BY « MOORE & THOMPSON. 3113313338822 ~ ’l‘ho‘.n-DEMOCRA'I‘IC BANNER". u: publlshed weekly. at. $2 per unnum—or $1 75 11: Paid In ad vnnco. " ‘ _ ' No pm or can be (hsconunued (unless at the op non 'Of lfio'edilom until all urreurngna are paid. ”Advertisements. &c.»!!! the usual rules. POETRY. ' svan ON. Strive onwthe ocean ne'er was crossed. Repining on lho show; A nation's freedom ne'er was won When sloth mo Dunner horn. Strive on—l'na cowardly almnk . When dangers mo around ; "Fin sweater fur. though linked with pain. To gain the Vantage ground. Bright names are on lho roll ol Fume. Like slurs lboy shiml on hxgh; Thoy may be hid will) hrighler rays, But never. nevurdle .' And these ware lighten! 'mid lho gioom Oflnw obsrurily ; Struggling through vcnra nfpuin and 101'; And joylcss povarly. ‘But atrivb—lhis world s not all a mum- A wilderness of euro; Green upon: nre on the field 0! lilo. And fluwerols blooming tuir. Then strive—but. oh. ie! Virlue be . The guardian 91 your aim! Letpurc. unclnuded ‘luvo illume The pulh lhul loads to fame! Army Intelligence. ('mr 0? THE CENTRE Dn'mon. mum P/uuus. 4 Slnlc nl'Cuuhan. Mr-xicu. Dec. 17. 1846. To the Edilor of [he I’l'bslzinglon Union: The numtruus Lorlcspondcnts to Your paper \thu are with General 'l'aJlur aml General Kealmly. have kept your u-ndma «ell adtlsed 0’! all the transactions ul the ' army ul ucrupntimr.‘ and the 'urmy of the \t’cst!‘ C\cn_ tn llw minutes! detail.— llut the centre tin-blot]. under Gm. Wuul ullltOugh i! has advanced further into Mr:- ico lhnn either of the other two—hashnrrl‘ Iy been heard from. sinre the day it passv ed the Rio Bravo (ch N (to. . Fortunately it hal not yet been infested wtlh a corp's ol penny u liners. to write a bout matters they do not comprehend ; to speak of ordinary utlaira and incidents uith‘exaggeratiun ; or to hold up men and measures in a highly colored. it not lulse and often ridiculous light. Probably this column has letter gentlemen in it \\ ho are afflicted with that deplorable malady —-cu(oe(/ie.v seribmdi—than any other of the same eize ever in the field. 'l‘hus lar, all have pmhed forward in a quiet unpre tendingmalmet' ; and although they have passed through scenes ol unusual interest. ahd discharged manifold and important oeert‘H, still each, as ”by common con sent. has patiently trailed for the hour ol resictancc ohen he may employ his word 8| an instrument “herewith to illustrate his conduct. rather than his pen. The centre division is now \ri'lrin 600 miles of'the Pacific ocean. [to march. sinceit‘firat pleased the natural boundary ol‘thevtwo republiee. has beena long'nnd excessively .urduous one]: and I now do .votelhe .lirst..lr.isute,lrour-l_ havehhadnlura great w’lril‘c to give you a brief and hurrit (1 account ol some ol the events uhich lllue tar have worked its progress. On the Bth ul October, the advance ol this column. commanded by Gen. Word in person, and numbering 1,954 aggregate. attired on The lelt bank ol the Rio Gunde, near the Mexican town San Juan Bautrsta. better knoun‘as Presidia. It had been e leven days in traversing. the country lrnm San Antonio 'de Bexnr to‘that point, a dis, lance oflB2 miles. A flyingbridgc had been constructed by Capt. Fraser. ot the engineers. and transported in wagons from San Antonio, for the passage of the rirer. It was soon put in operation. and by the evening of the llth, the wholeof the com? mum). and the immense train ol stores which accompanied it has solely landed upon the opposite shore. The Rio Grande at that place was found to be 270 yards hide. [to current was exceedingly rapid, and its waters turbid and of a yellouish gray color, lithewlholo ol the Missouri. ‘Al‘this‘point General Wool published an ordel", In 'hh'i'ch be defined the wane he intended to pursue; that he had