Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 18, 1847, Image 2
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From e Louisvile Courier.
THE FUNERAL RITES: O COL. S. MCKEE,
CLAY, AND OTEiS, WHO FELL AT THE
BATTE O .BO.ENA VISTA
This was,.perhaps,the most imposing
','- and solemn ceremony ever before seen m
the' United-States; not in igardi tsum
bers, but with reference to theihig'titand
ing and characier of their death, and the
persoiseigaged-inthe ceremoniesof their
interment, .at Fraokforithe capital of
Kenic. Earlf'on TTsday, the 20th
oft pesent modili,' the druins beat, and
'ban of music paraded tie streets, giving
nots rothe .various. military companies
and thers,'that a most solemn and im
=' ' - pressive ceremony was on the point;of
opening.
At sunrise one gun was fired from the
Capitol Hill, and about 8 o'clock, ladies
and gentlemen, citizens and strangers,
civil and other orders of persons began to
assemble in the square of the State House
until the multitude had increased to about
thirty thousand (30,000) living souls. At
10 o'clock, two guns were fired from
Capt. William's brass 6 pounder, taken
at the battle:of Cerro Gordo;, which, also
fired funeral guns every five minutes du
ring--tlie- ceremony ,of moving and the
nterment, This brass piece was inscribed
with;the date (1773) of its manufacture,
and was scarred and mutilated by the
heavyblows given and. received in cap
ture,:an effort having beni.made by t
Mexicans to render it useless to the Am
icans, by injuring its trunnions and muz
zle; and to prevent its being turned
against themselves, by rendering the
calibre -too small to admit the proper
sized shot.." When the assembled muli
tude.was -perfectly still, Rev. Jon. H.
Brown, (Pastor of the 2d Presbyterian or
M'Chord Church of Lexington, to whie
faith Col. McKee and lady were attaqeq
by.preferente) rose and in a very Limp -
?se prayer, opened the funeral services'of
the;.day. He was followed by Jol
Breckenridge,.Esq., son of the late Hon.
Joe,.Cabell Brenetbridge, in a most happy
and eloquent address, which will be given
to the public, as soon as it can .be prepared
for the press. Two fine choirs'from i the
M'Chord Presbyterian ChurchLexington
ad thetiglyterian Church of Fratkfort
ader, thbggsal'gedf Mr. Candy of Shelby.
ville, hadlprepaved-two beautiful funeral
iymns, on "Luther's Judgment," to the
words,
"Great God, what do I see and hear,"
the other, "Old Hundred," to Sir Walter
-Scott's paraphrase of -Dies itrm, dies
~w ills," comatfencing.
O "The day of wrath, that dreadful day,"
Sbut 'owing to the immense pressure, and
the seats being previoustly occupied by
' 1 ass'of Citizens, musical servi.es
ere compelled - to be dispensed with.
' After he ddress, the bodies were brought
"" "' oat of " hete state 'ouse 'where they had
: ~.'.been lioce . 8abbathi:niiinig in the fol
KM each.; bdy sopeared
a ,* d4niedStates, baud frmi the
t ._. "Newport, which had 'ben
r ound by:thp office in
aged several apppi t ie
.isch'%s"'iib gnized the
sybiig1eacouh a souil
is.-rWs6o'ughtD.y:2the all hedare4
~ ih ~ ~CoLmWi. I.. McKee, of
..lgton sid deposited ona b'rasa 6
and drawn by splendid hlack hotrsea, each
h:'oi-sed by ,a groomi in black. Col. Mc
*.Kee's servant W.illiam leading his horse,
magnificently capirisoned, in front. The
-o'anoon carriage and hearse, having the
S'fag,.of the. 42d Regiment K. M., envel
,.oped in crape, drooping over.
:2d. Lieut. Col. Henry Clay, Jr. on a
..*brass 6-poutnder, drawn by two elegant
.grevs, the flag of the Louisville Legion
enveloped in crape drooping over his
hearse, the horses led by two grooms in
black.
SEleven other bodies, each on 'a carriage
like the preceding swelled the mounful
procession which mowed towards the ce
mnetery, escorted by. many columns of
troopis, and followed by . thousands of
mnourners.
C Whilst the procession was moving up
the ascent to the Cementery, the road and
hill sides were covered with thousands
upon thousands of spectators both ladies
and gentlemen, thronging and crowding,
-~ and pressing to see the imposing mournful
-pageant, as it moved up to the hill. Tipon
arrmvig at the place of interment, the
bodies were taken from the cannon hear
se9, plaCed in their respeCtive graves, the
military coming to the "present arms" as
* each body was brought forward and cvery
head was uncovered.
