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-Z "2,- ~J'tZ '4 ' WessIs.~e wrll clin to~ th ilr*fml o u ierq 4 'h T Oe vil ers atistth Bin. * 41 e-. i# X11 :,-,.Vra. ,51 -PUBLISHED- EVERY WEDNESDAY. BY Wi. F. DURISOE. - D 0dR & PRO.PRIETOR. NeJV TERX-S DOLLmAs and FIFTYCE Ts,perafnnum, paid in advance-$3 iTnot paid within six months from the date of subscription, and *4'if not paid before the expiration of the year.- All subscrip.tions will be continned, unless otherwise ordered before the expira tion of the year; but no paper will be dis continued until all arrearages are paid, un less at the option of the Publisher. Auy person procuring five responsible Sub sctibers, shall receive the paper for one year, gratis. A9vsatisaTars conspicuously inserted at75 cents per square. (12 lines, or less.) for the frstinsertion. and 37. for each continuance. Those published monthly or quarterly, will be charge i $1 per square. Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will ba continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. Comminications, post paid, will be prompt ly and strictlv attended to. 07 The following gentlemen are announced by their friends as candidates for the Office of Tax Collector, at the ensuing election: (Col..JOHN QUATTLEBUM, GEORGE y. SHEPPARD, -..EDMUND MORRIS. SAMP80N B, MAYS, Lieut.JAMES B. HARRIS, Maj.S. C. SCOTT. -LEV[ R. WILSON. The following gentlemen are announced friends as candidates for the~ office of Ordinary, at the-ensning election. Col. JOHN HILL, Capt. W. L. COLEMAN. O The friends of Major ABRAHAM JONES, announce him as a candidate for the Legislature, to fill the vacancy occa sioned by .the death of James S. Pope Esq. From the N. 0. Com. Times, August 31. The Cotton Crop-The Army Worm. We'regret to state that the genuine Army Worm, which caused 'such destructive vages to the cotton crop last year, has made its appearance. simultaneously in several parts of Mississippi, threatening gain to destroy the labors of the planter. Letters receive] yesterday. mention its appearance in Warren. Adams, Jefferson, Concordia and Wilkinson counties ; and from the alarming rapidity with which the nsect spreads, it is apprehended that the -visitation will he general throughout the i country. Fortunately the crop is further * -advaiced than it Awas at this period last -f-ear. and thus less exposid to the deprida 'tidiofthei'catterpillar ;bbtitill it eaniot ~J ediif e Ee*on ordofworrns "Ta t [h ence;,-more esp eaally if he. weather should continue rainy. Our esteemed correspondent,'Mr. Thom wea hr sh as Affleck. writes as follows: NATCHEZ, 28th Au ust. 1847.. Editors Commercial Times.-GaInTLE IEN : I wrote hurriedly, on my way home through Natchez, from a two daty's trip, examining into the progress of the Cotton worm. They are upon us, as I have - all along anticipated, and the crop is gone that is. they will sweep over it in some twelve or fifteen days, equal to a frost at that date. This you may rest assured or. I wiH give you particulars in a day or so. Yours truly, Toams AFTLEcE. American Railroad Iron.-The Phila delphia American says that there will be sixty thousand tons of Railroad Iron man ufactured in this country during'the present year, which will be equal in quality to any . -imported iron. The value of this quantity -' at present selling prices will be upwards * of four millions of dollars. The A merican adds that Pennsylvania furnishes one half of the Pig, and more than one half of the SRailroad Iron made in the United States. This important branch of manufacture is rapidly 'extending, as it is evidetnt to every one who has noticed the increase of rolling mills in various parts of the country especially in Pennsylvania. .. * Followoing the Prescription.-Major Frees, of the Germantown Telegraph, (by the way, a capital paper.) tells the follow ing anecdote, the moral of which he says, is that' people should never be encouraged to commit suicide. "A very respeciable German,.of Phila delphia, some time ago, twrice took lauda num, at short intervals, apparently, with the design to destroy his life ;-but on both occasions his~stomach was pumped out and 'the man restored. The second time the physician was called in he remonstrated with the pretended suicide on the folly of -of his conduct, and tol htim he did it only -to worry his poor wife. But that if he - eally wanted to kill himself, he coul do it: most elfectually by blowing his brains out with a well charged pistol.