U Irma the New YorlcrQvu. _ , 1 A ME O *ICAN'S AC F Tilt TARING 0? THE C,ITY OF mNxico. 1 We live been favored ,V:01 the following translat i on of a letter from a.Spanish Mexican of the Oily of M;;xico, to a Spanish house in this citvt. The letter came via Orizaba. under cover to Mr. Diumund, American Cu:lector tif the poi of Vera C 612. The lie-vs it gives is more ftill than we have received front any oth er quarter, but it bears a Mexican face, for w hichllowance must be made. _lt however , • sullicie fi tly proves that Mexico is reduced to the. lasi. extremity: ' 1 OFF OF Memo, 19th Sept. 1817: • Resiieeted - Friends: 1 hare an opportunity to send by the courier who leaves to-night this 'letter, n which I shelf briefly attempt to de scribe 1 1 l you the horrors we have just experi-, en -ed. i On the '71.1i inst. our Commiesionersi en the treaty propositions of the Amerii i can(!overnment, and decided on resuming,' ( the w r, Gen. Herrera inviting and urging the t, c'ergylito rouse the citizens to the utmost re-I s.a'ancei On the same day Gen. Scutt, fhe; Amery* Chief, charged Santa Anna with breakuig the armistice by forbilfing his Com- ! missiclfiers tvbi an) food in the city', and threat- end, ! uhlessi reparation t% as made, to com mence hostilities and bombard thecity. Sa n ta Anna' replied, severely charging, Scott with breaking the armistice by sacking , our i Dias' , ges, and, expressed his perCet readiness to re new the war. Ott the 13th lust the Ameri cans:made a demonstration on Cluipultepec and the Mill of ill Rey, hat our Geaertils were 'prepared fur (he l m. Areicipatitig a breach of 'the armistice Santa Anita ,I :or-several days had 1 caused.to be conveyed in every possible man lier so as net to excite suspicion, anus, mini ' lions and food to the fortress of Chapultepec. Our!citizens carried under their, mantles and ' on mules a great (Nullity of powder, balls and pro Visions, without being once discovered, so great was ,the feeling or seem ity • and coal dente aw i ng the Am ricans.. Gen. Scott was not a 'ittle supriset to find on attacking Chapultem c such obat i natell 7 ‘eistanet... Chu pultepec you know is situated between Taco haya and the city, within cannot': shot of the former and some three miler from the' latter, It is a bold bill overlooking a % ast range of country which enabled our soldiers to watch the manwhvre of the enemy. It also corn manila 'the road from Tucubay a to ,the city, which runs close by its base, and it can only be ascended by a circuitous paved any, which; after turning a certain angle, is exposed to the full range ut the fortress guns.' As the Amer icans ascended the hill a perfect storm of mns • ket balls and grape shut drove t h em Mick with heavy loss. They recovered and advanced again, but were repulsed. Our troops fought. with desperate valor, worthy the character of Mexicans} The enemy also fought bravely: 'this men seemed like so many devils a bout it was impossible to defeat withonh ano ihilation. . He made a third and last charge with Iresh • c lorce and heavy guns, aul our gallant tt•oops ' having exhausted their grape siud, were forc ed very unwillingly to retreat tied 3 ielg up the fortress, of which the enemy took peises sion. . Our soldiers retreated towards the cit Abut were unfortuuntely. cut off by a detachtqo of the enemy's cavalry, Slid shout MU !very made prisoner-, but were soon released, t : the enemy had no men to guard them. The - en •emy thou opened his batteries on the Mill El Rey (King 8 Mill) close upon Chapultepee. which, aftertthstunife lightol,.,e and great loss to the A ericans, we were ohligei to, aban don. Tie two actions continued aver Mlle l hours, ai d were the severe:t, consi lermg cur' 'small nu'her of soleiers and the ,enetny's • large ficirce, that have been fought. Our loss in killed and %%minded was not more than 3(0, while the enemy lust over 400, or at least ouch was - the iepiat id- &setters trim the American camp who came fo us in tilt; eye ‘'raitio% Seeing that the city would inevitably -.. tbeZtaelced, Gerveral Santa Anna, during the . • actions, caused a number of trenches to be I cut aerclss the road' leadinglto the city, which ! ' vv,re doode.l with writer. On the , merning,l the 416, before day light, the enemy, a ith a•I part of his force, comtnmenced his march up on the city.' Our soldiers, llusted behidd the arches of the aqueducts and several breast ! works whieb,llad a'ett hastily thrown tip, an noyede, him so severely, together -it it the trenches which he had to bridge finer. that lie , did not- arrive, at the gates until lute it; the r afterno n. litre he haulted and attempted to bombe the city, a 'deli he did dill mg the !Wane of the day and the day •foll.. wing; do ing immense damage.' In seine - cases a hole blocks were destroyed toi r d a great windier of . ' rn.w, we men andcloldrin killed and %wea l :led. The picture %yrs nit flit. One ,!( a It'lling fiat filled our ears, one cloud, of smoke nvt our Jeyea, now and then inixda -Ivitli 11,:ines, mil ' amid il all we could hear trb.• various shrielca of, the %%cuticle() and-dying. But the city bravely resisted the hundreus of ft lug :fella. It'huriedl back defiance to the blond-thirsty 3ojikee, and convinced him that,his bombs could out reduce the Mexican Ca l Utal. The ene.rly then changed,liti plan, and de tertnieed to enter the ciy, where we were prepar ed to inert him, - having hart leaded the's; rotas e, ii it sand bags and provided on the loose tops and at the wi t elouS till'Wllo (*.Mild bear alms or hurl missiles, stones, hoick:, &c..., on tl.e beads id' the enemy. Belot e qv nela I Scott had fairly passel the gates he loured the difii-1 -cult!: of his pvl.itit . , tt. A perfect torrent ,of balls and stones reined upon his troops —I , .Many were killed and more wounded. Still , he kept advancieg. until he gal .l the en. ilance of two streets leading &wet-to the Pla za, linditigthat he could not epense him self to our soldiers, who . w ere all posted out ' a sight, and that he was losing his men rap •l4l.Y: Qen.;:-..'cott took possession of the-con ' a 'Fut of. San Isidur, which extend,: hack to the centre of a block, and at mice set his rappels and miners to cutting a war directly throttgh the blocks of buidittge. In some instances whole houses were blow:inn to facilitate his progress; but teller several hours he again emerged into the street, and finally gained the 'Plaza when heavy fire was opened on bum from ' the Palace and Cathedral, which were! tiled and covered with our putrlotic troops. 