Frorm the Picayune, 25th ult.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
The steamship Palmetto, Capt. Smith,
arrived last evening from Vera Cruz, hav
ing sailed theaee on the 18th inst. She
touched at Tampico on the 20th and Bra
zos Santiago on-the 21st inst.
Although we are not in possession of
letters from Kendall, we have advice% upon
which we place every reliance as to the
the movdments of Gen. Scott. An express
from Puebla, by the route of Cordova had
arrived at Vera Cruz, announcing that
' Gen. Scott commenced his march upon
the cityof Mexico on the 16th inst.
We'hear not a word morei in regard to
the overtures for peace, said to have been
madeto Gen. Scott. That ho marched
on the 16th we have no doubt.
Another express had arrived at- Vera
Cruz from Jalapa,. which announces that
all the sick had left there on the 15th for
,.Perote under a small escort. Col. Childs
was to leave the- following day with all the
S?' garrison. Gen. Shields would accompany
hin. The road between Jalapa and Pue
bla is represented as free from guerrilia
parties of any kind.
About-one thousand troops left Vera
Cruz on the 17th inst., under the command
of.Maj. Gen. Pillow, to join the army of
Gen.. Scott.
SThe Spanish renegade named La Vega
- who lately repaired to Vera Cruz in com
pany with the veracious Col. Mata from
-this city, is represented to us-as already in
command of a strong guerrilla party.
- Bv:the express from Jalapa we have no
.intelligence of Gen. Cadwallader, as the
rider came by a circuitous route-toavoid
the-predatory parties on the road.
By this arrival we have received papers
from-the city of Mexico of the 6th, 7th, 8th
and 9th.of June. Our previous files cane
down to the 29th of May. The intermo
diate datds we have not yet received, and
presume. they have been forw'arded by
sailing vessel- We have only had time to
glance .hastily at the papers before us, from
which we glean the following:
:Santa Anaa still remains in power.
His resignation we presume was with
drawu; for it is intimated that a majority
of Congress was anxious to accept it.
-His administration, in consequence of this
feeling in Congress, has entirely changed
its policy and 'thrown itself into the arms
of the paros. One great section of the
pares, however, is not conciliated by this
movement; the adherents of Gomez Farias
and Gen. Almonte still continue their op
position to the administration. Senor Re
jon,. the former friend of Farias, is said to
be the naain support of Santa Anna's Ad
' niinistration, although he holds no public
office. He is denounced as a man without
principle, a truckler, &c.
It is represented that opinions were no
ver more divided in the capital than at
present.; No party seems to have decided
upon what' course.,to take. At one time
the paros and moderados appear inclined
to unite upon allissolution of Congress and
leave every thing 'in the hands of Santa
Anniaandd hen again te pares 'talk of
recalling the absent members of their par
'y, and ornif hai a workini majority 'to
cairy theirmeasures. In i the' meat,tsme
a qtdorium -f Congress cannin often be
coilieredC If we jan give no intelligible
i accottof5 the designs of parties and the
Governinent,. it is because su'ch confusion
and'amrcisy never before existed in the ci
-ty of Mexico,'by the admission of-all.
An important financial measure of Ana
ya's administration has been summarily
abrogated by Santa Anna, in difi'erence, as
he says. to public opinion. Trhis has led
tb the resignatio. of Senor Baranda, who
C was not consulted as to the repeal of the
measure. Saeor Lafiagua was then nome
inated in his place as head of the State
Department, but his- appointment gave
dissatisfaction to the pares who remnonstra
ted against it. The result was not krnown.
Gen. Ajmonte was still in prisoit, nor are
we able to learn any thing nyore definite
as to the nature of his otience, his trial
not having yet conie otn.
-The State of Chihuahua voted unani
-mously for Gen. Santa Anna for President.
This is the only additional State the vote
of which is given in the papers before us,
' ~ The votes were to be opened on' the 16th
of' the present month. Our impression is
n - that Con~ress will have to imake choie
between the two highest candidat-es, as no
one will probabily receive a nmjority of all
the votes. On various occasions Congress
bas.displayed great respect for-Gen. Hier
-rera, which' leads to the opinion that lie
will 'be chosen.
We find no mention made of the mnea
sttres taken for the defence of the capitol.
