or fire 0 2 I 1 : TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.? " ' HALF-YEARLY - IN ADVANCE. 5 AMD FAREQS' MW iMIANIGSJ ilF NOT PAID WITHIN THE YEAR. I $2 50 WILL BE CHARGED. . PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY JO N ATHAN R O W , SOMERSET, S03IERSET COUNTY, PA. New Series. Jk U 4J3JW4.. M. j - AlAAAbVM , AO'S j Vol. 5. No. 19. til n REGISTER OLD MAIDS. BY WORDSWORTH. And now I see with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between life and death; Tlie reason firm, the temperate will. Endurance, foresight, strength and skill; A perfect woman, aobly planned . To warn, to comfort, and command; . And yci a spirit, still and bright With something of an angel-light. DEMOCRATIC " 'WTSZG STATC COVETgO. WEDNESDAY MORNING. . 9 o'clock, A. M. The Convention met agreeably to ad journment, and was called to order by the President. . Mr. Kunkel submitted a resolution for the appointment of a State Committee to constat of twenty-four, to be appointed by the President. Mr. Clark moved that a committee on Finance be appointed, whereupon the chair appointed Messrs. Clark, Stewart and Mnrtin. . Mr. Randall moved the appointment of corresponding committees in the different counties of the State, to correspond with the State Committee. Mr. Franklin moved to proceed to the nomination of candidates for Canal Com missioner, when the following nomina tions were made: Mr. Adair nominated Jos. W. Patton, of Cumberland. Mr. Brinton nominated Philip D, Tho xnas, Chester. - Mr. Adams, nominated ill. W.Tracy, Bradford. . - Mr. Hager, nominated Andrew Me eaffey , Lancaster. Mr. Ball, nominated Addison May, Montgomery. - Mr. Huddleson, nominated H. J. Brooke. Delaware. . Mr. Davis, nominated P S Preston, Wayne. Mr Pitman, nominated A M Leyburn, Schuylkill. Mr Taggart, nominated Wm. Tweed, Northumberland. Mr Purviance, nominated Samuel A. Karns, Dauphin. Mr Ninestecl, nominated L. Shuster, Philadelphia. Mr Smith, nominated E. Harding Wy oming. . Mr Reynolds, nominated Col. W But ler, Mifflin. Mr Lane, nominated G J Ball, Erie. Mr Kerr, nominated W F Murray, Dauphin . Mr Richards nominated D J Marshall, Berks. Mr Glcim, nominated Adam Grittin ger, Lebanon Mr' Mills, nominated Jonathan Knight, Washington. Mr Ogle, nominated Samuel Elder,So mcrset. ' Some discussion ensued in reference to the disposition of surplus finances, when On motion, the Convention proceeded to ballot for a candidate for Canal Com missioner, as follows: First Ballot. For J W Patton ' ' 25 rotes. 8 23 2 15 8 6 4 O 4 2 2 3 3 4 2 13 1 3 P II Thomas 'A Mehaffey Addison May II J Brooke P S Preston A Leyburn Wm. Tweed S D Karns L Shuster E Harding W Butler G J Ball ' W F Murray D J Marshall Adam Grittinger H W Tracy J Knight Samuel Elder The Delegates voted as follows: Messrs. Adair, Bard, Bcntley, Calvin, Criswcll, David, Davis, Eage, Fisher, John Ker, Kennedv, King Linker, Lin ton, Mathiot M'Clintock, A" II Miller, Montelius.Moorehead, Norton, Baul, Ro bison, Roseburg, Sharp, Wm Stewart & Swartzwelder 25 voted for JOSEPH W. PATTON. Messrs. Samuel Duffield, Thomas W Daffield, Durkee, Foster, Franklin, Frick, Fuller, Hager. Henderson, Hoyt Richard, Irvin, Kalhfus, Kauffelt, Kelton, Manley, Mailin, M'Grath.M'Sherry, David Mil ler, Musselinan, Paxton,Shaefler and Sul livan 23 voted for ANDREW ME HAFFEY. Messrs. Allison Bailev, Boyer, Bromall Colvin, Cowan, Evans, Glasgow, Hos hour, Huddleson; Hunsicker, J arret, Marklev. Miutzer and Morris 15 vo ted for H. JONES BROOKE. ' Messrs. Adams, Andrus, Chandler, Drinker, Hale, Hough, William Jackson, Mackey, Mcreur, Salisbury, Smift, Whee ls and WillUtnn 13 voted ' for HEN RY W. TRACY. . Messrs, Brock, Alex.: Brown, Win Davis, Dungan, Lewis , Phillips, Shouse, ( Rreamble'. The Wrhig delegates irom Waller and .Yohe 8 voted for ;PAUL ' the various counties and districts of Penn S. PRESTON. i 1, sylvania, assembled in Convention at Har- Messrs. Beiber, Kinnear, M'Curdy, ! risbunr. for the nurnosc of Dresentinar to Pitman, Bandall and Strouss 6 voted for A. M. LEYBURN. , ; Messrs. Brinton, Brooke, Broomall, Levi K Brown, Alex Irvin, Moore, Pen rose and Quay 8 voted for PHILIP D.THOMAS. ? y - 7 Messrs. Clark, Middleswarth, Peters and Taggart 4 voted ,for .WILLIAM TWEED. . Messrs. Nineateel, Vineyard, Watson and Woelper 4 voted for L; SHUS TER. . .'