'Find ing him-elf hus assaulted, the enemy: drew ' out his fore in - the Plaza and opened a' can nonade on t le Palace and Cathedral, :firing over one hundred shots, which. did iminense Atteange to the' buildings, and caused a Severe does of killed and wcumded. Seeing further resistance useless, nor sol , Biers ceased firing, und on the 15th of Sept., (sa I day!) the enemy was in possession of the ' - Me lean capital. Though• we indicted !lame . I all death upon -the Yankees, we suffi•red ' ' greatly ourselves. MrMy acre killed by,the blowing; up of the hati,e ,, , Many by the bc4o: ' A" b rdment, but more by the eenfusion Avlocli prevailed in the city, and altogether we can not count our killed, w minded and missing ' since the fro ions co'mateneed yesterJny at less then 4000, among r'4 horn aro many women _ and children. Tle entity confess; a loss clover 1000; it is et doubt winch greater.-- W r hat a calamity!! Hut Mexicit Will yet have i vengeance,. God rill avenge us for our suf • teiinge. Alas! that Vslibuld write this letter ad thin sight of a proud enemy whejrns slie r edad by his ferocity in trampling, on sntr C pital and our country. Au enemy who en , , le prides himself upon shooting well with his \ : Cali itd -cannon. But thus it •ie s •- .ive'iiie prns traced—riot humbled. Wi' m a y he forced . to silence. but the first moment thnt presents ns a chance will be devoted to terrible re venge. Santa Anna has gone a•itlp his e ve . erala and all the troops he could draw c'(l to GlitidUipe; He is said to be.theinded severe ly. We have loini - droic otlleers 'and brave men in these two days. I :cannot foresee what is to come. Thonsandi ore gathering ~.. upon the hills and city determk&to cut. ow all ?Implies and starve the ,enemy who has so 1, i neduc'oealy entered it . iGen.r Seott. mar find `‘... that 'tleXie, Is not yo qatiqulsl ed. He -ray find our lakes bursting their barriers and fill ing this eautiful valley to annihilate the in famons a ricans. :We scarcely hope, yet do not quite 'despair. Ourcbrave generals may recover what is lost, and Mexico with her ten millions of people arise to sweep the in vader from the land he has desecrated ,Be sun', that whatever we do in the way Of sub._ missiott is only for the moment. No Mexi can will respect beyond the hour that forces him to it, any bond dictated by the sword of an enemy. My heart is too full- of grief and indignation to write more. Adieu. Figm Major Lally'd Train. The following letter from Major Lally was addressed to Col. Wilson at Vera Cruz, and by him - torwarded to Adjutpt Gen. It. Janes, ut-Waslii'Ugton: linAl l riqtr \ILTIIII3, JALAPA, Aug. 2G, 1847. To Goy. inhon, Vera Cruz: My 'command reached this place - on the morning of the 20th inst. Wu hive fought our way triumphantly every inch of the route but have had severe contests—nay, battles— it kb the guerillaS . : on the 10th at Paso Ore jas, (as l;eture reported,) aq the,l2th 'Augist at the National Bridge, on the 1 . .,t1i August at Cerro Gordo, and on the 19th at Las Ant- Inns, only u Rifle and a half from this city.--r Not a wagon has.fullen into the hands of the enemy. We have beenjopposed by at letist 12‘l0 or 1500 guerrillas on these uccasions— perhaps loss at the last, for they were badly whipped at Cerro Gordo, where their loss wits 50 large that they could not organize. • Fath er Jarauta co:nmanded tnem. Our loss is gteat. Dining theNintire march-7 officers wounded; 12 in rank and r file killed; 5 mortally. wounded; Gil woutgled. Of this number, 4 ; killed and 'I wounded were at' places else , where than the foOr actions named above. , 1 ' regret 'to say, that; at the National Bridge Mr. I • George D. 'l'wiggs, (expecting a commission ! and to be A. D. Q. to Gen. T.) was killed while gallantly sek ing in my-staff; Capt. J. 11. Cardwell, of veltigeurs, and Capt. A. C. ', Cummings, 11th knfantry, were wounded on the 10th, (as before reported,) but-are doing well now. At National Bridge,Lieut. James A. Winder, of voltigeurs, and Lieut. George A. Adams, 'of marina corps,,were dangerous ' lv wounded; also, on the same day, Capt, W. ; • J. Clark, 12th infantry, in the thigh; 2J Lieut. Charles M. Creuror, 12th infantry, nut-se verely, in 0\ a leg. At Las Animus, oil the 19th, Major F.:l'. Lally, commanding officer, was woundtl,d in the neck, not severely; but I firm, for it few days, been disabled front coin ; mend. A large number of sick have accumu -1 kited, besides our w ounded; and we shall he , compelled to remain here many days to re ; criii.. 1 cannot too mach praise the Olen try of the officers—the men, raw; MO until; ; st meted, have gradually acqtnif:ed confidenc.. Col: Wy iikuop arrieed front perote on the 12-I'h, having heard we were inttlanger at Cer- Iro Gordo. "We waited three days for your reinforcement, and, hearing. of it dt Plan del Ifni, sent back a body of dragoons to Nation : al Bridge, who, tlnding it in poSsession of the enemy, we concluded that it was teptosed. 1 ; am pained at the rumor we heard of the loss of some of its wagons. Dr. Cooper and 13 i dragoons reached us. I cannot too earnest ly recommend that,you,assome the authority I to order the reoccupation of this city. Even i if Gen. Scott i‘ as out before the city of Alex iico, and beyond the reach of reinforcements,' you ; perceive that trains are constantly ek du ngered by guerrillas, and 1 am sgtislied that this city has been their headquarters, and that their ;supplies have been for%i anted loom here. ; Their spirits hate been tweed by rilisence of ' the troops. I tun eertdin that Gen. Scutt,,on the slot, would order its reoccopatiog. Col. I Wynhoop concurs in its inipoitUiice. li? Very truly yours, • I F. T.