis A.certuficate from a proper authority in Can ada, if possible, au American authority, in tha'tcolony.- This 'would be a disires sing mieasure, both biecause it would fall ~hard. upo'n many intbocent and worthy emigrants, and because it has a strong savor of the passport, -so justly odious to "- the Anglicau race.' But neither theory nor sentinients can guide us alone, when A' ' we'musst deal with pratical measures, and howiiver bitter a medicine may be, it is i *not to be judged of by its inherant bit ter ness, but by-the malady we have to grap S ple with. On whatever Congress may settle,ao much ii certain, that the British -meisure must be met, and stoutly, prompt ly and efficaciously met, in a manner thai the evil which it entals on the other side, will quickly produce a fetraction.~ Our potiticalliberality in freely admiting em igration to our West, must not be any lenger so unworthily abused. 3 It is-'not necessary for our purpose to discuss the legality uf a sweeping and per madent application of the pardoning pro rogative of the* British crown, without consent of parliamient. Lords Brougham and.Lyndhurst, have declared it unconsti tutional. This is for our British brethren to decide. Nor need we discuss here, whether the measure, the prob~able effects of which, on the United States, were men *tiened intbo House of Commons, com *forts withy those principally of gentlenmanly spirit. upon whbich the English government lately refused the motion of Mr. Hum., to stop the annal payment of England to Russia, because his sumn is due, according ,~.. to .the sTreaty .of 'Vienna, which same treaty hiabeen biroken by Russia, in aiding in thoe ruin of Cracow-ain political maw kishness, if over: their was one-our pres eat duty is to consider the measure in its S practical elect, and the means which practice gives-us, to ward of. its baneful -effects. If England has the right to adopt mesures of internal policy, without ref.. reacito.their'necessary effects upon fellofw nai i~rthe great family *of civilised S ta bdi~ oinds of a~ comtmon'inter nti riWe have lthe bounded duty S to ma~y~four soreignty, so as to protect aes!Mihoutoany reference to the incoodenieueuitua oreato in that coun try, or rathe aov1r to create such' in convemi~ nt4h1 easure may -'be aban i e jottir than our sdttls;ibatig.. bedone :wi. t samanna crop of; ,mshed.crtminalI, .bowt6eue. these deceased members to atsciety;,but we know too, thstoneeof the measures ta get ridtof them'-exilen- must not bedresorted to .y Exile and death e cthclumsiest punishments, always used ianiperiods ofa rude state of penal law, .in xpreference.to corrective meaoe Banisineni hs long been stigatised b :nodernjpenology, ati out~of the, queian ciilisied" na tions,.and here we have.an .adminetratin which re-adopts it as a prevailing element in an entire . punitory scheme. Is this a return for the bread we sent, and are send= ing to their famished people ?. We' trust they will retrace their 'steps, and: think betterof it.-In the mean time, ourgov ernment must act, and not allow the fir more exciting events in Mexico to with draw its attention from this invading army of annually four thousand well-drilled pick-locks, fighting under the banner of criie and infamy, against our persons and property-an army which invades like fever, or stealth; and defied; the stoutest cuirass. COLUMBIENSIS. Fron the Washington Union,28th ult.. TB UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN. It affords us sincere pleasure to give publicity to the following despatch from Lord Palmerston to Mr. Pakenhum, ( a copy of which was communicated by :he latter to Mr. Buchanan,) conveying the thanks of the British Government and the British nation to the citizens' of the United States for their liberal contributions, to re lieve the sufferings of the Irish people. The sentiments contained in this despatch do honor.to his lordship, and prove that he possesses a warm Irish hears.