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From the National Era.
A DU2:iSI Or SU3I3ICU.
BY JOHN O. WHITTIER.
Bland 39 the morning breath of June,
The South-west breezes play;
And, through its haze, the Winter noon
Seems warm as Summer's day.
The snow-plumed Angel of the North
Has dropped his icy spear;
Again the mossy earth looks forth,
A "-am the streams gush clear.
The fox his hill-side cell forsakes
The rnuskrat leaves his nook,
The blue-bird in the meadow brakes
. Is sinking with the brook.
"Il.-ar t:p, O .Mother Nature!" cry
Uird, breeze and streamlet free,
Our "Winter voices prophesy
Of Summer days to thee'."
So, in thoc winters of the soul,
By bitter blasts and drear
O'erswcptfrom Memory's frozen pole,
Will sunny days appear.
Reviving Hope and Faith, they show
The Soul its living powers,
And now beneath the Winter's snow
Lie germs of Summer flowers!
The Night is Mother of the Day,
The Winter of the Spring,
AnJ ever upon old Decay
The greenest mosses cling.
Behind the cloud the starlight lurks.
Through showers the sunbeams fall;
Tor God wholovcth all His woiks.
Has left His Hope with all!
THE CITY OF CAN'TOX. CHINA.
The rapidly increasing intercourse, of
hte years', with that strange and mysteri
ous nation, The Chinese, as well as the
opening in our midst of Peters wonder
ful Chinese collection, has created a live
ly interest in all that relates thereto.
We have a few remarks on the capital:
Canton is one of the oldest cities in
China, and has always been one of the
most important. It stands on the nor.h
l ank of the "Chs-Keang,M or Pearl Hi
rer, about sixty miles from the sea, and is
t o nearlv on a level with the river as to
le sometimes inundated to the depth of
several fectia the Spring and I -all of the j
year.
It has been the principal seat of foreign
commerce in China, for over twelve hun
dred years, nd will probably continue to
be, notwithstanding the opening of four
cuhcr ports on the coast at the north, by
the Treaty with. England, as the trade is
already firmly established, and the Chi
nese have a national dislike of change.
The Portuguese were the first Euro
psan3 to open a trade with China, and
reached Canton in 1517, by doubling the
Cape of Good Hope. The Spanish,
Dutch and English soon followed, and af
terwards the Americans.
The English trade is much larger than
r.'l others combined. They sell the Chi
nese twenty millions of dollars worth of
opium, and sixteen millions worth of cot
ton, cotton goods and woollens annually,
and purchase from them about eighteen
millions worth of teas, silks and other
good?. Part of the eighteen millions of
dollars balance in favor of England, is
v.sed to pay for the goods purchased by
ether nations, but several millions are
yearly drawn from China by the Eng
lish, in consequence of which the preci
ous mcials arc becoming scarcer and ri
ting in value.
Canton was one of the List places lo
submit to the present race of Tartars,
who obtained possession of it by the trea
son of one of the Chinese officers, in
IG30, after an obstinate siege ' of eleven
months. The Tartars were so enraged
by the protracted resistance of the inha
bitants, that they sacked the city. Seven
hundred thousand persons were slain du
ring the siege and pilhge. and the de
struction of property was immense.
For protection against foreign invasion,
a Willi was built about the city in 170G,
and at a subsequent period the suburbs
were taken in by an additional wall.
fincc then, the city has extended beyond
the last enclosure.and the suburb?,th rough
which foreigners can roam, are now about
half as hrze as the town within. The
walls, built of stone and brick, vary from
23 to 10 feet in height, and arc about 23
feet th'u k. . Twelve gates lead into the
city, which, as well as the suburbs, is in
tersected with canals and ditches. The
streets r.re numerous, but arenerallv short
nd crooked, in width from 2 to hx c?n
feet, and average about 0. Owing to
their narrow dimensions, wheel carriages
zrc not tc-d at all, and boats and sedans
ere the only conveyances. The houses
r.rc genorafly but one story high, and
built of brick, of a blue or lead color, j
Thrrc nrc no menus for ascertaining
correctly the numWr of inhabitants; but,
itidin? from tiu ir crowded manner of
'ivin-r. the rcnt number of anizans of
cry kind, and a population of two or'
three hundred thousand living in boats in
front of the city. Canton must contain
considerably over a million of inhabi
tants. Sat. Cour.