Never was witnessed a more a Imposing
-and solemn processioni. Seventeen dead
-bodies carried to their last resting places
by their friends and acquainces, and do
-posited in "the place appointed for all
living by those who knew and loved moem.
Multitudes of persons who perhaps had
seldom wept before, now wept aloud, andI
Sthe full, pent-up hearsts of relatives and
friends, gave utterance to their feelings in
tears and sobs. Many a voluteer in
-passing aroutid the graves of his loved
companions, wept like a child; and as the
last volley was fired over his remains, by
he ahtryandas tbe clods tumledw on
- G the coffins'of ihe dead, in silence and
sorrowthe vast multitude left them to the
sleep from which there shall beno waking
V - . ,~until the resurrection morn,
C'ol. Jefferson Davis on the Capitulation
of Montere--The New York ~SpiriS of
te Times, of .July 31st,.contains a letter
from Natchez, describiag the reception of
Col..Davis and Lieni. Col. McClung, in
that city. In reply to asecofwelcome.
C'ol. Davis eloquently responded. Sup.
F porting himself in part upon the front rail
his crutches, he delivered a powerful ad
}i dress, containing the remarks subjoined.
-which well may shame those who voted
indirectly a, ecensure, to whbich they feared
to afihxtheir(:names :
"After thanking the people for his regi
ment and hiinself, for the vety kind recep
- . tion that id bisn et'en'de to them, he
' ~~deplared that whatever hardshiip they had
Senid -whatever serviejhey had reif
'$,tfdeiro in tlhe .field-they h'ad filee: more.
__han repaid- by the approbatiop ,ofstii
hibraye-inen ;h@gid..hadl
all that, ler th cir satis oneditnI p
could owe to.others. That when'he reach= th
ed the fieldiof Buena Vista, the.battle.had w
commenced; and. they net a regiment of si
their countrymen flying4from the enemy, w
ytwiilhthe greatest alacrity they advane.
ed, firing, upon ten times their own num- la
'6ers. When their aanks-were'ihreateued, It
thiy were maneuvred, and fought upon m
either flank-were halted, changed their at
position to the rear, formed again to the 'hi
front, and in the coolest manner, and witi th
out bayonets, they'stood fast without firing ti
a shot, till the Mexican Lancers,;-in "per-. al
feet array," and with confidence beaming th
on their banners, came upon them, when re
they poured on them a volley, such! as w
none but American Riflemen can deliver, S
repulsing at once, and with great slaugh- w
ter, the Mexican Cavalry. .. b
The honor of taking-the first work. at di
Monterey, he said, had been unjustly ap. al
propriated by others; but he claimed it for an
his Regiment; there ought to be no ques
tion about it; there could be nadoubt, for, th
said he, with a flashing eye, and most em- I)
phatilc tone of gesture, "Lt. Col. McClttng,
whose mangled form now sits before you, It
was the first man to enter a battery at of
Monterey, and I, speaking, saw it with :G
my own eyes." He denounced in no mea- R
sured terms the conduct of the government A
in withdrawing from General Taylor his in
troops-declared that if he had known to th
tent the capitulation of Monterey m
used in the United ,tates to in- to
n. Taylor, his defence of it would M
en more perfect and complete-that ro
ad means in. his possession-that at in
Monterey it was noticed that "those who tit
complained most of the capitulation were p
those.wlio were not quite up to the rank in st
the fight." He concluded by stating, he tr
was about to restore to their country and se
their friends, the remnant of his gallant re- b
iment, "melted down from that terrible th
engine of power, disciplined Mississippi pr
courage, into the mechanic,-the profession- ha
man, the husbandman, and the peace- til
fut citizen." ta
From the'Charleston Courier.