—l A L by-. Major 9,11 infantry, commanding. 1, [We Understand that Major_Lally's sug gestion has bier anticiputed;--and that orders were issued_ on the 12th of August, from the oi . tlin Adjutant (=en - cral, directin; the reoccupaticnjul Jalapa. We presume that lie!nre this, time a military 1):!$ been es tabliahed in that city. , We cannot climb( that Major Lally's reree, joined with Colonel" i l ltoup's'and General Lane's for-e, at least 2.,,Cw0, has advanced to Toren a junction with Gt•nt.;ral Se‘•tt . Char. • Capt. Phil. Is:eurney, whir l'(l , v an arm at Clint uhuEeo, ,is a• nephew of GNI. Kearrrey, and a nati%e of New -York. liks private nin-, J come is iA:10,0110 per annonv,l and Irk(' Taylor ho loPowq t hr. wars for the lore of the I Glotc. There are few officers in' the army more' highly esteemed than •the gallant Captain w horn the fate of war has thus lle-was ~unio years since one of a Commis- Sint) to ririi E to rt ;yr+ iiton the Cat ai ry tactics of the several gmernmPnts of the old world. In the prosecution of th s duty, a portion of the commission visited Algiers, wl,ere they were hospitably entertained by the 1' ;end) °Ricers, am o ng ‘‘horn was one of o! Louis Philippe. Scott after the return of the commie: inn to France, .1t num obtlie French ho had thin entertain s I them. vi: lied Paris, and as an expression ap:irec"ation cf the generous treatment which-(.'apt h",.. and his associates! haul __filet with, he resolved' to prolThr them a banquet. I f he lin% Po:14AI was promptly accepted. .The Captain felt himself the' ropre.setitioive of the American army, and detertnined tlfat the feast should he worthy We Ameritan I nnate. He actor 'tingly ortleiel n full set or silver plate prepared fur - the occasion, upon which . his initials as an officer of the army, were en grated, and w heti his guests arrived, they ti were , tonished at the magic-like magnifi cence of the scene which presented itself. It w as the most costly banquet ever spread by an American (with a single exception) in Pa risi-and .veit• it might -he, for it cost the Cap tain oyer it'30.900. Ile is, in' his Made de porttnent, quite unostentatious; hot he "let out n link" upon this occasion, not to gain eclat for hineelf, but in honor of the Ameri can name. • The motive was 'ap'preeinted by his felhtw officers, and secured their grateftil thanksf:—.4/b. Ere. Jour. LAT): FROM RIO JAmnito.--Tho Philadel ph:a Ledge - r has been furnished with the fol lowing extr act s or a letter, just 'received frion Rio de Janeiro, dated 9..2i Iv of August. Of the arrival of the United States ship of the line Ohio, Capt. Stringham, after u passage of forty-one disys, the letter says: - Mr. Tod, the American Minister, and farn ity. are nett, but had not,. up to the above date landed, and it was thought he would not be presented at court anti/ he received further instructions front our Government. He will, in the meantime, take a house and remain a priynte citizen, until his instructions arrive. Mr. Walsh, the present Secretary of Lega tion to the embassy of Mr. Wise, will remain as 'Charge 11., Affairs. Mr. Wise" Will be ready to sail for the U States about th'e let of September. The Bra zilians are doing all kinds of things to bring theluselves into trouble. Lord llowden, the British Minister, has ar rived from the _Pike, riser, having previous to his leaving, raited,thb blockade eo far as the English fleet Were concerned.' Count Worleskie, the French Minister, left here yesterday for France, to lay before his King the whole, subject of the mtmention, and the cafise of its railure. It is stated that he agre'ed With Lord llowden as to 1110 proprie ty of raisin% the blockade, but did not like tet assume the responsibility of placing so many of his, countrymen in the power of the army of General Oribe. The French Subjects in Montevideo r -thus exposed, amount to about eight thausti ad! The United States ship Columbia, Captain Ritchie, bearing the broad pennant. of Com modore Rou,senti, ivaq at Rio, - All well, Important,news from Mexico. NEw Toni, Oct. 13-8 P. M. Tc)Baltimnre Patriot, of -yesterday; has the following telegraphic despatch: RICHMOND, Oct. 12-8 A. ISI• . ' The southern mail, regularly due, has ar rived, bringlng New Orleans dates and pa pers to the sth inst. The N. 0. La Petrie, has received further accounts from Mexico, which differ from those published yesterday. The information,of La Petrie is ' mostly oh tainedirom4lexican sources. It would ap pear that the American: troops, after taking the city of Mexico, had numerous 80VOC con- Acts with the almost innumerable swarm of leperos,who inhabited'und surrounded the cap itul—that the f mer finally became so an-' „ Ir noying and dest uctive that they obtained ad vantage of the • merican troops, who were, at length, under the necessity of retiring from i the city. It s further stated, that Santa An ta had left Guadaloupe and returned .to the capital, at the head of 10,000 regular troops, ' and that fighting had been resumed, and was going on desperately at the lost accounts. The rumor Of Santa At , resignation is cmifirmed: but the Mexicali people would nut receive it,, and again placed him at the head of the army. ' Ith3a. is said to have got full pos-' session of Puebla, but the Americans were pooling Mitt deadly fire upon his troops fro n the surrdunding heights commanding, the town. Muj. Cares came in' the steamer Alabama; and is fully of the opinion that Gen. Worth still lives.: .He has no' doubt ,of his having been wounded; but thinks the story of the bomb hbri.ting and killing so many, one ttnong hem Gen. Wool, in a Mexican fabrig. cation 1 Pillow and Smith are supposed , to have been killed. The English accounts, by the • Alabama, state the American loss is 470 rank and file, killed, find 27 officers killed, and 45 wounded —total number of Americans wounded about i 1,00 P; he killed and `wounded' of Mexicans near 2,900 besides many prisoners'. No ews from Scott's army; his despatches supposed intercepted, and communication be tween Mexico and Puebla cut otr. , Great aniety to hear from him is expressed., 1 LATEST FROM PUEBLA.....