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Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will be continued uutil ordered out and charged accordingly. Communications, post paid, will be prompt ly and strictly attended to. -' The followng gentlemen are announced by their friends as candidates for the Office of Tax Collector, at the ensuing election : Col. JOHN QUATTLEBUM, GEORGE J. SHEPPARD, EDMUND MORRIS. S&MPSON B,.MAYS. Lieut.JAMES B. HAL.RIS, Maj. S. C. SCOTT, LEVI R. WILSON. r - ; 7 The following gentlemen are announced by their friends as candidates for the office of ' Ordinary, at the ensuing election. Col. JOHN HILL, Capt. W. L. COLEMAN. The friends of Major ABRAHAM JONES, announce him as a candidate for the Legislature, to fill the'vacancy occa sioned by the death o( James S. Pope ia The fneuds of JAMES SPANN, Esqr. re ctfully announce him as a candidate for he 'e of Tax Collector, at the ensuing elec ion. april14 tf. 12 IT The friends of WESLEY BODIE, an nounce him as a candidate for the office of Sheriff, at the ensuing election. february 24 tf 5 - THE CROPS, &c. The St. Landry Whig of the 12th inst., says tharcotton worms, which: had made -their appearance 1an that Parish, ire not .simonpure cotton eaters-which were.o eiruiive last yeia-,V ad thatthiy iar simply the common grass worm, which make thetii appearance every ,year, more or less. At the present writing, the.Whig adds, we have as finesther for.the. crops as can be desired, fnd have just been .shown by one of our first planters, .residing on Bayou Teche, a specimen of a.stem of - otton from the main stalk, which contains nine bolls of cotton, five of them joined ' together. It has been deposited at Gen. Bell's d ository of curiosities. If Mr. Caterpi ar will only keep off a short time, and we have favorable weather to mature the holls already formed, a very large crop , of cotton wil be made. The cane also presents a- beautiful ap pearance, as well as. can be desired. The Franklin (At.) Democrat, 18th inst., says-",From various sources in the South we hear much complaint that the worm and other causes are doing much damage to the cotton crop. In this neigh. borhood, as far as we can learn, the cotton crop was never so promising. The corn crop promises an abundant yield." The Cotton Worm in St. lathews--We have received a letter from a gentleman in St. Mathews, dated August-16, announc -nrg the appearance of the Cotton Caterpil M-Jr in the neighbourhood. Hie says they ifr hirst discovered some two or three -days previous, and are increasing very r apidly.: They have not as yct done much damage, but he anticipates that their ray -ages during the next ten days will tell dis *astrouslf on the prospects-of the Planters olSt. Mathews. The fly is abundant in the fields distributing eggs, and as the Cotton is'so backward, our correspondent anlicipates much damage to the crop in that asighborhood.-Char. Mer. Remedy for the Cotton Worm.-T he Soutn ComriReview has the fol lowing : "So soon as the cotton Plant is so fat advanced as not to be subject to injury, if hogs are turried into the field they will bunt the catterpillars. eat and get fat On them; will,in-fact take them ina prefereuce to corn. The planters twill thus turn this destructive insect to profit by fattenin~ their hogs." Upon thi the Lexington Advertiser ol *this state has the following: A planter near this.,,place tells us thai of two adjoining fields, in one a numbet ol pigs and shoata have been running in the other none.-That itn the one where there are no hogs, the worm has already nearl) -.-iin~ed the prospect of a, crop. In the one where there are hogs they have done nc damage at all. He has determined to Eurn - every hog on the place into the cotton tilId. Tornado at Robertsrille, S. C.-We Lud in the Savannah Georgian of Monday the Iollowing letter from ltohertsville, St. Peter's Pai-ish, S. C., dated : AUGoUS-r 6, 1847. -~"t took the top of the girn-house off al Mr: Sam'!. Maner's plantation, carryang -parts two hundred yards, dairy blowt over; Overseer's house blown- off thr blocks; part of the carriage house blown across the horse lot; the little negro house, having in it the old woman, and other women, with forty little negroes, was blown off the blocks and broken to pieces. not three planks remaining together'. There are not three negro houses standing as they ought. The women had to hunt their children among the ruins; one woman found her baby, about six weeks old,among shingles; one little fellow was taken from under one oft he joists. 