-Thcre would be no after-claps. -The stirprise and mortification of .the -Doctor, however, were great, when about two weeks after the wife egain made her a-~fppearance at the office, exclaiming, )a Wel/~l, Toctor, he's tone it-Joke's tone -c- Done what ?" hastily inquired the Doctor. n "Vy, be's tone shust as you tolt him Sha phowt his-praines out mid a pistol shus now. ad he's kilt die time !". lass and Garrison Mo~ed.-W m. I~idGatrison and Frederick Douglass, ~oian anti-slavery tour to the West, 5b{Wrquite ill treatedl at one of their meet-1 d-fg ar~1srisburg, Pa., last week. Doug las frnished an accountt of the fracas for ~th ew~ ork Anti-Slavery Standard. "Several volleys of unmerchantahleegs." he says, were poured through the windows filling the room with the most disgusting and stifling stench, which he calls "slave. 'ry's choice incense ;" and "one struck friend Garrison on the back, sprikling its essence all over his honored head." A pack of fire-crackers was also exploded, causing much excitement and alarm, Cries of "throw out the nigger" was shout. ed by the mob outside, and stones and brickbats were hurled, when he left the house, protected by some of his colored friends. Douglass himself escaped without injury. FROM MEXICO. -Extracts from the Delta, of the 9th inst. "At the same time that the other com mands were despatched,Scott,orderecl Gen Shields to attack the enemy's extreme left where he was heavily entrenched; at the same tiie reinforcing his command with the 9th, part of the 12th and 1iLi infantry, under Gen. Pierce. This movement was executed as soon as the nature of t:te ground would admit-the whole command having to pass through corn fields of high growth, intercepted by ditches running through theta in every direction. The action now became general and the severity of the conflict never equalled within the recolleetion of our oldest sol diers-the enemy was more than three times our number, besides his advantage of artillery and position-added to this, he was stimulatod by the fact that' it was the last effort of resistance he could make, before we could enter the capita,--his troops knew that they were fighting for the lust iremnant of the Republic, and they stood their ground with as much firmness and resolution as any troops could stand, before the army we at present have here. The roar of the musketry was so great, that it was almost impossible for the sol diers to hear the orders of their officers. There was Ito point at which the action did not raze with severity for more than two hours, which is proven by the fact that our loss at this point was nearly 1000 men. . After the contest had lasted about two hours, our troops had got into such posi tion as to be able to close with them at the point of the bayonet, which decided the affair in our favor-Gen. Pillow and Gen. Worth carrying the works on the road, by an officer of Gen. Pillow's division taking down one flag, and one of Gen. Worth's taking down the other, and theSth infattry planting their colors instead.- Geu. Twijngs' division'carrying the work it attacked at the church, Capt.J., M. Smith.; of the, 3d i trat recei the u reinder o the cioril o G Rrncoti, together with 104 officers ani upwards of 1100 non commissioned officers and privates, surren dered as prisoners of war. Gen. Shields had his work more to himelf. antd he fully sustained that high reputation hitherto acquired on the 6eld of battle. When the coutest raged highest, and his men falling around him in every direction, he preserved that even temperament of mind for which he is so characteristic-his countenance wearing that bland and affable appearance throughout the whole engagement. His volunteers stood and moved under the fire with the regularity of veteran troors. South Carolina has sustained a heavy loss. Cul. Buttler was wounded twice before ie received the fatal shot.-Two color bearers were su ccessively shot down, when Lient. Col. Dickinson took the colors, and was bearing the Palmetto proudly amidst the storm, when he also received a severe wound. About the same time that the three divisoins at the forts'were enabled to close, Gen. Shields succeeded in driving from their position the largo force with which he wvas coteLnding."' From the N. 0. Picayune, 9th inst. LETTERS FROM T1HE& ARMY OF GENERAL, SCOTT. I have spent not a little titne int ende-t voritng to collect a list of the killed andt -wouttded officers and men itn the great battles of the 20th, not a diflicult matter inastmuch as the different dlivisions~ are quartered in villaces several miles apart. The following will be found in the maitn correct. South Carolina Regimen.