-The Del/Mitre Gazette of Tuesday bus the folluing post script, which' contains the latest authentic in formation from Puebla— We have just seen a letter from, Mr. .Jel ferson Noues, of this city, dated Puebla, Sep tember 1:2. Ile says that nt that date, they understool indl'iletila that Scott teas still fighting' nt Mtcxico,land that the slaughter, was immense. Mr, hones was severely, at soppoiedi mortally wounded by It lance, which passed through his - chest, in an upon a partyl of guerilla., who had stolen some 750 mules from the Americans.. Sir. Nunes, with twen-l i ty-nine toot), volunteered to pursue the rub hers, and were surrounded and cut to piece 4 but four or live. escaping. Mr. N. was let) for dead. Mr: Nones saw lieutenants itodges and Evans as they passed through Puebla. The3 l were well. The .igueirillas were then in great fore within sight of Puebla and an attack was dai i ly expected. Nones is the FON iif.Capr.ll .13. Nones of the Itetenue cutter Forward, and is (Atli' an - amatett soldier, ha% ing volunteered on t 4 occasion tit nil in the pursuit of the robbers./ MONTIMIRY, Am , . 21, IS 17. , There is very little w'ws of a general na b ! tore stirring here. The brderon thi's fiim of! operations is to remain statu quo. Thiiigr Mar be EtlnUiled up thus: General Wool re mains at, Buena Vista with the Mis - sissipPi rilles..the ..Nort,,ll, Carolina! regiment, and the "first tarn lies. - The tenth regiment, Col. -, Tibbatts, % ill ghrriaon Monterey. Severn!, dtStachtner will be placed at the posts be low. Ge 1 Taylor returns (wine in Novenii !ter. , , 1 - ' ! ' . Si ver men have been killed' here latelr bdt nr 'i 6' else could. be expected, as tie America' liwalk through 'the out-of the-way blaces of the town, at all times of the night, , ' unarmedabil perfectly reed:less of expos:frt. However, if It1o:id Can appense i their mane, , their ghosts will never . stalk the earth, fOr they are always amply provided with Mexicil: •ctirdrades. , Some fiend in human shape last night made a terrible illustration of a "little more grape, Capt Bragg," for he placed under the bed if the ifallant soldier an eight-inch bomb she I, with a thin leading on; by which it was igi l ted. The,,explosion was terrific, bot , furt e I nntely, the captain received no injury. Pi. -0 of the missiles went thrOngh his bed without, touching him. Ills e.cape is looked upon as miraculous, the contents of the shell having lii;en scattered around fur a hundred yards.— ; No cause is assiglned f..ir this attempt union Clpt. Bragg's life. except that -some of his men think htrw too severe in, hiA disii plitie. This is the second attempt upon his hie:. * YANKER ENTERPRISE.—AITIOng tho II st Americans who entered Vera Cruz on the efts- 1 cation of hostilities, was the owner of a sin:l schooner front "downcast," then anchored oil', the harbor. He might be Fern making tis way with breathless haste to ime of the b , st hotels in the city, upon enteric« which he vociferated for the "landlord""rhat impo-r -taut personage obeyed the call on the inst•int, hot in evident trepidation, as a matter of course; whe the Yr n'tee, in a sharp ace nt, which conyei•ed the id.in to the uninitiutel Mexican that his safety teas in implicit. ac . quies i ence, thus accosted him: ,'I want this establishment, house, lot, furniture and evert, thing as it stands. What 'llye_Mke for ttl" The Mexican, happy to be permitted the ptiv liege of naming a price at all for property whiCh he supposed to he at the mercy of the enemy, named so much as he judged he W. nt • ed to put a respectable distance bet ween l ha and "Ins Yankees." "les a bargain!" sh tit ed the, down.easter. as he commenced shelling out the money. "And now-my friend, (he ridded} i wlint is the least possible time ,it will take you to clear mai" lie was told that ltill an hour would ,s (lice. And in linifl an lmn., accordingly, our friend; the Yankee, ors mixing juleps and otherwise minisie t ling theintfort and accommodation of I his country l.i en in particular and the publid in gene ra I .—A 4 o rfelk 'Herald. "No moan Tmuterorv."--The f.Tition newspaper in cornmenting upon this new tar ty cry of the whigs t says—. "Such have been the views of all -distin- -of Jilt ;uislied men.- The 'Boston Courier informs is that if Mr. Webl l ter had continued Seere-, tory of State, he woi Id have attempted tc ob tain the port of - SanFrancisco. He had laid his train for the purpose. A friend informs us, that among the Papers of General Iln l yil. ton, which were Offerred to Congress, wa l g'a memoir on that subject, prepared by A. Ham ilton for Gen. Washington," It embraced large and long views (as has been repreknt ed to'nit) and reached to the acquisition df all the Spanish territory on this continent. In reading the published correspondence,- Rtz of Mr.. , Jefferson, there is an oblique hint at lIITICk such,purpose by Gen. Washington, when he withdraws from the Spatish negotiation (un der the care of Carmich el and Short) n pro t i position to guaranty the Spanish domain on this continent: and coupling that, With a short noto in the Ands (v01.,4tb) of corresponding time, we ore more strongly impressed that this' acquisition has employed the thriughtfull pa- triotisin of Gen. Washington eveat that et Hy day. To these references we ight Od d the Richmond Enquirer of 1829. : Viten the, il n controversy made its way, into the print, be tWee'n John Quincy Adams and'' the - -Begtan, federalists, Gen.-Hamilton's Opinions made a' part of that controversy, and hie predilect ions for the acquisition of Southern domair are very plainly shadowed-forth," 'Din Onr.cots Exinorriox.—The brig Hen ry, which left Newburyport on the 23d - of February, 1846, for Oregon, arrived at its destination, Oregon:city, in March last. A letter from a passenger on board the brig, da ted March 11th, which we have hail the plea sure of reading, says that the brig arrived in safety, the passengers and crew all welt.