8;c. &c. But what mercy-not one seriously hurt! The whole cornfield perfectly level-160 acres of cot ton were under water, from rain and a pond together. We are told a heavy fresh et is coining down the Savannah River. A piece of gum bush was blown half a mile, and lodged in the plaza." CULTIVATION OF THE VINE. For two or three years young planta tions are tilled with the plough six times in the year : thrice to open the furrow, and thrice to cover it up. Vineyards, in gen eral, are ploughed four times ; the first labor to loosen the roots, done with a plough called cabal, about the 20th of February; the second, in April, is intended to cover up the roots of the vine, for which purpose they use a peculiar plough, called courbe; the third, done in May, is like the first; and the fourth, like the second, is done with the courbe, as soon as the third is finished. A weed called chickendent, or dog's grass, is very injurious to the vine. In the months of January and February, laborers are employed to examine every row, in order to root it up. In the mouth of May, the useless branches called bois gourmand, are carefully cutoff; but some are reserved for layers. In July, they thin the leaves and smaller branches, that the air may circulate more freely, and that the verjus or young grapes, may the better receive the solar rays. As the vines are seldom more than fifteen inches high, and the young grapes are liable, for that reason, to be covered over by the earth thrown by the last plough, women and children are employed to extricate such branches and expose them to the sun. Every four or five years also the proprietors take .care to have the moss taken ofl the vines, for it harbors insects and fosters their eggs. This should be done after the frosty wea ther. The vite produces at the age of fve years; at tea or twelve it has acquired itsfull vigor: and-the care it receives, the nature.of the soil and especially. the-, iug, decide as to its duration. The later operation'takes place in the month of Oc tober, at the fall of the leaves, and ought to be. finished before the frosty weather. It is the most difficult part of the culture, and requires a judicious and experienced work man. In the canton of Pauillac, there are vines said to be two hundred years old, and still good. whilst others are perishing at the age of fifty. In a sandy or gravelly soil, without much humidity, they will be of long duration; and some vines are shown at Pessac which, if we may believe tradi tion, date from the fourteenth, century, having been planted there by Clement V. The average duration of the vine, however, is stated to be fro:n a hundred to a hund and fifty years. The only cassual evil to which the vine is exposed is hail, which, though uncommon in Pauillac, has fre quently devastated immense estates. There are but few instances of injury done by the Spring and Autumnal frosts; but fogs, followed by warm weather are very per nicious. causing the blossoms to wither and fall. There are also three kinds of insects which make considerable ravages among the vine; the escargots, or snails; the puceron or barbot, a small golden-colo red beetle, and the attelabus Bacchus, a most destructive insect, that nips oft' the blossoms. These iosects are carefully picked and burnt outside the vineyard Bordeaux :its WVines and the Claret Coun try. FACTS AND CURIOSITIES FOR TH E YOUNG. A swarm of bees cnntain from 10,000 to 20,000 in a natural state, and from 20,000 to 40,000 in a hive. Sponges are belIeved! to consist of excit able flesh, full of small mouths, by which they absorb and eject wvater. The sloth does not advance above 100 yards in a day. It is two days in climbing and descending a tree. Insects breathe through holes or pores on each side of every segment of the abo men, called spiracula. The gall-fly forms the gall nuts on trees and plants by. its eggs and young, and the gall-fly does the same in the skins of cat tle. A healthy liver weights nearly four lbs., but diseased ones become four or live times heavier. The human brain is the t wenty-eighth of the body, hbut the brain of a horse but the 400th. 