-Field and Staf.-Killed-Col. P. M. lint ler. Woun ded Severely-Lieutenant Col. Dickinson. Wounded Slightly-Capt. Jas. D. Blatnd ing, Adjt. Jas. Cantey. Company A.-Killed-Capt C Wilder, Wounded Mortally-Thos Black. Woun de~d beverely-2d LtS Sumter, Corp'l W T Norton, Privates R Caughman, J M Smith. Wounded Slightly-C 11 Moody, E Hunt, Jas Dunn. Company B.-Killed-Private WV R Davis. Wounded Severely-Corp'l E~ C Postel. Privates, Thou Charles, D Mc Henry, Jam Young, Jas Faucett. Woun ded Slightly-Serg't G W Curtis, Corp'l A J Hood, Privates T Cahill, J Connor, T E Dallas, Tr 0 Estes, J M D Hood, T Robbins, S Terrell. Company C -Killed-Private Hitton. Wounded Severely-2d Lt R. S Billings, Serg'ts Gay, George Waters; Corp'ls G.as ton, -Horton; Privates Bradly, H-unter, Meg., Stratton, Sid well, J W Villlipigne. Wounded Slightly-Capt R. S Moffattt, Privates Bellard, Wooten, H-umphreys. CompanyD D.Ktlled-2d Lieut David Adams, Private Thos F Tillman. Wount ded Severely-2 I L t Joseph AhneyCorp'l W B Brooks, Prtvates, Jas Goff, J Whit taker, J'-Addtson, F Posey, R. J Key, WV. F Ubank. Wounded Slightly-Privates J Lark, E Simkians, R Sloman. Company F.-Wounded severely-. Ser's. J D Walker, J N Hic'ks; Corpl. J McCoI Iam; Privates Campset. Hariman, Mui ken, Valentine, Gilbert, Mackey, Prat Weatherhy, Vanney. Wagner.-Wounds slightly,Corp'l. J F Quinn; Privates, Miot Wright. Company G.-Wounded severely-li Lt J R Clark, Serg't Row, Corpi Mc Creight, Privates M Harper, T Reynolds J McNeil, J Cain. V B McCreight, M I Travis, M B Stanley,. R 3 Barber, R Glarlney, S Alexander, Win Nelson. Wounded slightly-2d Lis ,J W Steen, ] Davis; Corp'l Myers, Privates S F Bone S Camrak, S Newman, W J Sanders, V M Goodlet, J Romedy. Company .-Killed-Privates Time thy Kelly, Shedrick Wiggins. Wounde< severely-Privates J Kennedy, Wm Moo ney, R H Corly, W S Johnson, W 1 Purse, W Deolin, T Price, E Price, J1 Cantwell, R Waddell, J, F Waits, 1 Barkelow. Wounded slightly-Capt I D Dessaussure, Sergt's. H Beard, J I Percival, J M Miller, T Beggs; Private M Brown, H. J Caughman, J Carnpbell J T Lupe, E G Randolph, J D Stanford D Pollock. Company K.-Killed-2d Lt W R Wil liams, Private Job Slattery. Wounde mortally-Privates Bernard Crogan, Baughnman. Wounded slightly-Corp W B Eaves. Company L.-Killed-Serg't Jame Denson. Wounded Sevetely-Corp'l A Speers, Privates W Shephard, C Wood M B O'Neale, G II Ahney, M Clopton Wounded Slightly-Privates B H Mattis J Warner. Total, 137. The field strength or this regiment, be fore the action commenced, consisted of Colonel, 1 Lietit. Colonel, 1 Major, I Ad jutant, 1 Commissary, 7 Captains, 2 Subalterns, 22 Sergeants-273 rank an file including 21 corporals. The New York Volunteers also sufered severely, but not in proportion to the regi ment from Carolina. Col. Butler, wh commanded the latter, behaved in -th most gallant manner. In arvancing upo the hacienda attacked by Gen, Shields, a the head of his regiment, his horde wa shot dead. He then advanced on foc until lie received a 'severe. %wound in th leg, which caused him to rail. In a fain1 ing condition he was carried io the rear but soon rallying he again advanced to th head of his regiment, when a musket ha struck him in the head and he died almos itinctantly: South Carolina lost one of he bravest and most generous spirits whe Col. Butler fell, I have not had time to obtain a full lis of all the killed and wounded in the .diefi rent divisions oft 1 .i U great proportion of our loss-perhaps nine tenths-was in the attack upon.the stron works Churubusco-Santa Anna's secon line as he called it. As I have previousl stated, no reconnissance whatever of thi strong position had - been made.. Th brilliant success of the morning had it spired both officers and rmen with the high est enthusiasm. and they rushed pell-mel into the positions the most exposed, an where they were mowed down by huu dre.ls. It will be seen that our own loss falls little short of eleven hundred -aitit 6,00i men were actively engaged. When th works of the enemy are examined, on naturally wonders that Gen. Scott's entir force was not swept away. Put his arm' in the same position and cinge the days < the viceroys there have not been Mexican enough born to drive thetm out. White flags are now constantly passin; and repassing between the Palace her anti the Palace in Mexico, At this gaiM the Mexicans can beat us. Yonira. &c G. W. K. TACUBAra, August 25. The armistice hams finally beetn settle' and signed, and I do not tell half the stor whetn I say tat it has produced univeras