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.1,,}1"-' t }''.. " ",t - 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