- ' . .. : ' Messrs. SamT.Bell, Luther, Richards andjE. P. Smith 4 voted for D. L. MARSHALL. r . Messrs. Lane, Lyon and Miles 3 voted for G.J. BALL. . Messrs. Foltz J W Kerr and Kunkel 3 voted for Wm. F MURRAY. Messrs. John Bell, Keyser and Ogle 3 voted for SAM'L ELDER. - Messrs. Purviance and Reed 2 vo ted for S D KARNS. ' Messrs. Wm Jackson and Elhanan Smth 2 veted for E. HARDING. Messrs. Mathers and Revnalds 2 voted for Wm B UTLER. ' ; Messrs. Gleim and Killinger 2 vo ted for ADAM GRITTINGER. Mr G J Ball voted for ADDISON MAY. v Mr Mills Toted for JONATHAN KNIGHT. : . " ., After the first ballot, the names of the candidates whose names do uot appear on the second ballot were withdrawn. Second Ballot. For J W Patton 31 votes.' A Mehaffey ' ' ' 30 . , ' II P Brooke 29 P D Thomas 8 PS Preston 11 HW Tracy ' 19 The name of Mr Thomas was then with drawn. - . Third Ballot. For J W Patton 32 vote f. A Mehaffey 30 II J Brooke 34 PS Preston ' 10 II W Tracy . . 22 Focrtii Ballot For J. W Patton - 40 votes. A Mehaffey' ' 27 II J Brooke 37 P S Preston " 10 - II W Tracy 17 .' Pifth Ballot. ' For Joseph W Patton 65 A Mehaffey : 9 II J Brooke 21 PS Preston ' 13 II W Tracy. 17 The names of Mr Mehafley andMr. Preston were now withdrawn.' sixth ballot. For Jos W Patton 88 votes. II J Brook " SO II WTrscy 10 On the final ballot, the Delegates voted as follows: Messrs. Adair Allison Ball "; Bard Sam uel Bell, Bentley Brinton Brooke, Alex. Brown John Bell, Levi K "Brown Calvin Chandler Clark Conrad Cowan Criswcll Samuel Dnffield Eage .Fisher Foltz Fos ter Franklin Frick Fuller Hager ' Hale Henderson Hoyt Hough Alex. Irvin Richard Irvin Johnson Kauffelt Kelton John Ker J W Ker Kennedy Keyser King Lane Linker Linton Mackey Lyon Manley Marklev Martin Mathers Mathi ot M'Grath M'Clintock; Middleswonh Alex HMiiler David Miller Miles Mills Montelius Moore Moorhead Morris Mus sel man Myer Nitiesteel Norton Ogle Paul Paxton Peters Pitman Purviance Quay Randall - Reynolds Robinson Roseburg Shaffer Sharp E P Smith Stewart Sulli van Swartzwelder Swift Taggart Vinyard Waller Watson Wheeler Wrilson Yohe 89 voted for JOSEPH - W. PAT TON. .. -; '-:' " Messrs, Bailey Beiber' Boyer Brock Broomall A Brown Colvin sW Davis Durkee Evans Gleim Hashour Huddle son Hunsicker, Willard Jackson Jarrat Killinger Kunkel M'Sherry M'Curdy Mintzer Penrose Lewis Philips J W Phillip3 Reed Richards Shause ; Elhanan Smith Strouse Woelpper 30 voted for II JONES BROOKE H Messrs. Adams Andrus Drinker Thos. W Duffield Dungan W Jackson Kalbfus Mercur Salisbury Williston 10 voted for HENRY W TRACY. r Joseph W. Patton having a majority of all the voles, was , declared duly nomi- nateu. . . " On motion of Mr. Adams, the nomina tion was unanimously concurred hi." , Mr. Kunkle moved the appointment of a committee of five, to inform Gen.' Irvin. and Mr. Patton of 'their nomination.'1 1 - The Chair appointed Messrs. Pearson, Mackey, R. Irvin, T. W. Duffield, WUr son, Adams and Bard. ' ' ; ' : ' v : ; ' The Convention then took a recess for fifteen minutes. " ' ' ; ' ' ' ' ' ' ... ' ; ' " v 12 o'clock, M. Convention re-asrmbled, when "Mr. Mills, Chairman of t he'- committee on re solutions, announc. d that the "committee was ready to report. ; The report was then read by Mr.' Con rad and. unanimously adopted, as Al lows: r . i o - '. - 1 A T a : the people suitable candidates for the of- fices of Governor and Canal Commission- er of this Commonwealth, and having discharged that duty, present the follow ing resolutions as expressive of the views of the Convention. - ; , : . , r : ' - Resolved, That this Convention offers its sincere congratulations to the people of this Commonwealth, and of ; the United States at large, upon ? the rallying : of so large a majority of the people to the prin ciples of the Declaration of Independence, and the faith of the founders of the Re public. .. . . ; : ... Resolved, That the triumph of the Whig Democracy, as exhibited by the majority in both houses of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, cannot be viewed as complete, until the Execu tive branch of the government shall be made to harmonize with the Legislature. . Resolved, That having entire confi dence in the political - integrity and sound Democratic .Whig principles of Gen. JAMES IRVIN, i of Centre "county, as exhibited in a long and active life be lieving his talents to be of the highest or der and fully equal to the due perform ance of any trust that may be reposed in him by the people, and knowing his pub lic and private character to be pure and unspotted, this' Convention' unanimously recommend him to the people of Penn sylvania as a suitable candidate for the office of Governor of the Commonwealth. Resolved, That in offering the name of this distinguished citizen for the suffrages