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ih#-* Xiberam els; for ftagtouAissesnYer hie shoals and ob structions, thrownliacrosstheA river-=the Sboats aofhe squadron, about,50 in number, towing astern ofall, presented a beauti agI bout ..sundown we left era, d with.an oecasoual jute ption from eovertanging brauc weeping our ::;.. r men overboard, we sed on very gently until 3 o'cloc t-day, when we captur S ed a can ith two indians,'lrom whom S9'e le" ed-that Bruno lay in ambush, w ith a' ge force, at two favorable positiods, potits 15 and 20 miles further up. he < tops were at once filed ,with sif p-shoot . - , ers, and olficers were kept oft on tb look-out.-The place. de nated e kaffirst point of attack be' g passe ithout - interruption, we "w re -bewi ag to feel "sesiir'when a vy v ey opened on us - sfrom the ban- , instant the fire was eturned.f eavy guns of the Scor -. pion, gron and Vesuvius, and from Stk arms on deck and aloft. Lieuts. and Gansevoort, commanding field feces mounted in launches towed astern of the Vesuvius and Washington, sung out, "' Go it boots," and let drive, and the way tliose little pieces danced about those lauti ches' decks, as these gallant fellows fired .=. .'-.:' . ,-volley after volley, is nothing to you. The firing lasted abont ten minutes; the big escopeta balls whizzed through the rigging ofthe old Vesuvius in most mournful strains. ' ' t was a melancholy feeling, too, (music 'always' makes one sad,) to be standing still and be shot at like a dog and not see mnieemy, and have no place behind which to doda-e your devoted body. I thought - of getting behind the mainmast; but, wo! Swo! was me-there [ found a big buck ne gro occupying the place. You know that " " 'wcared nothing about my own life, but it would have distressed my Sally sorely to have been hit in the head. Strange to say, but:one of our men was wounded, the balls - nearl al!-passing over us. Sbhe awning of the Scorpion, I was told, was cut up pretty badly. The Vesuvius' sides were pretty well peppered-but for .-. . the foresight of the Commodore, in station stng sharp shooters aloft, we must have suf fered severely, but they had heard of our _ being armed with the revolving rifle, and had a most awful horror of exposing thema selves to its effects. They were afraid of 'raising their heads to take aim, for fear of -. . showing themselves to the men aloft, and being shot. This nice little brush was 4.monopolized by the three vessels named, all the restbeing some miles astern. We learned in Tobasco that Bruno commanded in person.. We kept on up the river, and anchored at sundown at a place called the Devil's Bend. About two haurs after, the rest of our forces came up and anchored in tDine . astern. At this place, we' expected the most formidable opposition. Here is a log reach of a mile and a quarter in W lng the river narrows and an obstruc taon thrown across'the bar, with a strong breastwork commanding it, made my heart Tpt pat, pitti pat," as I thought of the ,:and the distress of my Sally,: "' "hould a. Mexican ill,enter: my stomach. f Asbeshades of eveaing stol.over us, we. e Gfred -upon again-from-the.bushes,;the discharge breaking a man's leg en- board: ,e luvs.We op'ned':he big guns on rna" in, cleared the woods'of the minse 'At*tit.4tagii Alden were ent aheadisome l00 yards or so, und a ' the lar an'dmamin-theobtrutons, bil-eide seen projeting,,out of the ~ ~. waer,-This was'a !perilous'uadertakiing, *-* .- botthey went bldlg@ wiik, when a ~. W~h~er of balls .were poured down on W them from .the breastwork- and bushes. 4~Leut. May's boot being in the advance, ~,- r4received the aire, severely wounding him 'and several of his crew, compelling the Sbests to return to the vessels. . -The order was.tlienigiveo for the forces to embark in - -~V,-~ , '-~ the boats and form into line, three deep, in -the middle of the river. This was 'done r'. ith great-despatch and in beautiful order. L Capte" Buchanan was particularly noted for-the beautiful style and celerity with i-which he brought his division into line ; -his men were the best equipped in the ex - "~ "'pedition. Whatever Buch. does, he does weli-whether in the fighting line, or hors -ng a' midshipman-this last he does beatu ~ ~-.