fil(fiflf? yiy TWO DOLLARS PR AXNtnf. HALF-YEARLY IN ADVANCE. 5 AND' .. FABBflERS AND TilEGHAMlGS5 HEGISTEB. IF NOT PAID WITnLV TITE YEAIv, I $2 50 WILL DC CHARGED. FRITTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY JONATHAN 'ROW, SOMERSET, -SOMERSET COUNTY, PA. New Series.3 TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2846, Vol. 4. No. 33. m BY CHARLES SWAIX. Believe, or believe me not, At other shrine I could ne'er tow; The world itself might be forgot And never thou ok, never thou! Though abseut, I recall thy charms; And wished as lovers when they part; I'd, like the vine a thousand arms, To clasp thee hold thee to my heart. There's not a pulse within my breast Cut shrills and trembles to thy touch; Forget! oh, no; the fear is lest My soul may love thee overmuch! Thy very name each feeling warms; And oft, though vain, the wish will start, That, vine-like, I'd a thousand arms To clasp thee ever to my heart! Hattlc of Palo Alio and OFFICIAL Ki:iORTS. Headquarters Akmt of Occupation, Camp near .Matamoras, May 10, '46. ) Sir: I have now the honor to submit a more detailed report of the action of the 8ili inst. The main body of the army of occu pation marched, under my immediate or ders, from Point Isabel, on the evening of the 7th of May, and bivouacked seven miles from that place. Our march was resumed the following morning. About noon, when our ad vance of cavalry had reached the water hole of "Palo Alto," the Mexican troops were reported in onr front, and were soon discovered occupying the road in force. 1 ordered a halt upon reaching the water, with a view to rest and refresh the men, and form deliberately our line of battie. The Mexican line was now plainly visi ble across the prairie, and about three quarters of a mile distant. Their left, which was composed of a heavy force of cavalry, occupied the road, resting upon a thicket of chaparrei while masses of in fantry were discovered in succession on the right, greatly outnumbering our own force. O.ir line of battle was now formed in the following order, commencing on the extreme right: 5th infantry, commanded by Lieut. Col. Mcintosh; Major Ring gold's artillery; 3d infantry commanded by Capt. L. NT. Morris; two eighteen pounders commanded by Lieut. Church ill, 3d artillery; 4th infantry, commanded by Major G.'.W. Allen; the 3d and 4th regiments, composed the 3d brigade, un der command of Lieut. Col. Garland; and all the above corps, together with two squadrons of dragoons under Captains Ker and May, composed the right wing, under the orders of Col. Twiggs. The left was formed by the battalion of artil lery commanded by Lieut. Col. Childs, Capt. Duncan's light artillery, and the 8th infantry, under Capt. Montgomery -all forming the lstbrigade, under command of Lieut. Col. Belknap. The train was packed near the water, under direction of Capt. Crossman and Myers, and protect ed by Capt. Kcr's squadron. At 2 o'clock we took up the march by heads of columns in the direction of the enemy the 18-pounder battery following the road. While the columns were ad vancing, Lieut. Make, topographical en- cm izr, voIa:i'.32reJ a riniVts me. 3 of the enemy's lint which was. handsomely n3.-fo.-med. and resulted in the discovery of at hast two batteries oi artillery in Lie os. . i ne .ucxichii jorce -according to intervals of their cavalry and infantry. j the statements of their own officers taken Tnese batteries were soon opened upon , prisoners in the affair of the 9th, was not us; when I ordered the columns halted less than 0,000 regular' troops, with 10 and deployed into line, and the fire to be 1 pieces of artillery, and probably execcd retumed by all our artillery. The.Sih in-, cd that number: the irregular force not fantrv, on our extreme left, was thrown ! known. Their loss was not less than Vuck'to secure that fl ink. The first fires ! 