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L, - hi Srom tho Mo liHeraldof toe 1,7(t dt. ai U:;. STEAiER SPITFIRE, til Before the town of Tabasco, di -e July 1st, 1817. ti Since he de parture of Com. Perry with ti the pricipal portiot-of his force on the 22d c leaviog only .the steamers Spitfire and I Scourge, together with the b 'mb brig a Fina, and seventy. marines, with three e ' fieit pieces on shore as a garrison, we h have been subject to continual -harrass- fa e, meats from the enemy, and to occasional et skirmishes with them,--By' .lating the, f crew. from the vessels,-and joining them 0 with the marines, r could muster a force of 17.5 men; a wish"hese we were to c hold a towh of . 10,000 inhabitants threat- b elied from without by some 700 or 800 ti - r ulars. The marines and field pieces a were posted inithe plaza; th field pieces It being manned by sailors from the vessels; 0 and arrangements being made to land the r, - . entire crew at a moments's warning. q In the meantime the enemy, by means 1l or- threats had induced the inhabitants who o = had partly returned, to entirely desert the city there remaining only .he foreign re- a sidents; and taking advantage of the cover it afforded by the abandoned t-ouses wotild a steal up during the -night and fire upo n our sentinels, immediately flying after e discharging their arms.-Ou the night of the 25th, 200 Mexicans stole up to some r deserted houses on one side of the Plaza, b and fired a volley across the square at the p - gun's crew, commanded by Mr. Gibbon, t: of the Spitfire-fortunately tone of the balls took affect, and a coup.e of discharges of grape soon sent them flying. Ou the C 27th the enemy were a little bolder, and s we-had' our first skirmish with them. It il -occurred thus: We had been accustomed tl each evening before sundown, to land the b crews of the vessels and march up to the a Plaza for parade and drill; after the usual o exercises, the crew of the Spitfire numbe- n ring 40 men,' -under Lieu . Com'dg I) a " Porter, and all their officers except the e ; one left on board, marched towards the ti suburbs, having previously divided into [ two parties. taking routes out of each il other's sight. The party under Lieut. f Porter consisting of 20 met, had reached s the extreme boundary of the city, and ; were about returning, when 150 of the enemy as we afterwards learned opened a s rapid fire from their ambuscade in a dense chaparral on one side of the road. We r immediately formed and returned fire, aiming at the smoke in the bushes; fur n the enemy with occasional exceptions, as t they dodged from bush to bush, were a invisible. The fire was rapid and well sustained for fifteen minutes; when our cartridges were all expended. As we had u come out without the least idea of fighting I our cartridge boxes had been filled with n blank cartridges for exercise only. At u this moment our remamning men cane up e and renewed the fire. lo about ten mm- it utes the enemy were silenced,, and having a now expended all -our ammunition, we '7 ;i-:- .returned slowly to the town. In this 1 skirmish we had two men wounded. The a enemy lost one-man killed and six wound- v - ed. The-next day 'the Scorpion arrived d with adreinforcementnof 50 men, and * Lieut.Porter with, 100 sailors, 1 field : iece nd%0 inatnes marched out-to burn is .e a estroyea the foe not nakiag h isappearancee., - Onthe 29th, theoVixen arrtved'wtth an o Sadditional retnforcement of 50 .satlors. Our whole land force-. now amounted to -' i 150'sailors,3field' pieces, 100 mariners, exclusivtof what was necessary to guard i -the Plaia brid iressels; and with these S Capt. Bigelow determined to march itnto C -the village of Tamouhia, where we under- C stood four or five hundred of the enemy's a regulars were collected. AccordIingly, on C the morning of the 30th the expedition set e oat. consisting of our force as above stated ti excepting that we took with tts only two Ii field pieces. The sailors consisted of de- lN tachments from the Scorpion, Spitfire and Etna; the steamers Vixen and Scourge y proceeding simultaneously with us up the al river. After marching two miles we le reached a village with an uniprontounceable Ii name; it was wholly deserted, not even .a a - dog nor any kind of a beast could be seeni, ir and amid this o-ninous silmunce we puished on towards Tramoulta, situated some two