of the people of Pennsylvania, we de sign to make no new issues as to mea sures or principles, but adhering to the ancient landmarks of the Democratic Re publican party, as established by the Fa ther of his country, by Jefferson, Madi son, and Monroe the most prominent of which are the protection of the Agricul tural, the Mineral and the Manufacturing interests of this Commonwealth and of the United States at large,' against the competition and hostility of foreign na tions, and pauper labor; especially of England; equal justice towards all nations but entangling alliances with none; the supremacy of the people over their ser vants the restriction or control of Exec utive power, and the preservation of na tional prosperity and individual happiness. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Convention, the people of Pennsylvania the practical men who are concerned in the prosperity of the Commonwealth, the dcvelopement of its resources, and the protection of its industry, have heretofore had from friends of candidates enough of hollow profession for the particular in terests of the State, and are called upon now to sustain a candidate whose life and principles are pledged for his faithful ad ministration of public affairs, as they are identified with the prosperity of the peo ple of Pennsylvania. - .'' ; - ; ' . Resolved, That we have the fullest con fidence in the ability and integrity of JO SEPH W. PATTON, presented to the people by this Convention as a candidate for the important office of Canal Com missioner; and feel confident that if elect ed, the happiest consequences will result from a thorough change of men and mea sures connected with the public improve ments of the Commonwealth, and the in troduction of that energy; and economy so necessary for their prosperity. - ; : - Resolved, That the Protection of A merican Manufactures, and the indepen dence of American labor, as they were the policy of the Whigs before and during the Revolution, are their policy now: that the Tariff of 1842 was the source of un exampled prosperity to the country, and that its repeal has been . attended ..with re sults detrimental to the true interests of all sections and classes. . . . . ' Resolved, That if an addition to our territory be desirable, it should not be at tained by. injustice, nor attended with an extension of slavery; that while we re spect and will sacredly observe every compromise of the Constitution we' be lieve that the interests of the North and South, the welfare of the race, and the honor of the nation, demand that territory should not be acquired for the purpose of an extension of slavery. ; : , Resolved, That true democracy de mands a jealousy of Executive power; that a renewal and continuance of the power of a Chief Magistrate .is corrup ting and dangerous in its .influence and tendencies, that we , recognize and adopt, as the 'expressed will of the people, the One Term principle. - ? . . Resolved, That the thanks of the v hole nation are due to Major General Taylor, and the brave officers under, his command, for their distinguished conduct in the pre sent war, in the victories of Palo Alto, Rescca de la Pal ma, and the storming of Monterey? and that we also view with a just" pride the spirit-and alacrity with which the men of iPcnnsylrania have, in numbers- far beyond a proportion of, the State, responded to the call of their coun try, and rallied under its victorious ban ner. It is an earnest that the fame of our ancestors will never be tarnished,' and that Pennsylvania is ever ready to do iicr du 1 ' "",- ""' The State Committee will be announ - ced here'after. ' Mr. Duffield moved that the thanks of the Convention be tendered to the County Commissioners for the use of the room. Adopted.'. ; ' -' ' ' .. ' - " Mr. Mills moved a vote of thanks , to the officers of the Convention. " Adbpted. The Convention then adjourned sixe die. i 3 - i ; - ; rRoi the Aiuirrr " , " official. -Letters have just been received in this city from the camps of Generals Taylor and Wool.