not come to make our upon the pepole or peaeaotry'ot the country ; but to compel ttre'gove‘rhmentlot Mexico {to render jus tice‘to‘itheyvnited States. All, thérelore, whoflidpuut‘tak‘e‘up 'arms against us. but remained, ,‘quiet “and, peacelul at their hltmcarlie llhou'dr not molester interfere witheeilher us regarded their persone or theirproperlyt and all ,those‘ whatshould t lurniahrsupplies‘should be treated kindly; and be liberally paid. lor .what we should receive [eomzlheunv . ' The bettergto protect the, ferry esfllb liehed upon the men andto keep it set t cure [oil lhgtlogps‘ and _aupp‘lies‘ lobedor worded-by Inspector General Churchill, commandirtgilhe rear r‘column. Capt. Fra~ I" Weldirrt’crleda‘loi conatcupt. a, ”do!!!” as a teiezdupant onwl‘he gright bank 3 and‘on the term fi,eld;yiror,le.,to;j be dele’ndedyby "fl”.‘CPl‘anlllfia' i.A.eulliclent torceto car ryfinto gtl'e‘rztiaucba purposeberng detach ed lrjom the column"._thc;,general pushed oglto‘Si‘intiJuan Boutis’ta.’ . This town con tinueoitttyesane .leleltilanlse-‘el'! Mex loony. ;._.:l‘hed buildings; .o'i/cirif/Etoh’éioiiiup}; burotbriclgfie,_;(qdobcr) ”and; o‘rlh‘but lritle pre F'éllll‘lL-lfllgfamble'o'. being easily‘tlc-. rfnfiédjgplnat .ulsuperior.’ (one; ,lefilotl the” “53M!!!:‘tiffilllfillct‘r 11-"EVF‘Eefe'£l9s.9llé'9ll: although I io'peo it; aretrepres’eotell pfa'he ng‘ertee‘eyllpgty hostile toirards us. But 32m otrat iI: flaunt r VT IPtitale email CieV:66ll7 Vow. a few Weeks before' our arrival. three or four companies of dregnonl are said to have been quartered there, but they had latlen back on the main forces nucmblcd at Montcrey. Pr96itlio, like Bexar, Guer rero. &c., was one of the points establish ed catty ih'the settlement of the country tor the confinement and labor of state pris (men; and by an edict of the king 0! Spain, publiahed in 1779., it was created a military post. and made one of the cor dun then formed for the protection ot the frontier. l The Jesuits erected a large mission within a mile of the city similar to the ‘ Alamo—La Puririma Conceprion. San Jose, San Juan.- and Espada. near Anto nio. It is a massive structure. built en tirely of stone, and now lost tolling to de cay. When we Passed it, the winrl was howling through its ruined arches, like a voice of‘hrourning for those gone lrom he neath‘ them never to return. Mitred bish op and cooled monk ; veiled nun and ti mid devotee, have long since passul away. and the grass and wild flowers grow in the deserted corridors, and over the crum blingualls; and flocks oil goats herd in the solitary and deserted (aorta. The country in the virinity ol this city. we found to be \cry fertile—especially “hereit was artificially irrigated. Cot ton. sugar, corn, wheat, sweet potatoes, and almost every description ol garden vegetables: besides figs. oranges, neactres, nnd other lruits. were raised with but lit tle labor. and in considerable abundance. We were able to procure a sufficient sup ply ol lorage lor the use at the command, and zit very reasonable rates. Going lrom thence westward. the col urnu Was obliged to march twentyrtx miles without water, u hen it arrived at the loan ol San Juan de Nora, situated in the middle ofan immense plain, and watered entirely by irrigating ditches, which are said to [rare their fountains in a range of hrlls turnty miles to the lelt ol the trace. l‘his toon ts represented as containing twelve hundred inhabitants. and is built entirely ol adobe. Three fourths ol the Irouees.were not occupier! at all, and were last becotarng untenable. The people with two or three exceptions, “ere wretch erlly poor. and more Ignorant. even. than the lodians of ourplaios. The business of the placeis the raising ol stock, “inch is tended by herd-men, and driren lronr point to point upon the prairie, that spreads out almost to tire horizon upon every hand. In the immediate vicinity ol Nave, there are extensive lirlrls ol corn, and there. likewise, a suflicicnt supply was procured to forage all the animals ol the Column. 