S miles further gn. As we ascended the bill I on the other sitde of which Tainoulta is c built, we discovered the enmy, consisting o of 400 -infantry and 100 cavalry, securely it posted in ambuscade amoug the thickn - chaparrals, They instantly opened 'a b rapid and wvell sustained fire upon the ni marines coin posing the advanced guard. r Capt. Bigelow, who was at their head on fi horsebacts immediately formed the~m across the road. atnd returned the fire with c great effecet. The field piece dragged byn the Spitire's crew soon camne up and L opened with canister, and imtmediattely a after the remaining field piece w as broum ght i upon the brow of the hill and the firing C became 'general. j - The enemy hail now stood his ground hi for some twenty minutes, and our line i betng formed, with the exception of thme r -reserve of 30 mon from thme Etna, who could not get op in' time to take part in the fight,) wve advancedl upon the enemy and the wvretches fled precipitately before us. When they reached the church, ar large stone building, they see-ned to rallyv for a motment, lint as we camne itnto fully sight desCetnding the hill, they broke and fled in all directions, some into the woods 1 and some across the river, our ariilleryv plajing upon itheir retreatitg masses when- a ever we could get a'shot at them, as they s appeared for a moment amid the hushes. i This village was quite deserted like-the li other.- We found large pots of beef conk- a -ing over camp fires, some haskets of wine, lI and other evidences of good cheer. The s1 sword of the commanding general Echa- q gari, who fled at the commencement of a the actiotn was' captured. hut the people t generally, according to their custom, had ii cearried off all their effects. Poultry, sheep' hi "ad 'beef, however, we found in groat h ibandance. . \After remaining several hours and v burying onr two kIlled men, (one of them a lielonged to 'the Spim fire) we commeneed dpur return, carrying with us our five sl wiounded one of ~-vhorn has since died, a 'bout sundown we reached Tabasco, g vhere wve found. all. quiet. The only ti ~rave man among the enemy appearedl to tI IColonel Garcia; who threatened, swore, 3d presented his pistol in vaii at his flying en; they would not stand except at long statces, and then only under cover of e bushes. -An. iucidentoec "red :during - e fight which I wiltrelate-it needs no )mment. Dr. Smith. with four men, ad bepn left in the rear-witi.the wounded Ad as our force.'rushed or towards. the emy, they were left some distance be hid; and there was reasonable grounds r supposing that a straggling party of the iemy might cut them off.-The heavy ring showing the c;ontinued advance of r force, one of the wounded men (1. ish I knew his name,) supposing his mrades were about to abandon him ggged Dr. Smith, if that was his inten on, to first put'him to death, rather than low him to fall in the enemy's hands, as e preferred being decently shot by his wn friends, than butchered by the en iged foe. Indeed none of us expected uarrer if taken. The doctor assured him tat he should not be harmed while a man f them was left to defend him. The enemy's loss w'as not ascertained, a we gave ourselves no trouble in search ig the bushes. The Steamers Scourge d~ Vixen 'arrived after we had com teneed our return, and of course lost the rhole business. On our return, proclamations were left squiring the inhabitants to return peacea ly to their houses within ten days, under ain of a burnt roof and destroyed perper Later front Santa Fc.-A letter from 'ohncil Grove in the St. Louis Reville, aye, that the Mexicans are cogratulating ietnselves upon the prospectofretaking leir country as soon as Captain Augney's attalion of Infantry and Captain Fischer's rtillery company shall leave. The forces f Col. Price were much scattered, and to take the matter worse, the outposts, such s that at Los Began, were but indiffer ntly supplied with provisions, although me stores in Santa Fe were considerable. jove was moving on slowly, determined, rpossible, to get the trains as far as the art at the Caches, and expecting troops non to come up with him. A letter in the St. Louis Republican, ated on the Arkensas Caches, June 21st, ays: "-or four days we have been greatly riolested by the Camanches and Araphos ; e fought them twice. In the first engage ent we wounded one, and in the last, which took place this morning, killed four nd wounded 7 or 8. "They succeeded, this morning, in run ing ofl six government mules, of a train nder charge of Mr. Smith, of St. Louis. )ay before yesterday, about 400 Indians made several attejnpts to take possession f the fort recently erected by the - Guv rament. Mr.