— There ore in the city two churches, two ho tels, two flour mills, tWo saw mills, and a printing office, from which is issued a paper. every. fortnight. The city is rapidly increas-, in g, and buildings are continually going up. Goods find a ready market and a fair profit. ' The writer says-it is a good place fur emi grants. but the land route is better than the ! voyage by avatar. The brig had 231 days passage to the Sandwich islands. She lay here for three months to refit. Most of her passengers relict - Ariel there. From the islands I Seventeen days sailing brought her toColum bia bar. Here she met with a gale which la.ted eight days, - and, by which she was driv en tfi Vancouver's Island, then put into - Near I pay, in the Straits of Juan de .Fuca, where She lay one Week, , and Thou thence proceeded' ! about Sixty miles to l l'ort Victoria, one of the 1 Hodson flay Company stations, for provisions toid water. The brig remained there n, few days, and recommencing tier voyage, entered , the nvitith of the Columbia rifer early in ' March—in safety.—Balton Traveller. GlO7 . TACIA. ON TUB WILMOr Pnoviso.—r- Thekew York Tribune denies the statement that I t en, Taylor is oppbsed to the Wilmot , Profi t <o, and says that it has in its possession colic tiiive evidence of his hostility to any further extension of the "slave power. The same statement lit s bbeu made in some other quarters:, and we elieve our able cuternpora ry of the lace, published in'his kturnal an ar- tick. expressing this desire that the implied as- I sent of Gen. Taylor yti the views of the Cin cinnati Signal, iii' itsiedivirial relating, to the, celebrated letter, sltittild, be more fully ex{ plained. We undeistand that there is a let; ter from Gen. Taylnr in this city, which putti forever at rest all doubt on this subject, and shows that on this i question he is trun to Southern rights _ and principles.; in other words, that 'he is opposed to the Wilmot Pro viso. We state this, of Course, from hear say. not having seen the letter ourselves, hitt having heard of its contents from good ail ' thority .- - X. O. Pc/to. , ~ If the War in Mexico had been disastrous; if our army—ill fed, ill-clothed—without pro per supplies, ar+. or ammunition—without order or dil-cipli,w—poorly equipped , and ofii cered—had been ,tbeaten, shamefully by_ the Mexicans, them: shame would tine fallen on the Administration of Ihe government, and it would be justly obnoxious to publid censure, But when everything that has been done, has been %vell One—' r su4essfully done—triumph antly, done—why .Should it not inure to the tumor, the popUlarii . ). and reputation of that admint stratiu`n t The President and his cabi net proposed at d favored a repeal of the tarifF of 1842. Denunciation Inudly followed, and an empty treasury uns y deptcted. had this result followed, the President would have been eensurkt.l for his relinquishing tr sound and healthy system; but the tarillof 176 has pro , (Meet! mote re%enue, and afforded a better pro tection to industry, Is he not entitled to the benefit, of his successful "project? From the moment that Jtimes li. Polk accepted the of ; lice he now holds, he has been unremitting in his ellbrts, todischarge its duties only and prtisiterously for the country. Isis cabinet is ft decidedly-able'one—his appoint -1 !items, as furl as human foresight could go, nuve been generally gond—his labor has been incessant—his honesty unimpeachable.—X. Y. Times. T , • L L r.EI.,EASE 0;r ENCARNACION PRISONERS. —At length ice have the pleasure of announ clot; therelease.of our brave countrymen who ‘i•ere falten priQo l ners at'Encitrnacion andolhl er places by the Mexicans. It will be recol lected that Col. De Ititssy, with his command, was despatched from Tampico, sonic months since, to effeca the release of the American prisoners. Yesterday the U. S. steamer Mc- Kim arrived in the_tiverl from Vera Cruz, hav ing ,on board a rim-oer of these men. The McKim will probably reach the city About thirty-five of the released prisoners (tealn , ters) remained at Tampico, in the em ploy of the U. S. "nrtermaster at that place. —X. 0. Pie. Sept. 28. I • The only two democratic papers on our ex change fist which have condemmed Mr. Bock- 3 titian's anti-proviso letter, are the New York Evemlig Post and CWrigo Democrat. This aughrs well for the !future harmony of our party. The; Chicago Democrat says the sub kct must be agitated at the pext session of Gmgress, and is quite fanatical in the matter. Any rigintion of that question nex t t- winter may ins ire the defeat' of the democracy in next - year's elections; and it becomes"the par ty to act accordingly.' We have no fear that aft papers can rape war •on the compro tills of the constitution.—St.; Louis UniUn. - 111 L ET, who is represented by the'rtc coptits Irmo Mexico to have been hung, with his associate deserters, nearly seventy in ntim- ; her, under the sentence of a Court, Martial, with the approval of Gen. SCOTT, is said to have been known to many personsjn the city of Nty York. Ile, was a recrititink sergeant sonie time, and had charge of a rendezvous there. RI 13:1" ‘l as a man of very large frame, Wire I tan six feet high. He Was formerly sergeant in the fithh regiment of the British army, stationed in Camida, from which he de serted, and went to New'York. Shortly of tor he joined the United States army, and be ' ing ivell skilled in his profession, was sentito Vilest Point where he actedms drill sergeant fur some ti re. He wns with Gen. TATtoant _Corpus Ch isti, and if we remember correctly, deserted sh ally after the battle, of Palo Alto. -=Bn.f.to ..rpress. - LATZII F• OM SANTA FE.—We learn from Fort Leavenworth that pen. Price, Dr. De Camp, U. S. A:; and othere l in advance of the yohinteers whoe feint of service in New ,Mexico had expired, arrived at that post g on the 17th, from Santa Fe on the 11th of Au gust. When they,took their departure, all was quiet in New.nexico, which was then held by three companies of volunteers, who had re-en !Wed under 'Major Walker. a great pince for nll kinds of business. The Commercial says that there were four hundred 'and eleven mar riage licenses issued from the ,ollice of the county cleitt during the -quarter ending on the first. of l September. The fees amounted to $205 iio, and we may safely put down the average amount paid for tying thq knots at fga per couple, which' makes $B2l more.