'From l’tesidio toNum, the “hole coun try is a perlect level. in the tune of the Jesuits. it was all lliglt')’ cultivated; but now there is not a single human habita tion betneen those. two places. In the olden times. “lien it was smiling uitlr plentilul crops ol corn and grain, and was enlivened by thevoieeo ‘rl hosbandmrrr— the loningiol’rowsb—the bleating olnomer ous llr-ckw—the {inkling ol bells. and the noise and hutn ol lite—how beautiful it must have been compared with its present desolation ; and how great the contrast lromits present solitude! Marks ol the irrigating dykes traverse the plain in ere ry direction ; and at distant intervals a long theway side. are seen the ruins ol many an ancient granary—oncefilled with plentilul harvests—but now empty, and last crumbling'back to the level from “hence thev were reared. "A ten miles west ol Nit/a, and tnthe left 0! Gen. Wonl's trace, there in beau tiful island 0! timber which the Mexicans cull El Arboludn de lo: Avngeios. The Grove of the Angels. It is said to surround} a line spring at water. and is considered by the inhabitants as a sact’ed place. This is merely mentioned to illustrate the tact. that.in this country, as in all others, where the people are ignorant and superstitious. every natural object ol beauty or sublimi. Iy—whethei'. mountain. ‘plain, grove, or river—is invested with some name won dertully calculated to call- forth both po etic and religious associations. The-next city we visited was Sat) Fer nando de Rosahcnntnining between three and‘four thousand-‘souls. It in embosom ed in an extensive mot ol timber, which. lrorn itsusize, and tlicchnracter of the trceé‘h'ye'eupposed must have been plant ed when the city itsclt was firstbuilt.-—- A fine stream of clear? water,:'cnlled~~Ar: royo Escondido, (Hidden Creek.)-rnns.on nearly three sides at it, and :etretchina oil on every~ hand, lies one ol the most fertile plainsin Mexico. There are two exten ‘sive plazas in San Fernando. each sur rounded by the residences oLthe most weplghy citizens, which, although builtLoi stone, and in‘ the Mexicon-etyle,rhuve an air of n'eatneas and taste, we had hardly: expectedtosee.‘ The‘penplejwe found to bervery t’riendly in- their l‘eelings‘towards no. and. whatever suppliesxwe required; they‘lurniahed:with‘inuch cheerlulness.——-: When We commenced our line at march l the-next day. every'eye was turned .to take lone more took o‘nSln Fernandnr-iiternliy of the Roses. ,J-And thencene it presented .Wiib” the"qunint.tdo‘mci _of its, old‘ Ichurch 'surmounted by n' crew,‘ and -, rising, ahoye the surrounding;foliage.-,the pureiwhite ol its edificgsfcauglit hereondth‘erqthrough the dark green trees.’ and its singular po ’sition'. like théln'of-‘élll'ttélifi. not-1n titles-t gertr bump _ad_t_l|’l"§lhllbll§tl . ivastoywnspne. 2 \ , “r,"‘."-,"twf1",1"1.-rf;lt.ilr CLEAM‘IELD, PA. FEBRUARY 24,1847 oflhc most picturesque and pleasing we had ever \vitncascd..nnd one We shall Jung love to remember. ' 4 OOur course now became more southerly, the direction being for the head waters of the Santarita, and a pass through the Sier ra de San Jose, We had not proceeded far before the country began to be more sterile and. broken; and lung ranges ol mountainsrto skirt the_hurizon. both upon our right hand_ and upon our lelt ; while in lront. a formidable chain of them pre sented a barrier which it appeared impos sible me should ever be able to pose with our artillery and immensely longtrain nl wagons. Iluuever. as we proceeded, \Dl ley alter taller opened before us. through which