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VOLUME XLVII.
6rb.s.
tssidtapasan..
DR. JOHN J. RIVERS
AS REMOVED HIS OFFICE and
DWELLING to the two story brick
loose adionling his Drug 'Slurs, on Wes ,
am Street.
April 14,.1847.
ri.opTea GEO. WILLIS FOULKE
(Graduate of,. tee Jefferson illedical Ccllege o
Philadelphia)
ESPECTF ULLY oilers to the piddle hi s pro.
reatinent,:hertiees itl the practiee',or Medi
loitie,..SOrge'6, mot,
.Mtd.,...it;e: v. .
OFFICE n the reside n ce' onus faker
Hanover street, diiectlf,, opposite Morrets' (late
Ponerts) Hotel and the Second Presbyterian
Church.
Carlisle, April t, t 84Q'.
46.Lea•tialac r Le , , ,, 3s*ImazJaa'a.
oc - roil MYERS has associated Ms
„ nephew, M n.. 1. EI. JACKSON ,in his
1 rug one Bonk Business.
By thithirrarr n 4ment , Doctor MYERS will"be
.. nahled to give his undivided attention to the du
ties Of his Profession. .
Carlisle, Septeinber 30,1346.-3 ms..
V.:PVLB
Homoeopathic Physician.
OFFICE: Main slreet,„ in the house for
!Melly occupied by Dr. Fred. Elirnian.
Carlisle, April 9,184 G.
E 0 (1/0 M10052/M,9
1 1V
WILL, perforill all apernttons upon the
l'e.th that are repotted for their preset.-
vntion onchas Settling, Paittr, P/agyipg, &c.,
or will restore the loss of them, 'ty inserting Ar-
I leittl Teeth, front a single 'Voctli, to a.lnll
sett.
.CrOffice Vat street, a hew doors South
OI the Ifitilroad
N. Il. r 0.% Lot inis will he absent from Car
tisle nelost tend ay a, in each month.
Ja n e 11, 1846.
08LEPH
ATTORNEY - AT LAW
Pittsburg . , Pa,
AS returned from Carlisle, to the prnetier
1.1 or his profession in Pittsburg, Alleglien3.
County, Po.
Fell. 10,1847.
gAY III) s - A l / 7 1 G•LCE
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Wl.l. praetter to the severel Cetirts elTum
hrrlittiti mei the lekiehtisig eotteties 111111111-
.cm' Ut lilt pr ,fessio:,,,l hunit,eas teati . tiited to hi:.
'care with pl•OtlIplIeRS end htlelilr, .
lice in Seitilt linenrcr street, ift Graham's
ew b tittlieg,eimosite the Vest Office,
irliste, Allgll9l. .46, 84 1 1. y.
- a-. DUNLAP AIDAL - T 5
Attorney at Latv,
irkFricE in South Gummy street, alew_dom
helniv'J. IL Graham, Esq . ,.
July rG,1845.
, 740..V2113.2 111.. ,04za" -. 224,
Attorney at Law.
,CIiFFICE: with S. D. Adair, EAll, n1%1110111'6
lICW opposit. the st Office.
March 31, 1(47.
. -- CARSON C. IVIOORE.
• Attorney at Law,
ar k -Fricit in Ilke rent. 411111... c..1011110)Ir •1
Ur room lately of cU Rtlb4 1)1.. Fc:••11 n, dre'll
Mitrelt 31,1847,
' ran 2-I ' 3VS 31 . 3
. Attorney al La
• • HARRISBURG, PA.
April 28, 18-18.-Iy.
4,020, 3 22 ,1 2 , 4a ,a; 1 . % •
Justice of the Peace and Scrivener.
OFFICE in South Hanover Street, opposite
the Post Office.
Curtislr, April 2d, 1847.
STTRVEYOR. MID SCRIVENER.
.701-ID7 C. lvErrcnELL,
WILL be found at his Mita: in the rear of the
t.tourt House, math. at all Innen—unless eng,gell
in the lousiness ol his profoision— to wake Stir
vey aof hunts, 'roads, etc Ile will also prepare
*feeds of 'eonve3anee and any other itibtruntent ul
AV riding.
Carlisle. June 29. I 847.
PLAINFIELD CLASSICAL .ACADEMY
on the cumber/and Valley Rail Road; •fbia
miles west of Carlisle.
111. SEdOND SFISSION . (5 moods) will
commence on MONDAY, May 3. The
broacher Einglit are Latin,Greek, French, (i.:l'.
Matheiwities, incluing Practical Survey
ing, together with 1)11 English Branches required
fur Collev, Counting House, &c.
Every effort will rie.malle to give entire Aati l o.
faction to those who nuns place thrir s ahe in the
Institadoo,by unwenrieil attention to their moral
its well as mental improihitent. •
.
Prospectuses, containjug.'reros, s:llich ore
refereiMes, Ste., can he had II) ad.
dressing IL K. HORNS,
April 7, 1817.—tf. Principal •
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H - 1011IS, TURNER
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WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
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No. 201 Market Sired, PIIILADELPIII.4
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Importers and Whsale Dealers
imi g s, Het'lei nes, Chemi Patent Met?.
lollies, Surgical and o%stetrica I losirumentiii
Il)eitggista
Dyes, perfumery, &u. &c.
prn:Rfats, l: motry Alerchutits, and Phyinciaina
intkilieil with the 111119Y1/ avidule3 on the most hi ,
Vortible't terris:' .11teicf sun! prompt uttenlien paid
tßorders, P..rery article warranti.d. •"
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by 'hare' or
publics patronage. • •
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M'ALLISTER'S OINTMENT.