-Sloan, who has charge of :, had with him only 9 men and a cannon, rhich did, however, great execution. 'hey killed 15 Indians, and. wounded 34. Ir. Sloan lost three men-Johnson, Roye d Vogle. They went out of the fort aud sere killed 300 yards frcn it.. The In ia scalped them. "As it would not be advisable for less saa S0 mens to- remain in therfort; Mr. (loamn has.concluded toaband n .it; and to ~veeny,;of.Weston,lias, been sen .out riih only 15 rounds of ammunition ; some f the men have only two rotne left." From the N. 0. Deuta. There arrived yesterday tn our city, by1 te schooner [Home, from Tamnpico, John tvigert, John Scott, WV Holemnar., of apt. Milam's Company of Kentucky avalry, P. Tnk, of Capt. Penniington's nd W. P. Denowitz, of Capt. 11eady's ompany, all of whom belotnged to the ammand of Major Gaintes which was cap tred last Febuary tnear Encartnacion by a Irge Mexican force under General li non. These gallant fellows, whlo are very ung men escaped from their guard at tthe town of Huequella, about forty ages from Trampico, and reaching the Itter place in safety, after a most perilous id trying march, embarked for this port he schr. [Hlme. itt a very gratifying interview with Mr. wigerm, one of these young men, we have aen many interesting particularsof the apture, sulfering~s, trials and advatures f Major Gaitne's party. To relate all the terestingi and romantic incidlents, so odestly and forcibly detailed to us by this rave young Kcntuckian,would swell outsa arrative qunite beyond the comnpass of our a per. We trust that the task ofstatching -umi oblivion and handing dlown to pos rity a faithful record of the' stirring in. ilents contnected with the capture and arch of thtis party will be assutned atnd inicharged by some of the very~ capable flicers or soldiers who participated in aese eventlidl scenes. The getnius of assius M. Clay wvould no doubt do full istice to the subject, and we ardently opeje may sootn be itn a situation to' ful lithe hopes of his count rymen itn that g;ard. From t1he N. 0. Bee. 22d ult. FitOM T~EXAS. The steamship Yacht, Captain Crane, ached here yesterday, havinig left Gal eaton on the 19th. WVe have our files of apes to the 17th. A nmelatncholy accident occurred on the 2h. Trho 1. S. steamer Antn Chase ,hile omfthe mouth of the Sabine, burst tie of her boilers, killihg two men and calding several others. Captain Harrison, ihis account of the matter; says: "A bout ye o'clock A. Mr., when about to hoist chor and get under way, after havitng tid six hours previous, with little or no team, and before we had got up our usual anniy, the starboard boiler rent utnder eath and blew two sheets out of its hot. >), killing F. V. Carmichael. a private Scompany A. 4th regiment Indiana yo tinteers, and James Dolan, a boat hand, eionging to Pittsburg, and scalding Aaron .a wson. of company A, 4th regi. Indiatna lunteers, and John Bratnnon and Thom SNewland, of Cincinnnti." hie bursting of this boiler rendered the arboard battery of the engine useless, d h~avng' no canvass, it was by the eatest exertion, and favorable weather, 'at he managed to reach Galveston with e uio remiaining boilers. Col Gorman and about sixty went ashore for the purpose of ipro ogi Galveston by land, ioirdeto ao6 assistance, i Capt arxistir I. " bad nos arrivedson,t.4 The Indiana troop Chase were to be.seitto by a chartered vessel;, . The surviving men w scalded in the.disasler of thed tre; thought to be in a.lair.wy-o The crops in Texas area r promising an abundant yield. Robberies and blurgary ar man frequentat Galveston. .OoTHER LETTERFROM DIDSH GERS., r The following is an extrtsc rier published in the Pennsylvania A71 be seen that the writer :has a l fear of being executed as-a sp - ' ept under a strict surveillance as aZiei~iae war. We hope the vexi Istria ico will shw.that Gen.feo ,tkn deermined measures ti.procu ase of this gallant seaman.: MExIco, June, . I wish I could write. cbee , f~my. situation and prospectsy tdo so without deceiving you -a-hi htUper haps, such deceit would be 'M able. My position is