--They will, in his own emphatic , language, "tend to draw closer and to render stronger and more lasting those ties of friendship and mutual esteem" together; a consummua tion calculated to promote the highest in terests of both countries, and to extend the blessings of liberty and law over the whole iearth: "Foraexo OFFIcE, March 31, 1847. "Sir: I have received your despatch, No. 8, of the.12th ultimo, stating that mea sures have. been taken for the purpose of raising a subscription in the United States for the relief of the destitute Irish poor; and I have to instruct you to take every opportunity of saying how grateful her Majesty's Government and the British Nation at large feel for this kind and hon orahle manifestation of Sympathy by the citizens of the United States for the suffe' ings of the Irish people. It might, indeed, have been expected that a generous and high minded nation would deeply commis serate the sufferings which an awful visi tation of Providence has inflicted upon so large a population, descended from the same ancestors as themselves.-But the active and energetic. assistance which the people of the United States are thus affor-. ding to the poor Irish, while it reflects the" highest honor upon our Transatlantic bre thren, must tend.. to draw closer. and to render stronger and Fore lasting 'those,tics of friendshipland.etntual esteem which her Majesty's~ Giverangt..trustswill long. continue to exist between the..two. great branches of the Anglo-Saxon fa'mily:-- ep arated, indeed fromeach other, by geogra. phicalposition butunited logethir by corn ,mos. iterests ;to pwiih .everysucceedtag "PALMER STON "To th e Right Hod. Richard Paken hamn." &c. From the Corresponden'ec of the Char.-'Courier. -VYERA CaRt, 'April 9. The statemnt of the prevalence of. the vom ito is doubtless incorrect, as we have dates from Vera Cruz to the 13th ukt.,. which do not mention it. The Vera Cruz Eagle of the latter date says,-Many of our gallant soldiers are now prostrated by disease, and the hospitals are filled to over fowing -with them. The disease most prevalent is diarrama, which in many cases has now-proved fatal. A light nor ther has been blowing for the last two days, and when it subsides we shall look for an increase of sickness- No case.of vomito has been reported, although we heard it rumored that it was about." A letter from Mr. Kendall, (one of the editors of the Picayune) of the 14th, writ ten at camp San Juan, is the very latest from the army. He says the soldiers were suffering at Vera Cruz from sickness, but the vomnito had not appeared, Havanta papers of the same date as those received by us, had reached both New-York and ~New-Orleans. .Acorrespondent of the New-York Sun, wrritaig from' Vera Cruz, on the 9th instant says: "I write at the last minute. to.sny, that the State of Jalapa has declared, and will maintain a separate independence. It now remains to -be seen whether the United States will have the coinmon sense to make good use of this occasion. Your paper, was informed of this intention on. the .part of the States of Vera Cruz, Puebla, Oaca and a part of Mexico itself, to break the yoke of their military despotism. and make a separate peace as soon as the capture of Vera Cruz should warrant action." The following is an extract of a letter from one of the Charleston Voluniser, with which we have been favored. It will he seen that he m'enuions nothing of :the prevalence of the vomito, hut on :the con trary states the general health of our troops is good. CAMP. WASHINGTON, -V~a& Carts, April 10. - I am about to make another attempt to write and let you. know that I still flour ishing on the sandy plains of Mexico, sound as a nut and dirty as a pig. There are about twenty-two thousand soldiers here, and not a clean face in the party; we are camped just out the city, and are bound to get to town almost every day. I have been in every hole and corner of Veras Cruz; it is old fashioned, thickly built, and a dirty, filthy place. The're is only one decent Hotel in the town, and that is nothing great. The Mexicans are a lazy, black looking setr'and it makes me aad to think I came so- rar to fight the rsowardly'-rascals. All I wish for is to have * ebance to~shoot about'a doseif of them. They are ireated fieely by (hse TS. eff ers, and if we show them oqir contempt aud-liaviesbag4 'i na iost' notf tlia e t dt f ib ou u ;:j. I: ssrbC'y4ikuryme'n 'sigtk e& hJ '$s war;ie i :4,gwte Tt hae opis ve; l iY: _ tAismours' n Isfe ti ' havelieintvitaif ti M s, e dyaneftfv1i h of letr heels... They Iare'vory"c le Wt. thei, pieces, whiich is the . he. shots take ~so little e@e *: t I. not. have mu'eli' fighting itiithdi -' 'jjj rancheris 'will..vorry? uet" a ht generally attack the armyi&'d I ane i cut off.small partiies biftll eft t Ikiuj: of- Vera Cruz they make tirsis e friendly. We dare norgo bditi a -parties;,'ine'TesdrnsMil ' v.ryi man or cut-every one'a.thioaiJ ij'' .Caicb out of camp.