- The headquarters of the lat ter were at Bueno Vista on the 29th Janu ary,' and of the former at Aguaw Nueva, eighteen miles south of Saltillo, on the 7th February. . : : The letters from General Wool's camp state that since the 27th of January they had the usual nightly alarms of the ap proach of the enemy, and that these re ports . had all come from Saltillo. The enemy was said to be undoubtedly at In carnaciou, and perhaps small parties had been within twelve leagues of Saltillo. It was also reported that a considerable number of rancheros had embodied them selves and were . not far off, lying in wait for any small reconnoitering parties that may come in their way. ; The report had reached ; the camp (on the night of the 28th) that a party, consisting of Captain Heady and seventeen men, Kentucky vol unteers, were captured on the 27tli by a party of rancheros, under the following circumstances: CapL II. was sent out ou a, reconnoitering party by Lieut. Col. Field. When about ten or fifteen miles from their station they stopped at a ran cho, and asked for liquor to drink. It was immediately furnished, and in abun dance. The men became intoxicated, and in that condition left the rancho. They were afterwards captured, and, as reported, without resistance or a gun be ing fired. , - : - ; : There was no idea enterlaiued at the date of writing this letter that the town of Saltillo, or the troops at Bueno Vista were to be . attacked. It was supposed that some decisive measures would be ta ken to check the reconnoitering parties of the enemy. ; , These letters give further accounts of the capture of Major Borland. It ap pears, upon an alarm being , given of the approach of the Mexicans upon Saltillo, Gen. Wool sent Major, U. with fifty men to make a reconnoissance on the San Luis Potosi road, and, if practicable, logo as far as the Incarnacion, about fifty-live miles from Saltillo, for the purpose of as certaining whether or not the enemy had advanced to that place, and to report the result of his observations. He left on the 18th instant, and arrived at the Incar nation the next morning, but found no troops thers. they having left the morning before.: Instead of returning as ordered, the major took the liberty of halting and sent an express to Col. Yell for a rein forcement. Col. Y. on receiving the ma- jor s application sent a request to uen. Wool for permission to go with h.s whole regiment !o join the major and to go as far as Solado. The application was sent by General Wool to M;ijor General But ler, w ho refused it, but sent General Wool word by the bearer that he would see the general in a few moments. ; Shortly after Gen. Wool sent the refusal to Col. Yell. An interview then took place between the two generals, when Gen. W. proposed an immediate recall of. Major Borland. Gen. Butler said it was unnecessary to send the order, as he was immediately going to see Col. Yell, and, if necessary, he would give the. ordsr.' It appears that Major Borland was joined by Major Gaines and CapU Clay's companies, about thirty or thirty-live strong, who were ordered bv General Butler to make a reconnoissance in the same direction. They decided at once to continue their reconnoissance as far at Solado the result of which was the sur prise and capture of the whole party by about five hundred Mexican cavalry, com manded by General Minion. It is repor ted that they were surprised early in the morning, whilst asleep, with no pickets or sentinels to guard against surprise. Col. Yell was afterwards sent with a part of his regiment on the Potosi road, to ascer tain the truth of the report, with instruc tions to be cautious, but on proceeding to the Incarnncion, he found no troops; yet he received information of the approach of General Minion, with 3,003 cavalry, on -which he retired : to camp.. Every precaution was. subsequently taken to have an active reconnoissance on all the roads by which the enemy could ap proach. As these unfortunate occurren ces had been the result of a want of vigi lance and disobedience of orders, it is hoped that they may' prove a lesson to our troops. ' v ' . General Taylor had changetLhis head quarters froiti Monterey to Agua Nueva, eighteen miles south of Saltillo, where Ve arrived on the 5th instant, bringing for ward in the first instance, Lieut. Col. May's squadron of dragoons, two batte ries, (Sherman's and Bragg's,) and the regiment of Mississippi riflemen. He was subsequently joined by the Kentucky and Indiana regiments, and other troop ; were expected from Saltillo; It seemed "to be understood that General Taylor was - determined to hold both Saltillo and Arua Nueva in its front. It was supposed that the scarcity of water and supplies for a 1 long distance in front would compel the , enemy either to risk an engagement in :. ti e field or to hold himself aloof from our troops..' ; No intelligence had been receiv ed from the interior 'more recent or au thentic than has been hitherto communi cated.' But the impression is that there was no considerable force in front, nor was it supposed