melancholy: mb-and there is but little to hopefor 1 ..,tnre; it may be, I am not warrante i aying, when I shall return to yo *tn'tam, for we have been informed tha ilte a t cans have refusedto exchange ijLkno w not if Geo. Scott has taken a4y'utes to have us liberated. Hundreds exicans have been allowed to go to ths' .homes, whilst we have been incarera a com mon goal with abandoned fel lacking tho necessaries of life, and de aiugupon the charity of foreigners. . I think [ may dismiss fro aouni mind all apprehension of my beig acuted: as a spy-although,' for the pace.f. .six. mouths, I held my life by-a enpreari. ous tenure. God knows [h1 eexperi ced some bitter lessous--an' y4they prove salutary. I will no' pt ulate here the sufferings I. have. : gone suffice to say, that my tread tq .would have been unworthy-the.Cang ch.e There is no doubt that wepj llbe.sant into the interior, upon iutelligence of Gen. Scotr's movenent from Pu 'say--e days hence-but to what'pa minable toiuform you. - Some think, . viall be marched off to -Acapulco; , ie w est coast,'from which place,n atii'n, on account or the malignity - te?imate and the'bad character of :nhabitants of that portion of the couuri Tberob ject of this government a t-be, to get rid.of us by any mea'de tolien viulence. I have said aN oo,.much -as Lam not permitted t0 tie secrets of my prison house." :F e). l feag no consequences, -but I no mprom.p others. ,J.. All of us have abandon ohope4.f returniing to our homes=-f until Vi war shall'be couluded.< How often do I think of ' ege when I.am-alone in mny-ci j .roo r ! :1 know her 'distress.on n nd the recollection of her is vr pire-. .seit-Tell =m'y 'd a ay, do-that her prayers %"'ni.vain -I know, that' out of ioe anal piety, each nighitcNs prayer for her absen~t child. ithink:f suchi things until I become childishi She .must irm agine me safe, and prot il~ Him, "who marks the sparw'iP The Molrmons.-T hcampf the Twelve is near Council Bluffs, on th e W. side of Missouri River, with about 4,000 souls. Marty are scattered along fro:r Nauvoo to this point. In April, a pioneer corps of 300 started for the Pacific, carrying seeds, utensils for farming. &c., who'will halt at planting time, and put in a crop, while the leaders will advance 'to 'California. and there be joined by ihe Mormon. troops, that will be disbanded-from.General Kear ney's regiments about the 1st:,of July. About thes 1st of June, 400'wagons were to start from Council Bluflid. o cross the mountaisis. Somie htundreds are to join them from England and elsewiere, by wa ter; so tiat this people will'.be the major ity in. California by next -year. Unless changed, so large a body will be dangcer ous to other settlers in that regin.-fnd. Advocate. ..PHILMDELMIA, July 25. Fire by Lightning.-Thidatrio oo, at half past four o'clock, -during~ a ..severe thunder storm, wbieb broke over the city, the German Lutheran church,. St. Paul's, corner of Brown and St. Jolin atreets, was struCk by lightning, andq9uc e n fire. The fluid passed dowen the steeple to its base, communicating flame~s to the organi immediately beneath, and the whole southern portion was in a blaze in a few minutes. The entire woodwork 'of the bhuilding wasdestroyed, with twvo orgdnst bells and and clock. TIhe cost-of the structure was $20,000, only $9.000 of which wras cov ered by insurance. Trhd oiigjregatiog had been dismissed but fifteen - -minutes previ 00s to the catastrophec and the sext ihiad leftth'e building only - a-rudient before, H ad this tnot been the case'atnelancholl~Y loss of life might have edueS - The rain was falling'in'iorrents Aduring the wvhole time of the eonfl~gration. Lamentable Accidentasdt nIght, whilo Professor John B. Strange dalShelield were engaged in social iealke'in the apartmost of he latter, tntif & Norfolk Academy, Mr. Shieffield, rnisii6tia.jug of alcohol- fur one of oil, nsar which'ii bad accidentally been pliced ,pro'eded to replenish the lampn The alcohol immle diately ignited, and an explosion of the jug ensued, throwing thes 'wholii-bdy- of ihe fame into-the face anidbi'easi of Mr. Strange, who w as'seated 'opposite to the lainpt, and burned hin so severely as to cause extreme sutferiaiv Norfolk Herald. How MatterSftznd NT he-folloWrig is an extract from a letter orone of pr citi zens who is with tbe army in Mexico "on; ~~.eiry port-along 'helcoastl an naval