41 It 1 Thursday, April 8, 1847. Terms, 52,00 in advance: $2,25 h:i!f ynarly ; and $2,50 if not paid before the end of the yenr. Democratic Wilis Nominations. FOR GOVERNOR. JAMES IRVIN, ft t OF CENTRK -COUNTY. 1--4 FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, - JOSEPH W. PATT0N, --v OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. Wanted at this Office, , Xh apprentice lo the Fiinting business. A lad if about lo or 10 years of ago. having a rea sonable English Education, and of pood char acicr and industrious habiis. will find a situa imi.by making early application. " . We learn that over one thousand dollars have been collected in Northampton county for the re lief of the suffering Irish. The Whigs of Tennessee have nominated, in 'State Convention, Neil S. Brown, for Governor. . r Tlie Response; v The Whigs of Earl township, Lancaster county, - fclheld a meeting last week, at which the following resolution was passed : 44 Resolved, That the Whigs and Anli-masons of Earl township have learned with sincere satis faction, that the Whig State Convention recently held at Harrisburg, have put in nomination Tor Governor, Gen. JAMES IRVIN of Centre coun y, and JOS. W. PATTON, for the office of Ca- nal Commissioner; and they do now pledge them selves to give to the ticket thus settled, an enthu siastic and cordial support." Rhode Island held her election for State officers and members of Congress, yesterday. r Thomas McEhath, Esq , one of the. proprietors of the New York Tribune, has been nominated for .: .Assistant Alderman of the Third Ward, New ''York. f The National Intelligencer has been informed by an officer who was at the Battle of Buena Vis la, and who left Saltillo in the beginning of last month, thai the Kentucky cavalry lost in the action sixty -oie men, viz: 29 killed and 32 wounded which would make our aggregate loss eight hun dred and one, or nearly one-sixth of the whole - force engaged. ; Among the killed and wounded of the Mexicans, are three general officers and twenty colonels and ' commanders of battalions. - Webster and Calhoun are said to be now en i gaged on great works, which are to be the crown ing efforts of their lives ; Mr. Calhoun upon a Treatise on the principles of Government; and Mr. Webster, upon a History and Exposition of the Constitution ! A correspondent of the Boston Atlas proposes that Mr. Polk and Santa Anna settle the Mexican War by a personal combat. Let a "cham clos" be formed, and let the nation whose champion " shall go down, give up beat. The idea is a good . one. It would be a splendid contest-rrwooden leg against wooden head. The Press Free. We hope the great fact will not pass unnoticed that all restriction on the trans mission of Newspapers is removed, and that they may now be carried by any body, to any body, any Avheie, and under any circumstances. Scmerville Kail Road. It is now proposed to extend the Somerville Railroad to Phillipsburgh, opposite Easton, on the Delaware, a distance of thirty-six and a half miles, at an estimated cost of one and a quarter million of dollars. A branch road from Clarksville to Belvidere, a distance of twelve miles, at a cost of 200,000, is also contemplated. It is supposed that with this extension anthracite coal can be de livered at Elizabethtown Point for $3,70, and bi- 'Yuminous coal at $3,74. Forty miles more of railroad from Easton to the Beaver Meadow land ing, near Parry ville, would form an entire chain of'iailroad connection between Jersey City and the great iron and coal fields of Pennsylvania. Feat of a young Somnambulist. We learn, says the Fredonia, N. Y., Censor, athat a girl about fifteen years of age, whose pa rents -.reside near the line between Hanover uud Perrvburg, recently, during a severe cold .-ftfoil.t .ml im in ltnr tloon and without asldinfi lfcx,:4fe" 6"" i .r, 7-i.o her night dress any thing more man a par ,of shoeSj left home, and proceeded about two miles and a half, when attempting to go up the stbps to a house she slipped down, and from ibe fensaiion of pain thus given, immediately . .a woke. Suddenly becoming conscious of her awkward situation, and entirely ignorant of the jneans by which she was brought there, she jjivas at once overcome with terror, and aroused ih.e family within by her involuntary shrieks. Viheii taken in, she was completely chilled, as - our informant says, " nearly frozen" with cold. ' She had nevr. before exhibited any somnam bulic trait, .orymptoms, as -we learn. - t The Cattle of Buena Vista. Every addition to the intelligence hitherto in possession of the public respecting the battle of Buena Vista serves to enhance the glory of that sanguinary action. As more -is known of it, more is thought of it. As an achievement of arms, it