Breadstcffs.- We fear that the high
price of, and great demand for, bread
stuffs in Europe, h;is caused many of our
farmers to exhaust their , granaries so far j
as not to have reserved sufficient provi-
sion for themselves; and that, as a neces-
sary consequence, before the next harvest
b nail nave been gathered in, they will be
compelled to purchase at an advanced
price. It was the calculation of many
persons, that the prices in Europe could !
not be maintained, and that they must of i
necessity recede in this country. Under j
this expectation they may have sold more ;
of their slock of grain than was prudent,
with a view to future purchase atdimin-;
ished cost. v here this course has been j
pursued it will be attended by considera- j
ble loss, as we see no prospect of a de- !
, 1 , r i
creusc in price ' or demand for American!
produce in Europe or this country, until !
after the approaching harvest. .
But breadtufls are not the only articles j
ol necessity that have gready increased
in price wiwun a snon uiiil, as every
house-keeper of the city well knows.
Articles of almost every description in
our markets are remarkably high meats
of all kinds, poultry, butter, &c. have ad
vanced at least a third so that those of
humble means find their finances hardly
adequate to the maintenance of their fa
milies whilst those of still more redu
ced circumstances must forego manv arti
c!c3 to which they have become accus
tomed. The high prices which have been ob
tained for breadstuff's, have induced far
mers generally to increase their cultiva
tion of grain, particularly of corn; and
if the season be favorable, there will be
more of that article raised during the pre
sent year than in any which has preceded
it. Of the wheat crop accounts arc not j
so favorable, the severe and prolonged
frosts having been most disastrous to its
growth in some places. Still we have no
doubt that there will be an abundant sup
ply, not only for our own consumption,
but for that of such nations of Europe as
may have short crop. (Clipper.
The Wonderful Power of Memo
ry. One of the most remarkable instan
ces on record of the tenacious power of
memory is related by Kichardson in his
"Literary Leaves," where he stales that
an old English Reporter of the name of
w
ollcction. that he could report entire de-
bates in the House of Commons without
the aid of notes or any kind of menaorun
da. He was an editor also, and the ac
curacy and precision of his reports brought
his paper into great repute. During a
debate he used to close his eyes and lean
with both hands upon a stick, resolutely
excluding all extraneous associations.,.
He would retain a full recollection of a
particular debate a fortnight after it had
occured and during the in'ervcntion of
other debates. lie used to say it was put
in a corner of his mind for future refer
ence. He was an uncommon man in two
respects: in the singular faculty he pos
sessed, and in hearing aught that he M as
good enough to be so long remembered.
As Incident at Be ex a Vista. Du
ring the most gloomy hour of the iiht,
Sergeant Joseph Langsworth, 1st Mis
sissippi regiment, was shot through the
thigh. Unabled to stand, he sat upright,
and shot dead a lancer as he approached
hi;n, while engaged in reloading, another
lancer trotted past him and raised his
lance to drive it into a wounded Lieuten
ant, a few feet from him. Before his
weanon was hurled, however, Langford
threw his pistol and struck the lancer a
stunning blow on the nape of the neck.
The action saved the Lieutenant but pro
ved fatal to the magnanimous Langford;
for staggering, the Mexican turned and
drove his lance into the forehead of the
wounded man, coming out back of his
car. Just at this moment, four men, who
were approaching with a horse to carryofl
their comrade, shot the Mexican at the
moment he disengaged his lance, and he
tumbled across the body of the prostrate
Miisrippian.