officer; overnor, andde onefr two small vessels to look out f Ihe,ace.. Y lia'ii Taken arl y every arge g un i iwole of xico, and thousands of niilrns. Not a point on the coast is ffor a,pound of powder to be got through ithe inteftr. .T'owhole, revenue-is adg6Eni8ts. ilnk fan ~i-rte's: the ~ the ountry carmotbe crriiedois but .with our of n, which paying us a large duty as it L niinnot be turned into. goods to trmpete with our manufactured goods-so ,a.thi muststop. T4he-cbttoriof ie country will nbt pay beldbr of raisioi't ."Sugar in the "same way, 'because it can be bought cheaper ron abroad ; so what are these people to o a Some of these inconveniences have etonly begun to be felt by the hacienda iwuers; but a short time more, and we will hiar a general outcry." Mr. Bennett, of the 1New York Herald, inone of his recent letters from London, emarks: rIt is a singular truth, that in Germany alone there is sympathy for the United States movements in Mexico ; and this is among -the higher classes of society. - have an extraordinary fact to state on this subject. Not long since, an application was made by one or snore young officers in the military service of Prussia. for letters to the United States, for the purpose ol entering her armies as volunteers in the present war with Mexico. One of these applications was from a young officer in thePrussian army, and closely connected with the upper ranks of society. Througn Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Ministet in London, he has procured letters to some of the American generals, and probably is now on his way to. the United States to ser"e as a volunteer. He is a sort of Ger man Lafayette, and will be followed by many other German military men of high rank, and singular enthusiasm." From the IVashington Union. OFFICIAL. Mexican Privateers.-A letter has been received as late as the 21st June from our vigilant consul at Gibralta ', by his friend in Washington. In this, he refers to the capture of the Ambarque Caenelitia, ofi vica, by a y-relented Mexican privateer The consul had suspected the character of this craft; but his letters to Oran had not reached there in time to.have her detain ed. Everything possible had been done fr the protection of American commerce in the neighborhood of Gibraltar. Our consul had found the Spanish authorities exceedingly active and kind, particularly the general of Algesiras, and the Spanish consul at Gibraltar. At the time he feared that this privateer was cruising about the straits, the general of Algesiras at his request, ordered a steamer and two feluccas-of-war to cruise from Cape Tra falgar to Malaga, for the purpose of boari ing the suspicious craft, should she he seen but her commander was so well known there, that he judged it best, not to show ,himself in that quarter. He carried hi: prize to Barcelona for adjudication, bul there our counsul was prepared for. him; and acting. upon our treaty with Spai of 1795,. th commander and crew of this pirate was placed in the Barcelona prison and are about tobe tried for piracy. The ansul at.Gibraltarqiested his the i'h estoas " ato.comm a icate these facts' to ?Ga'odore Read, and to the commander of any of our ves Isldf war, he is in hopes that "she day s ootfrir off before we shall. .be favored ith a vessel of war of the United State= n these waters." He says that during he previous week he had suspicions of a Spanish craft: which had arrived from Barcelotna, and said to be hound to Tarifa in ballast. Through the Spainish coosui there, lie was enabled to have her sent ver to Algesiras, wvhere the governor had heri strictly examitned; but her papers and verything else being - fouind correct, she received her clearance. The consul st ates that, from what the United States consular aent to Oron writes him, lhe thinks that the stir made about the pirentended Mex~ ean privateer will induce Marshal Bu. eaud to issueanorder foir the purpose ol not permitting Spahish cont rahand vessels to motnti any pieces of cannon up)on het eks while in the ports of Algeria-u erious affair for those who depend upon this illegal trathic, Ia reference to the desire of our consul for a vessel-of-war to visit those waters. we subjoitn the follointg front the Trenton azette of yesterday : '.The U. S. stentmship Princeton, at Philadelphia, is towv in commuission, with her officers and crew all aboard, and verything in