2 JO killed and 400 wounded probably of the enemy 'Hd but little exscution,vhile greater.. The estimate is very moderate, cur 19-poun.lers and Mnjor Ringgold's and formed upon the number actually artillery soon dispersed the c.ivalry, . counted upon the reports of their own of which formed his left. Captain Dan- ,'ficers. . . ': '. can's battery, thrown forward in advance As already reported in my first brief ofthe line, was doing good execution at despatch, the conduct of our. officers and this time. Capt. May's squadron was men was every thing that could be desir now detached to support that battery, and cj Exposed for hours to the severest the left of our position. The, Mexican trial -a. cannonade of artillery our cavalry, with two pisccs of artillery, were ; troops displayed, o coolness and constan now reported to be moving; through ihs cy which gave me, throughout, the assu- . . .. ... . t pubed the enemy the 5th infantry repel- ling a charge of lancers, and the artillery doing great execution in their ranks. The 3d infantry was now detached to t"ie right as a still further security to that flank yet threatened by the enemy, Major Ringgold,' with the remaining section, kept up his fire from an advanced posi tion and was supported by the 4th infan- The grass of the prairie had been acci dentally fired by our artillery, and the vol umes of smoke now partially concealed the armies from each other. As the en- emv's left had evidently been driven back and left the read free as the cannonade phinirpi. n n-.p n-rht tr thiton th it ra!ic3 oi victory. . ' - aucmpimg to cross me flank, or nrd:e a demonstration . against j I purposely defer the mention' of indi-: town, rhe corps last mentioned encamp-:, crossing'to us, and" reported that the army j iwuiu no i.i.rouuceci to so much j entered in this manner this legal sanctua the train. The 5 ill infantry was i rained.- viduals until" my report of the action of ed hear the river the, remainder of "the',, had deserted the city and retired. On the wretchedness. On one bed was a corps; , ry two weeks ago, death would have been atcly detached to' check ' this movement, the SJi, when I will endeavor to do jus- army on the field of battle. ; . . ..'! riidrh'ing' of the 18th' confirmation was re-.; on another-was one dying, holding in his the least of our sufferings, and supported bv Lieut. RiJgcly, with a ticc to the many instances of distinguish- The" strength of onr marching; force .on ' eeivcd.ef the reported flight of Arista andj hnii he grape shot that had -passed f . Some of our ofixcrs told us that they . section of, Major Ringgold's "lottery and ed conduct on both days. In the mean- this day, as .exhibited in the aunexed Geld; his army. The scare was still working. throug.i his breast. He showed it to us had seen a mignifieent Spanish saddlf C.ikn tv,iL-0r' ntrc pHin'lK-- fm-i I rffr. fnr minttt. dotniU. 'tn - th i-a- rnnnri" tk 1 7?l 'k nflficnrsL nn.V 2.049 men! "Early In ihe morning the -Dragoons. . the' w,tn a sad countenance. I left the hos- valn! at Si no. Wc took the liberty e had been suspended, I ordered forward the 18-pounders on the road nearly to the position first occupied by the Mexican cavalry, and caused the lstbrigade to take up a new position suuontne lettoi tne 18-pounder battery. 1 he 5th wasadvan- ecu irora us lormer position ana occupied a point on the extreme right of the new ; 1 1 i I - . - I 1 nne. me enemy maae a cnange ot posi- ; tion corresponding to our own. and after j . ! a Fusnension of nearly an hour the action ' j : was resumed. The fire of artillery was now most ' destructive -openings were constantly made through the enemy's ranks by our fire, and the constancy with which the to the edge of the chaparral or forest, Mexican infantry sustained this severe ; which extends to the Rio Grande, a dis cannonade wa3 a theme of universal re-: tance of seven miles. The light compa- mark and admiration. Captain May's squadron was detached to make a tbrnon- stration on the left of the enemy's posi- tion, and suflercd severely from the fire of artillery to which it was for some time exposed. The 4th mlantry, which had, been ordered to support the 18-pounder battery was exposed to a most galling fire, by which several men were killed and Capt. P;.'ge dangerously wounded. The ememy's fire was directed against our 18 pounder battery and the guns under Ma jor Ringgold in its vicinity. The Major himself, while coolly directing the fire of his pieces was struck by a cannon ball and mortally wounded. In the meantime, the battalion of artil lery under Lieut. Col. Childs had been brought up to support the artillery on our right. A strong demonstration of caval ry was now made by the enemy against this part of our line, and the column con tinued to advance under a severe fire from the 18 pounders. The battalion