B cried Alive. Many persons arc op
pressed with a fear of being buried alive,
and truly it is a horrible thought. If,
however, the statement below should re
ally be the annoucement of a positive fact
admitted of no exception, there is no need
of encountering the danger of being buri
ed alive: ' :" - J. .
"A learned Belgian, M. Maindie, has
recently discovered a very simple means
of distinguishing between real and appa-
rent death. It consists in creating a small
bum; if there is life, a blister always is
formed, even in the" absence of all appa
rent sensibility. ; If death has already in
tervened, nothing of the kind occurs.''
The citizens ot JefTerson county, KyM
have forwarded a massive silver pitcher
to Gen. Taylor's wife. .They announced
me iac; 10 we Vaeaeral, wno expresses
hioifell. warmly tor this K.md token Irom
Ws early friends. '
From the Knickerbocker.
Lines Written Twenty Years Af
ter Marriage.
Dear Wife, some twenty years have flown
Since you and I agreed to marry;
That you were rather young, I own,
But then I was too old to tarry:
la a single state full lonjr enough
Pd lived, and wished to try; the double;
Friendship Pd found but meagre stud",
. And Fame an eTeneacent bum
From books no more a solace came, .'
..To soothe in my lonesome times;
. , .. - ,
And Wr,Uno Prose emed very tame,
And stlU more stupid stringing rhymes;
The drama I pronounced a bore,
- I cared not for a mimic passion,
0r Iots anJ character3 ofyo
1V. , ....
en solemn nonsense asm fashion.
.r, ,
1 here was a vacuum in my heart,
.
A sort of strange and constant longing;
And through my brain what thoughts
would dart, .
How many shapes go wildly thronging!
j My feelings that were like a feather, .
Became so heavy, sad, peculiar;
At first I guessed it was the weather,
And then my ancient sweet-heart, Julia.
But when the former grew quite warm,
And quite as warmly smiled the latter,
I found that neither sun nor storm
Nor gentle Julia was the matter;
"Who was it then?" I madly. cried,
"It must be some such charming fairy;
A lovelier one," ray soul replied,
"Delicious, dear, enchanting Mary."
At firsj you doubted, then refused
To listen to mv sudden wooinj; .
But when you paused and wily mused,
Upon your charms and m undoing,
j Your tender breast relenting knew
Something of Love's sublime emotion,
And finally repaid the true
Deep fervor of my soul's devotion.
Sweet wife! did I not tell you tumth
That we should always love each other,
That I would always be in truth
Your more than husband, father, brother!
Ah! what have you not been true to me!
My hope, my joy, my pride, my trea
sure, .
Since tweotv vears hevc flown with thee.
Like dreams of pure unruffled pleasure.
ACTION OF THE MEXICAN CON
GUESS. Immediately on the receipt of the
news of Santa Anna's defeat at Cerro
Gordo, the Mexican Congress held an
extraordinary session. ; The following
account of its proceedings is translated
by the New .Orleans Picayune from El
Ilepubltcano of the 21st April. It comes
in the shape of a preamble and eight ar
ticlcs, and wc give it entire:
"The sovereign constituent Mexican
Congress, in use of the full powers with
which the inhabitants of the Republic
have invested it for the sacred object of
saving its nationality, and as a faithful in
terpreter of the firm determination with
which its constituents are decided to car
ry on the war which the United States
arc now making on the nation, without
desisting on account of any kind of re
verses; and considering that, under these
circumstances, the first public necessity
is that of preserving a centre of union to
direct thn national defence with all the en-
ergy that circumstances demand, and to
avoid even the danger of a revolutionary j
power arising which might dissolve the
National Union, destroy its institutions,
or consent to the dismemberment of its
territory, has determined lo decree as fol
lows: "Art. 1. The Supreme Government of
the Union is authorized to dictate all ne
cessary measures for the purpose ofcar
rvirif on the war, defending the nationali
ty of the Republic, and saving the federal
republican form of Government under
which the nation is constituted..