* ' 'The papers say that Gun. Scott pretended
to his troops that they wvould march into
Mexico on the 15th inst., but that this was
e a m ere boast in orler to keep up th.e spirits
' o'fhis men; that he was in no condition to
-wove, lacking reinforcements.
Letters froin Puebla to the capitol re
present Gens. Scott anid Worth as saying
that if Santa. Anna has charge of the do
~. -v-. ,, ~ feiice 'of theity of Mexico, they will be'
zble to take it with'the loss of two or three
hiundred men only.; but that if Bravo or
- Valenia command, it will cost thenm more
dear. The Republicano derides this gossip,
thougtt it sounds very natural to us.
The -Governmnent is urged by' letters
from Puebla and its vicinity to fall upon
Scott, now the is weak,, and crush him.
They say hot has really but a little over
5,000' men,:though lie pretends to have
6 7,000. They seem to dread lest General
Taylor should proceed to join General
Scott.
The proposition which Mr. Trist is au
thorised to meake are said by the Mexicans
to be that eachi Republic shall name three
35 commissioners to discuss the claims of the
& United States, and that if Mexico will not
T consent to this, thetn the war is to be pros.
'We find in the Republicano of the 7th
iiist..a. long despatch from the Secretary
April. It ihfotins him that by thie end of
June the President supposes General Scott
will'hat e 'tiven'ty, and Gen. Taylor ten
thousand men under their respective com
mand Ft asks fotthe views of General
Scott on vsrtonds questions suggested, and
gtve 1mnduiections how to operate with
disafldctedt Mexicani.Slates. The Repub
Wiane regcrthis latter portion as very
importnt. butpronounces t he-Secretary's
to he in the field utterly false. How this
letter was intercepted we are not-informed.
The Mexicans' appear to have intercept
ed- a good number of private letters.
Several to Col. Childs are particularly re
ferred to. One is from ! rs. Childs and
coutains much pleasant gossip as to the
state of parties in the United States.
Other letters of an entirely private nature
are commented. upon.
The success of some of the guerilla par=
ties near Vera Cruz are duly chronicled
and commended in the papers.
The afternoon of the 6th inst. Santa
Anna reviewed at Tealpam the troops
from the South of Mexico under Alvarez.
This general's command had not all arriv
ed, but it was expected to reach 8,000 men
in a few days.
Senor Pedro del Castello has been re
moved from the command of the regiment
of Hidalgo in the National Guard. The
act is strongly censured.
Gen. J. Gomez do la Contina'bas re
signed-the command of the battalion of
Victoria of which he was colonel.
Three hundred troops from Morelia ar
rived in the capital on i be 7th iost.
Diligencies have been established be
tween these two cities. One of them has
already been robbed.
The Vice Governor of Oajaca has re
signed his office, and his resignation has
been accepted.
Gen. Scott appears to preserve perfect
discipline among his troo.s at Puebla. The
Mexicans admit this indirectly. though let
ters are published complaining of our ex
ceases in general terms. The case of a
New York volunteer is mentioned, who
was tried by a court martial for assaulting
a woman with a vkw of robbing her of a
silver crucifix.
The casting of.a piece of cannon at To
luca on the 2d intt. is formally mentioned.
We have thus glanced at the papers be
fore us, but will recur to them again, and
should they contain any thing of import
ance, lay- it before our readegs.
Frnt Tampico we learn little news by
this arrival. The only thing which gives
animation to the town appears to be the
false alarms which frequently occur. We
are inflamed by an oflicer- of dragoons
that he went out with a party on a scout
on the 18th inst., and proceeded some 40
miles from the city in the direction of Al
lamira, but saw no armed Mexicans. The
country people appeared friendly, and like
the rest of the inhabitant of Tamaulipas
did not seem ill afl'cted towards our Go
vernment,
The Louisiana regiment stationed at
Tampico has sufered severely from sick
ness. Many haye died and there are yet
many sick-not less ihan 150 accounts say.
Not more than 180 men are reported fit for
service, and yet this is the only regiment
doing duty. Reinforcements have been
daily expected, br.t in vain.
Lieut. De Groote, of the'Dragoons, who
arrived on the Palmetto, has been ordered
hither.to recrit men to fill up his company
to the full compliment. It consists now
of only fifty four men. This is the compa
ny with which it is intended to open the
road from Tampico to San Luis Potesi.