readiness for her departure n her destined mission. She only wait:: the pleasure of the Department at Wash. ington to be off to the Mediterrantean in pursuit of the piratical. gangs that have dared to insult the flagerf our commercial marine, The alterations and repairseThe Princeton has undergone, since her arrival here from the Gulf, have greatly imnproved her in many respects. Most of the ate. rations have been made with special reference to the cotivenience of hoth ofi ers and men. Her present armument onsists of nine guns-8 42's anid one 68 Paixhan." tW'e undierstand that the Princeton Captain Eagle, sailed to day for the Med. sterranean. The Alleghany is ordered on from the Gulf to' the north. As soon as she is maus ne,l with a sullicient crew, which is e:x acted to be promptly done, she, toot goes to the Mediterranean, under command ol Lieutenant Huoter, under whose auspice8 she was equipped at Pit'sburg. From the Correspondce of the Chars. Courier. Wasutwo-rom, July 21. The sketch of Judgo Butler's remarks a made at the late celebration of the 4th, have attracted much attention here. So enacing is the slavery question, as con. eted with the acquisition of territory in Mexco, that many are reluctant. to wit ness the termitation of the wvar, and others tain are opposed to such a treaty as will give us any increase of territory. The democratic party, whiile they are urged by their leaders to mnaiotai.s -theit organization, and to select a candidate fot the Presidency ins a regular democratic onvention, are also advised to adopt at the conventiton, a resolutton pledging the party to extend the Missouri compromise to the territory to be acquired from Moxi. co. ThgSouth gave mudications durizg the late and the previous session of- C gross, thatthey would improve this pro - sition. The question is whether the nor thernaind western democrats will yt'ld tcathe Wilinot provibn, to the har-nony of the party and of the UTnion-whether they will be bound by the pledge of a conven tion on this subject. If Mr. Polk has adopted the course that in my opinion he has taken, the extension.. of the Missouri compromise line (38 deg. 30 min., will be made more acceptable to the-northera democrats than to -the south.. Mr. Trist is probably authorized to form a treaty .upon the line of the Rio Grande, and the parallel of 36 deg. This has been the belief here for some time, and the late intelligence from Mexican sources con firms it. While a vast extent of territory is thus to be added to the non-slave hold ing States, very little additional arena is given to the South. There seems to be some probability that the favorabl'e terms offered by the United States, and the influence of the British Minister, may induce Santa Anna and the Congress to enter into a treaty of peace, without - suffering Gen. Scott to march iuta the capital. The deepest anx iety is felt here as to the result, which we mut know in a few days. rtte Union publishes, to day, on the authority of the Adjutant General, a state ment that 7000 troops more have been sent to General Scott, and that 5000 ar rived between the 2lth of May and the 26th of June; that-the force in advance of Vera Cruz exceeds 15.000, that deducting the sick, the efficient force is 13,000, ex clusive of staff corps; and that an addi tional force of 2500 men are en route for Vera Cruz. The Union asserts that the force in Mexico, under Generals Taylor and Scott, in this mouth, will exceed 30, 000 meon. -July 24. The Cabinet no longer seem to expect peace with Mexico through any negotia tion, and I presume that Mr. Trist will be recalled, and all further attempts to con ciliate the Mexican government abandon ed. The Trist affair will be fully explained by the publieation of all his instructions and correspondence. It will appear that Mr. Trist went out as a quasi Commis sioner. He;was not actually a Commission er but was to become one the moment the Mexican government signified theit assent to a renewed negotiatian. The delay in the tranetnission of the proposals to the Mexican government, was caused by Gen Scott, and the Union holds him responsible' for the loss, thereby, of a favorable op portunity to offer our proposals for peace. General Scott had grotuds, doubtless, for acting as he did, and it is very diffeult to believe that the Mexican government was more disposed to make peace in the month of May than