our road wound its way upwards. until at last we attained their very aum tnit. ‘Even “ere. there room enough in this letter lor such a purpose. it would be impossible to deacrlbe the magnificence of the view then spread out before us. To ward -lhe eaat we Looked down on the widely extended plain over whith we had so long been jnurneflng. In the distance the grove at San Fernando “'B5 still vist ble; while at our feet the valley at the Santarita lay like a map, with the “ind ing coutse ol the. river distinctly traced upor. it by the dark line ol foliage that lringea its banks. On either hand thr peaks of the range upon which we then stood appeared less and less as they be came more returned In perspective. until. io_the far ofl blue. their outlines tadul lrnm our sight, and mingled “ith tlte faint undulattona til the surrounding horizon..— Whtle. in the “eat, the Sierra de Santa Rosa rose up like a huge and baltlemer.ted wall, ntth its serrated crest jutting alult in strong reliel against the elm-tr skypand its precipitous sides hung about Lwith tra toona ul “hite and purple clouds. The San Jose mountains are clad only with a sparse covering nl grass, sprinkled here and there with isolated tults of sotul, cactus. palmetto. and_yucea aloifolia.- Their upper stratum ia lossililerous lime stone. but below they are reported an be ing very rich in silver and copper. Many years ago a mine is said to have been 0- pened a lew miles to the lelt of our road, and operations in it were carried on with consrderable kuccess; but at length the Camanchea became so troublesome. the uutkmen “etc obliged to abandon it. From these mountains we (lcncenrlcrl through a tortuous gorge to the Llano de San Jose—a brood plain cx'tunrliog with low intermptions to the loot ol the Sierra dc Santa Rosa. :1 distance of thirty tnitra; and our route lay directly across it. Mirt wp)‘ this plain. and only three miles apart, we encountered two lormidahle rivers—— the Alumna tint] Sabinns. which, at their. junction, form the Salado, on affluent ol the Rio Bravo [mm the, nest. and uniting with it at Guerrero. 7hr} were each a bout lorty yards in width. upwards of four feet in depth. and, besnlcs. had A currcnt. ol :lmust incredible rapidity. In short they-,Vnzcrn....ablsu‘tu.t.e.Jorrnntunto "cross which we had neither bridges or honts. nor the mean! wlierowith to construct them ; um! it was almost a matter olimpossihiliiy tor horses or routes to maintain their loot ingin the water. even {or a'mnment.— However. by the assistance of ropes and the active exertions of the men, the dillir culties they fpresented out at length 0- vercome, and all the forces, with the can non, and the ntnmunition and provision trains. consisting ol two hundred heavily laden wagons, had solely passed them both without any material loss or accident. The direction at uur march was then lur the city at Santa Rosa. which is situatvtl immediately at the loot ol the Sierra (If that name. it contains between (Wu and three thousand inhabitants. is like Wisc built at the Sttnté‘materinl an thg other tnwns we had passed, and capable oi" be» in}: as easily defended. Many yEnrs 82,". it was '3 place of much Impurlancev lrum the rich veins ol silver found in its viewi l_v ; but the political tlissensiitns ul this unhappy country. proatmting as they did evctythtng like enletprise, the mines. from not being washed, Were ullmv‘éd to bc‘come fitted with water. froin'which they have nut yet been entirely cleared. It hes been lelt tor an Americun c'itizm. named Dr. Long, a resident of Simtu Rosa, to undct'tnke their drainage ; and he will' soon. ' no doubt, reap an abundant rcwa'rdilupltis labors. ' ‘ ‘ ‘ The gonerul cnteted the city with his whole lar‘ce on'lher24th day of October. (and wuthoutmeéling with the slightest np; 'posntion'lrom the inhabitants. Thefin‘ turn likenise lurnishcd all the sdpplies he ‘required: and, in tact; regarded- “18““); pioaclt of his column with feelings of less ,drend than they would have done, had it tbe’en. Camposed of troops‘ of their own na-' tion. ‘Beforcf'the centre division lett‘Snn lAnlonio de'Bexar. Gen. “ficol had made He'ry efiort'to proc'ure accuratejnfortnn tionrespecting the various routes‘lo Chi ‘ ltu'ahtia." ' He was assured. 