~Deah of CanilW' Brother -Asi tl
train cams dwn from Monterey, tha
brougnt us'niews~fromn that place, up to the;
31st ult., the guard -arrested at Ceralvo, a
Mfexican who had become notorious for
daring thefts and murders. Upon being
examined, enough was elicited to order
his immediate execution. The condemned
up to die motnent of his sentence, main
tiined a dogged silence. When he found
that his hour bad come, he grew quite
loquacious, and taking out his flint and
steel, he lit a cigarette, and cooly puffing
it, he walked otut into the plaza to submit
to his late. Six Soldiers were selected as
executioners. The Mexican was first
turned from the platoon, but he resolutely
objected, atnd wished to look death in the
face. WVith an eye unblanched ho saw
the dleadly weapons raised, remarking
that lhe had only one life to lose, whil., he
had taken forty. In another instant he
sprang forward a corpse, one ball peno
tratinig his head, three others his body.
Upon examination of the papers found on
the dead bot'y, it was discovered that the
brother of this nototious Canalces was the
victim just executed.-Daily Nationtal,
19h~ inst. -
Corresponadence of the N. 0. Comn. Tines.
VERA CRUz, Jnnie14, 1847.
I am informed, and I know my authori
ty too well to treat it with contempt, that
sixt men, Spaniards, from Havana, have
laded, or will to-day land in Vera Cruz,
and who will each in less than four days
command a party of guerillas. I also
lain from the same authority, that two
hundred Spantiards, withsix or eight small
ield pieces are expected to land on the
unas), within fifty milesaof this city, during
the next ten days, wheni they will at once
organize into formidable and desperate
uerilla bands. These men are to come
from Cuba, but not, I believe, all from
ifavana,
All the leading men amongst the gue-'
rillas, now arc Spaniards, and also many
of the ruank and file. A Spanish General,
Saturnino de Ia Vega, has been isi this
city for some days, and had just left for
inteior, -where he is to find a command
or an ollico giving him the conitrol of sev
eral comnmands. It is doubtless to his in
luence that we owe the departure of the
young Mexicans to whlich I have before
adverted, and ho and others have itspmirt
d all the uative classes with mnoro hope
thin they have before enjoyed for a long
ie.
By an arrival which gives us later in
telligence thapU that brought by Duperu,
from the train, we learn that it was again
moving cautiously forward, and expected
opposition at the Bridge. Jaranta was
falling back upon Etncerro, .wvhere he e x
pects to be able to keep the Americans in
cheek until reinforced by Rebolledo, and
the rancheros from the suirrounding coun
try, who are drawn rapidly arouind by the
prospect of sharing in the division of the
specie-about halt a million of dollars
in the train. Rebolledo is said to have
ifteen hundred inen that lie can bring
forward, and they hope to have a force,
such as will entable them to take onr fele
lows in front and rear, and route them
completely When thbis is done-, a descent
is to lie made upon Vera.Criz!
tlisattreaty will be made, upon our own
ierzts, with a government de facto.
SSorne days ago, I stated the fact to you c
aiid 'Irepeat that Gen. Scott has orders t
nd'power-to form a government in Mex- r
ico, if he can find none there, and with it
t make a treaty, -according to the terms c
t ni out by Mr.-Trist, C
- itis certainly true that there has been
communication between General Scott I
'gid Mr. Trist. But the government has r
aiproved of Gen. Scott's proclamation, t
aud his given him power to eff'ce a treaty, t
i 'above stated without reference to Mr. r
Trist c
" The report of the board of visitors of s
West Point Academy is highly favorable i
to that institutioni. The state is of its die- 9
cipline, police and instruction is found to I
be eminently satisfactory.
A late article in London Times, upon a
the various bills iow before Parliament,
in relation to the British army, draws a
strong- contrast between the system of
making and selecting officers in the British
service. . The contrast is strongly favora- i
ble to our system, and it is recommrended c
to the British government for adoption. I
The science and skill of our West Point a
officers is duly acknowledged and com- e
mnended by the Times.