- D~tiL, and nothin' else. Capts. McCluney Sandl Adams were likewise remark~ed for the coolness and decision with which they gave their orders, in the confusion that must no cessarily occur in bringing fifty or sixty va' welve-oared boats into line, in a narrowv -'iver, and under the fire of the enemy. This is no small merit, I think. In advance of all, was the "old Ihoss" Ieself, sitting qu~tietl~y in his barge, with his broad pen. d~ ~ aat flying, forming the most conspicuous. --mark.- for Mexican shot, and his mouth suckering oat as if lhs did- not care a d-n .n~for 'al.l the Mexican bullets in Tobasco l While form'eng into line,. a heavy cannon ade was kept up fronm the vessels. At a sgnal. given froms the Commodore,. the & - steamers ceased firing-the men gave an awful shout-700O oars di~pped their blades aoto.ahe wates, an4 a thousand Yankee tars 'stoodi oo the banks of the Tubasco. G ood ! I was. tharn; and. my Sal sustai. ed ~ie-~ o loss. The forces-were now ra~6n opin he ~ 'S - ~-order of mnarcha-he pioneers. and scouting party, commanded by Lieut. Maynard, in 1~. ~ advance-then the msriness itt- command' ~of Ca'pt. Edbon-theat the "old boss"- and' 'tt"C"uite, with his broad pendant in- front 4ie artillery, by Capt. MchKenzie,. and tuifantry, in- two-divisions, by Capis Forest 'ad Breeze-the amubulaoce paaly follow - "h' g afuer,- to pick up-the killed and' wound ed. 'A'n'd''ow you should have' been' here ~ -~ ~ ~ iliyirnoe-book, to-gaaheipa'lfew scraps -6 - a~they-fellfron3'ck, when hitching him up- to' the: artillery. Ii have often. been calleda Jackass,- says-one, but little did'iS thiiuk. that my mother'i son would ever be -alled upon to fillithe placeofone! March ~ ~'-'- - iug-about 300-yards, brought us out of the woods- into, an. open space;. the grass and it'ffgs up- to- out' arn.'pits, and an-occa itonal tmarsh to wadb through-rendered our kancingexceedingly pain fal and; labora oum. We had ton field pieces dr'agging 'after- us, with twenty rounds of grapes-atnd o'capister, yet-our tars never flinched,.but. "P9a- -them through muck and mire,. ~niw planted-in the Plaza in Tobascos ~ "~s~ naf'd a denise- chaparral- skiriling 4,Tils Mexicansa :opened' on' us -' ~#gau-'.w~aa.Macke'azie and Buchanan Simaneiately brought forward the artillery, - aa dodi ahm athickea,'thbis marines and in'antry ancing uind returnidfig e fire at t same time. .About thi ime the rd ran along the line that e ene Anr xwas advancing od'the ri =the field 'pieces were trainedon" a nd in jthe. sac"':~ ": en".d ,."e o"b ,'egieg .c Maynard,' :wath tap, pioneers riturning= from. a -scou g expeditiou;, 5. seconds later and I had been deadiaen.k.The, Mexie retreated'beforeus-as we ad va e ,keeing a'p ruhningerei bats arel: shoizrit fmselves? It'wa' im s jossible o' argether for ther marches and chap'ral; there was no means of for. ci^ our way through thewoods, the, un iergrowt of briars,vines, snakes,scorptoos' and other vegetables, render -it- perfectly impregnable. We now struck into ia foot path, which we kept until we got in sight of Tobasco. It was with the greatest dificulty- that the artillery could be got along, and but for the indomitable energy and pernverance of the officers commanding them,they must have been left on the road. But before such fellows as McKenzie, Buchanan, Perry, Gansevourt and Blunt; it "was no use-the chaparral fell back, the high flags bowed their devoted heads; the bull frogs said "bloody hounds" (not nouns) and. hopped away, and the tad poles, having no legs, wagged their tails and exclaimed "we are dead tad poles," and the artillery pusshed along. Out march now for two three miles was uninterrppted by the ap pearance of a Mexican, but the roadside was strewed with cartridges, beds, haver sacks, and other indications of people moving in a hurry. . Scouting some . dis tance in advance of- the main body the pioneers suddenly came upon a large party of the enemy waiting in a