'that’whichetrer eneulté should select; lte mustrof‘necessily ‘padp'nen‘r'or through Sunni Rush; and that from-there h'c might'huvé it in his powér I'O‘mnke choice 0! either nf“tlte three full letting} viz“: tltrough‘rwNecimL-untofidel' Rioyor lt'ead of the river 'vSabihae.‘ viii San Corloe‘and,Alntxto; thrudgtt Poerto do o‘l bayos‘.‘ b 3 ‘the 'way' ol' Cuertd‘ Ciene'asv uttd San'ln‘Cetarinn tgot'thr’Qttgh'Mbucfio lvdeu'tli’at‘r’n‘s; ‘ "I'lt'e‘ 'nih‘ole fo‘un'ttj'y be} t‘f‘ffiéfl',,ll}fi'Siléflmfdttfiéhlfi'.fif‘wiglltl'cl’?” hunhnn, no tor north as Poeeo ‘rlel North and south to Monelov‘a. was represented as consisting ofmountuina end e'xlxmit't‘ nrid pininl. with law-inhabitants and no supplies. and destitute, in o' greutmensure, of water. When‘ihe reached Santa Rosa. he found these repreeentotions confirmed, and that the two first-named roads were altogether improctirnble,’ for precisely those reasons.‘ "l‘o a great extent they were nothing but mule traile.’over which. an lurcne he could learn, no wagon had ev er passed. and “here. too, for distances exceeding ninety miles. not onedrop 0! water Woe to be found. To attempt" to cross on nrmy over such a country by Inch roads, would, therefore, have been an act of perlect madness ; and one which could not for a moment he eeriously entertained. lle accordingly adopted the only niterno tive left him, which was to push on to Monelova. o: ti lrnm thence to Porrns, where he would strike the great road from Saltillo to Chihuahua. upon “hich he could without much luither dilliculty proceed to the latter place. Our course was therefore changed direct ly south. through the valley I) log between the Sierras Santa Rosa and San Jose. For nearly the whole distance we me‘. with few indications that the country was atoll in habited, save the occasional floc‘lis of sheep and goats tended by Bnliml)‘ pastors, and numbering insome instances a? high on 20‘000. As we prOcccdcd. the barrennesa and stcrtlity of the valley increased; the soil being unable to t-nppnrt murrh else save the countless varieties of the cactus. dwarf musquite. sotnl, )‘ucrn, and the :elebrated agave Americana :1 tho century plant oftbc north,nnd the rttaguey of Mexico. From the agave the pt'ople of line country make thetr national drink—pulqut; the process of which has been so often described '. and this, when distilled. formé a nauseous and intoxicating Itquor. called mescul. The mountain scenery surrounding us on every hand we had never before seen &- qualled ; and many “on the picture presen ted to us. when the stght of long ranges and groups of them, with wir_prgcipilotts aides. now in deep shadow. now standing sharply out in the bright sunlight; would have filled with ccstacy such a painter as Salvalor Rosa. ' At length we arrived at the Passo de las llerrnenas, situated in which man exten sive hacienda. occupied by Senor Miguel Blanca. one of the moat influential citizens of Coahoila. He received us with ntuclt courtesy, and extended towards tlte ofiicers the hospitalities of his mansion. Going through this pass. we at once entered into the great valley .of Monelova, watered by a river of the same name, and the Rio Natl adores—each an affluent to the Salado.