dissatisfaction itt thme armny. In .the firi place let me give you, from recollection its main promvisions, anid then it wvill giv you ati ideat an to the mode by whichi was brought about. The articles of the armistice first go ni to say. that hos'ihities between the tw armies are at ottce to cease. ini order tha the peace propositins of the United State may be listened to, andl that they, the hos tilities are not to be reneewed until eithe commnder shall give the ,Ather forty-eigh hours notice; that ini the maeantime a] work on fortifications on both sides shmal cease, and that no further reinforement for either party shall he allowed to ap proach nearer titan twenty-eight leagues a the capitol; that no personts other than cii zens shall be allowed to enter the city,ant they only with passports from thme Mexicat anthorities; that certain persons of th< American arrmy shall be allowed to ente the city to borrow money and purchasi supplies, but no oflicers are allowed t pass in e xcept upon special business an< under a flag, Such are about the annn or the different articles .of .the armistice signed on our part by Gens. Quitmnan Smith and Pierce, atnd on the part of th Mexicans by Gens. Mora-and .Quijano. Let me. now give, my uspeculations a to the mode by wvhich this armistice wa brought about. On the night of the 2011 inst. after the great Mexican army wa thoroughly heaten, broken to. pieces anc routed, Mr. Thornton of the English lega tion, accompanied by the British Consul Mr. Mackintosh-a mam who regardi Santa Anna, hates the Yankees and neve moves unless his own. ends are to bi gained-came out of the city post baste at a visit to Gett Scott. The next rmorninj Gen: Mar, naomannied by Mr. Arr,, goiz whd:sa ely Mexican consul in , NewOleanili e out, also'on a visit to Gen ot-. the same day the latter , wrote - tte e .Mexican authorities, intin .a ittice between the two armieli wit of opening negotiations - or a peace prop'osition was eager , lyjumi'a 'e Mexican Minister of I War,afthe anion of Santa Anna of I coursean fi sit has been a treaty of armistice in cli,accoiding to rumor, Snearlyry. ?the Mexicans asked for was Coiede know nothing of the proceedings is -commission except from hearsa here are many who be lieve thalGe 'ott has been compelled I to adopt this y;.- at the threshold of the Mexican. ifol; by Mr. Trist and his instructions, here are few, and I must acknowledge self among the number, who think t4ia eace honorable and sat isfactory toif nited States is to grow nut of thisi'ii t The whole alfair, on Stie faceofit like one of Santa Anna's old tricka io '*' ime and plan some new scheme of tric 'and dissimulation, and as'he has Briti influence to back him, her - will belikielyt earry out what he under I talces. ha always said and always i believed that ata Anna was favorable to I peace from M only-and still believe he may endea rto bring it about; but a great as is hi ower, like a sail vessel he can only go *th the- wind and current, - and has too m Fy and too powerful ene . mies to crry-, i his present schemes, at least without strong assistance from the United States. Santa Ann -accuses Valencia of having lost the capita by not obeying his orders . to abandon C olireras on the 19th, and has I ordered him t e shot wherever found; on the other had Valencia accuses Santa Anna of bay g lost every thing by not enming to his sistance, and it is now said that he has ounced 'against him and y peace with J.. ankees at Toluca. Thus matters n tween these great Mexi a can leadei's, 1gain it is reported that Paredesis ad .aning from Orizaba, which g place he successfuny 'reached from Vera t Cruz, .reatinb"nothing ut death and . utterannit n to the infamous- North . Amt'irids te it is further stated that Bnstatn' .t or near the capitol with a 6,000'neit1 rcathing the same amiable 5sentimentsi he papers of the' capital are almoist si et about every thing-hey r do.not even live an accout of their recent terrible ietr The'itiua o esorte.js and other for. t eier fdu 1 -.us the.other - ,and- iQ2;YA i , -- rer or MIria O a porntoio'ihspreeious set of scoundrels. p and it is io be hoped- they- may have full I justice done-theni. Riley. the Irishman who -cominided the battalion of San s Patricio as it is called, openly makes his e brags of what he has done, and says lie . expects no mercy. - - Gen. Scott was himself wounded on the I 20th insi. by a grape shot. It struck him d on the outside of the leg helow the knee, - and gave so little pain at the time that he said nothing about it; but it has since a caused him more uneasiness. Our own loss, in killed, wounded and missing. it put down in round numbers at m 1.000-it may possibly range a litP under p that amount. The Mexican loss in killed r alone amounted to nearly that number, f their prisoners to about 3.000, while their a wounded we have no means of computing. Among the officefs taken prisoners were ;three members of Congress, and I believe they are to be liberated to take part in the proceedings of that body in relation to peace. Yours, &c. G. w. K. The ofTAcUBATA, Atig. 26. Tepolicy ofGen. 