close chaparral to give us a volley as we ap-. proached. Maynard charged in upon them in gallant style and routed them-out -and now you should have been here to have seen what a Texan would call a specimen of "tall walking," the Mexicans running and the pioneers after them, The yellow varmintes' seemed to think that they were lossing too.much time in their feet touching the ground so often, so they. picked them up, and we saw nothing but a cloud of white specks in the distance like coat tails shivering in te wind. May. nard's runners are of no contemptible di mensions, and he soon left his own men far astern; but he was a snail alongside of the Mexicans. There were enough of them to have eaten up his little force, numbering but thirty men, and half of them armed with axes. This was our. last brush, and towards evening the ad vance guard came in sight of the fort commanding the approach to the city by land and water. I have never seen a more commanding position-constructed on a bluff, taking in a line of the river one mile and a half long, exposing our vessels to. a raking fire the whole distance. 'in the, fort they. mounted three long 32s' three heavy field' pieces and '21-pound carra nade, and as'the Scorpion' and " Spitfire came around the bend of;the river; they opened on them from the fort with' grape and round shot: The t'o=little steaners came steadily alongeipayiug'more- atten Lion to steering clear of the shoals'than of the'shot:' Tbs-Seorliioaicominghp'firet o h t'brei - and seondrove the enemyfrohitthgeidghas their re slacking; asdt -Cajit.Bigelow' thinking thefort sitesud" tadnisteadii' and passed onus to the sitybwheinthe fire rc-pened fromr the' fort; whichi the Spit-' r. retugned most gallantlyisgaiti driving them from their guns. The Scorpion' ar this time landing a-party of' men to taeo possession of the town,' nd' thinking in' the fort that they' were about to be attack: ed in the rear, prepared' to limber' npon the Bald pieces;wben Lieut. Porter landed with a force from the Spitfire and gallant; ly rushed np the bill to board, when th'e enemy fled, leaving two' of their field pieces behind all limbered up for moving off. H e then spiked the gun and hoisted the American flag. UCapts. Lee and Bigelow of the Spitfire and Scorpion acquitted themselves most creditably. These were the only vessels the shoalness of the water would admit of coming up at the timo. The wheelhoose of the Scorpion and Spiufire were driven in by the shot of the for t,paddle. ahattered wheel shot away, and several men and an officer wounded. With the assistance of Capt. Taylor's camel., the Etna and Scourge were subsequently brought over the bar. We now formed 'into line, and with flags flying marched into the city to the tune of "Oh !. git along John." On reaching the public plaza, the men and officers were quarteredI in the public buildings around the square, the commani der and suite occupying the governmett house. Every Mexican had left the city. Not an officer of the Govertnment, civil tor military, could be found in the place. We were in the city nine days, during which time not an outrage wasi committed by a man, and private property respected most' rigidly. at night onr jpolly tars would assemble 'together i ~/sc~pads-of a. hundred in the plaza, an sing" their sea' songs. Such muic lhad never before been heard in To basco.. TEhe ladies- alwa.ys assembled in the balconoy of the Spanish Consul's house regularly every evening, ant never left until toe last note wae sounded. There are few concerts ini the world equal in my opinion to- the music of a, hundred sailor.' voices.. The guns wero all on board, of 'the steamers, and-the forts and magazine rzed to the ground. On' the 26th, we left Tebuscot Capt. Van Brund~lft ' as. Governor. The Etna, Spitfire and 'the Scourgemained to hold-possession of the place. Brutnd is. still in the woods- in' command of 1,400'men, and will: no domub't annoy the vessels from, the river batik. And: now- that 1 haave'cotrne to-the end of my journey, I. will- ask, at question;. Is it our fault that those yellow rascals would