- f a soldierdyp3) shoot one of'them, Gen: Scottaa widii. hung immediaiely. But for? ;oiie of them catches it ocaeion&yi ' 4the report of - a musket is- ot-iof ag gof camp. :.. - "t ;:t-would. do""you: goad to "" t of these Mexicans; they ar'a co iMir tu're of all colorsjust such te had on, board tbe steamer 4# They Will steal every thiiag z.get hold,of, thuy very seldom wo eis but make the women doit for> 4 T-ie. women are very -comm6n 'di~ "and, most of them Slack or very.d Their: dress consists of a frock,-a pair tppers, and a bit of scarf thrown over .head: and shouldets. They speak, S but. Spanish, -but .they underatau y well if you want-them'to. wash er ay. other workfor you,.if'you.on itbe. the funds. They can wasbicl iaut tifully, but they are very carol ,itbeir" cocking; they never cooktdi ety They have a good vegetable-m eigipthis place. .Fruit grows all over t o q'g and tomatoos and okra arej, fa sous..- There are morebitds ' ers. here than I have -overseen toy li fe. It-is- almost impossibleafo e you a full description of cam aipre sent, but 1.will .give., you a A, ch.t, daybreak in the morning,rpnei sd. the roll -is called. 'Weathenpt i'Land cook breakfast. .Afterbriak" gto; town-and look about, or -stay 4itpc.mp and lay down in the shade.. de hungry in the middle of the d e ooi a dinner,.butif -we are too e,,eat hard biscuits or nothi'ng;fh yasees off in this way, unless we are guard pr fatigue duty, which is..vry groenble in this climate. :'At.nighCi'w wi.i our tent, if we have any, if' not, w e iour blanik'eised6panywherp goundi It is'hot now-as we ever'h ar.er ton. When eliai-chit i S t sti each forty-eight rounds liknp sack with clothes and'*blanks haver' sack with.several days rub 'p a cantt'en with watr-a perfect lo aid eesand From the Southern'Clw CAMP WAsutiiTOner Crur, fyDear Frien rm the caption of this ;etio pIa jat(stifl on the plai in front t w flheei last wrote you on the 30tfil "was khen under the'iirpresios " .' coned' itisasim'fetAke sl~pa4 butt fa te,.and -Gsnral Scot-t1has rdatna ed it to be otherises .mndli'telf ater having despatched my ldttseiub the S0th ut., Gen. Quitman's" brigade, to. which .or regimenli is atiached,~' sordered down to Afvarado. a* distance of about ffty mile., (utis iifdf irils a. they haye in Georgia, if not a little loikegr 'over a very sandy road and, under. Na.broiling hot' sun,..which we reached .in 'due course of timo, and found ihasn'weiha~diene~'ntici pated by our navy the ciiythbaving capi-. tulated without firidig'a'gi Our -army remained at.Alvarado fork w(das, durng, which time .wo had an o'p''tiunity of vis iting all the aights .in that,,anpeert . city. In fornie- times Alvarado-wns.: no doubt, a place of considerahfe codlmercial im porianice, from its locality, like all the cities and towns in Mexico tthin I -have seen. it has gone to diecay,'andits popula tion fallen off from lone hlalf to three fourths, produced, no doubt, by. bad ruders and bad, laws. There still remain. spect-. mens of its former greatneussein the -gran deur of its churches,' abich surpass any thing of the kind I have seen tn Vera Crus, We returned to'this place on-the 8th instant, and until yesterday we have bivouacked in the sands and chapparrals. Yesterday we sueceeded inobtaining from the Quartermaster's. Department a suffi cient number of tents to shelter our imen fremthefscurchinlg. rays of'a tropical sdu, and the heavy dews at night. This mnorn-' ing Ge...Worth's division'lel for JalapW;" Gee. Quitman's alone 'tilita, and it would not surprise iae iuch sfjthe chialry were left to garrison Yera Crus. My reasons. for thinking so is this: to-day. Gen. Quitmani called* oun our regiment' fr review, and out of 940 men we passed' in review 330 muskets,-249 'on'the usiek' report, principally dirhague-y the' water, which i~s far from be ug .good On inn,. march to Alamarado, he men would skimahe green,.alimefromuhBur, face of the ponds and ~dringj thgaterragnd that after a squadron ofcavalryand artil ley had passed through, 'and yoa. may judge -howour boys relished it."Te6eys hve got-all they-'bargaineIforf and so say, a leetle more :but I'& glad.jto say they beail their treatment.assoldiosrs. 