was instantly formed in square and held ready to receive the charge of cavalry, but when the advancing squadrons were within close range, a doadlv lire of cannister from the 18 pounders dispersed them. A brisk fire of small arms was now opened upon the square by which one officer, Lieut. Luther, 2d artillery, was slightly wounded, but a well directed volley from the front of the square silenced all further firing from the enemy in this quarter. It was now nearly dark and the action was clos ed on the right of our line, the enemy having been completely driven back from his position and foiled in every attempt against our line. ' While the above was going forward on our right and under my own eye, the en emy had made a serious attempt against the left of our line. Capt. Duncan in stantly perceived the movement, and by the bold and brilliant manceuvering of his battery, completely repulsed several suc ecssive'eflorts of the enemy" to advance in force upon our left . flank. Supported in succession by the 8th infantry and by Capt. Ker's squadron of!ngdor.flT'h? gal lantly held the enemy at bay, "and finally drove him, with immense loss, from the field. The action here and along the whole line, continued until dark, when the enemy retired into the chaparrei in the rear of his position. . Our' army bivouacked on the ground it occupied. During the afternoon the train had been moved for ward about half a mile, and was packed in rear of the new position. Our loss this day, was nine killed, forty-four wounded, and two missing. -A-mong the w ounded were Major Ringgold, who has since died, and' Captain Page, dangerously . wounded; Lieut. ' Luther slightly so. I annex a' tabular statement of the casualties of the day. Our own fo.-ca engaged, is shown by the field report, 'herewith. "to have been 17 olhcers and 2,111 men aggregate n noj ni. . If - ports of individual commanders I am, sir, very respectfully, . Your obedient servant, .-. . Z; TAYLOR. Brevet Brig. Genl. U. S. Army, Com manding. The Adjutant General of the Army. : '. . - ' . - "Washington, D. C. Headquarters Army or Occupation, Camp near Fort Brown, Texas, May 17, 1840. Sin in suomitting a' more minute re port of the affair of 'Rcsaca de la Palina, I have the honor to state that early in the morning ot tne mil inst., the enemy who had encamped near the field of battle of the day previous, was discovered moving by his left fl ink, evidently in retreat, and perhaps at the same time to gain a new position on the road to Matamoras and there again resist our advance. ; T I 1.1 1 i ordered tne supply tram 1 ly packed at its position, and iour pieces oi artiiierv tne two 18 noun ders which had done such rood servi - - c on the nrevions dav: and two 12 nnnn. i j ,- ders which had not been in the action. The wounded officers and men were at ! the same tune sent back to Point Isabel, I then moved forward with the columns j nies of the 1st brigade, under Capt. C. F. j ! Smith, 2d artillery, and a select detach- j ment of light troops, the whole under ; j command of Capt. MeCall, 4th infantry, j 'were thrown forward into the chaparral I to feel the enemy and ascertain his posi- tion. About 3 o clock. 1 received a report from the advance, that the enemy was in position on the road with at least two pie ces of artillery. The command was im mediately put in motion, and about 4 o' clock I came up with Capt. McCall.who reported the enemy in force on our front, occupying a ravine which intersects the road and is skirted by thickets of dense chaparral. Ridgcley's battery and the ad vance under Capt. McCall were at once thrown forward on the road, and into the chaparral on cither side, while the 5th in fantry and one' wing of the 5th was thrown into the forest on the left, and the 3d and the other wing of the 4th on the right of the road. These corps were em ployed as skirmishes to cover the battery and engage the Mexican infantry. Capt. McCall's command became at once enga ged with the enemy, while the light artil lery, though in a very exposed position, did great execution. The enemy had at least eight pieces of artillery, and main tained an incessant fire upon our advance. The action now became ; general, and although the enemy's infantry gave way before the steady fire and resistless pro gress of our own; yet his artillery was still in position