We should not, within a year, have a
have been able to carry our arms through
thirty degrees of latitude, but for the sci
ence:otour offlicers. Our engineers are i
the aoI -skilful in the world ; and in ti
everiisich of the service, there is mark- ti
ed superiority' on the part of our officers, ti
over any now employed in any service. 3
For all this we are indebted to West Point. t
-.. n
From the N. 0. Picayune, 23d inst. u
Many of the officers of .ol. Doniphan's a
command, noiv in this city, are startled n
by the accounts received of the utter dis- I
organization of the troops left at Santa
Fe under Col. Price% Whilst Col. Doni
phan's regiment remained in New Mexi- s
co, that of Col. Price was held in good c
discipline, and the colonel himself was s
esteemed a competent person to :maintain a
order in the camp. The insubordination e
and demoralization of the regiment, of b
which such deplorable and-frequent re
ports have been received oflate, are attri- a
buted by several officers with whom we a
have conversed to the corrupting in fluences v
of the society of Santa Fe upon the sol- h
dliery. In all New Mexico society is or- I
ganized upon the most abandoned notions ..
of domestic fidelity. There is little- mar- s
rying or giving in marriage there.-Un- e
restrained concubinage is a recognized I
feature of the social system, and the man- li
ners of the people are not formed upon
any acknowledged right or obligation per
taining to wedlock. It is feared that after e
the suppression of the insurrection in wpich tl
Gov. lent and many .other American it
citizon. wore murdered, that the soldiers u
distributed through the towns to keep order
and watch the movements of the citizens, Il
became contaminated by evil example, tt
until the disorders of the camp reflected it
the licentiousness of the country- The it
St. Louis papers; which may .he supposed a
to takelittle :pleasure in repimting such n
things, publisheslevfer afief letter dwell
in et the 't a, of o f rg
andvicious 'occupations. With the. ex
ceptions of the aitillery ,companies from
St. 'Louis, and Capt. Agney's e~mpany
frm-Jeffceon City, the troops are said to
haveglven themselves up to a depraved
nd barbarous course of lif.-This state
of-thingsis so different from that which
eised at- the tinl'e of Colonel Doniphan's
departure from Santa Fe, that those of his
ffers with ii horn we have conversed are
it a loss to account for it unless it be that .
the soldiers were not able to resist the -
influence of a society which made a merit
f prostitution. It was perhaps in view of -
ho power of evil example upona the mtor
als of men that one of the most intelligent
>flcers of the Chihuahua expedition said
to us, that the "more of ' that country we
nnex to the United States the worse off
wve will be." In Chihuahua there does t
not appear to be a better social organiza
tion There too, as in New Mexico, a,
ross sensuality predominates over all ,1
iensi of shatme. The country from Sant a
Pe to Chihuahua is barren in soil as the
inhibitants are destitute 'of principles of k
irtue. No rivers of water moisten the
rid rocks whuich are piled up in continuous si
ranges of motuntains, oririgate the scorch- jx
ig plains between. Nor do streams of ci
moral sentiment fructify minds which
iave beeni withered and parched by lust
tad ungodly incest.
F-rom the N. 0. Ddta, 27th inst.
.LATER FROM MEXICO.
We have received our Mexican pa pers ce
rom the 30th of May to the 5th of Jn, d
nelsive.
The Mexican Generals.-Gemn. Arista p
was apprehended on the evening of the et
9th of May, and was ittimediately sent, -I
under escort, towards Acapulco. TI'he ft
reason for thiis arrest is unknown-Gen- w
Alonte was still ini prison, and had been ai
removed from St. Jago Tlalteloeo to thec
aity of Guadalupe. He was at first accused
af conspiring against the person of Santa '
Anna, and afterwards accused, in some of t
Lhe public journals, of treason; but a cor
respondent of the Republienno suiggests '
hat the sole motive for his imprisonment rt
is. that he is too great a friend of his contn- l
try to suit the purposes of those in power. g
en. Ampudia having refused to proceed t
t Cuernavaca, as ordered, was sent thtith- -
er under escort,
Santa Anna.-Wo have noticed, here
tofore, the resignation of General Sant a P
Anna, and the fact that lhe was still at the
head of the Government; the matter is
~leared up by the withdrawal of his resig- e
nation.
But though the general continues in r<
power, he has no enviable situation; he h
has abandoned his old friends and taken si
up the pwu or Farias party, and there
were strong symytoms three days after he
had been "forced" to wit hdraw his resig
nation by the popular wish, that the pop- ~
ular2 would deprive him of powver, with
ut the formality of a second voluntary
renunciatton.