CA PTUIRE o'F C ITY or M ISXlCO..- A
The mail Saturday and yesterday brings sir
us some other items of iutellig.nce which
some of the New Orleans papers consider th
confirmatory of the intelligence that Gen. an
Scott had entered the City of' Mexico, In
while others are disposed to consider the flf
whole matter as a hoax. L
We must still incline to the belief that ru
it is not correct, from reasons before given. A
Our New Orleans correspondent, it will cc
be seen, places no. confidence in it, and to
from the following paragraph,. which we wi
find in the Matamoras Flag of the21st 're
uIt., we draw the conclusion that the whole th
story has "originated, fronsome flying
report that obtained currency long before ar
the time mentioned. j' tht
"Rumored Battle.-By the way of Gen. N
Tylor.cain'p at 'Monterey, we havea ce
rumor of another battle between, Gun- no
Scotfanii S'aita Xnna.:,he battle is tic
stated'to hie been foughtgon ths 5ti, aL r
Rio trio 25 milesfr mthe.Capitalad a .T
Gen.: Bctt fto hive gaineia: coipete i j
..tox catrd u irdeo lees of,
___ a-a o i ga~.un'bulr et'
Ca a on0
rdmBortbeirewbfen h left.' tliss iei'ord he
showdf prpbilidt Wi dhall defdri
our..crowing 'until ,we. hear somthing i
more positive. ThelMexic'abs hero: have cri
this rumor reversed; thies claim tha; a p1
battle has been fough t, but thatithe victory sh
is on their. side." .- t
From the above it will be seen that the
5th Jtuly is given as theday wvhen a battle
was fought at Rio Frio, which is known
not to be the case. lia battle took place ar
at all at that point, it must of course have hr
occupiod some time, and this is anotherin
reason to discredit the statement that Gen' br
Scott was in Mexico on the 17th, if he was.
known to be ai Puebla on the 14th. 3
Trhe Picayune of Tuesday says: "So ex
far as we can learn, the latest accounts e
from Tampico make no mention whatever
of General Scott's victory. Letters of the' ri1
25th in'abundance have been received in c
'owun from Tampico. They say not a of
word of the entrance said to have been
made on the 17th-eight day. previously. E
It is clear that there was nao such story
current in Tatmpico. Private letters
would have mentioned it. and Captain da
H-ussey, of, the Mary Jane, would have sir
heard of it. He heard .nothing of the E'
kind." th
---- cu
Specisl Correspondence of dhe Picayune. ou
MoNTxaEr, Mexico, July .i3. do
The day we started for Mamalequi sir
rather an interesting incident occurred in
at GJen. Taylor's cam p. A Mexican lady fet
residing in Monterey drove up to the gen- ed
eral's tent, accompanied by three young de
children, t wo girls and a boy, and-solicited pu
advice Irom him. She stated that she sir
was extrenmely anxious that her children to
should be properly and thoroughly educa- no
ted at some good institution in the United thi
States, and particularly that they should lad
be taught the English language and she an
was desirions of taking them herself to the be
Untited States for that purpose, but being ma
totally unacquanted there, wished the da
advice of some' competent person as to ab,
what course she should pursue. The wc
general gave her good advice, and prom- wi
ised her conveyance and escort to tho sh<
Brazos by the next train that goes down. of
I understand that a Mexican robber the
was brought into Gen. Taylor's camp last
night by two Mexicans, bound in some-ci
thitng more substantial thtan "slumber's L
chaius." As a matter of course ho will. i
be turnecd over to the Mexican authorities,
unless they have evidence that he hasd
commijted sorhe offence against our 'own o
people. ici
Intelligence -was received here a few tai
days since from San Luis, via Saltillo, .inm
that Gen. Scott had met a very large force ali
under Santa Anna near the city of Max- hu
ico and deleated them.-7 all
FROM TEXAS. elc
By the arrival of the steamship Yacht, jn
Capt. Crane, fr6:n'd'alveston, we are in asm
possessiotn of papers of i tpl&' . to the cit
31st unl .t . . . - '' alt
The U. S.steamer Gov w l~gicle~ cit
touched at Galveston, ab9t e6 k'/! Yhe
iince, on'her way from this cIty. oe3acis
Sanitiago, was wrecked on'Araas 'o ~ n6
1 .-gtIfie1t ut
sion onboard e
at-afer havin u11
ill a08 or chimneys
e left that, port on
isfue, bucga.a ti
ch a e t
borang leakltaa y, a q
i waesi le tpe ..
aking -Aransasiarat
tempted.t-un in.'. ran
gh and eoxnded r 6 T o
at she; mssed cliin
ree Ebel ivtier, where fer
I.night. Those .o'b t
e wreck all night1 irii ro .kand.