to check our advance several pieces occupying the pass across the ravine which he had chosen for his position. Perceiving that no desisive ad vantage could be gained ttrrtil this artillery was silenced, I ordered Capt.; May to charge the batteries with his squadron of dragoons. .This was gallantly and ef fectually executed,; the enemy , was driven .from , his guns, and. Gen." La Vega, who remained alone at one of the batteries, was taken 'prisoner. The. squa dron, which ..suffered much in this charge, not being immediately supported by in fantry, could not retain possession of the artillery, taken, but it'w'as " completely sir lenced. In the maantime the 8th infan try had beeii ordered iip and had become warmly engaged on the ..right, of the road. This regiment and a part of the 5lh were now ordered to charge the batteries, which was handsomely done, and the enemy, en tirely driven from his artillery and his po sition on the ieft of the'road. ." The light companies qI the 1st brigade and the third and fourth regiments of in fantry had been deployed on the right of the road, where at various points, they became briskly, engaged with the enemy. A small party under Capt. Buchanan and Lieut. -Wood and Hays, 4th infantry, com posed chiefly of men of that regiment, drove the enemy from a breastwork which he occupied, and captured a piece of ar tillery, An attempt to recover this piece was repelled by Captain Barbour, 3d in fantry. The enemy was at last complete ly driven from his position on the fight of the road, and retreated precipitately, leav ing baggage of every description. The 4th infantry took possession of a camp where the headquarters of the Mexican general-in-chief were established... Ail his official t correspondence was captured at this place.' " '. " - . ' The artillery, battalion (excepting- the (lank companies) had been ordered to I dead and mutilated their oouics. ' K. re guard the baggage train, which was pack- ; plied "that the women who followed the ed some distance in the rear. The battal ion was now onlored up to pursed theen emy, and with the 3d infantry, Capt. Ker's 'dragoons, and Captain Duncan's hattery followed him rapidly to the, river, making a number of prisoners! -Great numbers of the enemy were drowned ID;, river near the' gate 2,222. The actual 'number; "with the' enemy did not exceed aggregate engaged 1,700." Our loss was three officers killed and 12 wounded; 36 men killed, and 71 wounded. Among the officers killed, I have to regret Ihe loss of Lieut. Inge, 2nd dragoons, who fell at the head of his pla toon,' while gallantly charging the ene ray's battery, of -Lieut. Cochran, of the 4th, and Lieuf. Chadbourne, of the 8th inlantry. who likewise met tneir death in . ..... - . .. the thickest of the fight. The officers wounded wefe.l.ieut. Col. Pavne. Insnee- tor General; Lieut. "Dobbins, 3d infantry, serving with Ihe light-infantry advance, slihUy; Lieut. Col. Mcintosh 5th fatten i . . . . . i try, twice severely; Capt. Howe, 5th in- fantry, severely, (nVht arm since amputa- ted.)' Lieut Dowler, 5th infantry .slight- lv: Cant. Montgomery. 8th infantry, slio-htly; Lieuts. Gates and Jordan, 8th infantry, severely, (each twice;) 'Lieuts. - - . " . . with. i A have no accurate data from which to estimate the enemy's force on this day. He is known to have been reinforced af- ter the action of the 8th both by cavalry and infantry, and no doubt to an extent at to be strong- Selden, Maclay, Hurbank and Morris, 8th ooys in possession oi me r on. anu rapui- cenieu. i nc uencrai left with it infantry, slightly. A tabular statement of ly engaged in preparing to runup our terfering with the mun -1 the killed and wounded is annexed here- Ha?. Jst as we reacned tne nam, v.apu i ne wortny uotonci least equal to his loss on that day. It is were some I lucre was a rope stretcned nance, all Kinds oi munitions oi war, in probable that 0,000 were opposed to us, across the river, and three boats manned the greatest abundance, an immense num and in a Dosition chosen bv themselves, by Mexicans, ready to transport us. ber ol muskets, the greatest quantity of and strongly defended with artillery. The enemy's loss was very great. Near- ly 200 of his dead were buried by us on the day succeeding ihe battle. His loss in killed and wounded and missin?, in the two afiairs of the 8th