— Out' course then lay in a southerly direc tion across this valley, \tlten we arrived at the city of Monclma itself, and before which Gen. Wool again encamped his col umn. Where no resistance ltsd been made "on lho’parl ofthe' ' people. no surrender of any .city through which he had passed had been demanded by the general ; but asptlte authorities of this place had made a pro test against his advance upon it, he deter mined at once to take formal possession of the town, and, accordingly, on the 3d No vember entered ittrith all his forces. and had t‘te national flag displayed from‘the top of the governor's. palace._sititated upon the principal plaza. Here it was determin ed at once to establtsh a depot, and to col lect all the corn and flour from the surroun ding country it would be possible to ob min. This would obviate the necessity ol’ depending on their being.reeeived by the long. and in a wet season. totally imprac ticable route from Port La Vaeca. or front Camargo. even; to_ahich point directcem munieation was immediately Opened. it be ing. for land carriages. 408 miles nearer to Monelova than the former place. The general intended to cut loose [torn any ltope of rereivrng supplies from the east. so long as the least possibility existed of gathering them up in the country, and every exertion ws‘s'acc'o'r'dingly ‘nia'd’e to carry! such a pur pose into chect. lt tt-as ascertained that large quantities or wheat and corn“ had-been sent from Monelovs and the neighboring town Cie’negas. to sup'ply‘the Mexican ar_- my at Monterey, and more recently. at Saltillo; and on the, very day we entered the city 10.000 pounds-offlour, which was going in that direction. was seized andait once turned into our depot. v _ General 'laylor'having sent orders {or the centre division not to proceed‘beyond Monelova until the end of the armistice, or. the receipt of other instructions. items 0- bliged to hydrate fori'theperiodof(wen!y” Seven days All' this! thnevwasio‘coupie‘d in pe‘rl’eeting‘ the discipline of the troops. “recollection ofs‘toree'; asbel‘ore stated; and in'making exte‘n‘eive‘l‘re‘cnn‘notsances ol the surrounding countr'y'. ‘ During that time. Inspector General' Churchill came UP “7‘!“ the rear column; By his “rival 0‘" ”a"? was also'enlarged by 100 gore-meow. 'yc‘ellfilled‘with supplies. ‘ “‘3‘ "ion the" 24th” of ‘November—dhearrnts' ticei-‘ltavingt expired—the 'tt'li‘olB,§h"ls|om Awtlhillto: exa‘ption’iptga" comman.d-,’_9|‘3~,—.-. inert which-W39 l 6“, ‘o‘ 9..“ an ”‘0 ’depotiat‘ Monolova. 166 k up “it ”510‘ ,0" marchfor; puma, .180 wa‘iles'3distant’i tha'v'gen‘eral course“ being- nearlyfis‘ottlhihtiat: wlf you, ‘55-"; I'ayFbofore yous" Splinislr 01‘ Mexican” m‘i‘p,‘ ‘yo3‘u will hostile" '3t6‘l‘trdé‘d our route ‘ '1) “..'; 't .'I; 91? _i"l-':V4.I;IIV’I ,3; L n. 3,. NEW SERIES-é-VOFL, I. No; 51.;.meE i‘No. :10519; through the'fellowing placeg;viz g "dig; " tnno, Marques, Bojan, La Jova'J-thro'u‘gh " the‘Punta do Estanosa, Punta d 6 Rests“. Jaral, San Antonio, Yengjh: 'Cien'eg‘a‘ . Grands. Galore. and Ojttel'os, onto Par'ras'.‘ 1' at which place wearrived the sth instant, and are now 'encamped before the town; "' ‘ _ Parras is said to coritaln 6,000 inhabit; ants. it is built in such a manner-ash "L render it more difficult of capture than any"T town we have yet seen in the r6phhlic._¥- ’ The szreets are exceedingly narrowsnd' crooked; and nearly every one of them has on each side a thick adobe wall.sor'n‘§ ten or twelve test in height. "A high range ' of mountains ”rises up immediately ,in the rear of'the city. easily to be maintained ;_ while along its entire front, and,sltirting each of its tlanlts, are lmmensejt'ineyatds.i.. surrounded.'also, by walls of groatiheigltt} antl thickness. Its situation, islet ihe foot; ‘ ofthe celebrated Bolsou de Malpami;'an‘d, is about 100 miles from S‘altillo‘. "ZOomileeti-l from [)rtrango, 300 from San‘Luis Polesi: L5O from