— Whole amount, $1,025 SO. The Commer cial has not learned the number of divorces during the same period—"an item necessary to a lair statement of hymen's account."— Cincinnatiis g feat pla'ce, any how. , T111111.1 . .1 No lA'Ner.—Last week, while one of thevvorkmen was engaged in cleaning the ball nn the Stat < c•flouse steeple, the scaffolding en which he stood gave way. The crowd on ,Clielinut street, who were watching the 'whlile'-operation, were speech— less with horror. Dowd—down he came--; but just midway, with great presence of mind, 'he pulled oqt his case knife . and stuck it in one of the pillars of.the belfry with sufficient force, to sustnin himself by ,it, until he was rescued froth his perilous situation. [Rather tough.] P. S.—Barnum, of New York, has written for the case knife.-4—Phil. City Item Satur- - day. . . • Mimosa WILL err man named Caleb Roberson has been arrested tit Memphis, Ten -und.tkrought to Cincinnati, for being cOncerned• in . q double Murder and arson at Xenia, Ohio, Bair year's 'tido.' He is said to hove cooropsprl to a fOrmer fellow prisoupr. • SERVER. THE 0 IGovattiod too Much., "The World is E, P A DIM Safari (0 - THL neut. to procure sub is a duly authorized hscrihers fur this paper. !.f our readers think they t I so uslo make an enter- Ix ? . If any one can write and sole ediately after an:exciting, e,y wonld try. We can't, I %va ain't agoing to try, taining paper,' hp election, wewish tl that's certain„ an neither. lof tlk llon,Daniel,'Web: he readers'of the Gazette e may have something to next—this . week(vve have q , The speech iater was given to on Thursday. % say about it in our not time. ' • 1 reirosoulation. ssly misrepresents Judge asserts that he called the his speech on Monday eve -f of no such word during certain linOWledge. s he meeting, and were w'it , A Mt Thu Gazette gr Thompson u•heu i 1 whiks "Toriqs" in ning. He'inade his remarks to otfrl were Secretary of 1 in three feet of hii on the floor, and it sert. We therefo We should pot ha to make -the abo slander,- did we forth - intentional! know, but.it will I &trim; all the'time-he was confident of' what we a!(- re pronounce it a falsehatid! e thought it worth while emphatic denial of the t think our neighbor put it v. The object we 4[ll nbt hone the desired effect. r Mouth for a D,lcat Fixing the, The Gazette hors tie combat b jority in this eon preparing, the nii in the State. It -ly about ''Gen. and think they Thursday, evidently, pnt the smallness of their tna ty, was filled with trriiel fds es of its readers fora defeat c alla learnedly and eloquent pethy" and "yen. Storm," - 'have kept their soldiers in their ten nonsense in regard leanness either of , s. It wont do, gentlemCn—such wont t4e—y . our•treiskinable courie to the War liiiii More to do with' ttml 1 of youtl vote in. tins county tlizin! he "Generals" named! ie Gazette feels very bad—it does ip ause Judge Thompson told dome about the %% hilts in his speech on veningl Our neighbor ought to bear is party's flaying orr that occasion r e foirtitlide--especially when fretting k. good. l_ 1_ deed—be plum tr.') Monday. his and i with mo will do 1 Eve is now Mobile I I woundec The litn , wa:, not the Gen , Gen. Worth • 1 . __ thing in regard to this brae offi:er gerly sought after. A letter in the 1 ierald, states that Gen. : Worth was in one 'of his legs, by a spent ball.,—; ti was considerably shattered, bat it conside l red dangerous'. Thd story of .ral's.dcath i 4 now nowhere credited, or merchants ar e!,"ragging out most ently this fall. Goods.are so beauti p, that ladies cannot avoid new dress f our merchants' don't kpor , how to! "right thing," and show : them the way," ho merchants in the west'do Ey the abohe we of couse mean th.. - e vertise—the others' don't kutiw .t he •ay" or much of anything else. I 1 • magniti. ful Chen es, and get the 4 'right know. who a Oh! Oh! Oh! I azette in speaking of the recent elc - Maryland, breaks forth' ill the folios. ful strain: Maryland election is, in one gens , g vititpr i y; but; taking it all in all, i[. t. s nothing very gratifying-or encou - John P. Kennedy's defeat, though Tether ,unexpee•te4j, is deeply mortify; ECM Lion in ing dol "Th t► 'Will present' ng,ing. npt nlt ingro.e"vil bridg l us an onion! iTko Can of Pollock. percive that the jury in the case c)f , wilt) Shot at Mr. Jewett, one of th l f ers of the Commercial, found a verdict I • ' y of intent to maim, and sentenced hit I • tate , erison at Auburn, fnri five year.. nishment is as richly deserved' as an -, 's been tneetml out to a law-breaker in' A fdw years confmemedt will cocll •bloo'd. We Polloc publ of gull to the This p that h an fig), his ho Ano ssault with intent" to Kill in Buffalo. her A Buff it of l'alo : Republic of Monday gives an 1 . hnot her tassault with intent to i kill, 1 eity l . It says, on Saturday last, about ck, yOung man named Sword, entered re of Messrs Knapp Sc Gillet, IS Lloyd'' r and commenced some conversation with tce tl f t :a fl i fli etil ty which had occurred me forenoon between them, and which . 1 nap 4ppposed had been amicably set- So l ute! conversation passed between and iMr. Knapp ordered the young man c the store, whereupon, he drew a pis im Bach pocket and attempted to dis b them,: but Mr. Knapp seized hirp by I, .ms and held him until the pistols ysere licill l from him, and he was •secured.— place is Buffalo. .t.