ady. todash .themr v o" the
recks in 'eas- hsiif d . ICCpis
ie,lhoweer. hold to gthe 3 ight
lhen the people tlire ~ liie
ggage,itho. greaterpa ''o as as
iven ashore by the wave noo
I had gained .the beach ein ay.or
pother. The bot isato
The Indians, it appear ie? eneing
sir depredations agaiy:" uegin
emocrat has the followIg. -=.. :
A report has reached bib hatthe
dians have again manil sib iions
hostility in the. neighbo f'ofthe
erman colony. ., We]. t Mt.
abert Hays, surveyor, .an
atonio from that neigh 8th
9., who brings informai out
e 4th or 5th inst., four.of ,ee.
issing. Itseems-that utb 'larted
run a line 'to a certaindjo wich.
r. H, intended to ieih~e ot.ber
ute. Mr. H. pr.oceed -point
tended, and after waling c~ale
ne loner than arthe
irty.to reach himbecm n *enand
irted to meet thern . ha
il, found it had ben tsraY " hI
a, found the bats of .some pary,
it nothing of the meon. d bat
ey. haves either ~ been i ken
isoners by the Indiana ',a latter
ve appeared to be'dissdtits r some
tie past, on account of..no .. g ser
in presents prornised them e.. Get
an agents...
Up to the date of th las (rom
stin.,oothing had been hear he .mts
ag surveyors.
'We learn from the Guly . zeue
a tMr. J. W. Brown o a to.o,
d formerly of Kentuck -w e4:by
dians about a fortnitglt within.
leen miles of the town;an ....K
wis, who has made hin s oui by
ging several expr9ie n San
itonio and Monterey. wth; i .ngle,
mpanion, was attackindaI r. the,
vn, as he was retiring'frio outeey.
th despaiches, by.8 or 10II afs,,,and
eived a sbt but succeude caching
) town.. '>
It is reported tin Galve hat the
my, worm iad mad 'ts " ceerj~n
cotton;fields on ti e r - pe
w.s is.of.opinion from 1134o:
ved from that part of theS hat it is
t.the army "wor nbut anoI - escrip,
i whii:cn. enfins its Traya 'toy the
alsa,~d Ss ierefore nra oficial
Sother -ois he-cot egq5.ps
-o it are at;L o
it,
abl'tt'liti'ads to galte i ~ dre
u6iperldag.Nf nofaiijr . oes in
next ten daye adds he'- ews,Jhe
ip will probably be safe, excepting late
iniingt it isiestimated that 45,000 ba
ils of wheat wililbe grown in smhe, S tate
s year.. - - '
Froni the N. 0. Picayune .7ik inst~.
The U. S. steamer Fashion Capt. Ivy,
rived late last evening from Vera:Cruz,
aging us dates from that city-to the 2d
t.-H-er ne wsis imr'dst important. She
nga a large mail.l& e"
Gn. Scott- was still at.Puebla on the
ih of July. The news of the National'a
tra was totally 'unfounded,ua we believ
and contended from the first.
The courier of the -Britithhpgation. ar
ed at Vera Cruz- ondhe,31t ul!.,.with
respondence from .Mexicpa. to,..thbe 29th
July, and from Puebla t le 30th.
litorial borrespondence of fle icayune.
P UE BA, .(Mex.).JuI3f,5,3847.
Since despatching my last conner, three
ys ago, I have notrtien yofor the
iple reason thai I lhad-nothing to say.
rn rumors have not beedasabundant as
y were a week since the jade who cir
lated them .with so prolific a hand on
i first arrival havin either tired herself
wn orworn herself out. Not ten days
ce, and~ we h:ad teneity ifed stories
relation to Santa AtJa i: as many. dif
eut hours-his stoc,c iffiy L-e allow
to us the term, was tiirely~of a. fancy
cription, rinbg and: fali' ith''every
mfof wind froni tlie fa" No w, we
sply hear bccisionalIpta he continbes
lead Congress aiti e ipeoples by the
ia-in short, .thai iesis. baving. every
ug his own way. 4iciatpr he twas, at
accounts,.to all ,iniengag upss
dI -hi measures, whatevethy may have
so, he .was carryin'g. 'u~~t aihigh 'and
st unsrplous handYTlaw of one
y, it swiodgihe'e Io~ li ayi, was
lished sheit,a'id aho ra'isedl a
rd of opposition, or dysieat was placed
era his voice iouid'hof biisiid, let hini
ut at his loudest; Suhia the state
affairs at the cai3t1our dliys ago
y may ha .afterid" at~ hen.