"Art. 2. The preceding article doss
not authorize the Executive to make a
peace with the United States, conclude a
negotiation with Foreign Powers, nor
dispose, in whole or in part, of the terri
tory of the Republic.
"Art. 3. Neither does it authorize him
to make contracts of colinization, impose
punishments, nor confer any civil or mil
itary employments other than those whose
appointments are expressly entrusted to
him by the constitution.
"Art. 4. Every agreement or treaty
shall be null and void which may be
made between the Government of the U
nited States and any authority, whatever,
which, subverting the actual order of af
fairs, should set aside or take the place of
the legally established supreme powers
of the Union. -
"Art. 5. Every individual is , declared
a traitor, let him- be a private person or I
public functionary, vw ho, cither in his;
private capacity or invested with any au-
thonty, incompetent or of revolutionary
origin, may enter into treaties with the
United Suites of America. .
"Art. 6. In the event that the actual j
Congress finds it impossible to continue I
its sessions, a permanent committee shall )
of the oldest indiv iduals then found pre
sent of each deputation.
"Art. 7. This committee, in the ab
sence of Congress, shall perform the du
ties of a Government Council; shall ap
poiat, in case of vacancy, the person who
is to take charge temporarily of the Ex
ecutive powers of the Republic; shall reg
ulate the counting and taking of the roles
in the election of a new President; shall
call together the national representation.
"Art. 8. The powers which the pres
ent decree confer on the Government
shall cease as soon as the war is conclu
ded." Such (says the Picayune) is about the
amount of the proceedings of the meeting
of the Mexican Cengress, held immedi
ately after the news had reached ihe cap
ital of the disastrous defeat of Cerro Gor
do. The editor of El Iiepiillicano, in
speaking of this extraordinary session in
his paper of the 21st April, says that "to
the houor of the legislative body it oujjht
to be observed that yesterday more than
sentiments of patriotism were heard ex
pressed May the common danger thus
unite all the Mexicans, and cause to dis
appear even the names of our sad dissen
sions!" .
editorial correspondence of the
ncAvuvr.
Jalapa, Mexico, April 25, 1817.
The diligencia or stage-coach, is just in
from the city of Mexico, from whence
they have received papers up to the 22J
instant. . The news of the terrible defeat
at Cerro Gordo had reached the capital,
and while it astonished and overwhelmed
all classes, the tone of the papers, of the
public men, and of the Congress itself,
would also show that it had served t in
flame the people still more againt the U
nitcd States. Anaya has been appointed
provisional President, I believe, and has
been gifted with full powers on every
poitit except that in relation to making
peace wiih the United States, ''hit no
one ihinks of. Congress, in extraordi
nary session, has even declared any one a
traitor who talks ot peace. The editor
of El Itrpublicano says that we may
take Puebla; that wc may even capture
the city of Mexico itself, but that there
must be no peace. , The duty of the peo
ple is lo see their cities sacked and des
troyed aud themselves immolated, before
they talk of peace. The guerilla system
of warfare appears to be recommended on
all sides as - their only salvation; by this
means they drove out the Spaniards, and
in the same way they say they must ex
pel the iniquitous, usurping, and grasping
North American from their sacred soil.
Better all die, and be blotted from the
seals of nations, than to come to any
terms so long as a single hostile foot is
on their soil, or a hostile vessel on, their
coast. Such is the language of the papers,
of the civil bodies, and of the military.
From a passenger a Spaniard who
arrived in the diligencia, we learn that, as
yet,, they have done little or nothing to
wards fortifying Mexico. He also says
that there is a strong party in favor of
peace, although the members hardly dare
avow themselves. There are not regular
troops of consequence on the route, and
all those who escaped at Cerro Gordo,
with the exception of a portion of the ca
valry, have dispersed in every direction.