and 9th is", I think, moderately estimated at 1,000 men. Our victory has been decisive. A small force has overcome immense odds of the best troops that Mexico can furnish vet- eran regiments, perfectly equipped and appointed. Eight pieces of artillery.se- veral colors and standards, a great number of prisoners, including fourteen officers, and a lare amount of barrare and public property have fallen into our hands. I our obedient servant, Z. TAYLOR. Brev. Brig. Gen. U. S. A. Commanding. The Adjutant Genen.l of the Army, Washington, D. C. OUR ARMyTnBiIEXICO. The New York Spirit of the Times has the right sort of a correspondent a mong the officers of our gallant army on the Rio Grande, who has communicated the. fallowing SCENES IN MATA MORAS. Camp near Four Iinowx, Mexico Mny 15. Dear P.: In my lust I. predicted that my next would be dated at Mutantorns. So it is, although our cemp is on the out skirts of the city. On the 17th the Gen eral had decided that we should move to the point selected for crossing the river arwl rmnmfnrf nnrMfions nirnillSt the citv: We struck "onr tents t-arly "that' morning. Our unusual stir and .activity was seen by the enemy, and no doubt at tributed to the proper cause. ' We were all anxiously waiting the order to move, when we were informed a parley had been sounded, and that a deputation from Gen.' Arista had crossed to see - General Taylor. General Ricardo was at the headjof it; Arista proposed to enter into an armistice, until they could bear from Mexico, "not doubting the boundary would now be settled Gen. T. said " no, that he had offered them one, some time since; had evinced the most friendly disposition; that they would not agree to it when his army was weak, and now, that reinforcements had arrived, .ha should dictate his own terms." Ricardo wished to know if the General intended to take Matamoras,? He said " yes." Ricardo offered to surrender all the public proper ty, ammunition, &c.,if he would notcross. The General said "no, that he must have Matamoras if he had to batter it down, and that now he was prepared to do it. He told him to tell Gen., Aarista that these and these only were his terms. That Mie city must . capitulate all public property, ammunition, provision, Sec, must be given up,-and tbat then the army might march out and retire." The-'deputation thenretircd to get Gen. Arista's answer, which was "to be communicated at 3 P. M.' In the mean time the army inarched, and encamped 3 miles off, at the" point selected for cross ing. Gen. T. told Ricardo that Gen. Ampudia had written to him, that the war should be' conducted agreeably to the usages of civilized nations. That in the i last battle the enemy had stripped our j army anu me iianentros uiu u, ;mu inui they could not control them." ' Our brave old General replied," I inn coming over and I'll control them fok you ! " During the evening active preparations were made for crossing the troops. No reply was given to the .General's propo- sition. The "country people commenced light" companies of the different battalions, Ridgeley's' (iale the lamented Ringgold's) Artillery, and the the infantry, .were crossed. ' I regret to reeord that in the crossing Lieut. Srevens of the 2d Dragoons drown ed. He was" a fine voung officer, much I . . ! 4 ! r I . : . ....1 "l. .tk uuuvcu ma regimen, aim . ma new threw a gloom over the army; For what singular .destinies are we reserved, and , : I " ....II. . . t. . . a now ceriamiy anu irresistaoiy one nas to advance to lultil hi3 fate I lie was a- mong those gallant fellows who stared death' in the face, in the lata brilliant cnarge oi oapt. .May, at tne' Datue oi -.Resaca de la Palma.';- With ball scatter- ing around him in every direction his life was saved, only to be delivered up in a few days in the waters of the Bravo. The General decided upon crossing the rest oi us ai tne upper icrry oi me cny. .As we approached the ferry we saw our Kerr of the 2d Dragoons, ran it up; it floated gracefully in the breeze, and proudly waved over Mexico. The men of the advance sent up three hearty cheers to welcome the flag of their country ! I'crlwu, Mr. "iSpirit," those cheers We had the felicity of being ferried aero n ly the enemy ! As we landed, the com- panics formed and awaited the arrival of the others. When the whole of the 3d Regiment was formed, it