ot stand and fight' LaI it our fautt' hee more of us could not 'get killed!.: -Is it our fault that Bruno, with two thousand men,a 'vould not stand-before one'thousand tare'1 and be shot at ?: And lautly, is-it iny~ fault that the Itesident and Secretar' have-not disciminatlion; enough: 'o- di idover-' myI meri'an'promote me: Fro tVour0s'D, c.. 31 F~aoM TAMFZco-. iijp Farrel of .e scbr. Sarab,arri ed'yesterday froe. Tatsu tbot news Ioceid then night before his sailin ti' Borland and Gaines; a d er=: ica pridon'5N had fiands, ees Zio be a d 1joQ Trampico, were $i de-, tained1:tbenrs prison lo'ath~ all the ien:hecold l rasef urlose: of'attacktng Tarpi ies o thelith Regimen Lich?: had beeniwaitingia a fo transportation ntoMVert been orderedtup totTamp.'co tick' and every mad hadibeedpi surm.' EXPLOITS-OFCAP 10. Letter freonem ofCap " . 'aty. u. -His exploits with The terror of kinani ?iPr" ie," We have. receivedan ih trest~Ing letter" from D J.; L., ofBal county,. to his brother, which willie I nd1to' con1 tain-matters of considrable i t' PEaoTE (ME aco - 847. Dear Brother.-We hig irenlatoly been engaged in aeveral lagerous scouts-at- least- theymn ait tfihs'e cowardly dogs we're not so e rightened at the tulistrianicoame bfW af .w only-of which I-havetame Ve,'as I am writing "by candle-light rm'igm h fatigued and-sleepy-fromt'h f'three nights' rest, and the train is ;here on its way to-Jalapa, andiath 'chance 4may hayefor someiimeAe . We attack towns with6b abitants On.Wednesday.lastwe wi a scout of this kind to.a town calfl onada there were but-six'ty:of us ,charged into it.at a run, and you.nefe your-life saw such a scampering amok ;coalards This place was twe'aty mil erote. We left there at 12 o'clock. at .up a' swarmp where somerg aledri d been murdered. Before'; we:sr atthe, place we met: with three ors 'exicaus, and with them one oft e-in howwas with the murderediparty. ' ad-aied him and went in pursuit-oft her--two; and while they woreabsent; sed'hima self with his teeth and. eo They told us where the murdered ' We' marched forward inudeApbl k' time' and when we arrived at 'tbl p there' they lay sure etio'gh,,5str btrely' naked, and chopped and. in' the most- horrid and savage' '.The; man who escaped said . the re 70 oi the murderers, esch mann arpistol" and hatchet, and- that. the. st into a ranche town: some distan there. We returned to R. and tn : n.a feed us and our horses,dandad 1,jin the; morning'charged into tbi: od took every d-1 of them. '0w "-ad the, town in search of skulker. ;seve'ral -two of them.were plo'' exeo. and I drove them'from thei ;thin king at the snetietnt'i T them would 'nordrive-me fro ' ld'Bal timora coutry. W our own number (nineteett) castle;' prisoners 'This was. abo miles from La Puebla. : ,; -We here cr sed airies one wol vsesaw -ut K ay tiunk this~an"' ;ezsa J. i O not~ sere teinissie'h 49 ti r ,1deh a howling, snarling I d' ot eth I' never heard -z I had afull view-t-d iu Ore zabih'Mihhigihdi -. ~ee expect to 'see ; the top-?~ dfred withswwah'd frb~nit' rnie it is now several-featd"ep 'Thiewater heei ek your teeth sche 'and 1ng'itiid 'inwns among thiese' moalins, ilth46fhua 'any number' of fountainsdsomie"9hl'ein' orna Thents in'the most beautifuPl'add fanciful manner. '' The castle of San yuan sen t cinnpar atively a drop in the-bnek $'jthis castle of Perote. Some''saitto ers' 30''acres, but I think ten wolds'be'niar the mark ;, and as for strength,9"%#til~ ino oit with one hund'red men'"iinilid''defiance to Mexico. The Me~sicns: 61ud:La've made a stand here, but the'y'hdis:k~nthe largest of their guns to Cerro'aid1aiutere to be I sometimes see-ibtMjaersfron the State, andl ithms uiieevaai'ung 1o see. your speculations aboue ~tcnasc6and "ac counts from the armny'!"''hii the use of "crying peae,; when'th'ereiodo peace." I tell yotu your streejyiiad 3(ist'5s iwell try to form a treaty6f p~ac"*(vtiftbs 'wolf. There is no more depe'ndenfto be placed in these'treacherotag, blodetirty hounds, than there is in a rabidldag? .They will reach out one 'hadd to grasp yours an friendship, and with th'e6thi."pluoge ahe asassin'd stiletto' tojrg he'ar. I have seen so much 'of'their trea6hery, 'that I hate them all eo~etivl Th~y not only murder and rob flieiv:'visiini: hut they chop their bloody collis fid1lgmnets, and'scatter them'to thfe-follihiisif hea ven. Would any~bura addaffoe coramit uch acts of' violence to.ecey'rto soy the least of its. But our 'gailantceaptam is made of the rights material,'tor iope 'with them." "Evdenhis de':e' id'ilal to .a 'host, and' we 'can'rrba iY's:n:' 'decenit fight out of them.. &" r~na' -~ ?