'That our regiment has beene illy us'ed; ithereis no doubt.-who is to~shoslder.itryonr.'may live to see. 'In any letter .of-the42th nit. I may have been basty ichr'gtu oa those in authority a ~ f~ i~I are the cause, I, for ole nept~dat hsi tate to let the world kai heregis some likelihiood ,q i'qutsegra ,gotttnk some portioneof A.apraprIgtn, by~ the State made'fo rimas'iunderstand that Mlessrs. 'A T.furnley&Co, of N OQ., had, written to CoL'l iar~ty' bad' received a bill of'l *(set n pack aletto Rgie The deathis inru'xgmotI~ will 11ow average on .each ~ap hoylbeieh? land company haveatstqaguay fortla nate, not having lost .vabegmine- a left homne, and I pray taifiy' eer fc l' h..r:y# r /y.Lr f b..eotne to: e~al4,case r"nsg o0 restL :'61i,,cootr; , Sjnce, my iat1L I have vista rted the' amudh;talked of, (ortretss ad~casZtl an.Janade Ulloa, sapda apsure you nM' ctccbdnteit' extent.;strength, e th: inayereadiof,has:been exaggera: teIitisluilt:of sea coral, aestone and grniisiountssabout 275 guns and ntor Itars;'some ofiihe largest size,:an'f manned ;byAmericaas,-1 do not think the combined navy of the=.world could take it. A visit to thelcastle-alone .repays. me for all the fdtigue:thatI have undergone during the campaign-more particularly wh'en I see ,theistars and stripes floating, from the flag. htalT. ': -: There appears groat irregularity in ihe maiJs many oftwbich ;I -have no doubt, never reach the.volunteers;. many of our Wmen I know have not. received a line from home since they-left home. Last, night we got a maillof the 22d February; on 29th March we had a mail from Columbia in' "0days.' Very few of the papers are over received, as the - bags have been opeued on ship board and the envelopes torn off. .As we have established a Post Oice for our brigade I hope things will get on better. Yours truly. * -. W. B. S. tieut.. William Price, of Illinois, who was, killed in the battle of Buena Vista, was se'venty -two years old. A correspon dent of the New-York' Post says.he had left a home of .affluence .and ease, with the expressed wish..to'die'in the service of his country, and, need be, on the field of battle. "They. cannot cheat me out of many years," said he; . When ordered with the battalion, like-a -forlorn hope, to thejtrying contest in the mountains, he ex claimed with' a look of joy, as he drew hissword, "Now, hoyla, this looks like do lng something." The enemy ttiumphed over his fall, supposing him to be Gen. :Wool. i.. The same writer thus alludes to the death of a noble German in the fiercely contested battle'ttf.Buena Vista: In the same part of the field, and about the same time. with Clay. McKee and Hardin.' another fell, pierced by.a lance, 41hose name is worthy of a place in' the ro)ls of fame-private Alexander Kunze of Company H. 2d Regiment of Illinois. The writer ,was honored with his friend dlip, and had an opportunity of knowing him well, being a member of the samt company an his tent mate. His conducl on the field was most soldiery, cool, calm deliberate and-prompt in obeying orders His courage was conspicuous, even in thi moment of his ,death, when he refused t surrender. Except a brother' in Suutl America, he leaves- no relatives on thi: continent. Asis widowed mother, lives it Bueckeburg, in Hanover, hearto his na tivo city, Hamburg. i received a splen did education at the Universities of Jeal and Goettingen. Ife.had been but a yea in the United States when he joined on regiment in Alton. whither he had com to volunteer, from. Wisconsin. Ilis mo tives'inl.aking this step. were that he migh crve the. country, whose constitution h respected before an other system., of gov einmett, and to gratify his.euriousity in dewmode 9f life, by seeing Mexico, an observiag,: with a -:philosophic eye, ;th character of, her people and institutions The writer promised much pleasure t himse Lf i trayelingwit bhim through.thi age and polibl tfi ost;learned. mac in the army 'Hi knowie'dge of philology was' accurate and profound. And such was isfamiliarity with 'ihe Latin, .that by olie day's examip'ation 'of a Spanish grammar be was ahle, to read this cognats language .with facility.. Many pleasani honr,s have we spent together in rambling over the plaines and mountains of Mexice while be lfille~ld his haversack with new plants to send to Germany, and which hit knioiedge of botany olten enabled him to class in the several genera and species. A better er a braverheart than, his never beat its last upon a field of battle. While awaiting upon the field, on the 23d Feb ruary, the renowal of the attack by Santa Anna; the' thought .was most consolatory to several of his comrades, that death on the next day might make them compan ions of Miltiades, of Socrates, and of Kunze, Tribute to the Brave.-T he Delta tells the following a-When a part of the Ken. tuckiy Legion arrived at Mantamoros, on their return marcia, the Massachusetts Regiment paraded and received them with due military etiquette. Col. Cushiog ad. dressed them in his usual eloquent style, with a fcw'very appropriate and compli. mentary remarks. The fine dress and generally neat and clean apperance of the Massachusetts men, contrasted strongly with the, scarred and sunburnt faces, the black, blue, red, and tri-colored shirts and as many colored pants of the boys athean eturning from the blobdy field of Buena Vista, but when the column moved, and they came to handleclieir arms, then ''Old Kentuick?' shone out as conispicuoustly as did iheir snew acquaintances a few minutes before. Of5ce Declined.-Tlhe Matamoros Flag (4th inat) says-The, North Carolina regiment; as we learn rromn one of its very elever lieutetiants. Staton, is at San Fran csco.nine miles this side of Camargo. On the'8th inst.' they werejoitned by their commander, Col. Paine. Capt. Wilson, our readers will iecollect, hasg been, ap. pointed 'colonel of infantry, but prefers remaining 'wiih the Edgecomb boys, whose mothers constituted him their guardiani dring'-the war. The Romance of.ffar.-It is well du ring war that incidents should, occur, cal. euated to throw a light of romance over the dark~ shades which might otherwise form':he picture of our contemplation. ,Ic the Matamnoros Flag of the 10th nIt,, we find a: statement which when read musi quien Mb, pulsations of every chivalric and.malygosom. Presuminag it to be 'uthentic. we lay it before our readers. ,A JoA.,-A very handsome, and quits nitelligeni..Spanish lady, wvas taken neat the AmerIcan lines, in the character of a spy,on the nighit of the 15th before Vera ~Cuz To all interrogatories, she either remniied silent or retnrned' an~ evasive answer.iShe was treatied with .the cour tesy cau her sex. Until the city capitu ate i demeanor, btwhen ti e shareshitrps floating in the ai rmie ten~ 1 plazatold lher thtisajlef~s ov er theeepn~id f e conr she. surrendered herself up tball titoagoaytf grief. S~ r ' ., :;'X iixA What a commentaryis-thiSisa pongie conduet of most of-the Mexicanst he .actions have fallen under the notui the. Americans! WitI;theA.xceptioP P/eh ectrelated.of-Gen. orales-Wh0 it wl he recollected, on hearing ihat.era GCruz was to be surrendered. casiroff iis swr and his uniform and said '"now youtcan surrenderie"-*e:look almost 'ri vin for. the display of any of those' heroic aual ities which are.exhibited:-by'men of most other nations. The conduct of the fair Mexican lady was something which did' honor to her sex and her country. .:Up to the period at which the city capitulated she behaved with a becoming dignity-: but when she saw that all was lost, that the Bag of a foreign nation waved in tri.. um.ph over the city, perhaps. of her nativi ty.ahe forgot the heroine and relapsed into the natural character of 'her sex War must ever bring in: its 'train a boat of evils. There' are but few bright or green spots on the desert-waste of its track; and whenever a gleam light,, which des pels the sombreness of its general coloring, can be found, it refreshes and relieves'the mind as well as heart.