to be likely that any se rious demonstration would be made in that direction. The population of Sal tillo was fast returning to the city, and it was hoped that, under the judicious man agement of Major Wan-en, a discreet offi cer of the - Illinois volunteers, who com mands in the town, the people may re main quietly in their houses. Lists have been received in Washing ton of the men belonging to the Kentucky mounted volunteers who had been cap tared at Incarnacion, amounting to thirty five, and also those of the Arkansas rcn ment captured at the same place, amount ing also to thirty-five. From llit National Intelligence?. WAR NEWS. : - The report of a severe conflict having recently taken place between the forces of Gen. Taylor and Santa Anna, which reached this city by the mail of Wednes day night, did not escape our notice; but, on examining the previous accounts from the same quarter, we thought ourselves justified in discrediting, and therefore did not publish it. Since our refusal of cre dit to it we have received the following letter from our very attentive and obliging correspondent at New Orleans, which clearly demonstrates that there can be no truth whatever in the report: New Orleans, March 2, 1847. Messrs. Gales Si Seaton: Dear Sirs: You will tee letters from Tampico in one of our morning papers which give reports of a great fight be tween Santa Anna and Gen. Taylor. It is sufficient to say that these letters are dated I7th February, and Gen. Bctler, now in this city, left Gen. Taylor's arm J on the 13ih. . The whole story, however, is improbable, and the mere location of the battle, at Monterey, destroys all cre dence in it, as Gen. T. had not the least intention of falling back - from Saltillo, but, on the contrary, is making his ar rangements to advance from thence by the 1st of April, and will be reinforced by five or six regiments of volunteers for that purpose. Nothing could induce Tay lor to have made a. retrogade movement without at least first having measured swords with the enemy. The letter-writers in camp think them selves in duty bound to send forward all the reports; and I have no doubt the pre sent one was genorally credited at Tam pico, where they had not so late previous accounts from the army as we have here; "and, as you see, our dates completely up set this report. THE ISLAND OF LOBOS. The Island of Lobos having become a place of some interest to many of our ciL izens as the place of rendezvous of that portion of our army which is destined for the attack on Vera Cruz, we extract the following brief account of it from the correspondence of the Philadelphia North American: "Island of Lobos, Gclf of Mexico, "Febri ary 7, 1847.' . "This letter is written upon the most delightful tropical island ever trodden by adventurers from any clime. "The Inland of Lobos is a lovely little spot, formed entirely of coral, about two miles in circumference, twelve mile3 from the Mexican shore, about sixty miles from Tampico, and some 130 from Vera Cruz. It is covered (or was before we landed) with a variety ot trees and shrubs, the highest of the former perhaps tweuty five feet high, and these are so thickly covered with vines that one can hardly get through them. There is hardly a tree, or shrub, or plant growing here I have ever before seen. Banyan trees spreading over large spaces of ground, their limbs forming props as the pierce into the earth and take root, while the tops,, thickly thatched with evergreen vines, ior.n inosi ueauwui aroors. lem- on, lime, fig, balm, cane and a hundred other species of wood are growing with all the freshness and beautv of the In dies. There is plenty of water to be had by digging Tour to six feet. It is brackish and sweet, but we are getting used to it, and like it nearly as well as ship water. rin ana sea lowl we have in prolusion. With these we have a delighful sea air, enced the effcacy of the following pre that fourteen hours out of the twenty-four sriptior, requested us to publish it. "A makes the place delightfully pleasant. toon as the animal is ascertained co bo "It will be difficult, I imagine, to con- j suffering from the botts a fact vfjry eo3U vlnceyou, who will read this scrawl be- : ly ascertained, pour down bU thma.by side great coal fires, that we are literally j means of a bottle, a pound of niuia dis roasting , during a portion of the day. j solved in a pint of water milk warm. The sun is so hot that our faces and arms j In five minutes afterward, give him a pint are blistered if exposed but a few rain- of linseed oil, or some