{ ~ une 29. Very late fromn CalifAriia.+Aletter has been received in this city from-'Monterey, :Upper'Caliornid hIT'df April l'ast. I was transmigealtb'oughsthe into rior of Mexico, and ;aecidatallyittais to ferred, reachedaiits diiistoi.a~We'lenin froma is-ha Geirlifatfn teiiey;. that Coad Dibn had ar'iv id ther'd oy Biddle' and Cornf6~'dore.S It j'lse i port ith (heir' pijodion hin in Upper California 7aasbd alet -~Gen. Iarniey; was1 it a esuhi exercising the Governietmansthaie evould. dou inne-'ordo-'until h'a'edeeit to' CoEl Masons ht Aras tidc 4"1i&a Gen' Kearneywouhl-v r 'oid.States' 't ew'if1* e.he will id alce t a.y .vn -oE puhlic intsete a tnsp betwreen tle date. o ethatrez ,rs adviceis R#uliban ; RO i3 t4~ ~ ihV ah =W ss~dtech'ged Ypwards of twol haicdrod addii fift 'is during the battle ! - FroItAeN. Orfeans Picayune.July 9. F1eMaTRE' ClTYaOP MEXIC.O.j 1-Th'eiDiari3 del.Gobiermiooflthe 25thulf., cintiinedthe proclamation of Gen. Kear ney. to the ,Californians, from which it is copied into El Nacional, :the-official gaz ette-of the free and sovereign State of Pu +etiu, published tat::Puebla:' It .is the'first official token we have seen that,.General Kearny had been allowed by the naval of ficers on the Pacific. station to enter upon theidisebarge of his functions as Governor. We append a translation of his address. - :PROCLAMTATION.. TO THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. The President of the United Stares hav Ing devolved uf-on the undersigned the ci vil'government of California, he enters up .on the;discharge of his duties with an ar dent desire to promote as far as possible the interests of the country and well be ing of its inhabitants. . The undersigned is also instructed by the President to respect and to protect the religious institutions of California, to take care that the religious rights of the inhabi taats are secured in the most ample man ner, since the Constitution of the United States allows to every individual the pri"i lege of worshipping his Creator in whatever manner his conscience may dictate. The undersigned is also instructed to protect the persons and property of the quiet and peaceable inhabitants of the country, :against each and every enemy, whether foreign or domestic ; and noev as suring the Californians that his inclinations no less than his duty demand the fulfil ment of these instructions, he invites them to use their: best efforts to preserve order and tranquility,-to promote harmony and efficacy of the laws. It is the desire and intimation of the U. States to procure for California as speedily as possible, a freeGevernment like that of their own territories, they will very soon invite the inhabitants to exercise the rights of:free citizens in the choice of their own representatives, who may enact such laws as they deem best adapted to their interests and well being. But until this takes place, the laws actually in existence, which are not repugnant to the Constitution of the U. States, will continue in force until they are revoked by competent authority; and per sons in the exercise of public employments will for the present remain in them, provi ded they swear to maintain the id Con stitution and faithfully discharge eir du ties. The undersigned by these presents ab solves all the inhabitants of California of any further allegiance to the Republic of Mexico, and regards them as citizens of th> United .States. Those who remain quiet and peaceable will be respected and pro tected in their rights; hut should any one take up arms against the Government of thisterritory, or join such as do so, or in stigate others to do so-all these he will regard as enemies, and they will be treated as such. Whed Mexico involved the U. States ii arthe iitter had not tino to invite the Californians;: to join their. .standards as friends, but fo'undihens'elves compelled to take'ossessidn:of thescountry atoprayea power. 