Monterey, and 450 from Ch_ihua-” has. it is represented as being nearltlte centre of the beat grain growing region 'ru,’ Mexico‘; the business of the placc,‘hotv- ’ ever. is the culture of the grape, and largc‘ quantities of nine and brandy, ofaeupe rior quality, are annually transported on ‘ the backs of mules to all the principal towns' throughout the country. - ‘ This city being the ltey to Chihuahua, General Wool was anxious to reach 'itj much earlier than he did-«and would hav'o' done so by nearly a month. had it not been ‘ for the armistice, as has already beenshowi.’ Once being here he would beat liberty to ' gO'tt'ltlt hi's'u-hole [create that place;‘or send a detachmentto take possession of it : , while the rest would be lree‘to c‘o-yopsr‘ate' with the army of occupation, or: to move on Durango or Zacatecas._as, ttiee‘x’ig‘cnfi ctes of the service should most reguira.,-"- ', As it was, however. previous to his arrirai" here, intelligence has receiyjed that meat, ofthe troops which had asse‘mbled’tn the upper provinces, had ‘lallen back upon the lower. thereby rendering the necessity of ‘lllf whole division marching in that direc tion out of the question. And‘noty, the lncar proximity of Santa Anna, and“ the lgreat efforts he is makingto concenlrato land prepare fo'r the field the [post formidar tblc army Mexico has ever arrayed against ‘us, imperionely demands that “e remain at or near the position we at present occu py, that we may be ready at any moment to form a junction with General 'li'ay‘lore land perform our part in the nr'ost‘l'earftri game that has been played for many ayelr, and one in “hich' we have Santa Anna for an antagonist—but who has yet been able to compute the stakes. l have already made ~thialetter toolong; that before! close it,, permit me to say .‘that, for the maintenance of this column.‘ lalrnost every article, whether oi a‘mmttttif ttion, subsistence or other stores. had t'o'bc transported from La Vac‘ca hers-. 1! dis ltance of 800 miles“ 'l‘hemlshoratequirctl, ,rto prggpre the necessary wagons, teams, &c.”:rnd to organize them into' trains. lltougt great in itself, was not to be con sidered in comparison with that of guard iing’lthem through a hostile. and, in a mea lsure, unknown country,‘ sud bringing 'them, without loss, over desolate plains,‘ Irupld and almost impassable rivers—over thigh Sierras, and through dangerods de. files, where it was incumhevnt‘upoul'erle'ry lman not only to cxercisethe‘utmoat‘ Vigi lance. but. literally to put. ‘h'tls' aliéui‘d'er'jffli‘ [the wheel. ,Wlterev‘er‘we _wer’t‘t'L'thev'Vtt'c‘J ,cessities'of our position urgentl demand imt that we should be‘ti‘ricncuni‘liered with .all these things so indispensable to our‘ex~ .iqtenceetlte success of our, eute‘rprisr,. ..und what, in any iailuatiort,‘uou'l_d make Ins an effective force itt despite of the nut rurally inhospitable barrenut‘rs of.tltc"coun lit-y, or the efforts of an active enemy in 'layingit. waste beforc u't. As yet ourl'pro. gross has not been retarded by the firing of a single shot‘; but our uffideraand'rnen have labored with a zeal handifid'elit'y‘ which can never be (apprt'ciit‘tcrd butrb‘y those who have witnessed their efforts. amt obs‘eiv'etl‘lr'oni ira' today ,li'ifivi‘lfi‘ahltyx have been the obstaclzs“ thcy have 'ore'r-' come to 'reach this advanced pos'itio‘nf.:—'-". The continued evitlenccsol their energy ond'pcrseverance have been ..sutiic‘iemmu‘ side from the other and more weightféo'l'i‘ aitlerutittns ol patriotisnt'att'd'des'ire it) dis tinction, to warrant the‘belief that-4h: flag» .ui our farmfi’ sod belovédtc‘ountrgzig “to; when entrusted to such ltattds. --.:‘..§,‘:it, . .. [law'l‘he reader is aware -llmt* i’ . jile unie.loi this Jellcr.‘ Genbla! 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