stands pre-eminent amongst feats of chivalry ; as an illustration of military skill, it places the'gal lant commander of "the American forces amongst the great captains known in fame. We have lis tened to the recital of the incidents which occur red during the two days' fighting without knowing which most to applaud, :the courage and constan cy of the soldiers or the .professional wisdom of Gen. Taylor. What a change has been wrought in the public mkid within the last few days ! The best ihal "was hoped of the little army in Coahuila was that it had cut its way to Monterey, where it might rest in comparative security. But, instead of pursuing this course, Gen. Taylor awaited the approach of Santa Anna, and overwhelmed his vast army with unparalleled slaughter. Not an inch of territory has been retrieved by the enemy, and now there is none to oppose the progress of our arms in the direction of San Luis Potosi. It may seem to some lo have been a rash deter mination in Gen- Taylor to give battle with such unequal numbers. So it seemed when he en countered the enemy at Palo Alto, at Resaca, and at Monterey; but results test the merit of military operations, and luck cannot account Tor four suc cessive victories If we may take the opinions of military men as a guide in forming an opinion in the premises, few generals would have hazarded the action at Buena Vista, as few would have w fought the battle o f Resaca. As we have before stated, the lighting on the 22d of February an unfortunate day upon which to "attack an American-army was confined prin cipally to cannonading and skirmishing with light troops. The bloody business was done on the 23d,.which was opened by an attack from our side under the direction of Gen. Wool. A portion of the advance was shaken by overwhelming num bers, but was supported by General Taylor, who brought forward the reserve, and decided the day by a resistless charge. What is here said in a few words required a day to consumate, and a re cital of the incidents and manoeuvres which ended so triumphantly would demand many columns for ! space An eye-witness one who was near Gen. Taylor's person all the time with the exception of those intervals during which he was carrying his orders over the field informs us that not a man, with the exception above noticed, of the American lines wavered for an instant whilst facing the most galling fire and receiving the repeated charges of the enemy, which, it is but candor to say, were conducted with spirit and address. As an instance of the desperation with which "both armies fought, Mr. Crittenden, who acted as Gen. Taylor's aid throughout the fight, when asked whether the Mexicans had taken three pieces of ordnance from us, as Santa Anna reported, replied in the affirmative, and said that the guns were not given up till every man at them was shot down and every horse killed near them; and, moreover, that in bearing them off the Mexicans suffered a loss of some six hundred men. They interfered madly between the retreating guns and our men seeking to regain them. These guns were a part ot Capt. Washington's battery, under the command of Lieut. O'Brien. Lieut. O'B. was wounded be fore his guns were taken, and when reporting his loss to Gen. Taylor was complimented for his bravery. It was no fault of his. Captain Wash ington was in another part of the field, and sus tained himself with great coolness and i ntelligence, as did Captains Bragg and Sherman, with their respective batteries in all but fourteen guns. It may be here proper to explain the circum stances upon which a report was founded that Gen. Taylor had sent Santa Anna a flag of truce during the action. It occurred that a body of Mexican infantry, about a thousand strong, had become detached from Santa Anna's army, and were being mowed down with terrible slaughter. General Taylor sent Mr. Crittenden with a flag, to say to them that if they would surrender he would stop killing them. When Mr. Crittenden got amonst them he was taken by them to Santa An na, with his eyes blindfolded. This he remon strated against without effect. When he was brought to Santa Anna he was asked his mission. He" told him he had no message for him ; that he was sent to ask a detached force to surrender, to save effusion of blood, and, as his errand was un successful, he demanded to be sent back to his General. It was then that Santa Anna requested him to tell General Taylor that if he would sur render he would be protected and well cared for. Mr Crittenden replied that he had no commission to speak with him (Santa Anna) upon that or any other matter, but it was no use to send any suchl message,, as General Taylor never surrendered. Picayune. At a meeting of shoemakers in New York on Tuesday week, it