T ke Defence of the .Capita.-On the
1st oJune all the natives of the United
5tets were ordered ta leave the city of '
LMixio, foe the States of Jalisco or Morelia C
arithey would he dealt with according to e
the aw of nations. Gens; Gutieros; a
ioana, Martinez aid'Palomino are en
rusted with the comma'od of the .lines of
lefence of the city. Bodies of the Na
ional Guird are said to be on their way
md constantly arriving from.;he adjoining
states, and it is believed that from sev=
Lmteen to twenty thousand troops will be
oncentrated for the protection of the city.
Guerrillas.-Accounts are published,
rom all quarters, of the formation of guer.
illa bands, but little is said of their per
orinances, and we are led to suspect that
he records of the newsp'apers are rather
to evidence of what the editors hope than
of what their countrymen do. There is a
tory of the guerrillas under Jarauta hav.
ng, on the 30th of May, captured 80 hor.
es, and killed 200 Yankees, between
lera Cruz and Antigua, but this we
uppose to be the Mexican history of the
ttack on Col. McIntosh.
From Vera Cruz.-The ship Southport
,apt. Griffith, arrived yesterday at the S.
N. Pass from Vera Cruz. On the ~12th
nstant she lauded at' Vera Cruz three
ompanies of the 15th Regiment U. S.
nfantry. They were all in good health
t the time ofr-heir debarkation, and were
neamped about three miles from Vera
ruz, under orders to march with a train
f wagons to Jalapa on the 18th instant.
Railway Speed.-It is recorded as an
stance of the rapidity with which they
ravel on English Railways, that a special
rain of five cars was taken from London
a Birmingham, recently, in 2 hours and
0 mtnutes, the running time not exceeding
wo hours, being an, average speed of 56
piles an hour. The maximum speed for
pwards of a mile was 75 miles an her,
nd the last 21 miles were run in 21 mi
utes. The engine used is called Ste
benson's patent.
Murder in Virginia.-Win. J. Arm
trong, a deputy sheriff of Hampshire
ounty, Va., was murdered about two
reeks since while attempting to brake up
den of desperadoes at a house of bad
haracter near Ridgeville. He was shot
y a pistol ball in the right breast, and gx
ired almost immediately. The individual
ho committed the act has been arres'ed,
,td is now in the Romney jail in company
rith three others, who are charged with
eing accessory to the murder. The Char
stown Verginian says that Mr. A. was
niversally beloved, and his death, under
uch circumstances, has produced intense
xcitement throughout the county of
ampsbirc. Ile was in the prime of
'e.
Interesting to Corn Shippers.-Our
xchauges say it has been ascertained that
e "shrinkage" ofcorn shipped to Europe
about equal to six per cent. An account
f sales of 13,000 bushels sent rroni New
)rleaus to France, gives a loss of 40,000,
as. . Irthis be true those who ship ought
take this item into their calculation, as
is an important 'one, and would he equal
many cases to an. iverage profit, upon
cargo....Corn from Georgia .'and T eni
essee.would probably shrink less than'
m rat. which ishbconseefently e tted to
Art of' -nrdPde.-eoitdt
a5 e nou atta InrdPgewoi
ill be remmbered, w s are wih avn
-le Mr *oehQateam na frya
Incileafprp-Sio uro last, weays, haitd
maidhers ofattenio ih Engave boefte
emntrop. e tsttdta po h ry
mArrest has benc tadr-edn abandnedt
aheit or atheStha Deonhifhred t wosi
ilo rhap logepsat i oeatn, ii atl aprov
bun Accoring in this Lodsrit sotnea Ties,
e.Dvnn has reend comitted torked
ay, ictihavy and th iht corgtsan
mide xerieateont inv bEengln omientimeu
ocefu. itgt rihs a spheto ntoeri et in thatle
)lhineitwas bni and andigtoned,
uter etheni SothDevo line, vPeymout ast
othaps lr ontineation, it was stilapprsve
I mcords inceo thate prdoinciplwa Timroes,
egDevon lby asostri presspeel wtorke
tnExeton the Charliston i evRyossible
ayvie heavanotin wfith recently Wreihts ait
st b ll Withegh eightspenedietr of is
Nashuriwle oanedaandwga Raitoad.-A0
100in tos a seedr of Mr.0 to3Er hopron
rtherha maesisourvey lindsae toPor n to
>adar the aosuteireommene ws tben
ste'd for themporaryeuoses Rai Road. the
;matsb rl for the enhned re for o this
ni Road Tohe an of t etin throdis nes
Nooasc abo uta ogmiRes' froCarleston
rding tois reorto iscomplahi clitypwil
ohasae a t unicyation wsimte ft great
rest, bythe roueori reainRods, wil aread
andedind ily mies great adaTags mayich
eaarlson the Tevnnesse wldrive foro theyse
Froadshe chst of taislentof oards e
Gent!emen -C lonei tery.