-Eve. News. Froni the Richmond Enquirer. REFUSAL OF THANKS ,TO GEN. TAYLOR The Federal House of Representatives of Massachusetts' have rejected, by a vote. of 65 ayes to-.114 nays,:the following order submitted by Mr. Boutwell of Croton. This is the same Federal Legislature which refused to vote a dollar for the equipment of the Mexican volunteers. Let us now. hear no more charges against the Demo. cratic party, that:they are chary of honor to General Taylor. Federalism in Massachusetts cannot sink lower.. The Democrats ought now to.re deem the State: "Ordered. That the committee on.the militia on the part of this House, be in structed to report a series of resolutions of the purport following: -'1s. That the thanks of the Legisla ture of Massachusetts are due to .Major General Zachary Taylor, his officers and men, for the skill, good conduct, bravery and successi which have diatinguished their operations upon the Rio Grande,:,at Mon; terey, and atBuena Vista. "2nd. That while the people and Le gislature of Massachusetts view with pride the brilliant achievements of the' armty etmployed in the war against Mexico, they mourn the loss of those officers and men who have fallen upon the battle field, and sincerely sympatbise with their relatives and friends. r "3d. That his Excellency the Governor r e requested to .transmit a copy of these , resolves to General Taylor, to be by him communicated to the army under his com' Smand. From he N. 0. Picayune,-M'ia1 1' 3 FURTHER DETAILS OF TH E- BAr'dGas The --Aiericain Eagly'"tiibisd ea . Vera Crux. issued ao extra-un the'2Oti ult., from which we extract copiously though there dre miuj uta iodebidit. 5 ,:The -aitip da.ocmaied. ti b as aft, could makem soudyu see them whilsI reading .these linee,son woul wonder-at theirustrrend~er. .Th. Cerro Gordo,. the most prominedt of tie defences, commansid the- 3alapa :road.f,,'r two or three miles, and a .heavy .battery here, in the hatids of akilful men,t would keep an army in check for many a day, if not entirely prevent his passage. The importance and great strength of.this poiunt was soon made apparent to all,..and last night, about twelve o'clock, a piece of cannon was hauled upon a neighboring entrance, w.hich, after sending sundry shot among the enemy, was round oftlittle avail; and in the morning the Cerro Gordo was stormed and carried-not, however, before the commander-in-chief of the Mexicans had secured himself n safe retreat, by fal ling back, with his body-guard, several miles upon the Jalapa road. In the mean time, the other defences were being stormed by our troops. Three forts, situated nearor to each other-each commanding the others-were the objects of attack; and the carrying of them was 'the task of the volunteers, The centre one of these forts rnns further in than the others, and this being the objiect of storm, 'he advance of the stormers ad to under go the fire of the right and left, and the centre-the latter of which prudently withheld its fire until o'.jr men had advan-, ced winin forty yards of the guns, and then the dogs of war were let loose with such fury, that our men were driven from their position with great slaughter-the 2d Tennesseeane, who were in advance, hav ing a lai ge number of killed and wounded. Before the volunteers had time to renew, the attack, the enemy had surrendered driven, as they had been, from their favo rite position on Cerro Gdrdo. Taking all things into consideration, this has been a great fight, and a. great victory, one calculated to shine brilliantly in the chapter of those achieved in Mexico by our arms The Mexican forces on the height of Cerro Gordo, were the 3d and 4th Light Infantry, the 3d and 5th Regiments of the' line, and 6~pieces of artillery, with the requisite number of cavalry. Col. Ohan do, chief of artillery, was killed, and Gen., Vasquez, general of division.. Many of our officers were of opinion thai this gene eral was-no other than Gov. Morales. Our force cone'sted of the 2'l, 3d and 7th Infantrj and Mounted Regiment, and Steptoe's battery.. Capi. Mason,of the Rifles, was severely woundeid, havitig list~ his leg. .Li. Ewell, of .the:yth' Infantry, was sueverely wounded. Capt. Patten, of the 2d, left hand shot off. ' IOn the 18th, Lient..