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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-
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