t have se an r i~ed. from the
y of Mexico.on~h4th isty Gan.
mardini, in which, ~sirating that
s.now' time for thef tMexican-.nation
show 'the world thit lesons.havye not
enerated, tho~coln" ite~.hief goes
to deere.as followg ~hf the Atmer
nadi~istdfpe ttlf ie capli
~a gu'm will ie fie in azaq ; that
~m; tlia'tallkthc wiashall at one
rr. Ko ih i~pr titions; that
thb stores, sera. li whrecharcoal &
visions4 are sold a immiediatelj
sd;..that no ca g iilbealoe
the stre'at hiIlii llj oe
emblage of pero un~anygart 'of the
P. Suehlisthe pjiof.gtving 'tlie fi rat
rm,.and, or thie af governmnent 'ofsthi
t osaef egeteratesd ispiare.
squadronrof drodn ant cans batlor
accompanies him. Woe to any Mexici
force that may fall an the vay of this con
mand. G. W. .
PEBLA, July 31);181
In relation to th' moverments of the&
my; Icen give you no other thanu tlie:in
pressioitat Ge Seott will 'aarei'io
mediately on the arrival of. Gen. Pier
'The men composing the divisions ofGen
Worth and Twiggs are probably bette
soldiers than any at present in- the world
In the first place, the material is equal'
not superior to any ; they are equally we
drilled; have the best of; officers to lea
them; and, whatais of ib' greatest impoi
lance, a great portion of thorn have bee
in the fr-nt rank of battle intinmerot
fights. Nor is the division of Gon ; Qui
man, which will'doubtless take an activ
part in any operation yet to take plact
much behind the others.. The regimen
coniposing' it, the New York. South Car
olina, and 1st and 21 Pennsylvania, has
been long enough in the field to becom
well drilled, while Steptoe's admirabl
battery is attached to it. The army the
will set down before Mexico will bo'th
strongest and best appointed, we have ye
had in the field, and let the Mexicans fgh
as they will the result of any contest the
may take place cannot be doubted.
I must close this letter with a few spec
ulations of my own. There is now ever
indication that the army will move upo
the capital in the course of the comingsi
days, and it is more than probable that ih
hardest fight yet will be at the city of Mea
ico-this is the opinion of the mojority
Santa Anna, however much he may b
averse to it, can hardly avoid a battle, al
though he will still creep out of it if possi
ble, No one not in all the secrets ca
know any thing with certainly, but ther
are yet strong reasons to believe that th
English legation is exerting every influ
ence to keep the - Americans out of the
capitol, and to effect this Santa Anna ha
been tampered with, and golden sho'rer
of Ametican coinage, mind you, hay
beeu made to rise before him. The Eng
lish do not want to see us in the city c
iMexico-they have interests of their ow
to subserve, and are fearful the America
hold upon this shattered Republic wi
soon be too strong to be shaken off excep
to their.great detriment. If an immedi
ate peace is nade, why then the Unite
States can help herself to such portion'e
Northern Mexico as she may covet, whil
England will come in at the souther ea
tremity and lay bold of territory to he
heart's content. .
The obstinacy of Congress, the . die
hatred of the Mexicans to the American
and the slight hold Santa Anna hasupa
the people may, and probably willp'ie
gent his o*uschemes and those of the 'i
gli'si'from being carried out-the coiden
foi-inight -wvil tell the story.. No wo: '
the En'glish ate haxious ? tosee, ifu we
briought to a close, for it hasaareadyprod
d"m'st disastrous totbir heavy mercar
tile interest in the country, and its eoiit
mi'he rinst hasten Its uttr ;u or
#jteest'O, noe&
Shieldi s'ierei 00o'ol. , c
'hasth of the army continues to.igprov
ad ali argiojtion"o~f iheitbli tma
now beaid to b'e acclimated. '"
Froat the' N.'O' Picayune, Bthaiat:e
THE NEWS-FRoal MEXICO;'
Upon recurring to-duy tocthie accouni
from Mexico, we have again to rema'
that the representations of the newsi mad
from Vera Crnz antd from Puebla ditfe
From the former city the accounts at
decidedly more favot able to peace tha
from Puebla. This is probably to be ei
plained by the fact that gentlemen in Vi
ra Cruz derivn their impiessions ver
mttch from the English who are awvare I
the efforts making by their Ministers
bring about negociations for peace an
prevent the city of Mexico from fallin
into our bands. 'Wi-.h this view wepr
ent the following tra-nslation or a letter t
latest date from the city of Mexico,'wirite
by a foreign merchant established there
his correspondent in Vera Cruz:
-M EXIco, Jlyf 29, 1847.