8eomt or of Mr. I Trist-[ do not knowi which is responsible ,for tthe measure--in -effecting an armistice I and consequently an opportunity to nego ttiate-this policy, I say, although n'ot very ,fiatteritng to the pride of those who fught the sanguinary battles of Coutreras and Churubusco, may still have a tendency to soften that of the Miexicans, and lead to some kind of a peace. So perfectly was the panic among the sons of Iturbide on ithe 20th that one of our weakest r-giments p could have entered the Grand Plaza with - but little opposition-in fact could have driven every soldier out of thercity or to some hiding place within its walls.-Santa I Anna and the miserable semblance of a I Government would ~ also have fledl, and there would Thawe *been no power with which to open negotiatiotns, with which to treat. Perhaps it is better, thee, that the army -did not at once enter and occupy the capitol, at least itn view of .a peace-this is a question-yet-to besolvedl. 'I must ack nowledge, however, even as malters now look,.that I am on'e. of a large majority who feel any thing - but rejoiced that the army did not enter the :city at first, and I that peace nej~otiations are not to be en tertained at the National Palace, Yours~e. - 0. W. K. P. S.. Since the above wyas writ ten we have received a thausend and one rumors from,the. ctty. The report that Busta mente is .approaching with some 6000 Stroops is, renewed, as well as the account of the advance of .Paredes upon the capit al. SAll the shops ta thie city are closed, and cotnsternation still eignes .Many will have it, thesevidence. heng i their own proper eyes, that the Mexicans are throwing op i breastworks-a'nd constracting batteries at 1 dilferent points, and they, say too, that Santa Anna either is'desirous of gaining t. time, or else to-make-one of the main ;conditions of opeace-that he is.to be sup ponrted hy -&mericani armi against any raction that may rise against him. Tn this they are probably more than half right. A rain of wagons, which was going in ibis morning headed by Capt. Wayne and an Iscort of dragoo.9, were turned back by the Mexicans on the, pretence that they were regular soldiers with the convoy. I ion't know how the matter will be settled, 3ut Santa will probably have higywn way. Dur own officers are many of them ouir - ;eous at the occurrence. TACUsAYA, August 27, 1847. The official report of Cen. Salhs, who was second in command at Coutreras and who is diow a prisoner, has been published n Mexicn. - He admits that his defeat was :otal, but as usual lays the blame on some )f his brother officers. le says that on the irtertnoti of the 19t h-(this was while no me was returning theirfire)-the Mexicans 'ought with uncommon valor and enthusi asm, but that early on the morning of the ?,0th August, they were suduenly surroun led aid at once thrown mino confusion, and n the end utterly routed. Salas says that it the outset of the disorder he shouted +Victor) for .\loxico ;" ordered the trum )ets to sound, and directed Gen. Torrejon :o charge with his lances; but according .o the same account that officer fled it the nost cowardly manner, the infantry got nixed up with the cavalry and also fled, and the route of all was complete and nost disastrous. Salas says that General Valoncia ran ofFat the commencement of be fight. that he dfoes not know what has >ecome of him, and for this reason has felt iimself called upon to make a report. Such s the account given by hisexcellency Gen. 3r. Don 1. Mariano de Salas of the defeat it Coutreras-one of the most brilliaht rictories achieved by our arms since the :ommencement of the war-brilliant and most important for the great results produ -ed with so little loss on our side, and for which Gen. Smith. as well as Col. Riley and the oher officers engaged in it, are re :eiving the unqualified approbation of the entire army. Santa Anna has come out in a long man ifesto to the Mexican notion. He begins by saying that he shall speak openly- and candidly to his