'The human body, in a heialthy state, is genetrally at 98 of Fahrenheii. *. The heat or an oven applied '.o a dead human body, for 12 days, reduced it from 120 to 12 pounds. - *The earih is believed to increase, in heat, a degree in every 15 or 20 yards in depth. Mercury for thermometers is piurified by agitation in a bottle with sand, and then by straining it through leather. The wvaters of the Red Sea appear to be 32 feet higher than 'he Mediterranean and the Gulf of Mexi.c~o is 23 hig'her thtan the Pacific. Count Rumford, hy boring a cannon within water, so heated it by thte friction that he made it boil, and actually boiled a piece of beef in it. The sa is to the land in ronnd millins ofsquare miles, as 160 to 40, or as tour to DOe. The narrowest part of the Atlantic is more than two miles deep. In other parts it is one and a half mile. Insects are found in slate, and flies and ants in amber. Earth is eaten as bread in several parts Df the world. Noar Moscow, a hill furnish es earth of this description, which will fer ment when mixed with flour. Astronomy and Geometry were brought into England in the year 1220. We should like, to see the newspaper that would u.it1 very body. It would be a curiosity. Such a thing never did nor never can have a place among the things of the earth; yet thousands are astonished that the paper to which they are subscrib ers does not contain just such articles as they like to read best. One expects moral essays; another love tales and miscellany; another mirth and anecdotes; another looks for a sermon; whilo all wonder that their particular taste is not suited-never for a moment supposing that an editor ca ters for the mental appetites of thousands. CURIOUS WILL. The following is an extract from :he will uf a gentleman of Philadelphia, lately de ceased. His wife, children and mother-in law had conspired together to ruin his re putation -Whereas. my daughter refused me a ight's lodging in her house when I had n,> place of abode, I therefore leave her one cent, and to her henpecked husband, half a cent, as a man who allows his wife to insult her father in his presence, is no an. To my other children I recommend a perusal of the fifth commandment. To my mother-in-law I bequeath six cents, provided she buys therewith a halter to hang herself, for having swindled the Elect out of a gold watch she wears, under a pretence of benevolence and Christian co. duct and behaviour." Unusual Visiter.-An Alligator of large size made his appearance off' Dewees' wharf yesterday, and attracted tho atten tion of a number of persons. A gentleman who has an office in the neighborhood, obtained a rifle, and at the second fire suc ceeded in placing a ball ina the back part of tie head of the monster, which wounded him so sevex ythathank-hr-ash went down in shoal water he was secured; and drawn on tl-e wharf, and measured twelve feet in length. We understand that one was also short from the beach at Moultrieville a few days since. They were no doubt driven into our harbor by the recent freshet in some of our water courses.-Charleston Courier. Singular.-It is said that in Franklin County, New-York, there is a brook formed from two streams. whidh are inter rnittent. They are very singular in their character, sometimes being very dry for twenty hours together, and then again flowing freely. It is supposed they are fed by syphons, for" it is noted that they never are dry in the hot summer weather, when other streams generally fail, and never cease to flow for more than a day, at a time; thoy stop flowing very suddenly, and when at the highest, have been known to stop running, and dry-up at once. Spots on the Sun.-The Philadelphia Inquirer says: "-There are now 28 large spots, each with a penutmbra or shadow, while the smaller ones are ahtost too numerous to count. These spots appear in the glass as black as ink-the black being the more intense from its contrast to the dzzling glory around. The senallest sots average 900 miles in diametcr, andI the largest are from 12,000 to 19,000) rmilos across-that is. twice the diameter of our_ earth. One (lay of last week, the sun exhibited a very peculiar appearance, being of a pale yclltow color ; and it was observed by Mr. Stoddard, that several of the spots appeared immediately after. wards. The largest spot, however, hiatt now been on the sun for 71 days, during: which period it has- changed its form seve ral times." Extraordinary Marriare.