My Dear Sir-I have the pleasure
acknowledgeing tho receipt of your ei
teemed favor of the 13th 'inst, with its er
closures, and thank you for the newrs ye
communicated. I am unable in return
tell you anything of much consequenei
We are still waiting andi very imipatientl
to see the end of the present state of al
airs. La-tely it has been very geinerall
believed that negociations-for peace woul
be entered into, but it appears thatexpen
tat ions to this effect are likely to ho disaj
pointed, peace now appearing to be mot
remote thtan ever. A Junta of the ' prir
cipal generals'of the army took place yem
terday. Some were of opinion that ih
wiest course was~to march out with a
their disposable forces and' attack th
Americans -at Puebla; but this opinio
did not prevail. They determined tha
they would await tranquilly the enem;
within the walls of the city, continuing ti
frtif5 themselves as strongly as possible
We knowv not, therefore, w hat will happeri
or whether the Americans will commeoc
their tnnrch forth with. I doubt whetha
they will do it befor-e the arrival of furthe
reinforcements. In the meantime affair
are going on 'here from' bad to worse, ani
heavy contributions levied, the collectioi
of which is effected with extreme difficul
ty, so that the Government 'has great trou
ble to provide the means for the subsis
tence of a large army; Santi Anna is a
this moment sole~- Dictator;' Congres
can do nothing beca'use -'there is never
suficient number of members "present
from a quorum for business ' They sa
that the governndent is seeking a close
nion ith Europeanpoiwers, and wit:
this view has given orders for the liqdida
ton of the claims of their subjects.
The above brief note is from a mon
respectable soujce, and'iaybe presudie
toafford-justidea ffairs itothe ciapi
Cal and it is latjrjhan any spapeors fRoc
the'ity Mra Kendall'id seen.
dhiedkplacen them where they oo ilrei
viotis.ithebattle of Pi p mlto. I
NIn',"oue foimy last letters I noticed the
deatofieu; ipon, of the Rifles-a son
ofYenatotTipton,,f, Indiana. ,- Side
then a son of Sepator..Surgeon, of Pe tn
sylvania a lieut. in ner of the' retoinits
frosri thathState, ys died,, and he too, I
haeben ofd was a'joungle nf dtich
promise. Lannot: leanr.tht any of our
.ofiters are now seriously.indispased,"-aiid
heniealthof the arny ;georally is- im
"rio ini. eTo bo surer there are' 1500 - or
{200% mehistill on .the .sick' list, but a larger,
portion of T-hem are convalescing.
Last evening, on the strength of a letter
aidto hebte received from the Span
eisha, Minister in Mexico, peace stock went
;dp.-Iltvas rumdred that the conients of
his.communiation made peace inevitable
-that the Congress and Santa Anna were
sdisposed.to agree to anything in order to
insure it; now,.while-I am writing, intelli
'geicehas come.in from which it would ap
'pear there is noearthly chance for an am
icable adjustment of our difficulties. From
all - accounts, it would appear that Santa
Aniia:and Caingress are at sword's poiis,
and that the former has all the advantage
*over-the- constituent wisdom of the great
,and.tnagcinimous .lexican nation. It
;may be recollected that come two nonths
aiice Congress passed an act declaring any
.one a traitor who would even entertain the
idea of a peace with the Norih Americans.
So far so-.good. When Santa Anna re
ceived Mr. Buchanan's last propositions, a
fewv weeks since, he at once submitted them
.to Congress, for that body to act upon'the
-matter in the premises ; but what did
:Congress do but send the papers back with
au-answerthat the initiatory steps belong.
ed exclusively to the Executivo. At this
Santa Anna became enraged-said that lie
did not-send the papers before Congress to
ascertaina -what his prerogatives were-he
kuew their. full extent well-but he laid
the:.tnatter before that body in order that
.the members might rescind their former
decree declaring any one a traitor, &c., if
they saw.fit. That he thought they would
do;this, and thus give him all and every
power,,is highly probable; but Congress
-took a stubborn fit, and here the whole af
fairgrests for. the; present. I do not even
see who is.t deign offer an-answer to Mr.