No one here thinks that the Mexicans can
ever make another stand and rive another
grand battle, but the impression is preva
lent that small parties will be organized
to annoy the roads, cut ofl" supplies, and
kill all stragglers. -
Gen. Salas, who was President ad in
terim before the arrival of - Santa Anna
from exile, has issued a proclamation an
nouncing that he is empowered to raise
a guerilla corps, and calls upon all good
Mexicans to join his standard. In his
concluding sentence he says that "war to
death without pity, shall be the devicii of
the guerilla warfare of vengeance!"
President Anava has issued a grand
proclamation to the Mexican nation, call
ing upon ons and all to turn out lo the res
cue, lie dwells particularly upon tne a
chievenients of their fathers trie fathers
of the present generation and earnestly
petitions their sons to do likewise.
El Republicano of the 22d instant con
tains a long list of those persons who
have contributed voluntarily towards es
tablishing a foundry for the casting of
cannon. The same, paper mentions the
arrival at Orizaba of Santa Anna, but says
nothing of ihe number of troops he had
with him. ,
Jalapa, Mexico, April 27, 1817.
The diligencia came in this morning
from Perote, but from no point on ihe
other side, as the Governor of Puebla has
ordered it to cease running this way.
Passengers came througf, however, bring
ing papers and verbal news.
, 'Among other, rumors brought by pas
ser
he;
sengers is one to the effect that Mr.Bank-
; head, the British Minister, has renewed
his offers of mediation between Mexico dragoons, to a place called Tepo Agualca,
and the United Stales, and that when the twelve leagues beyond Perote, to enhrgw
diligencia left the city of Mexico the Con- his circuit of supplies,
grcss was acting upon his propositions, j The road from Vera Cruz to the army
whatever they may'havc been. Notwith- j was infested with armed banditti, who st
standing the fixed and denunciatory tones ' tacked weak parlies or trains unprovided
of the public press, there is certainly a ; with a sufficient escort. .Mr. Kendall
peace party in Mexico, and there mav be ' mentions a report of a number of recruiu
something in this report of English inter
vention in the distracted affairs of Mcxi-
i co.
An intelligent man with whom I have
conversed says that the Mexicans neither
will nor can make any opposition at Pue
bla. The population is one of the worst
in Mexico, and the most inimical to
strangers; yet the dreadful defeat at Cer-
ro Gordo has completely paralized them.
At the city of Mexico a. few light
breastworks have been thrown up, not on
ly as you enter the place by the Vera
Cruz road, but on the road leading to the
Convent of our Lady Gaudalupe; but no
thinglike a regular system of defence has
been as yet undertaken. Not only the
Government but the citizens appear, with
all their vauntings, to have become stupi
fied at the succession of defeats which
have befallen their country, and know
not which way to turn nor what to do.
Santa Anna has written to the Govern
ment from Orizaba, stating that he has
1,500 men, and wants reintorcement3 and
money; but his demands have been un
heeded. At the city of Mexico, as well
as in other places, the people appear to
have lost much of their confidence in the
"Hero of Tampico," and many have o
penly accused him of cowardice at Cerro
Gordo, as well as of having sold the bat
tle to the Americans.
From the N. Orleans Dlla of May G.
THE ADVANCE OF OUR ARMY
IN MEXICO.
The steamship New Orleans arrived
here last evening from Vera Cruz, which
port she left on the 20th ultimo.