-7 "No moreterritory—no Mexican ter ;!" i.noW the cry of the Federal whigs, cent to be afflicted with the insanity 4 ,rectqleS destriltiOn. It is but a few -ince the following paragraph apimared i Bogton Courier: 'ad Mr. Webster continued in the race retry Of State a few months longer, he in !111 probability have secured to us the r fend port .of San Francisco, for we ithat such an acquis,ition, by negotiation rchtise, bad been, niO're than once, a sub .f conversation between him and a Mex- I : enleinan of high character and great I • •nce." 1 - I ; r The eat oat of the Dig. e .V. Express, one of the leading pr ssein that State, in speaking of the tot rov iso in connection with the nom , n f Henry Clay, makes use of the fol g mphatic language: • lhp issue is made, Henry Clay canno t tmhig candidate 'for the PresidenCy.:— ,ale, Kentucky, votes to a map against iltnot Proviso—and if he consents to will not run pounter to the united his friends and neighbors. General a slaveholder, is •in the same posi ) T 1 whi r Wilt inati, bet- His the voicevoic Tay or, tion " .t say the Wilmot proviso Whigs of this to,the above! They hove put in,nent. I • the said Henry Clay as their,candi , d' have made the proviso an issue be country. Wha County, ination date,*a fore th. Last week the Gazette said Geo. M. visit to Pittsburgh would add five hun t Ithe whip majority In Allegheny-cotin i i ° returns show, however, that instead i isit having added that to Irvin's major paused their: 'a . loss ef 675 since last iii over ( 800 since 'M.( 41 We'll4e he'll t , • again before elerOet4" 'eh! ' 'k DM as' dre . to ty. T of his ity, , it Pall; ap snout , Erie County -Official. THE “AID AND COMFORTERS" RE BUKED IN (LI) e!ow wo give theyote,of thid courty• will be seen that the Whig majority for Coi l ernor in 1844 of 1294 is Cut down to 858, falling off of 436! If the Deinoci'acy of Eri l , county hav'tit dune well, nobly, we 'should lik i ; to know who has. With every thing to con tend against, -without the leasforganizatior they have, as it'were, spontaneously arisen t October 16. 1547 -their-might and hurled a rebuke 11/ the tee of Pederill %%higery which will ,not soon forgptten. We are proud of theni. Neither bribery, corruption nor intimidation can efiet them, but true to their principles, rain, r *hire, , y the are found at the polls! It is iii i - ain for Federall wbigery to plead the excuse that it was a stormy day and Oa their tin vI ~ youiti not come out—oars ca Mr Ont, tt'S' :e to s ld the federalists they would—a» wly i could not theirs! Fora week before th elec: 1 iin, the emissaries of whigery were riding he COunty, and urging the faithful to go to t• polls—for months their secret circular I 'been poured into the country by bushels— yet a little rain prevented them from goite 'i gammon—sheer election! We don't beliee any sucli s u lry—its all gammo—slieer humbug! L r l i year, the rain and storm whs worse by fay„ in yet their majority was larger! No, o, Mes=srs. Federal leaders, court-liouse-obi' holders-and-'treasury-pap-Fhckers, yohr "in i treason' in regard to the wa the "stor tt hick has kept yolir soters at hothe. T were not _prepared to sanction by their, vr tts the language of Webster, Corwin, Oree ey, & ('o.—they were not prepared to aid' in I,i v lug an expreesion against the further prese cution of the war, and they Ettlyeni at ho ne! -The rain was a good excuse—a dud send— iand 'they availed themselves W . it. hiurrah! then fur the indomitable democracy; of Erie county—they have cOntended for cart': against 1, an unscrupulous and oterbearing majority, fuly believing in the truth an.l final triumPh of their principlesthey have ,ridopted the mdtto that "while there is life there is Int' and now that fur one a portion of the w hat'e stopped to reason, they may justly hopefully look forward for t 4 c dawning better and brighter Jay. , Districts. Erie—West Warr,, " East " Nilicreek, Fairview, Girard tp. Girard bor Springfield, Elk C r ,-,0,, I Conneaut, I WaNhington,. Eilenboro, Arke l an, Ernnltlin, I ' tVaterford tp. W ate r ford bor. Leß,mtiff, Concord, I iWayne i I Venangii, ll'attsborg„ Giteentiehl, North East tp. North Emit bar. Ildborcreek, Greene, Union, 1 - There tieing no pp - pordtion to I h, - .. M i tt! 1 ty tielzet,we l havenut thought it w 0 0 to bite the vote' l ,by towtHips. ‘1,... Bnll received 250'4 and Sanborn 2118 Contrnis+ner, hills "received 23.1 ft; 11 inter, Wood 2131; For Direchir of th i Sterrett, ..1.1.21. ' Whit Hoes Ho Think. of It? The editor of Gazette not boom iferred to Col. :11 . :5,521ung, a candidate f pests in Mississippi,nuil who was so orly wounded nt Monterey, ai one o' of his party uho the DenWernt s called, lean uhigs." From the folloy, iog w think he was in4ed and in truth a I‘. vhig," for he goim for the largre per TIM CLOVP,N FOOT AT TIIII Sour AfeCiii Dir. Whig candidate for Congri second district of IVississippi, in the the canvass , has 'repeatedly and d a%mved himself is favor of the most - acquisitions from Mexico. He is in favo - r of retaining the sealiforni advocates the acquisition of every In ritory north of tit 30th paral!el,•fron Grande to The. Iricific; and urges LT only means by tihicir the south ran". her proper equilibrium in the Union Republic. . And' Sift Anothur Gen. Taylor has written another %%Inch he reiterates his preciously determination not to be a party cam the Presidency, biit says in conch; be bas'a high and just estimate of head aril tittl heart" of "Messrs. CI stir, Adams; Nab, Sic an C d a!hi says he has.•"necer yrterZireised the of voting; hot had he ficen called 11 last Presidential election to do so, host certainly ha've cast his vote Clay." .. . (T 4 Brig: Fran •is Mills, Cal bound from Cleveirind to Buffalo, in loilr,' wheat, Sze., Nti'e t ashore on il the Peninsoln, oppsite this place, in on Tuesday nighttlast. , The NT% saved, but the cargo t t pd vcl4o6lvill i I be a total lose. E!MEI The Dannville, N. Y. Chronicle a company of strolling theatrical pl der the direction of I Powell Zr, Bus have been performing in that villa!! or three weeks and finally "sloped footing their The Sentiments of the Whig The following is frorn,the New bone. Comment ,upon it is unne, ex i plains itself: 1 "And can it 1?q that a Whig Hon• resentatives %rift vote new , sup - pli 1 and motley to be consumed in pros subjugation of 1 America? Should 1 great wrung, we shall bitterly f election of a Whig How' has on been a vain and empty triumph. B hope that this cannot be." - ar'An imperial ukase has been ted in Russia, which commands all tionaries who possess a fortune to st ly in