1niogg.:;ibis there isno.idprt' that some excesses, some unauthorized .acts :were commuted by persons.in the service' of the,,Uuited.States, and that .in conse qptejice some of the inhabitan'ts 'have" ins ained . losses in thiri prnerty. These loses aball-b'e duly ingestigated, and th'ose who, are entitled to indemnification shall receive it, For many years California has suft'ered great . domestic convulsions ; from civil wars, like poisoned fountains, have flowed caamity and pestilence over this beautitul region. .These fottntainas are now dried up; the stars and stripes now float over Call fornia, and as long as the sun shall shed its light they will continue to wave over her, and over the nativ.es of the country, and over those who shall seek a domnicil in her bosom; id under the protection of this fasg agriculture must advance, arnd the arts and sciences will flourish like seed in a rich and fertile soil. Americana and Californians! from heace forth ones people. Let us then indulge one desire, one hope; let that be for the peace and tranaquilty of our country. L at us unite like brothers, and mutuallg strive for the improvement of this our beautiful country, which wvithin a short period can not fail to be not only beaut iful, but also prosperoue and happy. Given at Monterey, estprtal of Califorrria, this 1st day of March, of the year of our *Lord 1847, arnd of the Idependence of the United States the 71st. S. W. KEARNY, Brig. Gen. U. S. A. and Governor of California. In Mr. Kend alls letters rnention is made of two orders of General Taylor, the an theticity of which was doubted by our oficer.. We translate the orders, as we find them in the Mexican papers. The motive for inveniing such orders is not ovious : General Orders-No. 464. Headep'arters, Army of Occupalion, Monterey, May 8. *The fl'rst division of thre arrmy which is at Sal til wvill be ready to march for the townt of Catorce on. the 19th of the coming month of June. Every solcier, ini the in terim, will prepare himself for rniarching. By order of Maj. Gen. Z. Tanedt : W, W. BLISS, A. A. G. . To Maj.S. Shutt, A. G., Saltillo. ,Tho'second order is as follows: General Orders-No. 64A5. *Headguart era, Army of Occupation, * ~ .No date.) The second divisio of the army wh~ich isnowv on the freld-of battle wyillbe ready to march on 22d of' the corming month. of .une for San Luis, agreeably to. prev.ious orders.. By order of Mnj. Gen. Z. TAILOR: .-W. W. BLiSS, A. A. G. The battery of. Capt. Washington will seomtttpany said division. ~To Maj.. Samuel Shutt, Saltillo. *We give the above as wve find them.. It is-the, first- time we ever heard rant Gen. Taylor had.. issuedI positive orders- for a mnarch. upon.San Luis;.thierefore we doubt their genuineness,. WVe have a strikingi cor-respondence be .lengenl$jaDair~,end the G9ornor of r IIIs the State off'PfdebIo ol'Njtwiihstirding ta the disgraceful bearing of thisacommander e of the cavalry in the battleof:Cerro Gor'do c Santa Anna has, remained ,steadfast 'to .i him. President Anaya retpoyvd - hjm 'l from his command, but Santa, Anna'i Government has cdnferred' a"lfrUidic. i tatorisal powers.in the State, of.uebla. i First, iarial'lawvis prcfaiie'in.i.her I State in consequeinceof lie'pr~eseie of: a the Ameridenr army in the cilyof Pe bla: i and next Canalizo irasth ri:itordisposen ofrthe revenues 'of'the: State,'as -twell as' t those of the territory of Tlascala,-to be a applied at his discretion to'the -exigencies t of the war.