--The Lon don papers announce that Mr. George Granville Harcourt. M. P.. eldest son of the Archbishop of York is about to marry the Countess Dowager of Wahilgrove, widow of thme late earl, and daucliter of Mr. Brahiatm, the celebrated vocalist. The son of the Archbishop of York about to be married to the daughter of an Israel ite, is about one 'fhe strangest connubial, events recorded in our day. Street Fighmt.--A Fight took- place in Wall street, New York, on Friday last, between Col. Webb, the editor of thie Courier and Enquirer, and Mr. Lecomte, the former agent of the French steamers. Mr. Lecomte spit in Col. Webb's face. The Colonel returned thy compliment with his fist, and then both clenched. Blows were freely exchanged, anid the parties were finally separated by the by standers. A Promising Yout.-"-What can you do ?', asked a traveller to a cdttntry urchin whom he saw in front of a farmer's house, tickling a toad with a long straw. , 1 catn do ttore' n considerable-i rides the turkies to water, milkes the geese, cards down thme old' rooster, puts up the pigs' tails in paper to make 'em curl, ham strings the grasshoppers, makes fires for fli e tonnet by, keans tll for ad annd mum - hey scold at a mark, and cuts the lf dad's coat when he's at pray rain' !" the Picayune;20th inst. LOF THE OALVESTOt. 7 D ATER FROM PUEBLA, Tb ship Galveston, Capt. Havi laud 'yesterday from Vera Cruz, havi ed at Tampico, Brazos and Gal~ ~She left Vera Cruz on the 12t hi By val we are in possession of advic Puebla to the 5th of August --just. ek later than we had before receiv ur letters were brought throwg Puebla to Vera Cruz by a courie tched exclusively for this 6iofle a s important. Gen sitill at Puebla on the (lhh inst.,hj t a was to take up the line of marg lnext day for the city of Mex ico,;G viggs's division leaving on the 7th Quitman's on the 8th, Gen. Worth e 9th, and Gen. Pillow's on the 10 'Childs remains in command at l uo Geu. arrived at Puebla on the 6th ins' on the,2d inst., as some of our con raries stated, He lost not a singl" his march notwithstanding 'anothe battle with the guerrillas,' Tle- greeable news by this arrival is the ca r Major Gaines dud Passed Mlidsliij ogers-from the city of Mex ico, an' safe arrival at Gen. Scott's headqif They were of course under parole at me they left .Mexico. The particula 1. be :found in the letters belowW Kendall. His letters aten tionaia etween Capt., Itu1' of the rifles,-' i command, and a Mexican guerrilla; ' in which the latter were entirely -Mr.. K., also writes us of the doitth ot Hillof the 2d.Dragoons, and D of the South Carolina Regime need not refer more par. licularlyt letters which abound in interest' From jez too, the news is im portao iifwhich loft Vera Cruz theev : .6th inst., has been at tacked from Vera Cruz; indeed, at'ack . ced shortly after leaving that cis escort to the train was under co 'of-Maj. Lally, of the 9th Infsnty, ilson being down with ye11owif e have confidence that the/o a more correct report . . iithte othe Su'is ofAnabtc. i itts'rom an ollicer ofintel ligence;.ad is to tho latest dates. CamI A-r a atnao, 24 miles from Vera Cruz, August 11. Gentleen-AThecommand under Maj. Lally. was met by tle gerrillas yesterday in farce at Paso, Oueja, one mile in the rear of this-campabout 3 P, M. Attacks were tade in front, in rear, and upon the centre of the train, and they were repulsed at all points, and we advanced to this en campinent. Our force was well distributed fir the defence of the train, the force in the rear being ne.arly as long as in front, and a guard of two companies in the centie of the waggons, and flankers alongside of the train throughoutt. But oui- loss is severe, two officers being severely wounded. Capt. James H. Cal wiell, of the Voltigeurs, and Capt. Author C. Cummins, of the 11th lnfantry, the farmer a native of Maryland, and the later of Virginia. Ten men, non-commtissioned officers, and privates, are wounded. None were killed outright. One has died since, and some perhaps dangorously wounded. -.Hopes are yet entertained for the recove ry of the two :captains, if we can send them to Vera Cruz, I believe that the comtanding