in June. The real obstacle to peace has been the want of a sufficient force under our commanders to impress the Mexican povernrnent with the belief of our ability to overrun and conquer the county. But the administration are now making greater efforts than.at any former time, to re-inforce-Generals Taylor and Scot. Col. Sterling Price ot has been t ri adtor Geoeral,: in the-place 9.o a rson ,ams, ec "m .,. ,,; Correspondence ophe Charleston Courier. W'Th WAs N , July26. Tetelegraphic cortnmu nication with Richmond is'now open, and places' us some nine hours nearer to you th'an we were when the tertminus of the line was in this city. This-is a great gaiin to the pub lic, and to the governent, at a time when intelligence from Mexico is so anxiously awaited. ha. o ecie n The Government hsntrcie n despatchos from Gen. Scott for nearly five weeks. It is surmised that some of his despatches htave been cut off by the one ty. The late intelligence, showing that sevet-al ofr the tmost p~opuilous atnd influen tial Mexican States had formed a coalition to carry on the war with the United States and prevent thte Central Government from making a trenty or peace; is considered by the Adlministration as very unfavorable to a speedy tertmination of the wvar. If- the Mexicaits oppose nothting to our arms but their vis inertia, wve ttay find the work of. efectual subjugation very slow andl diffi ult. Something has lately been said, iu the Union attd other presses, on the subject of M r. M arks' communications to Gen. Tay lor and the Secretary of. State. But. no new fact htas been stated by Mr. Marks or his friends on the subject; and the infor mation which he commttunicated does not appear to have .been of sufficienit impor tance to wvarrant any notice from our Governent, even had Mr. Marks pro duced to it any authority from Gen. A ris~a for his statement. Mr. Marks, in a letter to theo Depart ment of State and to Gen. T1aylor, stated two things, that Getn, Arista would agree to adopt the Colorado as a neutral line, and that the Mexican Government was prepared to treat with the United States. On the 6th of No vember this letter was received at the De partment, and on the same day a letter was received from Mr. Black, Consul or the United States at Mexico, 'informing the Government that the Mexican Gov ernment was reatdy to receive a Commis siner. Four days afterwards, the comn -mission of Mr. Slidell was made out, and he proceeded to Mexico with all possible despatch. Of course, there was no occa sion then to appointt Mr. Masrks as a secret agent, even had ho produced any authori ty from Gen. Arista or Gen. Taylor. Bt he was told that Getn. Taylor would not move at present, from Corpus Christi. Matters stood thus till the 12th of January when thme Department received a letter from Consul Black and another from Mr Slidell, stating that no arrangement would be tmade and that Mr.#Slidel~would not be received as M~inister. The next day, the 13th of January, 1846, the order was issued to Gett. Taylor to 'advanice from Corpus Christii. Gen. Artsta could have heldl a personal conversatiotn wtth General Taylor on these subjects at any time. Towards the close of the late sessik.n, Mr. Webster stateud, in a speech to the Senate, that unless he wvas greatly tmista ken. sonmething would very soon be made known to the publtic which wtoukd show ltat this Government had unnecos~ arilyamentproprau [t was suppose'iitbat M:. o private infurmatton x eciisive iessed by Mr CaLiu. n eotif .,n tae referreil tM rfVarli egocyin. riaiter, fur that t b sub)ect of unsati-factlr itcussicn. .a there. may betwI ltelinkif any ei , h _o importance tie a - The nonrecepitfn Si placed by te Mexican Government ground that anEi o ipotienary, insteadof lavmgi; be.t"e a a Commissioner,- as the Mexican v ernment had propose'd, t hroug Black. This error, on the part:o Executive, it has lieen'lafel al to retrieve, by sending. a.Com niss: the person of Mr. :TistM1 intended, by this movement tomeet a objection that Mexico might have o ceive a Minister. -Butiisthe neanft theMexican Government basbee much disorganised to make apenctom, it is equally iupapable of carrywng on ' war. Whoever may be the dempcratie can didate for the Presidency, theref 'n doubt that the great democratic psuer be the policy of conmencinga 'prose. curing the Mexican war. The oppos policy may, perhaps, be to adopta