-.. The Governor. of the State upon being notifiedb:.hy,:Canalizo of. the I powers entrusted to the latter, replies to t bim on the 23d of June with spirit. The a Government of the State, he says, is in- a dignaut at such a delegation of authority; and regards it as unconstitutional and revolutionary-as an attack upon the r sovereignty of the State. He argues the t question with point and force, and then t announces that instead-of yielding to the l demand of a surrender of these powers, ( they have appointed.a committee to confer a with the Supreme Government upon the r grave matters involved. It is obvious that the State of Puebla is not at all dis- ( posed to acquisce in the tyrannical rule of t Santa Anna or Canalizo. - c From the N. Orleans Picayune, 12th inst. LATER FROM VERA CRUZ. The steamship M'Kitr arrived at this port.on Sunday afternoon in charge of her t first officer, Capt. Pilsbury having died on i the passage of the yellow fever. The MeKim left Vera Cruz on the 3d inst. There had been nothing later re ceived from the city .of Mexico than was I brought down the night of the 1st st., R but fuller accounts had transpired a era b Cruz than were received by the Alabama. t We have no further information of the march of Gen. Pillow. Had any disaster t occurred to him, the news of it could scarce- d ly have failed to reach Vera Cruz prompt- b ly. Our letter make no mention whatever of him or his command. By this arrival we have files of papers r from the city of Mexico to the 29th ult. inclusive. - In the Diario del Gobierno of the 26th June appeared an important di- i plomatic correspondence. The first note t is from the Mexican Minister of Foreign r afairs to the Secretaries of Congress, re ferring to'that body a communication from Mr. Buchanan, which announces Mr. Trist's appointment. We learn that this letter was communicated to Santa Anna by or through the British Minister at Mex- t ico, Mr. Bankhead, who has exerted him sellto bring about a negotiation for peace e between the two nations. Mr. Buchanan's letter is dated April s 15th, It acknowledges the receipt of the F Mexican Minister's letter of the 22d Fe bruary. declining to accede to our proposi tion to send commissioners to Jalapa, Ha vana, or other point before the blockade of the Mexican ports should be raised and the Mexican territory evacuated by ourtroops. I ,Mr. Buihanri writes that'the-President I holds such a'condition absolutelyinadmis-' ible-'either'demanded bynationalh'onor j or sanetibted by' the practice ofnaios. c Hs'uristtifca'tipreliiiiaryronditioi ly'bstween itiguonibaatiois thleIs' by the coamplete'submidsionrof one1of the bel. z Heshowsdwspeurile'ar coturseir.woud+ j be f1*r a-natiotd' which-bad'sarurifiddien and money3 to gain a foothold in an''Cne my's codtry, to atandon all the advauta gee it had won,"and withdraw its fordes in order to'induce' negotiations, 'without any certainty or security that pae would en- ( sue from such negotiations.( H e then cites the case of' our last war ( with Great Britain, to show that we never e considered for a moment that our nation i required us to insist upon the wIthdrawal b~ of British troops before conseming to treat o Ior peace. We sent commissioners to i Ghent when portions of' our territory were b in the possession of British troops; and it ( was notorious that while negotiations wvere A going on at Ghent, hostilits were carried on upon both sides with unwonted vigor; h the tmost memorable actions of the war v~ talien place after negotiations had beetr s concluded. Such preliminary condition t to negotiatiotns cannot be bited in modern timecsat least,- Mr. Buchanan knows of I none, H-e ther, expas'es the untusuat couduer of 5 .exico uinder another aspect. The Preeidettt, in his desire to avoid the war had sent a minister to negotiate a peace. Even aifter the war was commutenced, by it the attack of the Mexican troops upon hi Gen. T1avltr, the President had reiterated f' propositi'ons with a view 'of opening ne- t gotiations w~hich should put an end to o hostilities. He had declared to the world ii that he wou-lJ emnet no conditions that i wvat not honorable to both parties; and yet h the Mexican Government bad refused to tn receive the midister sent to her, and after s refusing to accede to the opening of nego- ti tiations, Mexico had never made known tl what basis she would consent to a settle- a mot of the differences between the two r: Republics. There will never be a terni.