was shown that those who woik on brogans could not make more than thirty-five cents a day Under the Tariff of 1842, the duty upon boots and bootees was SI, 25 per pair ; while under the new tariff, passed expressly to benefit the mechanic, the duty upon all manufactures o leather is thirty per cent. ad valorem. Taking the proceedings of the shoemaker's meeting at New York: and the above facts in connection no further comment is necessary. Carbon Co Gazette. The Scottish farmers' "are substituting beans and turnips on land hitherto used for potatoes, IMPORTANT FROM THE ARK3Y. Battle of Buena Tisia! GEN. TAYLOR AGAIN VICTORIOUS! Santa Anna's Army cut lo pieces Mexican loss 4,000 American 700 Sixty-three Ameri can officers killed and wounded Loss of Col onels Yell, Hardin, Henry Clay, Jr. and Mc- Kce, ft From the New Orleans Picayune. We lay before our readers, in advance of our regular publication, the glorious tidings from' the Army brought by the schooner John Bell. Our reporter left the vessel in the river and came up to the town by express with the news. The following account was prepared for us by au officer of the army. It may bo relied upon. We publish also Gen. Santa Anna's account of the battle, from which it will be seen that he has suffered a defeat, though he covers up' his retreat with a. flourish of words. It will be seen that victory has been won. at a sacrifice of many brave men. To-morrow we will give farther particulars, prepared from the editions of the Picayune, by Lieut. J. C. Bibb, of the U. S. Army. Dr. Turner, of the U. S. Army, who arrived at Matamoras on tho 9th inst. from Monterey, brought the glorious intelligence of another brilliant Victory over the Mexican army. The scene of action was at Buena Vista, about 6 miles west of Saltillo. The fighting commenced on the 22d Febru ary and ended on the 23d. Santa Anna retired to Agua Nueva, a distance of 10 miles, leaving 4,000 killed and wounded upon the field. The loss on our part was 700 killed and wounded. Santa Anna's forces amounted to at least 15,000 men, that of Gen. Taylor's to about 5,000, al most entirely volunteers. His army is composed of Washington's and Brag's artillery and Thomas's batteries, one squadron of the 1st and 2d dragoons, the Ar kansas and Kentucky cavalry, a brigade of Illi nois and one also of Indiana volunteers, the 1st Mississippi and 2d Kentucky regiments, and one company of Texas volunteers. The official dispatches of Gen. Taylor have been cut off. Col. Morgan's regiment of Ohio Volunteers, being reinforced by a command from Monterey, had reached that place in safety. Col. Curtis of Ohio, with one company, Cap- ain Hunter, of the 2d U. S Dragoons, his own regiment, one of Indiana volunteers, the Vir ginia regiment, and I think somo Texau Ran gers, in all about 2000 men, was about to leave Camargo, to attack Gen. Urrea, who is said to be about 30 miles south of that place with an army of 4000 to 5000 men, principally Ran- cheros. He is believed to have with him only 1,500 regular troops. A great many, if not all, of these rancheros, as soon as they hear of the destruction of Santa Anna's Army, will disperse, and the gallant Colonel will, no doubt, obtain the victory. This news from above proves that the vari ous reports which had before been received of Gen. Taylor's retreat upon Monterey, and the advance of a large force to attack our depots at the Brazos and at the mouth of the Rio Grande, to be untrue. Of the defences at the mouth of the river, I know nothing, but have been told that they are sufficient to make a strong re sistance. Phe fortifications at the Brazos, with the force of artillery and persons in the Quartermaster's employ, which can be raised as a garrison, are sufficient to drive back a command of at least 2,500 or 3,000 Mexicans. The work, which may be technically termed a continued line, in closed all the Quartermaster's and Commissa ries' stores in depot. The parapet is formed o barrels of damaged commissary stores, with sand bags at tho superior slope. The sand from a ditch has been thrown up against the barrier, and forms the exterior slope 'PI . i .!. e m i ue armament oi ine nrst consists ol 4 pieces of artillery, two twelve and tw6 six pounders in barbette, which sweep the foot of and cross three fires upon the level plain over which the enemy would bo compelled lo advance, and about 300 muskets to lino the parapet. Thi was thrown up when an attack was daily ex pected. Nothing having reached us from Gen. Myle for several days, we believe he has surrender ed, as was reported. We give' some credit to the rumor of an advance of a large body of the enemy upon our depot. After wailing three or four days anxiously expecting the approach of the enemy, we re ceived