came in with a at partst o iTato,
which had halted, and wasWh,
ing a ronewal of the attack r i > Mox
icans, who were-gathered n t -nd
chapara.ls ahead in ladgea orce
The attack wasmnades
a small party, upon-aa ado
dragoons, wvhoi.
commander ofiheescor "" 'a,
ahead of the agones e
mounLecl and eellaimed, -fel
-back upon 'i te;isiai.b 0I'a
inferior force .Of Meicicaa ie
the first of its kindtili g;t a dT
sincerely hope it mae
The guerillas, thus inspir confi
deace tok advantageof the ,pro;
duced, ind avoidingthstiogp uch-as
possible., fell upon the rago ales,
which vrere stretched along n ce. of
some four miles, and were g along.
the whole line by a number of ps; net
exceeding four hundred-nan dltese,
of courao',-rushed for their siare 'e fight
leaving'large sections of triestr tirely
unprotected. The consequent _a that
twenty-eight wagons, and. be a. one
and two hundred pack mules, rie the
property of the guerrillas.
The train left Santa Fe wit und
red and thirty-two wagons, an m five
to six hundred packed moles u will
observe 'he lose forms a per
centage. I am glad to learn letter
which I have seen froi:.Mojo nnett,
the Paymaster who had ha f the
money which went up-it-he .a, that
notone of the wagons coutaini "Ie gov
ernment funds -was takeof ogh a
considerable sum belonging td ci rswas
taken in the different bagga aons.
The most important of our i re the
ordnance stores, n ith which (' "f the
captured were loaded.- About r eight
of our men had been captured, Fsome
fifteen or twenty wounded, du he en
gagetnent; and the Mexican lo as sup
posed to be'much' greater. %tW t has
happenel since Col. Banks ief 'dbefore
Gen.Cadwalader reached tlie:g ad: is'a
matter of deep interest-aot to. appre=
hension. The confidence iatura spring-.
ing from the discovery thatsthe ericans
are not invincible, has doubtles aduced
an early renewal of the attack,, - which
case I am not without hope tha he repu
tation of the Americans arms w - fully
maintained.. . .
A great fault has been foli tiedwith
reference to this train. I'left t. ity with
an insufficient escort, while to untred'
cavalry were lying here, read f nearly
ready, to move on the sarneo ,lf not
exactly 'beady, their- prepara : could
have been hastened at least t ty-four
hours, and the train could hap aen de
tained at least an equal lengt time.
That this was not done,.wil; cy, be
come a matter of 'future ac' ta llity.
Unpleasant stories, too, are cur ,t sich
ing the habits and condlitionntila rtiular
juncture, of an importantji'er age at
tached to theescort. This' t Idther
mattersMill, I presume, b aject
for the inrestigation ofaiourt 'l and
a mere direct reference.o'i tditer
wbould1ae'^mp
made at lisasso de-las's'tta i31 side
of the Natioal tdadadaftifoiser
and occiapied-ia a 1 its-inegdifficult pas
eg, by the Mexican troops. i7DoolThoanas,
Marin, an intrepid'offlcef oftf -old:l'fex
ican stamp, well known forihis gallanm
iefence of Alvarado, is reported to-have
ight hundred men under him, with whomn
ie intenas to occupy Cerro Gordo aaiu,
ssisted, as he expects to be, by guerillas,
wvho can be gathered around himj~at a few
sour's notice, incases of emergen'cy.:But
even if these reports prove true, that road
:annqt be closed by Mexlean troops
e.Scott can detach a division at any
our, which would again sweep all iuch
>bstacles away for ihe moment; and if he
ad the troops which figure so conspicu
>usly in the Adjutant General's report, he
ould guard the road effectively, by occu
ying with his own men the passed referred
*.-This, it is true, wvouldvre&qude a good
matny soldiers, but it is a dtter~if'very
~reat importance, and thebe ''sullers
-om inability to do it.