fellow citizens, as frankness has alvays been a characteristic of his ad ministration. He next speaks of what he has lately done in the way of collecting an army and munitions for the defence of the capital and then goes on to'lay all the blame of his reverse upon Valencia, who would not obey his orders on the 19th, to evacuate Contreras, and fall back upon the cnd liiresof defwii-atehurubusen. He diiiii '1to mid moment,. aidt-ht after they were routed anid driven from Churu buaco he says that was enabled to rally his troops at Garita-the third line-and thus sace the capital! On the following day, he says, while occupied or reorganizing his forces, strengthening his batteries, and placing himself once more at the :ead of a column to defend the capital until the last extreme, tie received a letter from Gen. Scott, proposing an armistice, &c. (Santa Anna says nothing about his talking this matter over the previous evening with Macintosh ani Thornton, and their imme diate depiarture for the American lines, but absolutely harangues his countitrymen as though the first propositians came from Gen. Scott.) In the concluding paragraphs of his manifesto Santa Anna says that he hs granted an armistice to the Atnericans to listea to what their peace commissioner has to say. He gives it as his opinion that a suspension of hostilities is always benefi :ial, that war is always an evil-in fact that a perpetual war is an absurdity ! He intimates that lie has competent authority to listen to overtures of peace, and then zoies on to tell his poople that he has a sut rIciemnt number of troiops to sustain the irghts and vinicate the honor of the nation. [To considers himself as free as though lie iaid obtained a sigtial victory, and that his rellowt cit izetis need have tio fear of his be. ing deceived or imposed tupon by the tie ;niators or the enemy, inasmuch as he ioes not dIread their men or cannon !If peace can lie brought about without losing he honor of the nation, wvell atid good ; if :tot, Santa Anna intimates that he will re urn mo the sword as an arbitrator. Such a a mere outline of a document which niakes nearly three columnis in the Diario Lel Gobierna. The commissioners upon the part of the Mexican Government to listen to our over :ores of pence are Gens. Mora y Villamil ttid Jose ,Joachin de Herrera, the latter 'rmerly Presidenit and now military com nandant of Mexico. His character, as all mr renders know, is tha; of' an honest but weak man. Don Antonio Garay, a well inotvn capitalist and formerly Minister of 1inattce, was also appointed on the crom nission, but refused to serve. He is known n be warmly in favor-of peace, probably 'rom interest. The commnissintierson the >art of Mexico, with Mr. Trist, itmis said ire to hold their first meeting this afternoon, it some place near this. I may be mistaketi, but my humble opi ton is that there are thr-ee influences now it work in the city of Mexico to bring about peace. The first and~ foremost is Santa iuna himself,sick and tired ofthe war, amd esing nothing in its continuance but his twn utter and irretrievable ruin. The se ondl is- Macintosh, Thornton & Co., the atter gentleman secretary of legation or utache to the Euglieh Mitnister, anti both epresenting English interests. The third, nd ton all-powerful interest it is, American 'old, of wvhich Santa Annai and ionme of is friends are known to be exceedingly and, and to handle which they wvill stop it nothing.' Thornton, 4uring the illness of Mr. Bankhead, does the talking on the English side-Mackintosh acts as banker and general agent. No one of these men care any more for the honor or credit of - the Government of Mexico than they do for that of the Tongo Islands-self is .a t the bottom or all, and Santa Anna is the ., most selfish man of the lot. On our own side we have too injluences at work: the first is Gen. Scott, hampered and hand bound by his own government, abd anx- C ious to bring about a peace, because be believes a majority of his countrymen are warmly in favorsof it ; and the second is, Mr. 