the glorjous news above, understood of course, riiat the battle of Brazos Santiago, was no go ; and when I sailed the artillery of Port Harney, instead of mowing down the Mexi cans, was pealing forth a salute in honoj of Old Rough and Ready and his gallant Arin.ai Buena Vista. aula Anna's Account. We annex-Santa Anna's own account of the actions of Buena Vista,-as translated for tlie Tampico Sentinel. . We have . ihe ..original Spanish account in our possession. Camp near Buena Vista, Feb. 23, 1847. Excellent Sir : After two days' battle, in which the enemy, with a force of eight thous and to nine thousand men and twenty-six pieces of artillery, lost five of his positions, 3- pieces f artillery and two flags, I have, delermtned to go back to Agua Nueva to provide myself with iiui lojwuoy nut ii u. mi" a 3iiiitj uni.niL ui a "tain i f rice left. 1 hanks to the position occupied j u UCB, emireiy uuia.- ii ' tin ni .ni inn num nnmii iiiiii riomi n h t " ' " .w.www uuiu rmies have been cut to nieces, but the tronhies of war will give you an idea on which side has een the advantage. we nave struggled with Hunger and Hurst tiring forty hours, and if wo can provide our- ji Ivp.s with nrnri&toni. ivp ivill om nnam rn1 the enemy. Tho soldiers under my ' & o omrnand have done their duty and covered the honor of the Mexican nation with glory. The enemy uas seen mat nunner .ue auvantage o. 1 .t.-. .1 1 . r 113 IIU3IIIWII, IIUI I llUJWi WIVCill IIUHII C Wl IMC glWUIIU, nn., 1Akrnr.n.,.,l Til , I nor the rigor of the season, (for it has been raining during the action,) could prevent the erriblo charge with the bayonet, which left lim terrified. Santa Anna. The Tampico Sentinel accompanied the translation of the despatch of Santa Anna with o Innn rirlinla Tlla ITMilfir.1 Uorp till) CM VVaII tl UlUtlb A IIW .uut.vriu v i tils f' ' fi nformed in regard to events at Buena Viaia as we are here, but they leave all that out alter w Santa Anna. From the New Orleans Delta, March 23-12 M. Additional Particulars. On the 22d Santa Anna began the battle, bv various manenvres. attemntina to outflank and errify Old Rough and Ready. On that day he battle was confined to skirmishing and can nonading without much effect on either side. In the meantime Santa Anna had sent alarge brce to Taylor's rear, but our artillery opened upon them with great effect and they "were soon compelled to withdraw. On the 23d the battle commenced in real earnest and raged with great violence during the day. The Americans did not wait to be attacked, but with the most daring impunity charged on he enemy with loud huzzas, their officers lead ing them most gallantly. Gen. Taylor was ev erywhere in the thickest of the fight. He re ceived A BALL THROUGH HIS OYERCOAT, BUT WAS NOT INJURED ! Adj. Bliss was slightly wounded at his side Adj. Lincoln, also of the General's staff, the in- trepid young officer who so distinguished him- self at Resaca de la Palma, was killed. I'he battle of the 23d lasted from early in the morning till 4 P. m. when Santa Anna drew off his nrmv and rfitirrl tn A ana. Nnp.ra. to await a reinforcement. , , . It will hn rpmp.mhprprl that rvinta Annas uorps ue reserve, commanuea oy uen. vas- ques, had been delayed in its march, and no doubt jojned him, a few days after the battle, but iu the mean tirne his army is starving and many ofrhis men deserting. Capt. Hunter's strong artillery company was not in the action, but had left Monterey to join Gen Taylor, with six cannon, two of them be ing 18 pounders. On the 7th March one of the Ohio regiments also left Monterey to join Gen. Taylor. If these and the artillery of Capt. Preqtiss arrive in lime, the General's heavy loss" will bo fully tepaired, and he will be ready to meet Santa Anna again Gen. Taylor, at the last accounts, was main laining his position, undisturbed by the enemy, An exchange of prisoners had taken place and Old Rough and Ready's promise to Col. Mar- bringing intelligence that Vera Cruz had been ta shall to get back C. M. Clay and his party, by Jcen, .after a desperate resistance, with a loss of taking Mexican prisoners enough to exchange 500 on our SQ , for them has been fully redoemed. Gen. Wool greatly distinguished himself, in the action ; and all the officers fought like he- of Santa Anna an unconditional surrender of his whole army, which the latter declined ; but in return requested Gen. Taylor to surrender im mediately. Immortal be the reply of Old Rough J 1 ' and Ready, as delivered by the gallant Lieut. rittenden 11 GEN. I A YLOR never SUR- - r t s t- - - t I UJiJNUKb. Santa Anna's Adjutant-General was captured by the Americans, but was afterward ex- changed. General Tny lor occupied his ground on tne znn auu zoai wnnoui opposition. Col. Morgan, of