otfcer has sent to Vera Cruz for a detachment of horse to escort ambu lantces to take back the wounded which may accumulate by the time we reach the Nmi'inal Bridge. We are 1000 strong with a train of -seventy waggons, and the troops all raw atnd comparatively unin tructed. But.I think we will make our way through isecurely ; perhaps fighting our waty for many days. We are about tw elve miles; from the National Bridge, andI we move on a few miles to-day. The Sun saysreight men were killed our our side, and that Capt. Loyell's Georgia mounted men- killed twenty-five of the enemy in acebarge. Governor Wilson in meiately :;oidered up re-inrorcements. Capt. Fairchild's company started at once to go up, aod Capt. Seereldt's, or the Loisianta batlalion, were also' ordered up. A gentlema-a whocame over otn then Gal veston, saw the latter leaving the city. Capt. Besancon's'comany was absent on a sCout.wheni the news reached Verat Cruz of the danger to the traint.-Whben he re turned, he wouldbe ordered u-n and oilher forces were to be-sent f'orwvard. The ver bil reports are. that the Amnericans had thirty men ivounded in thes skirmniah and as many hore killed. It is not to be concealed that, serious fears are felt for the sety of this-kr.ain. The Mexicans bave made extennve preparations to harrass it and eut it offifpossible. We are inf'ormned that the numiber-of Mlej. Lally's coinmand falls -short'of'ine thousand men rather than exceeds that tnumber. The Mexicans are under. theiipression that the train takes up a iflioreof dollars in spe,:e-so says thteBoletnof'iJalapa of' the Sth inst., which'haes been rorqeived at Vera Cruz. The Boletin-praysGod that the guerrillas and the national guard together may suc ceed an' cutini off the train. The National Bridge is the point where the .decisive ac ton is excpectedi There waes a report an Vera Craz, that the guerrillas had des tryed alparLkf ther bridge and erected defensie-'oksithere.e The latest number of thounof'fiAahuac set down the number of the guerrillas at 4000, Led on by the' hope of a rich booty. they must not be expected to desist from their attacks so long as a chance remains at them. Two men belonging to the train lagged behind on the second day's march from Vera Cruz, and were cut oft by the Mexi cans. One of them was horribly mutilated both legs being cut oft below the knee. ie died immediately. The other was so se verely wounded that he died shortly after he was found by Capt. Besancon's men. The wounded man just had time to give a description of the murderers, three in num her, and the course they had taken. They were pursued and cuught and at once an example was made of them. Capt. Fairchild returned from a scout on the 9th inst., after having made a cir cuit of about thirty miles. At a snall town called Paso do Toro. he found se creted in a loft some fifteen or twenty escopelas and as many sabres which were destroyed. Suspicions induced him to exatnine some trunks in a house, in which he found several hundreds of cartridges wrapped up in women clothes. There were but few about at the ranchos, bu: at almost every place they learned that the guerrilleras had gone up towards the Na tional Bridge. A detachment from Capt. Bemnncon's company, thirty-five in numlier. left on a scout on the 9th inst., under Lieut. Wa ters. The Sut of the 11th inst., announ ces that a private of Besancon's company was killed the evening previous by the Mexicans. His name is Francis Lorin-g, a Canadian by birth. We regr.at to read in the Sun, of the death of Lieut. Guint, Adjutant of the Lousisiana Battallion. He died on the 9th inst., after an illness of only three days and was buried with military honors the evening of the same day. Col. Wilson who was to have command ed the troops that accompanied the last train from Vera Cruz, is convalescent and considered entirely' out of danger, The report as to the health of Vera Cruz are more favorable. In private prac tice there was little fever but a great deal of sickness in the hospitals. The Spanish Minister resident in Mexi co is expected in Vera Cruz about the 25th inst., on his way to Spain.' Letters from Vera Cfuz say-he will be escorted by a body of Mexican Lancers.' The Suit as. ~ _signs-a-reasortais-departure; in. -hick we place no confidence:. The whole stary is rather apocryphal. We