moved olf to the tunc of "yankee doodle !" Did you hear it Mr. "Spirit ?" I recken yon never did in a foreign land, just conquered, by good, honest hard blows ! If you did, you never heard such an honest cheer as arose from the gallant fellows on the op- posite bank, when the drum and fife gave us this air w hich fills at all lime3, n American's breast w ith the purest patriotism ! All was excitement, and every one ho;l:ug over with "amor patna; ! it was a proud day lor the American army. Citizens in any num- ber came down to see us. Many of them, who ten days ago would have cut I - . T I .1 ..I I . I our throat, were now apparantly our to cross their armies upon their advanca warmest friends, shook our hands heartily into Texas. They have brought them ta and cried lustily, ' .inn go! " rather a bad market. This Northern We here saw some signs of the hurry Army must be completely brok'n up; I in which Arista had left. As we landed do not think they can supply themselves near the Fort, boxes of destroyed ammu- ; short of Vera Cruz or Mexico. There nition presented themselves, and it was 1 will be no more figlhittg iti preterit you rumored, and has since been confirmed, ! mav rest assured. We have left such that two pieces of cannon had been thrown marks upon them that they cannot soon into the river. The army left during the forget us. day and night of the 17th, most precipi- 1 cannot but again repeat, that wc all lately, taking with them, as appears, 11 feel proud that this has been the work of pieces of artillery, and anything but a the Army proper. We were all well a large supply of ammunition. Our vicio- j ware of the undeserved remarks that had rv is more complete than we claimed been made in reference to us b' soma credit for. The citizens sav that Arista had not over 3,000 men with him. What has become ol the remainder of the 7,000 ? The bloody battle of the 8th and & '.e hirlpools-of the Bsavtf can tun uiu iiu v Our Brigade encamped within half a mile of the city. We had indulged the hope of being quartered in it, but our worthy General saw fit to direct other wise. Women, they say, are all curiosi ty, but if they felt more "than we had to see in that city,I say God help them. We had encamped but a short time, before a party of us rode up tq-gratify the consu ming passion. Never have I been more disappointed never dul ."distance more thoroughly "lend enchantment to the view." The Matamoras .asseen from Fort. Brown is not the Matamoras we hold. As it may be, interesting to you, I will try to give you someidea of the city. I first rode up to the Plaza, which is M .K - ... T, quite a large square surrounded by china trees.. . The 'houses, surrounding the square ar ot - brick or stone, the lower parts used as store?, or offices, and the second story as -dwellings. They have the appearance of defensive works. Streets diverge from the Plaza, and are again crossed by. others. . The cathedral occupies a large space on one side of the square, and is an unfinished mass of ma sonary. ' Directly opposite to the cathe dral is the. Prison. Properly situated. "the poison and the anted.ne." There arc a great many stores anu quwe a large market house, wnicn i am told ,is wed supplied. I went to visit the different hospitals. They'arc filled with the wounded and dying. The stench that arose from them from the want of police, was disgusting. Yon could tell at a glance the wounded of Palo Alto or De Resaca de la Palma. The latter were mostly bullet wounds, whereas the amputated limbs told of the cannon's fearful execution in the former. B-side one poor fellow a beautiful girl of 17 was seated keeping oft" the flies. She was his wife. In another corner, a fami ly group, the mother and her children, were seated by their. wounded father. One briffht eved leUle yirl quite took mv fanr-v. ! an,J ,n heart bled to think that thus early j pital shocked with the horrors of war. The army have left their wounded com- rades with very little attention to their wants. I then rode all round the city. As you 4eave the Plaza the houses become more detached, with vards around them; some .miU I . .. . I L nmi uuncis auu otner preuy suruus iu ornament tliem." "As a whole, it is cer - plainly the meanest looking, filthiest city I I U.