Buchannan's propositions. which-seem to
have been transferred into a species of foot
ball to be. kicked backwards and forwards
by-Santa Anna and the Congress-neither
party. in the present distracted state of the
country, daring to lay hands upon the un
fortunate document. Bold and unscrupu.
Ious as even the tyrant is in all matters of
state policy, he dare not take a responsibil
ity so heavy upon his shoulders as to come
out-aloni and.advoate a peace. The in
pression'now is, that he has determined to
.hazard..the defence of the.capital, and this
impressioggains.sirengthrhen it is known
that he has Congress iofay the blame up
on.incasehegufferas aioiher defeat., Ano-;
dhertbattl9, in my humble opinion;' will be
of immense advantage to the Uriited States;
fur. ifGen,Jcott "moves upon'the- capital
the -Meic.apswill ,ceriainly be efeated,
andkf,heem ams'e and there ano
m trnye t
jrincipal b id. .peace, t o:e
eyes ofithe wordthleygi ok~k
out a tolerably efear case. .
. Santa:Anna~ has recently levied a con-.
tribution-a f'orced.Joau it may be called
-upon therinhabitants of the capital, in.
which-. he calls for $280,875. to carry on
the war.. The:churches sind .-conventa, as
wall- as private individuals, are assessed,
and itis'hinted-that the'tyrant his left the
names of some of-his few friends ofl of the
tax list. - The foreigners, who have been
called upon without stint, have -made regu
lar protests it is. said against the unjust
exaction,but Santa Anna does not stand
upon -trifles in his money transactions.
-From every indication, it woul~d appear
that Gien. Scott intends an immediate
movement upon -the city of. Mexico-at
least within a week or ten days. *Ilard
bread is being baked for the march, the
quartermasters have been ordered to hold
themselves in r'eadiness, and in every ~de
department all is bustle and activity. It
being founid impossible to receive clothing
frotn the Uuited States, hundreds of Mex
icans are hard at work putting our men in
uniformn-. Some even think..i that the
army will move before-Gen. P ierce comes
up, but it is hardly probable that Gien.
Scott-will march before that officer gets
within one or two-day's march. At least
1500 hundred of the sick will be left behind,
but a majority of them would be in a sit
ation to take up arms in case the garrison
was attacked. -- -
Speaking ofsicktness,that South Carolina
regiment has suffered more than any other
in the service. This was not expected.
It was thought the Northern regiments
would suffer most here away in the tropic,
but the Newv yorkers and South Caroli
nians have been, as it were, side by side, the
former have had but fewv cases ou thme sick
list coditparatively. The South' Caroli
nians, out-of900 strong when first muster
ed, now turn out but about 400. Ofthe
oilher 500 some 140 have died, 200 have
beeh left sic~k in the rear, atnd thme rest are
now in hospital here. The health of thme
regiment is impoving however, and many.
are convalescing.,
Yours, &cc. o. w. iK.
-- --PUEB, July 2S, 1847.
-Rumors from the city of Mexico are at
a discount, but. reports from the direction
of Vera -Cruz are more eagerly sought
ft M1oany think that the arrival of Gen.
Pierce will-he the signal for an immediate
movement of-the'whole, army, and hence
the anxiety to learn his real whereabots..
A day-or two since intelligence wvas re
heived that he had taken !.he Or-izaba road,
and that ho had been heard of even this
side ofithat city ; yesterday iiews came in
that he bad reachied* Jalapa wvith his coom
mand, amid-this story is inure generally
creaditedl -On the strength of reports that
~a-large guerrilla-force was in front of Gen.
P., and that somo. 2,000 men with four
piesis of artillery. weondie way downj
from:-the tneghborhood of the en pital to aid
in capturuig the train.gbu.P, F. Smith's
brigademwas oderedl tohyveii the di ec
o offerote. His,regu comnmand|
consists of the ist Atillery,3nfanir,
an'Rfis ~ ,~ o
illIUlIfeIIadfit IItTon
Y supposed' wadb
Ir brlgade n -
tween thatrpo aitt 4'
irm me liat -w~t
= Vlieu ie:Fablt'fjJ
e' Whenath0: b -
'- to.leaveithe e1n - -afe;w
t.udn.dr theeg y aq o" A ;o
tho 12th ainfary '
late ard -lztegcf 14))
r Th sehiooner iY I aJ
Capt Beaehabifavri ye
if pico, which-place a e'
Capt. Bec6fiasaoed avsr t it
d l'owing inteil' n
iltCill helerlatifyjqgi e
a Liout. Taehybill, who accom a a
a De Russj pyiaditin p
ded. mortally,as vasspos e
e abozo,-whire the, expeditina
, caded'by the :enemy: sie --iv
s" express from ,him arrjv g Ia
- stating that he as'dom - -.