are sorry to see in the Sun of Ana huac that another courier in the employ of the Americans has been shot at Antigua. PBsLtA, August 3, 1847. Intelligence has just been received that Capt. Ruff, with a squadron of cavalry. has given the guerrillas a severe drubbing at San Juan de los Lianus. Gen. P. F. Smith learning on his arrival at Ojo de Agua that a party of these gentlemen of the road had a rendezvous at the former place, despatched Capt. R. with orders to surprise them if possible. The expedition was successful in every way-the guerrillas was surprised before they had time to reach their horses, and at once took refuge in a church and in two or three stone houses adjoining. Into these our men at once charged. the Mexicans re coiled in dismay, and after a short struggle were entirely defeated, with a loos of be tween 30 and 40 killed and some 50 woun ded. A priest and cure, said to have been in some way connected with the guerrillas, were taken prisoners. Such is the report of the ellair at present current-I shall probably learn more of it before I close this letter. Midshipman Rogers, about whose im prisonent so much thas beeni sa~id, has ta ken the liberty of releasitng himuself-in plaini English, he has escaped ft-om the city of Mexico, anid has arrived here in safety. HeI wvas niot on parole at the timne, buit af large in the capital under a bond with a money penalty nuot to brink his bounds. Learnting thtat the American oflicers were to be removed to Tuluca, andi that there wus no probability of htis being exchanged, he started off in the nightt towards Chalco lake in a boat.- Arriving there, he started on horseback through th'e mounitains wi'h a guide, and, as above stated, got throtgtr. lie reports that Samta Anna has not so urany men as has been stated-that lie has not inore thtan 15,000 who are well armoed and wvell organised. Perhaps lhe did not know that Valencia had arrived with reinhercemiets fr-nm San Luis. Both Rogers and Lieut. Sentuntes, who was sent on by Comn. Perry to attetid to his case1 will gootn to the capital whetiever the ar my moves. run fact, the samne may be said of oll who are with ttte at-my anzd tnot itm mediately con nocted with it-there wvill he work for all of theom, anid their greatest safety will hae in the nieighborhood of halls, shells and their ki-tdred projectiles. In re ation to young Rogers, it is said lie came off wvith the kniowledge and by permnission ofltis surety. We have a rumor this mnorning, and a startling Otis to the elTet that Santa Antna is moving uponi this c-ity wiith his entire ar my anid fift-y pieces of cannoni. The inews is too good to be ttue antd tno one credits it. I believe I have already tnetntiotned the death of Lieut. 1Hill, of the 2d Dragoons, and that he was buried with tmilitary hon or-s. Dr. W. It. Hlamner, of the South Carolina (voluinteers, died this muotning. Just befores hts death lhe embraced the Ca tholic religion and received the absolution of thte church. I learn that a portion of his faily tin the Untted States are of the same faith. The health of the- army is generally tmprovzng. We have information today that Gen' Pierce is at 1'erote, and that he is await ing there the arrival of 500 marines and 1000 of the new levies. This will be ano ther detention-will probably cause anoth er delay in the march of the army. PUEBLA, August 5, 1847. Gen. Smith has returned with his bri gade, ard the report is that Gen. Pierce is to sleep to-night at Amosoque and will ar rive here to-morrow. The account of Cap. 9 Rufi's adventure with the guerrillas at San - Juan de Lns Liatnos is fully confirmed. No less than 43 of the enemy were killed, a great number were wounded, all their arms were destroyed, and their flag brought off. The two padres who were taken prisoners in the church, and who were supposed to have some connection with the guerrillas, have since been released by Gen. Smith. 