line defensive operations. .The Mexican -Negotiation. -It appea to be the general impression that-the - sent failure of the attempt to negotate wit Mexico is attribmtable to the insuflcien of the forces under Gen. Scott Penis this is the fruit of that temporising pol which looks to peace in-the absence7+o preparations to vigorous war While. have been defeating Mexican army afe army, we have been suing for peace,'no like victor but the vanquished. This woul all have been very well, if the means striking the final blow, the conquest of te capital, had been placed in the hands o the commander of our armies-if diploii cy Ihad become the adjunct;'and not'ihg forerunner of this conquest. All tiesou rules of war have been departed froi this inversion of ordinary practice. power on earth ever negotiate :withauc " cess unless its military force were displai$'. .' d on a scale commcnsurate with twtsp . tensions. We have, in consequence,-1 and irreparably lost, much precious lstn A peace could and would have beenoco quered three mouths since, if the reinfoiec ments promised to Scott and:Taylor. h reached them. We were not disposed to blame:the go vernment for this tardiness, in its whole e tent. The imperfection of the macline for recruiting-the .;unavodablolow of the drill-the distance of the sear oof a -were all circumstancasiheiidtie trol of the War Department; whife shortness of the time of :servieffd lunieer- force, has largely contributedith incompleteness of our militairyaraos meats. Still, in the perhaps unayoidabl abence of the appliances pfilit cess, the., repeated. proffers to were no less mistakes in: di the slowness with which. s reached Scoit and Tajlo; was, eror in wa Raroad s d th;SiJI rnt le~ir no a pois' tiiritand ,a:Riiri ess 4t0 teminnsat a eliaa a it . or eveni Pennsylvanta, ile it' Eventhefrrei~i'elifethe-Pita~t~i ion have recently coboleii ofd'tfbei cacy of'their favtorite rantes, and rnq ly and calmly under the nieworderofti This change in feeling and purpoe ha oigin in the recent disgratieful'rnot ~i i lilse, Pennsylvania,. in attempting by og lance and bloodshed to arrest from tbh a tody of their masters three r'unaway slaI.es The attempt to enforce this new l a Pennsylvania, and the new law stselIf7'has debarred all connection of Pennisjyvagia with this great Maryland wor iiIe this new law, if the road passed throng Pennsylvania, not only our own.:etuseas, lit the whole South. would hbe deprivdi of its use if accoimpanied by t:e ir servanii and that is prosperity would have h' greatly affected from this cause, therec not be the slightest doubt. Ideed s great is the feelinig through'out the whe South, that Pennsylvania trill be'shu d' in future by Southern dealer of all' kisQ'~ as whey will.make sacrifices, it necesuaryt~'~ raher than insist in enriching-a Stateaul has declared its intentions, and ca'r them into effect by the murder of airae holder, to iob themi of thieirprpe'iti We ake the ab ove exitr &o~id1e ter of the regular correspondet f h Y. Herald, it~ is datied Baliimoreuy21 We note it as a significant indicaio what is the necessary legitmste r from the course of the Northern moen on the slavery question. , Cat~w that we will unite ourselves more i e ly witht thetm, when every. cord~~s them to bind us more help~ei. t stake-while-their Wilmows ant:Hf Hamlins are organizing thde J~ia~i our ins'itutions ? We can as safet fire in a magazine as such upir,9j intimate communion that an activ mere wvonld bring .about.Mar8yl~ the frontier slave State, and uh~eh edl wisely fur herself aind happiy~ Slave States, in- separating hrpoO - from those who seek wo disturhise Irt and drawing more closelyO. th with good old Virginia. Hlapp ru' -i be :he day wvhen th~e whole lviiIi country shall be perforated with RI c~nnecting and uniting togetherev tion of it. ,We shall the~n ba and if the whole world wedor ea9 course with us, we could Jte iv h selves, indepetndent iii ouhr asirh We rejoice in the spiriebf tipr which is nsow so rife rn-the:8oth0 exultingly lookf to~ ic as theiti~s~ eficient means of giving usna pf~. perity hut safety.. Bnt we forbear f-ir tife'pei K note this decision of'Mrln~f grounds of it,- as ones oftEiotip events of, ther tifiLed~~' men aro yidtng step'ystpoAto and -thereby citnin one o that unite ns;dThey coel s -t ty in nteworelatons aid..i The first --surrendered the m66y and all'ectiow Iheym