- . FI,1 -i nave ever seen, i ne greater pan oi ; me genteel population have leit, and m aboutone house in three,among the hum- jble class, one of the family was diligently isearcnmg ine. neuas oi tne otnars. i hey - ctzU a room oi wnj tas bf.six f bo ay that they-are -some far lies, aiid xhVin whichto perfo'tlwir reliioj very sight set my head itching to such a degree that I was not satisfied until I reached the camp. Col. Twiggs has had the especial charge oi me cuy, as iar as me uiscovery anu ma collection ot the public property is con 1 a . . . j has declined in icipal authorities. has a way of his own, in throwing his mantle of protection, and findoulativcncst over all, and Mr. Prefect has often felt the effect of it. Ha has carried on his examination with the greatest energy and success. He run discovered several pieces koi small ord- cigars and tobacco, a large quantity of corn and lumber. The Prefect testified no great willingness to make discoveries or disclosures, but the Colonel was toa much for him. The quantity of the mu- nition of war, collected here is immense; our seizure cannot amount in value to less than 8175,000. I put that down as lha least. The greatest quantity of cigar, tobacco and cigarettes were seized. Tha Government enjoys the monopoly of tho sale of tobacco; and immense revenue is derived from it. You may imagine how great it is, when they sell the plain leaf at six cents per ounce ! These munitions of war have been col- Icctmg here since Santa Anna s invasion of Texas. Large quantities of anchors were discovered, intended to be used in anchoring boats and bridges, upon which portions of the press, and we ony asked for an opportunity, small r.s we were, to prove to our country that she had a safa anchor, in our small but gallant force. By far thegreat majority of the officers were graduates of the Military Academy; ail. did their duty, and many distinguish ed themselves by their skill and thorough knowledge of their professionall arising from the instrutfion received at that best of military institutions, the West Point Academy. In the- hour of our country's danger, she will alxypya prove her useful ness, and her graduates will show to their country and the wcrld, that the money expended in the education of so talented a corps of officers has not Been thrown away. Richly will she be repaid for every cent expended. Our Alrna Mater may be proud of her sons; conspicuously have they shown themselves soldiers, tijnn Ihe field of haltle. Away hereaf ter with opposition to an institution tha& reflects credit upon our country and turn. forth into the world, yearly, a class of . .... : young gentlemen . fitted (or any walk in life. . I have paid a second.yisit ' to die cityv spite of its filth. In compjny.with Lieut. S. I called upon Mr. B ." . e, an A merican merchant; he was very.rpolue ta us, and offered to go with us and show ns the town. This day being a church day the municipal regulations make i: a'fino of $23 to open" your store ; Mr. B-: e told us that, had. we not been in possession nf lbf tnwr. his i!nn . wouW have bem cosei: fit went ; l0 me the CitvPrisoa. It 'is a building of very thick wails, with a large interior area, along which were the prison rooms. The filth and stench about it wa3 disgust ing. There were very few prisoners. In the second story of the magazine of arms is the Hall of justice. It is aEraorn occupying the whole depth of the build ing. At the lower end is a railing enclo sing the seats for the Judges and jury; in the centre of the enclosure was a larvs table covered with red .cloth, with three arm-chairs for the Judges' seat were sus pended, in a frame, the arms of Mexico; on each side along the waus, were six t seats, covered with enrnson velvet, for the Jury. We were told that we were in j the 'holy of holies, and . that if we had er politely asked us up into his pa qj. and gave us a peep at' it. The pup and centel were of so'id silver. It richly worked with silver in ever - n.,r. . i , , . i'Jru j i as genucman nau a very com' .brtabb ' house. Three lar-re rooms runu'.no-, . . i .1 1 1 . m ironi oi tne nouse opened mm pre4 1 other. They were neatly fur nhhed; piano g:wo eri-.fsnce of paintings and a ' - rt taste and refinement. in?ir scza ami their w l.s take mv eye: thy -jjast make their houses deliciouslv io. ' " We then wenttatbr it;anUhd Ch i T II
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