'his, covelous, as any man in hiS po sition would lie, of the distinction ofso im port ant a deed as the making a peace must give him. Opposed to these influences is a proud. but cowardly set of Mexica'n mili - tary demagogues-a band of leeches who have lost all cast but still remain a species of hold upon the people--and then there is the great body or the people themselves, '. who know not themselves what they nant, but who are hoodwinked and led by the demagogues. Santa Anna has no friends, but lie has power, and that suits him josst as well-perhaps far better. Now al - the influences enumeratel above are to be used to bring about a peace, but how they will succeed is a matter of conjecture. suppose that the means should not be re jected so that the ends are gained. ' The trial of the deserters-the celebrated battalion of St. Patrick-is still going on, but how the affair will terminate no one but those on the court martial can say. A strong influence is at work in favor of the prisoners. In the first place, all the Mex ican ladies in this town, La Senora Cive tano Rubio among the number, have sign-. ed a warat petition in their favor, which - has been sent to Gen. Scott. The lady whose name I have given is the wire of the rich Rabio, who has a country house here in Tucubayn. The English, and per haps some or the other foreign ministers,. have also interested themselves in behalf of the scoundrels. I might here state that the celebrated flag of the foreign battalion was captured by the 14th infantry, attach ed to Gen. Pillow's division. - Two o'clock. afpernoon -News has just come in from the capital which has caused great exuitement. At an early hour a tiraai of wagons, under charge of Capt. Waynel dressed in citizens' clothes, started for the city. Scarcely had they reached the Pla za before the wagons were surrou naid by en immense concourse of leperos' who at first commenced cursing and jeering:the wagon masters and wagoners. Soon, however, theyb'gan to gekthe laws with.stones - and othermniesi an notwilhatsiiidiik he pi etideiirtibns's a squad of Mexican soldiers, who acted 7s - a guard, the entire train was driven out of the city. Several of the wagoners received severe bruises and contusions from the showers of stones thrown at them, and fore. most in the mob weresaid to be the women of the town. One Mexican was shot by one of .the wagon-masters, and another by a Mexican oflicer, but not until they half killed an American. In the crowd of T loafers or leperos were seen many men ap parently of the better class for their dress, who excited the nob to acts of violence; while in the balconies were ladies looking on and evidently enjoying the sport. Even, ibe Mexican cavalry guard, or many of them, sat upon their horses-not indiffer ent spectators, for they fairly laughed to to see the unfortunate and anarmed team sters besot in a manner so cowardly, I V suppose that Santa Anna will apologize for the outrage, and that thus the matter will be settled ; bat this does not prevent many fromn tIinkirr that the tyrant insti gated the whole affair. He is up to all sorts of trickery, There are otbera who think, an.i probr~bly with good show of' reason, that the mob was set on by the en~ emies of Santa Anna and peace, with the instntions of involving the whole party and,, breaking off alt negotiations. Be this as it may, the Mexicans have won a great bat tle in driving our wagons from the city, and will not fail to exult over it. "3 know not what measures Gen. Scott will now'"r'~ resort to in order to obtain his mnoney and supplies from the city. The Mexican Government has added ~ two additional members to the Board of Commission so listen to the question of peace--Genorno Atristain and Bernardo Cou to. Both are licentciados or lawyere, '"T and the latter enjoys a high reputation, not. only as regards talents, but, for the probity ~~i-' of his character. .The commissioners held ' &''~ their first meeting this afternoon, at a place called Izcapusakro, abnut two leagues rrom here, and I learn that Mr. Trist ~ manifests hitmself as highly pleased with the proceedings thus far, and of the een tinned flattering prospects of peace. They' - may not look quite so flattering when he ~ comes to talk of slices of territory, but of thisine shall know all in good time. . TACUflmY, Aug. 28, 1847. **"'" The accounts this morning (romn the city"' would go to show that the Mexicans are - chuckling over the defeat of the wagon train yesterday, and its expulsion without the wvalls,.-they absolutely. term it a vieto ry ! The authorities pretend, they did everythtng in their power to suppress the~- -t row, but no one who understands Mexican character believes 'them. If anything in - this world can be driven easier than 'Me '~ icane urilk arms in their hands, (ieA~4e Chturnbuseo and Contreras,) it is Mexicans ' toithout arms. A Mexican mob: can be"O likened to nothing save a flock of shep " as easily routed, and dispersed-andt now r the authorites pretend that they didsverf thing in their power' to sutppress the.,one -