e questing that histcletbik b'inE
e It was expected ,thatrgiz
a of artillery, a prisener atlmampr
t be exchanged for-him.,
B It bas been ascertained L a -
i had fourteen ptionerdo
t hadbeen taken from CDe
t which-reducesbyga
frst sipposed to:hav _
- expedition. jp
G . en: Garay ha2.s s..0 1
i less than three thousantjIc wt
c miles of.Tampico: c;He ut
a entirely the supplies froajinli. c
- the Tampico market, adhhi -
stopped. the tra 1w h tie teor.
a On the 29th ult. ana pedI:on n
- of theSU.-s.lschooer Peerl," i
- Moore..with a detachme .o
2 an artillery-6 pounder in addittotoy
9 armament, -was. towenp;the -
a by the steamer Undine. -
- ibis expedition .was not p blio)
but was. supposed to at _
s Moxicans~and pro!en hemf Ut
, off Gen. Taylor's despatee
e at San Luis Potosi ndad~ ii
-communications;;.y,;,ay 4 ;a
f The Mexican.. despatches fo rtb t
2 have all been stopjped'.
r On the 27th itwasdiscover _
I of the pivatis rtheis .an
t had been:fon'the ~bi _of uteai aw
- and,.sellingithern ; -
i sixty~pounds, was fpun0I.con
f Mexican outhouse wi alp
a quantiy balis,-cd e Two en
paaticaD..n(FWrwere ud
rt iwa, f as'-r ppia
Thec rdge'bad d 'I2
p a ec -
r. ?Sauce thecg ecion of sheds-fo
y meeshd
W i s s .i . n' re : . P
=Whatevereiknesxise amt e
mainly a:inr bt detac*~a f
' vaniiaa*s ' r. f
l.The =--oli
Bta namiiojs-oIo
ko muthe, m hioreo te
e t moth.:ii - i iw : es taa
Bu thrtee mlin of~eJaby
r. The .expenditures. forg the rm a
e during the quarter ending uns~
o over sixteen millonse'i'he! -xu~~a
-pendittires over reipts fordift~a~
-was more than twotmilliona...
y Should the warbe'pros'ectdei~
f vigor wvhich -hae: been aprom edt
o penditures on'accountiofath
d exhaust the Treasury before~ 'I
g of Congress in~cmbr
doubt-that the hesitationionhpaof
f Governmett in sending..ot
n force to our Generals, -~~.jayi
o of the war. is caused b..h~F
an empity.Treasury. -o~
gress,.at the commencemeiti
f session, barren victoriessaud
.and an empty '1reasuis l.
.mortifying' to thedAAdmltth
a the E xecutave-is sin this.diegi~
-o must abandon the atteptp
.peace, orszardi thenc,a,n.u
penditures,,which jay
It is ani easy matternto hnli~
To extinguish..itlis.anpothi~fdr
d tioned same days ago, tI~h'a
.had held a consultation ~'nri
.the instrtictidusato be slf
e Brandgwinet-teMr. dan
.been determined to receefm
.taken by -Mr, Wise, and hsret-o
e tenanced by the Executtvibfg
Ithe affair of-Lt.-Davisand~h~~
rsof theU.S. sbipafpg
-Subsequent infoemtpt -
-confirm that statemen
Buchanan due credit o.uti
cilitaryand prupe.risfWsifs
But still it as the opinnidat
be difficultyin seitlin'gtlie~9
Thelntelligentcerfwhiebrpa
r tofore defended-Mr.-Wiselonde
r affair, says :- M
a "Thou;bz de havere.
I that the instructions.-hy -tho
i. .Mr. Tod have been framed;
ble purpose to prevent a ccdii
the-two-countries, ourprvf
leads us to -stppose 1at4t41
t very easy matter, the autho
B being in a high state of ixas
I may be htoped. Ihd~e1f5
' will find'th~s'tfbie.
what'lias pasiiddiotid
t 'We aiehotdis'yesodadii
I tion of odenGoErn6
collisioti;if it cknd -
effort.M-a*$
;The neers-o~jap
a.otere4f The td
S ar ma