the Ohio Volunteers, with a small force, cut his way through large bodies of armed Mexicans, and arrived at Marin. A. detachment of three companies under command of Col. Giddings was sent to his aid, and the whole party are said to have arrived safely at Monterey. A train of 180 loaded wagons of the United States on their, way to Monterey from Camar go, under an escort of 30 volunteers, was cap tured by a bidy of Mexican cavalry a few miles beyond Marino. Three of the men made eqod 1 their escape the rest wero taken prisoners A young lady, the daughter of an American citizen, living in Mexico, and returning hotnu from New Orleans, where she had been o0j, to school, was taken with this train, her father having been killed by the Mexicans. She h( escaped and arrived at Monterey in safety where her mtsfortunes had excited the rnot lively sympathy. The lady's name is Burns. Col. Curtis, of the Ohio volunteers, had stan. u w bAiiciauiuu aauioi uiica. who VV&q Aldemas. a village on the San Juan rii-Pr ai I 4q mje8 ffom CamarK0. mL -!! I I r- r . 1 1,8 ,-OIOI,e, uas a nne ol volunteers composed of the Ohio and Indiana regimenu and two or three companies of Virginia vnlun ,eBr and Cant. Winter' comnar.v nf it c! , 'K' m rpL. vt : i . .. : .. r - nie-mesicaus imro jjuwcm.u.. m errai China, Mier and all the towns beyond Camar. go and Monterey. Major Coffee, paymaster " ' ' ... wil, carf nn G Tavlors disnatches to Mn wu terey. Later from the Brazos. Retreat of Santa Anna to Mateltula Arrivals Gen Laylor at Cerralvo Flight of Urrea-i CommuTiicalions re-established. Tim. claoniollin Talnirrnnll grpinml n T I A III? wtuDllwtllll JL V I CI u M 41 aiJICU dl lPtV Orleans on the 28ih ult. from Brazos Santiaon - --Bw, which she left on the 23d ult. No positive in telltsence had been received from Gen. Tav. Inr'a nsmn lalor thnn fhnt hrnnrrtit Kir 1 ' "" "J Crittenden ; but froni the best information that I iitt-.r i ?. - -t. o . cou,u De uiaineu, u appears tnai oan-a Anm nau reurea 10 waienuia, wiiere Ue was cmleav. orins to collect forces. An officer arrived at the Brazos from Mata- moras jus.1 as the Telegraph was casting off, with information that General Taylor had ar- rived al Cerralvo with a thousand cavalry in pursuit ot urrea, wno lieu in tne direction o j Victoria as soon as he heard of Taylor's ap. proach. The communicatioji between Camar go and Monterey was re-established. The Massachusetts regiment was ordered o garrison Matamoras. VERA CRUZ INVESTED I And all the Redoubts Taken. Such is the intelligence brought by the New York papers on Monday. There was some warm skirmishing during the landing, and our side lost 8 killed, (including Captain Alburtus, of Virginia, kjneo; by a round shot, supposed to be from the castle.) and had several men wounded. The en- emy sustained some loss The report of the recapture of Midshipman Ro- Sers was premature, ne oemg, uniortunateiy, suit I i n a prisoner. . ' r. ny , , m inffton. ine gananr. uiu ooioier sun nau hi m . ... Head Quarters at Aeua JNueva. Iis despatch makes our loss 261 killed, 450 wounded and 26 missing, (one company of Kentucky cavalry no: included;) and that of the enemy i3 estimated at from 1500 to 2000 in killed and wounded, besides 2 or 3000 by desertion. Reported Capture of Vera Cruz, With a Loss of 800 Americans. THE REVOLUTION IN MEXICO. Probable Downfall of Gomez Parias THE PRIESTS ASSISTING SANTA ANNA. Washington, April 58 P. M. Passengers who came on this afternoon in the mall UUal say Ulal as ncic icauug uimuw- ton, an agent came running, down to the boat and halloed to them that a vessel had just arrived, iew urieans papers ui mezaui inuc wcm'.- . , , r, , r , . a ... f . . Wents nl1nHfif,,:fo vesterdav. but no later intelligence. IM - J J M SJ They state that the revolution against Gomez Farrias. was making headway, and it was thought he will be put down. The coalition now is be- - tween Santa Anna and the clergy. " w also reported that the priests have seiu I 1 1 J 1 1 1 111 ..nnef him two hundred thousand dollars, as an earnest Tli,Bre j3 aboul lQ bQ e3labiished at South Trenton, a stock company consisting entirely of colored peraons. Their object is to carry on he lannjng bu3inesS wh a capital of SCOW, divided into shares of S20. A lady in Flushing, L. I., is said to have been cured of dropsy in the chest by boiling a few roots of parsley in a quart of water until diminished to a pint,, and taking a small qun' tity, mixed with gin, during the day. The. camel is believed to bo the only annua that cannot swim. It is an extraordinary hc' that the moment they lose, their footing ,n a stream, they turn over, and can make ii o:l to prevent themselves from being drowned. I
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