- Jarnis, of the 2d Infantry, was wounded in ascending ihe. first hill,.-,. On the top of the Cei-ro Gordo,i'he scene was truly horrible. From thze Ja lapa roadl, dead bodies of the enemnycould be seen on every spot where thie eye was directed, u,:til they literally' chvered ,the ascent to the height.' There is about half an acre of level ground on the top of. the montait, and here was collected tbgether disaldiiili *outsUr dresIi .e.oil picking up eamet eos b ht: . -Frorp where: theiptormzn division' ade'iht*h suffered andindanywof tbea" for they tn'adfa1esieraV' they gave n fied down i h i thll t feredr many'6ielneii' tii our; men ,tti'eirbacks1w The-charge oen'OrraGo tiose cool-.yet deter-izeddpew, teristie of the Americpan t ibe te 'haour tro. e est'uhat. prominenuthh e incessant, and they bad tootahy foot,till they ga from which :place the 'nem after a short: esistaoce - Onr.victorg;teomplete enemy who eecaped -V - directions by ilisi/pais - them cit down on the r . Gen. Twiggae wh foliow ,taking -Cerro Gordoilppt three miles of Jalapa,an - of the enemy, encampedor { He is in town before tbisim From the N.,O D Adeance -Generatigg posed to be in Jaliipa oph and the whole ar myts ra - on the capital From thr,,nriIto of. Mexican affairs in t aint, little doubt ifnegotiatioa r p forthwith opened,,Gen Sd ot -l - the city of Mexico tnmpede , Details ofte Figt By three or four o aclocki . . (18th ultl).i te lei 'Anna, was put to fRihti -el( Canalizo having fledids'oeTor. ican troops were entirelyoTey. to bight, leaving..all tb cij . private correspondence;.pt e valuables- and his artificialt accident, of course, 'rinJL ,. c the more. perilopus. F t . which we labored under it' dragoons..and cavalry, ihia " General were fortunateh grs eti'ho e would norhaveibeaullinge I~iw antied those orimental aixs if man obelisk. Thi ds ri *1ehl i a however, byttiedinnmeiL * guished men ,who swelltl,iAj - Their loss in killed and wounded is mated at about fiye or they are represented as ven ag field ofbattle- 'bet pas -,_ and onihe.e ,~bl gp rate inded thie. destruction baye been 'houibl'il1t 4 they'e "id Gi 8 leallod th bedue '. tiefit -our troops, w alhsmfd -h i YDischar ha o ' 'to agnounce thtexPrest anthe anote -he e~iji IJm adi e dilid h' dise6i'rig fy eiy e'rlcu'ik parole' ofa Asia,"an fi' march to Jalapa'frbruii6ealtre t b doubt to oppossethe-jirogreau~I~~ army, atid givenuswwhrfgt\~e~ La Vegarfused to aiccept the piroJh goes, prisoner to the United S~;te~~ move ,is deemsed by Ge9. 8eso,tj.p~(2 and wise<paruenlarly wbe the- ex of transporting snchk ii'dd'"o men considered. I willsf o ly idd~fuiid dissatisfaction reins ins esinjif. Capture of Tuspan.-By tihe ar U 4 New-Orleans of the U. S. trpfspptIu Gen. Patterson, from yefra,Cpz tion in ferse fteatr o - by Comn. Perry and, the padro. his command. The ii lelc , gether verbal,"buft h'&eAmss question as to its general corret officer from the U..S. steam 'c a boarded the Gebi. Patci'rd o pose of-putting'lettere o~n acr him the report was bhiid? U that Taspan wastaitenoi trei28ij after a fierce and determined reiiinE the Mexican troops.. WeloSi; ~a~i N.-O. De lta,.some: rour _ _ fourteen wounded,. aimong o four oflicers-Cajpt. Tj(al( Lieut. Parkier, (seerdi -_ and Passed Midshripmian:ow ly.) The Mexicani ,'findlnog. -ance unavailing spikediAafl ~r raised the definces ofih'e'phii'n abandoned it.* From Meico-The'NiOlT ayune, ofthe 2d inst ait, coliidsfLe items of Mexican-news of-initrest. & them we note those having refeeest. changes in the G.ovet nmenrtbh 'rti mentof Gomes Farias, andtigelise~i a substitute of .Senor.Aaaya. G~ean. monte.was his scompetitor, bt3 a.CN featedi by. a* Igrgesr~pt represen1tod as,a'man hgi and ofttalent. SThe Mejim e~ r the chdice a g~oo b under whom' all adi'F can harmonize. Helia' 4068 servicerto 1he countryet'varl - Fortifying the.Ciy'ofs -e~5 *can papers ,state thats Erieide military officers in theesy toconsult on the best manper o1p ipto'a state of defence., h~yr imous in':recommedin m tfi be constructed, audihfi k"fi fqr'hwtth.' - Tiscertaintyaprovestab e46 meant had but ltl~l~e ty of.,Santa Ann bh Aerican. arrmy