1 have already mentioned the successful escape of young Rogers from Mexico. Last night about 10 o'clock, Maj. Gaines came in passing safely through the. entire Mexican lines. It seems that on Monday last all the American officers were ordered to the head quarters of Gen. Lombardini, an-] were there told that they must prepare. - in twelve hours. to move to Tolucas. All of them, save Majors Gaines and Boreland, and Capt. Danley, gave their paroles that that they would proceed to that place ; but Maj. G, distinctly told Lombardini that his parole was at an end-that he did not ask for its renewal. nor should he accept it. Onr Tuesday morning the officers, with three exceptions above named, started in the stage for Toluca, and on the same night Maj. Gaines, accompanied by a trusty Mexican guide, set out for this place, and aller being once in the hands of the gueri las, and running many narrow risks, be. sides, succeeded in coning through in safe ty. He informed Lombardini distinctly through the interpreter, a brother of Al-# monte, that he should not give his parole for Toluca, and anticipated being arrested and put under guard at once; but not ihinking probably he would attempt'to es cape, he was allowed to depart. the so quel is known. Maj. Gaines thinks that Sajpta Anna had about 15,000 tolerably well uniformed and_ drilled ten,:to which number roust be ad dod a rabble of undisdiplined-.recruits caught and-pieked upevery ay: andgiv ing little strength to the army The'mit they most rely-is' t'tPenoiadd at iliid point they have platted sone-otheir beesf '.. cannon.' Santa Anna is described as eitig"" in a greater dilemma thiu ever. -The jeal ousy and obstinancy of his 'enemies pre vent his openly avowing himself in favor of peace, and he is shrevtd enough to know that the next battle rust result against " a him. Thus his own dowufallis stareing him in the face, turn which way he will; - r and he is now awaiting some revolution of Fortune's wheel to extricate himself. His '}t' utter downfall would seem inevitable did nor his past history alford abundant eviden- x...._. ces that he has risen above every species of reverser and .so fruitful is lie in expe dients that he may still rise triumphantly from the whirlpool of difficulties by which he is surrounded. bince I commenced this letter General y:,': Scott's orders for .the march of the army have been issued. The division of Gen. - Twiggs is to move on Saturday, the 7th instant, that of Gen. Quitman's on the 8!h. Gen. Worth's on the 9th, and General Pillow's on the 10th. In the mean time Col. Childs remains in Puebla as military and.civil governor, and Capt. De Hart as lieutenant iovernar, while an efficient gar rison, in addition to the sick and those wht " are convalescing, will be left behind. Gea. Scott himself will probably accompany Gen. Quitnian's division, and the entire *" army -viil concentrate at some point this i side of the capitaht 6. W. K. PtUEDLA, MlexiCo, AUgust N, 187. ' Gen. Pierce arrived this niorning-his. mn, thoughf mucht jaded and travel word, makinig a mest soldierly appearance. The - .? 9th regitrent in particular-the New En gland regiment commtanded by Col. Rat, suin-attracted much attention from the . crowds assembled ttr'see the new levies en ter. Not withistandintg all the stoies' told ia the Mexicant papers, i't seems that General Pierce has brought his comoistud thro'ugl1 without lositng a miar, sad with bt three or four wounded. He wvas attacked seve ral timnes by guerrilla parties, yet by' promp1 mea..ures streceeded in routing them on every occasion'. The ollicers with Cap:. Ituff, at :he' - - imo he routed the guerrillas at San Juan' de los Lianos, were Lieut. Walker, of hir ,; own company, atmd Lieut. Hawes, witha coimpany of the 2d Dragoons.- 'Tl defeat wvas cotmtplate. We have a hundred conflIcting rumors fronT the city of Mexico. One is to the' effect that Valencia is coming out with i2-' 000 men in attack us iin front, dtie'Alva rez, wit ht 5000 Pintos, makes a demonstra. .- , ti')n itn the rear; anothet report has- it that Santa Anna has disarmted 3000' of the' Guardia Nacional, having discovered; that they wvere hatching some plot' agaiuat'hIm;t while still another report wouldP have it thaw a regular revolution had broken out againbet the benemerito of this countm'y. and that aIW was '-confusionl worse conibundled"'at19fex- ' ico, a, last datess 'Then; again, we have it itat Puebla is to be attacked immediate ly afier the army has left, the garrison put -.' to the sword, and the citizens severely .. mulctead and robbed for the good treatment .., they have given to the Yankees..For any . one of those rumore thote is probablye net - the least shadow of foundation ;' yet as th4 .