their returns ,by what means ti nequi'red ?it. , Vhat it tho,saiiiii o ofticel (11fIc. a,in t iv ilitit RIB Vietor3' The Keystone h We have the gratification-of announcing to our readers that Pennsylvania—the gl ( rions old Keystone—ris redeemed! .Th e o ak ers and ,coinforters'i of Mexico, the "panic and "ruin" preachers are routed horse, f oot and dragoons, .nnd'bonest old FRANK Siirxx is elected Governor by over 10,000 majori ty. The fedeiali'stu made the tariff of '46 a ,arty issuctlicy hrdughlouta manufacturer, who helped to saddle. the bill ot'42 upoo th e count ry„andtrustcd by the all po - tent cry o f "pruteCtine to pl 4 ,e him in tbegubenatioi ka l chair! ' ley passd•over Cooper', Who intel lectualrr y, was their strongest man, and selec ted I •itt, whose only qualification was in:hi s belt), a mannfa l ettirer! trusting that by such Means they weuld;secure the votes'of alkhose who werb engaged: in the same business.-- l'They kelconecl Without their hosts, however, and have met'an i6lorious and decisive de. I feat: They piece d themselves in opposition to the war—abused the adritinistrkation, gays I "aid and comfort' to the enemy' . and hate I met a rebuke as withering as it is decisive! The motto 'of Pe insylvania - is now as it al ways bas- been, Our Country, may she eh wa;•s be right—h t right or wrong; corms - The f.4lott ing up 'to the hoar of beeti that Shook over his vote Jo 1 4397. If he ha. throughout the to 0,000 ! P l', Bing and of a C. ' cr. • .0- a "c: g: M 96 169 100 1 -(16 ( , 151 STS 36 111 92 16 1 6 30 al; 75 182 103 75 161 56 1311' 11 30 .171 lan. 8 44 • i 52 j 123 35 ,sq •,4 4 4 t V 241 MEM `2-1 ;141 37 3. 99 12 91 h 5-1 5, 12 1 Sq 68 -7- 2581 i 1.712 s 23 Ma IMIE 1113181 I 1 , eni )13 . , For TEME LEM rice 1 .. - C.):1 FilMil ME SZE shoulti Ihricir A of it. —Col. • ill thie lou-sept it tin]) , but t of ter ! t i lie Rio lid as 1.44` Wain Vla etter, in I xpres,C , l lidati fur ion that 'bold The y, Web- ME privilege i on at the ,- c should or .it, t. Evans, dcd x‘ith' e beck of he storm were all probably shows up nyer6 un- IneiL_w•ho e far two wittput 'York Tri- !eibary—it se . of l ßepz s of) men •enting the it do this (/ that the this point it we wiii func- to exact -6 hare were 8 p tatei, 1111% !' Victory!! s Spoken!—Listew MN a re . be 'cell II tig heard from going to ; press: It will be gained several thousand 4.1 when he a s 'ete cte cl y gained in the saine a jatio tate he iseleete&by 'frbta 1847 OM Shunk. Markle.' Shunk 4 - :1442 ME .Iflegileny, 13' Bells, ' I,llqa4ter, 38 Pki ene • " Cni %ford, A'ct ngo, , Nle.rs 4620 5000 500 450 Ctu4 , be'rland, Dauphin, 300 1400 Montgomery Che..l.ef' Delaware , 2 Franklin ' Lebanon • . ,Erie, S. Bea er, 2 Sam lkill. 0 700 2'200 -230 250 noo 920 1409 700 • 400 553 ‘Vezo.morelaig, Wteillipgtoli, • Bea Crd, l'erry, „ , • ulumbia Noxtilitriiberlan Lehigh, Buck, ',OO 750 300 . 356 450 -70 Irrostr9ng. Centre,' , MEM Sullivan, M Juuiata, 1 __~~' AIU GEORGIA TOO !' been received from all but )rgia. ,They ,indicate the el Itmocrat, over Gen: Cus I ge majority. The wtiig unfortunate this year—Gen.l Joh, Gen. "Ruin," j Gen. "11 'Apathy" are all knocked ink . _ MARYLAND. Returns. hay 'cc:1111114 , s in Go tion 'rolvss Whig, by a lar orals are Very lIIIEMEI ic" and ccn. ' cocked hat. - d as done tvonders ! Thed Democrat is e!/ected governor by a'hands majority,., The whigs claim a gain of ' membe,rs if c tiongress,• and the Legislat We are not , p eparcd, however, to give t More thy 1) c—we think• their news manufactured for the eldetiOn , in this Stat The eleetion of a-Governor anti the dela; John P. Bent calf, in the BaNimore distrCi glory enough for , one d'ayl. ' I Then lima Maryland, at any' rate - ! .1 +- " 4,le•was recently ru,n,over ew Harupshim.Ritilroad. and a stranger, but had i husband's card oft Odd F` ymembers of the Order a f ler,' watched with her d F, and oti her demise burie ful ceremony. The St.' "ii sounds bad tb hear a r preach >against the seal' such an drdei:." (EPA fern,' cars on the was a xVilio rt f sticule her . and !h& j Itonli 'charge ijher sullbribgl o ith respec Reveille say tinn minister Poindexter jlenson,' a , you. of age, 'is delivering lector and other places• in Virgini 0 to be a prodigy of elo'qii only 1:5 year Cha rie.§fov repie.ent and intellect L -7 3' - ' The 'process:l(A to iron, was fen• dys sin tt errs. Chareord , Sk, of Veal's Sa readers of M body of a'man, -which by nderstood, had been coO•ert, Pound in Scioto' county, 01 Neal, widow f the writer • tches, has assurned-tiif)'eait . 1 1 tirdti'v Gaz/tte. She is kno lagazines as Aiieo9.,Lee. 'Q f' Mr. Longfellow's p "stiffer nqd .e strong,", is flocs! &red, “Grin and bear it." _ Oh Doar! ,1 The editor of 'the Gazette says he hol "live to see t e day .when the Whigs of county Till t ru out in' the majesty of: str'engthrcl+s or sunshine, calm or sto Phiz-z-z-bang! there goes another fire-erl er! '" • • • laThe pindation o Pittsburgh, 'nee ing to Mr-Isaac Harris the publisher of a .1 ; rectory, is 10-,.500, 17' 1 .13utrahl company is fog ing the streets is to be lightedwith - gal. red, and the rightYuf occu of ;he city already granted. a i , r, . A: ~,*(ittr AN • I,...outtAGE.--10 Whitely coy tr.; tt, I n d iana,,l a ?Irs. Kinsely, being left alone-; in' 0101(1os - 61)y , her husband, whom /Insilco t called au ny fork the day and night, RIIAV a col- : ored man approaching in the evening, with, 1 -Ss! she readily suspected, a d villainous purpose“- lie had barely \ time to close and fasten the ~ or,.when he appeared at the windOiy, which _ he raised from the outside. As held his-,i arm in Mrs, Kit sely struck it with an ask::: ulhereupon he urst ,open the door'. bir't blinsely ran bp stairs, and as he followed siruelt him pn tle head with such foree,l l3l It tins end to r - treat . lle has Once been ' t .10,n. . . , • -,' ffE 44761 assl 093 s 4Ori • H 510 A 4 21 /' 1 37 ,764 4-=‘,. 6587: 430 1294 647 NM 8: 161 8' New Covii •c- t en- T ir- • • the She her lotce ows hTis• et, 03 'eosintlf of and ' erica some •dia- rabic) IT to I=
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