other mild, acuva lives." To-day, by Fahrenheit in the purgaiive, aud in ten minutes he will fca shade,I scored 02". The universal re- well." " ' - " mark among the volunteers is, If this ia winter, what will summer be? "Gen. Scott is daily expected here, and we shall soon be joined by seven thou sand troops from Tampico, Lc. There are six companies of Lou:siana and four companies of South Carolina troops al ready here. They arrived on the 3d in stant. They are all in fiao health and are encamped beside us." LATEST FROM THE SOUTH. New Orleans, March 1, 1817. Messrs. Gales & Seaton : Dear Sirs: Gen. Buibr arrived hera yesterday. Among the leading items of news is the reported evacuation of Vera Cruz by order of Sanla Anna. As re gards the city, I should think this very probable, as the garrison could not defend it against Gen. Scott, and the troops of which that garrison is composed will be of more service with Santa Anna, particu larly if he contemplates an attack on Gen. Scott, as it is probable he does. Gentlemen who have conversed with Gen. Butler say that hs reely expresses his opinion as to the proper, indeed only mode of conducting the war, and which coincides with the views of Mr. Calhoun to take and fortify by posts a line of territory, and either capture or blockade their ports, without any attempt to pene trate into the interior. The line lobe taken, he thinks, should be the one (what ever it may be) which the Government intends to insist on as the permanent boundary between the 'wo countries, and he says 15,000 men would be sufficient to hold and drotect it from the Gulf to tha Pacific. Gen. Butler justly says that, adavttinj we advanced into the country with eve ery success that could be expected, and even captured ihe city of Mexico, it would not have any material effect on the ene my, nor place us any nearer to peace than we now are, and we should never command any more territory than what we actually covered with our bayonets, and would be constantly surrounded by a hostile population, and the Mexican would have nothing to do but to avoid fighting, and let our army waste away, as it rapidly would do, by fatigue, sickneu, and a constant guerrilla war. He seems to think it probable that San ta Anna has moved with his whole force to Vera Cruz, and with a view of givin Gen Scott a grand fight; though, hesays it would be impolitic for him to do so un der any circumstances, but that his plan should be to let our army advance into tho interior without risking a general battle, but merely to harrass them, and cut off stragglers or detachments. Any serious impulse to an advancing army would be fatal to them under the circumstances. . The Administration had got themselves and the country into a most, awkward, predicament as to this war, so blindly and rashly undertaken; for, as recently obser ved in the Senate, we have the wolf by the ears, and it is equally dangerous u hold on or to let him go There is no doubt of the fact that, sooneT or later, we will have to come to the plan of holding onto what we have, and the prevailing opinion with the army is, that we should give up the idea of pene'.raticg int the country. I he views and intentions, how ever, of the Administration are different, and they are aclually at this moment cal culating on an advance of General Tay lor from Saltillo, and their measures will, finally result in some serious misfortune, that Avill rouse the indignation of our whole country. All the officers from Mexico speak in the highest terms of the Mexican cavalry, and admit they arc fully equal to our. mounted volunteers, man for man, nd greatly out-number our forces of thatdes scription. I do not believe we shall hare any de cisive intelligence from Vera Cruz till to wards the close of this month; as the res idue of Gen. Worth's troops will not leave the Brazos before the G:h or 8th in stant, and the whole foree cannot be col lected rt Lobos and Tampico before tha 15th, and if they were to sail on that day, it would be at least the 20 ih before they would probably reach Vera Cruz. Tho.-e who pretend to know best, say that the castle can only b- taken by bom bardment; and that, if the, garrison is pro perly supplied, it will be very difficult to take at all, and at any aate will require a long time to do so. It u dufficult, from the conflicting o pinions, to form an correct idea on tha subject, but I shall not be surprised if it should be sn easy conquest. CURE FOR BOTTS. A gentleman who has recently experf- II is
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