. We have conversed with an intelligent
passenger who came over on the News
Orleans. lie savs that he understood
Gen. Taylor had succeeded in communi
cating with Gen. Scott, and that the ob
ject of his despatches was the formation ; frosn Perote, which might be relied on,
of a mutual understanding between them, (we think,) is that issued by us in an ex
with a view of joining their forces pre- tra on Monday last. Generals Scott, Pat
paratory to a descent upon the city of terson, Twiggs, Pillow, 2nd Quitman
Mexico. j were in Jalapa Gen. Shields stiil lying
Gen. Sco!t pushes on without stop or ! in a very doubtful slate in an hospital on
falter; the destructive storm of Cerro j the battle-field at Cerro Gordo. Rumor
Gordo delays not a day or an hour on his j says that Puebla will yield without dis
onward march; with a boldness, an ener- charging a gun; if so, they will show
gy, and a masterly cc.irlty beyond all more wbdom than has been eviaced bv
parallel, he has pissed through the con- j several other Mexican cities, with hard
sulerable town ot Jalapa, traversed the ly a hope for success against us. '
dangerous and difficult road thirty miles Some of the Mexican officers, (prison
beyond, and appears, with the old van-' er?,) Major H. G. Bennct, Capt. Mont-
guard of the army, under tue gallant
Worth, before the fir-famed castle of Pe
rote.
correspondence of the delta
Jalapa, (Mexico,) April 21, 1947.
I arrived at this lovely place yesterday,
and found that Ge:i. Twiggs had hoisted
the American flag in the city the day be
fore. He followed the retreating heroes
of Cerro Gordo to within a few miles of
Jalapa, when all traces of them as a body
disappeared, and he encamped for the
a uuu,
nijjht within three miles of the town that
tint
evening, and entered and took possession
of it early the next morning.
Santa Anna did not pass through Jala
pa, but, in company with Ampudia and
1 1 it 1 c .t 1 .
cienda, and halted for the nrjhtat the
"nine mile pass," which was being forti
fied, but which, on second consideration,
it was deemed prudent to evacuate. This
evacuation took place yesterday morning,
and in the evening Col. Harney's dra
goons took possession ol the Pass Gen.
Worth following in their footsteps. A
number of sranll arms was taken at the
Pass, but they are of little or no value.
All atom the road Iro n Perote ar.il !
Jalapa. .
Jalapa, April 23 10 A.M.
" An express has just got in from Perote.
Gen. Wool reached that t wn yesterday,
at 11 o'clock A. M. He found it com-
Lilt iti y v. uattu iv biii iuiviu 1.' vi lltu
1 3 , 1 v '.'. l i- t
aIaIa tr Ai'AoiotnH Kir tli 1 CfI1 1 a vim iffnA!
cnemv. anu a 01. as( iifi ueuniu
to
mens
no
Gen. Ampudia, with about 3,000 cav
alry, in a wretched condition, was ne.ir
the town when our troop3 entered it, when
he put off.
- Santa Anna had not been in Perote
n 11 1- f 1 -mi t.ioaght to draw a fignt from Mmon, but
Puebla the Mexicans here say wnl be 3 , e,T,. . ,
, . . ,, - 3 were unsuccesslul. Hires cf the party,
opnoscd, and contrary to the general be-, . J.
. , ' , i - r mi J who separated themselves from . 3 inatn
Let. it is ?aid too curtinnnder-in-chtef will , , ' , ,, , ,
. ' . - i body, got killed belore they returned to
shortly move m t;iat direction. ; '1 r u
r.J Pi.:u,;.,..m;i;,..rj f I MrnP bY some P-whng Mexicans who
surrender it with uecencv. Au im- ' ! T , Tu.'a
- - ., . . 1 own surgeons, it is unTerent, . 1 he nuea
c numser or smaii arms, tue i)r 1 - 0 . v.-
e , . , . , . is in a meal Uiiiij uunuiiiu::. wie
ns of tiie castle ana ntv, arid ammum- r .i . n t rnr,I
. ' enn Governor of the: town a ' I to corn p. 1
n were taken possession ot. . . , , tn f;nn to their
- , , , 1 es aim IT"""-'
since the fight at Cerro Gordr, and he Lvojj., referring to it or saying auht a
is'supposed to be somewhere in the moun-1 a!n9t HeriJently appears chagrin
tains. , cd, but at or aboutjWh;it.ie dtes not com-
: Santa Anna escaped through a moun- Lunicate to .those about jam Our in
tain pass from Cerro Gordo, and was at totuui hil c
Orizaba at last accounts,, waiting. rf m- j JJZ
forcemenu. It was said that ne uosign.
ed adopting a guerilla mle of opertinrt
r Trvico was astounded by the ba.e ol j
Cerro Gordo, tireat pieparutions wcrs
being made for its defence.