I am inclined to believe thnt ~Genteral
niends to opejt the road to Puebra, lead
ng through 0Orazaba and Cordova, as it
eems to offer some advantages over that
via Jalapa. By takinig prtssession of these
wo citiles, he would -strike.at.the .roo'. of
he guerilla evil, by controlling, to a
reat extent,-the --mouninin hordes from
w~hich this class of soldiers is -pritncipally
aken.-- -
It is believed that the besusblts would
~ollow the opsning and occtipation of this
mad, and the General has :eceigvei asso
-aces that the feeling of thte farnmers and
bvalthy citizens is strongly favorabl.e to
he Americans, having. beed rendered so
>y the depredations of the nive badlds of
uerilas. The countryfilu'di this road is
ixtremoely .rich, atid its .prdducts most
aried and cheap. Theclimate~i halshy
ad delightful, after leaving San yuan and
'ajmills; and the roads -are, good- at all
leasons -of the year. Itais --also a shorter
-oute to Puebla than that through-Jalapa.
From the Co'rrespondence ofi a&Char. Courier.
WAsuiNGioN, June 26.
Mr. Buchanan left the city tbis morning
or New York,. where hej will, join the
President, and proceed with-,.him to Ba
on, via Hartford and- Spriggfield, Mr.
Walker wvill also leave th-e esty;-upon an
ixcursion for a few days. Dispatches will
se forwarded to the 'Secretary of, State,
hile ho is absent, and bein will not
to delayed by the absence di te'.Secreta
ies and the President.
The time has arrived,,at hich it was
xpected by the government; to hearssome0
hing of thu result, of Mr,..Tg s'smissiont.
But the government has..re: ~no advi
:es, either favorable-ortujfa le~b~ to the
>bject of lir. Trist's mnission it is not
yelieved, that at~ the last advides.Mr.
'rist had beld anycoymngatiwith
ny individluais..comp sqghp Mexican
;overimen't. ThatgOVTPsenghas been
asuch.a condton,t gcpij.wud have
>een idle to atilempt a-nego uaiwith it.
But shocild Herreraebott' Preside'nt,
ome exett~itdiihathatb[t will.
eat for peaice. Brit hcwld- thsepepcta4
iou be disappointedj-.iaen iest .assured
r r
The Miliary i
.. tE~
Boar'd of Examination .gnaed'
tary of War, tecently asseinmbli t
The examination by the Boar.dwM
verest. character. The pups.a e
in Mathematics and other-bra
cry thing which may -be iseflt i'
Military profession. It is said;-t at lints
objections there may be to thib stIn(Uo,
tical or moral, a high standard liT
obtained. Many of the iostiaIaiitt- '
cient officers in.ihe Mfexian vardareg
of this school. The graduating'
year numbers 39. This number may sge
but none except those who are proficie
he suf'ered to take a degree, or torpuwa
length of time in the institution.It Iisw a
of considerable dificulty to obtaiid
into this instanution,~ rhe Cdtsrfe' Il
cated at the public expene, and r
the recipients of pay fromh e
It is with feelings of'd sIforr
announce in our paper, ii ath of
K. Jourssos, Esq., of NewOrleansi o
son was a native of South Carolii -
eldest son of the Rev.' War.- B. Joxsd
of the Baptist Church in this place:He ,
educated principaly in thisStatspb a
ed at'aNorthern Institution. No:longafs
had finished his Coilegiae'Nouirseh
ted a Tutor in the South CariIIIMC
Colhmbia. From thatplacehem
the city of New Orleans. and pursued l
profession. He resided about nineyfarsat
place,' and was fast rising to eminendat,;t.
time of his death. In his early yodth da
the period of his residence in South.Curo
Mr. Johnson was among the.first tolvoan
in the Florida war. in which ho seived-fait
ly until he was discharged. To a,eomman
and striking person, a pleasing and-preps as
sing address lie united talents of a high ordep
As a speaker, his elocution-was fine,'and
writer, his style was gtaceful,.and his argameats
powerful and convincing. Hewas, at.one t
editor of a paper on the side ofItheiftNeai v
American" party in New Orleans ad,ti
scarcely necessary to say, that he eon-~
ted it with considerable ability. Hiel
South Carolina, an aged fathera an e
two sisters, a brother, and anotherkrohr;
Rev. Francis Johnson, a Missionpry il Cjjm.