- b taton of hostilities,. Mr. Buchanan pro- a1 ceds, if-Mexico continue to refuse to listen. to the overtures which have been proffered g and which tend to the establishment of tI peaee.. p The President wilfnot, therefore, make ci further overtures for the opening of nego- p. liations until he has reason to believe that ft uch will be accepted by the Mex-ican- bi Government; but, nevertheless, such is his pi desire for peace, that the evils of' the war te shall not be prolonged one day later thou- .h the Mexican Government makes-it abso- al lutely necessary. Accordingly. to earry rh his determination- into- ehfect, hie had sent bi i-n the quality of' Cominissioner,' to the p: head quarters of the arm-y; in Mexico, Mr. ft N. P. Trist, First Clerk in- the- Stato Do partment, with full powers to donclude a i definite treaty of peace with the United Mexican Statess Mr. Trist is recomn tmend'ed' as possesbing the full confidence of the P'resident, and wothy of that of the d Mexican Government. Inm conclusion, Mr.t Buchatan -forbears c from commenting upon the clostng passage b of the last letter from the Mextcan Mints- c ter, lest it should gave to his present note c a lesconailiatory character than he desirst . for it. - t . lia rccnra wizth-pnnure tonanoter npus i r -o age inib i .th ll roment -iendshiplfi hfdifif it sr-" xwn. to ' r.".Such.s~n;r, ect . ' uehanan Iilfe4Pbresi rrongtstidesirebt :H anuSitate i .. revail:witlis, in r be liberiy.of the acid n -elevated'position'ggdu hae erth. Such-isan outliniofTiM errers; of-Apfileh~iil ranslated it, as the ogit u t once be made plblicfe !cation in it of the basis. i e r gist is authorised to eoninu e This letter the' Mexiedrifin owledgesranithe 22d of Ap5 be President'hadziniitric bat the "wholen'ibjeet naL'ft een expressly reservediby'Nth. ongress of the-ation ftfriie nd that the letier would bd'ato aitted to it for its Action, We learn by .themleicangi~a ongress was at once convened' be matter into consideratiodbeiit 9th of June --no fquorua iid!&6 ured, T By a letter.froitai~ 'sbu on reat respect, we furthri'i r !eott gave the MexicanjG vstnin a be 30th uh. to act upon the. Iest nothing should be done-,he won The best opinion -inaMeii ,n idgment, we have had'aii' op tarning by this arrival: Tgat-. ives but pour encourgein't j, ut does not entirely despair.. 0eth lemen, with very' ample'of ip edging, write from the cir y d bat there is 'no hope of a's iittlim ifficulties; that the Mexitc a eeon sufficiently whi ppedt cott will have to reach the.city - :o. None or-the- letters wemb i " iention any- thing abut- they" fir osition of the Meican troops. From the Sun of Ananume- e ask. We scopy -the fdIlowiiiggo l, ;ieeU Comderry -upondetirsn a aouth of therverfronthi' ition. General Orders- ;48 . U. S. Frae Stets Mzssi~sir . 0 Tabasco; Riie.i n25: The commander in-chief, odreiern t, his ship framithe expeiiii asundetak o capture and occupy the 6 yof41at 0, seiw's'upon the eaiiest - Moy-n fer his wirmest t anksco eane and m ririsncom gpg tgiaed In the iack .the iroofs of deal ad codrage iiirea? hem on the occasion. " "' Motwithstaodiisgite "e toi ~ iclous arengvmneatet dtiffia ans foradef'eace,.they etibd entry in...naintaining the4i osition4 and. the onJ pija a wnedbf b'ba rlf 6toce d frfmlfid f ld nt mi r WrogeQei:iie>W atW'ihbh' t' e':.I istiattael am a iurE LETER FROMOEp Uy the shlip Sterling aos-~ ~aliforofat tliepditi'rs pf she ,~&~ ember 'Somie ofhs ntr'o ofointerest "The "Spee e thrivingf It's'nofi publiah& r'irector, The Legisliiiuia . ened atId organized on the 1st it er1 A. S. Lotejoy waselce S i iov, A berneingys Mfesage iitaifo Sfet it the' close of itabe says -Me "I atn bappy-to.~ edihlatthe!iidresr . as amply repaid-the tiller's tcp;o ~af est has been alutudaht.- Dusri' at. :asonare have enjoye6lih irritury the blessing 'o .,;6-7~ A let ter in thie Spicttor, .t 'Leni~ re have had of thf lost ; U S b4 , llrarlk. As it isitrst6w~ n . 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