, Gen. Worth had advanced on? of his
j t
briTuk?, with a battery and a trcoo c.
loririe army, going up under cliargo of
Capt. Winder, having been killed by the
rancheros or guerillas between Jabpa ami
Cerro Gordo. Another correspondent
writes as follows:
Vera Cruz, April 23. 1317.
An express arrived last evening from
; Lient. Dixon, in command of 1 02 conva
j Iescent soldiers from the hospitals in ih'u
city, on their road to join their respective
regiments at and near Jalapa, stating that
the party had been attacked by about
300 Mexicans. The express rider met,
two miles this side of where he left Lieut.
D., a train of about forty wagons in charge
of Capt. Croghan Ker. Some foars are
entertained for a train that was some five
or six hours ahead of them. In fact, the
Mexicans had great 'ejoicing amongst
themselves last evening in consequence of
the capture of one of our wagon trains
by them. Their accounts have it that
our men (the guard) had been literally
cut to pieces; but we have but little faith
in any thing that comes from such sour
ces. The Mexicans have a fins chance now
to work upon our trains if they could on
ly raise courage enough to do it. Col.
Wilson's force at this place i too weak
to spare many from it, and, if the enemy
should go lo work with determination,
they might reap a handsome reward al
most without opposition. A few cases
of vomito are said to have occurred, but
in a verv mild form.
FROM the tera crcz eagle of ap. 28.
We understand yesterday that informa
tion had been received at Jalapa that Gen
Worth had thrown his outposts towards
Puebla, and would march immediately in
that direction himself. T are some-
what doubtful as to its truth, however.
not being able to trace it to any positive
source. The latest information received
: gomery, Lieut. Sorvera, and Lieut. Saun-
tiers, 1st dragoons, came passengers in
the New Orleans, and 150 discharged
volunteers and teamsters.
From the N. Orleans Delta of Mar fi.'
LATEST FROM GEN. TAYLOR'S
CAMP.
We yesterday conversed with an offi
cer direct from Saltiilo. He left there on
the 14th ultimo. The force stationed
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the 1st and 2d Illinois' regiments, the d
Kentucky regiment, the 2d and 3d Indi
anians, and the Arkansas cavalry. The
1st and 2d Illinois were about to leave;
the term of enlistment of the whole of
1 fhera will nave expired between the 1st
1 , , .
and 20th Proximo.
The artillery force that was in the bat
tle of Buena Vista are till stationed there,
as . arc also Col. May's dragoons. X
squadron of 'the latter, numbering soma
two hundred, under, Lieutenant Rucker,
made a scout in the adjoining country.
They found Gen. Minon in the neighbor
hood of Encarmciin, at the head cf a
thousand or fifteen hun 'red bnccrs. Th'y
hun't about their lines
The troops at Hnj;n..i Vista end Saltilla
were in exceilent':ci!th: arrd the wound
ed, who rvere riii;.! by General
Wool, 2nd who j?v.-. 'Xii all their ..wants
( it" 1 1 1 1 r
mill ths woundeu-.ue
3 -
wno are
wants ana to iner,einnnt3 vi y
Gen. Tavlor if still t the Walnut
Springs. He has he.rd of hi nomma-
f tiun for the Frequency by several press-
1 ...-Tn the United Suites, but
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j Carnargo, cn l,n: w,y home, u,
Ths h"fcJq:ur:?rs c Hnmphr'-y .Me.r
shnlrs Kentucky cavalry was a; Cerv.dro.
T. Marshall's company wss at Cair.argo.
But fewer noni of the voluu'.ccrs '.till re-
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