But a few years since,,his parents.ware
to mourn the death of atiotherwellibel
son, who also died at New Orleans 6'Bou~l
down as they were by these afflictiveilsp
tions of Providcncetheir strong hope e
forbade them from murmuring. His survivi
parent will doubtless-,submit. meekly toe
chastening of :the great and good esgw
ordereth 'all things well:- s n
* Since his death;;Mrs.John - n
and paidiul lillness; which she bor th.
fortitude. of a Christian, -has f(lhowed 1ei
to the rave. he ,p ired on Mondayeqip
Death of hn a-:Wt h
fected re ref.we~hi ti" le tih
toetallsl urit ker
among ourisitizei.Offth elOO'(
his scety-theyatrenio Al
Ethe eloquent, and~wemayjidd
yo'ung J'ohnson-aforin~Afie~ a?
her physical as.wellas her):menfal sfs~
nature to him waseprodigji-.now~sIees a'
the sleep which kcnoweth-nei aki ,
neath the waters of Lakse;Pontehactaiz
-its waves his only winding-sheet. ~q
On.Saturday revening hbetleft-thecty
on board the steamboat; Yazoo.nft
thought lhe when, as the boat put atfeo
the wharf, he saw 'the atun salute tfte ctS
waters of the hake,'which -blueshedeattthe~'.
embrace, and then in their hosomd iiditth~
wooer, that he, like -the sun, hefore tb 4
second watch, would sink--beneat htqa
waves of Ponchartrain;- but: unlike th.~
sun, alas ! never to arise again .*Tho
writer of this paragraph- happened to
by the side of poor Johnson when'
--"He saw the 'siin'inking S'
,In liquid, his glory made brgh
and heard him depict the sisinSo Vt'
as woi'is extemporarily sioketil dd
guerroetype the' sublime picture .hiwas
successful ; he showed. atilenst plist'evo
tint of the exquisite cdloring haisiftth~
impress of its beauty on his riwiihelrt'4
Mr. Johnson :went on hoaird astalbsi
every one else 'did, wih~ Kyoh
jeet than that of en joyinhe ifirigrati~
breezes of the lake for a dayahnifs sid
the purpose of getting out at th64Bay .'o
St. Louis. When the' boat'- adgboon
about' twn hours on her way, he rpja dpd~
to a gentleman on board that they tale
bath in the wheel-hnuse ; that is; that the~
stand close behind 'the wvater-wheeI,'ve
revolution of which would dah
over them, as from a showertbath.i$FoiT
this purpose, Mr. Short, the''elerk,"first .
thought to dissuade himn/ and sus~quent ,,,
the wratchman of the hoat, when the
went dowq to strip. Mr. Johnson, diw~
ever, stripped and-went in,-the watchi a
egain cautioned him of the danger eifrga
in at that time, in the darkesfIlt
niht-lid him to leeve'the door piu
old on to it.' H-e first welat lin I'or .e
time and came out, speakitigiof'it'u fp
place for a bath..- He' went in'sai~y~~
ing he would taeage~o''
shut the door as 'wed iidraithtish etZ ~'
him. Wiien his friend ihduahftitim &~
him'to do~ utnn ivntytyh
man rean'upadinformn'ed the- ffi -
the boat ijhat a man was overboardThy $
stopped the'Eboai;' the word 'waenLard "
among the passengers ihat it was Jobas~~
who hy the most'of the~m was eo I .
known anti esteemed.'Thie annioincmf
fur a moment 'seemedl to patalisi~~
the boat was now at ihe* ighe 1 . -
Point, and all search .was deemed friil
The hell was then rung for her to pi~oce
onward; it was Johdss 'ahfeli A'n
mournfully did it sund .toaho~.o
boat's officers and 'pasner~
'~ From the s m~
Phneral of C.'K. Johz-A1
five o'blook yetrayastr
concourse gathite'l -in'thiti~
the is giipi'hi'ty~ t'di