IT has pow .r to cause all - external SORES
SCROFULOUS
_humors, SKIN DISEASES
POISONOUS WOUNDS, to diseliart,e their• pu
titattersi and then lu•nls
it Is iitihtiy tt-rmed All.healing,for there I
searevly t, disease, exter..l.l or Internet, that it
will. fiat benefit. I have used it for the hril four
teen !ears fur oil iliseMes of.the chest, cameral).
lion and liver, involving the utmost danger anti
responsibility, and I declare before beaten 111141
Mail; that not 01IC single ease has it failed in ben
efit wheif
,the patient was within the reach of
inarta;'raeafts.
I have Inuttkit'ciatts learned . in tlie Kari:l3o°n.
bad - niunisiers of diteGmpel,Sutlges of the
bench,.Aldermen,. wyeis, gentlemen of the
highest erudition, 81011 rillillitllllCBrf thepoor one
kin every oritly of rinylool the ?c Ins been but
one wine---one unlvensal "
A liist&r, your Ointment is GOOD."
CONSD PTION.--Irelin . loirdly be credited
that O salve can h ecl nwy efreet upon die lungs
seated as tiny nre within the system. iut, sf
placed upon the chest, it penetrates to the lungs
sdparates the poisonous particles that are consu
ming diem, and expels them limurthe system:
It is cueing personsof Consumption continually.
EgAIMCIIK..--The salve has cueed persons
of the headache or 1 , 2 year's standing..and who
had it r,gular ever) week so that vomiting' often
took place.
Denhteia and Ear Ache are helped with like
atiecesa. •
RM.:DNS refr.oves almost imme
diately the intimation mid s +veiling when the
pain ceases. Rend the direction around the box.
COLD FERT.-L-Consomption, Liver Com
plaint, pain in the zhcst M. side. follibg off of the
hair one or the other NIWN3 s accompanies cold
feet. (This ointment is the trim renitoly.) It Is
a sure !opt or titfiett, to hove tom sect. •
hi scrotal:l, old sores. sipelas, saltrlicum,
liter eongdunrt , 591.0 CieS, gn Ilgy.. sore
bronchitis, lirlikeni l Or 'sill c breast, piles, all idlest
disease's sill oppre f aintillt
sore Isps.elitiplied
tiers MIS 114.14E,8 and Of the
110 medicine limn known tin goad.
SCALD 111.1 A1..--NV e have cued eases that
am mill) (Idled every thing known, as well as the
uhilily ol 15 or 20 doctors. the noun told us he
hod spenl - $5OO oil his chilih eu w iUwui silty - bene
fit, when it re"' boxes nr flint meal 0,1•4•,1 thins. -
ALDNESS.--It w ill restore the hair sooner
110111 ni.v silo r thing. .
II S.--It is the best thing in the world Mr
thorns. (R.-ad the directions around the box.
NVUIZNIS.--It will (him; every vestige of them
away.
1 here is peohnlily no medicine on the Ince of
irdrairili nt once so sure mi so safe the 4cpul-
Hien of win me.
CUR .V.- 7 0masiotml.use of the Ointment u ill
Owe, s keep vorns Iron gi.ou hi,f,•. People need
never be trenbiell with them if.the) will uwit.
sal . eyearly cured lq tuffs
Ointment.
.1 A VIES MCAI..LIST - ER Ev. Co. •
sol e iwnpi boors of Ile abort, medicine.
CA UTIII IN --No OIN T EST will be ttenu
nnit••S the 1111.140 Of Janu•v Me:Vlistet• ar
uamcv \lt. klli sir'. St. Co., fire written will, a pen
(won every Idbet..
in Carlisle by S. ELLIOTT
As - A FI7IITIIEIt EVEPENCE
;'LA the prii.ciple lit' coring disease by clean' .
ono- mirth lug ibe body. is strictly in HeCO P.
Owlet, till, die lows govern the animal
,coutim, ; arid it properl,) carried out b) the use
GUT'S INI , IIAN VEG ET A 111.. F. PILLS,
11 ill cm thinly result in the complete olmlition oh
disease wr 4.1111. the following tes.inoinials, from
persons 4,r the higlieM reSpeetighility 111 New K
who have recce' h Lreu C 011414 4. the 11111,1 01111-
mite complaiots, soli•I lit the use of 11'riglit's lei.
ilillll C 1 • 41 untie Pills of the North xa meriwin
Cul
'lngo of 111.01111.
' LEUTIFICATE3 OF CURES.
Dn. Wm. 11 ittortri—Dear Sir,— At your re
commend:llMo, I some time some made trial of
IVriglil's Vegulithie Pills, of the Not ill
American College of Health., luul elm conscienti
.ousl) that for l'orifiing the blood and rep
oratil.g Ole system, I Its seceived more benefit
Moot their use than from may other medicine it has
heretolime been my good lortitint to meet Wilk
I 11111, dear sit, With 1111111 y thooks, your obliged
friend, Cli A 111. ES M. TATE,
• . No. GO Ihlmmcrels street, New 1 ork.
From Warwarsing, ik r . Y.
Dr.mt Sitt,—l have been afflicted foe several
years u 1111 inward weakness mid general debility,
itecompanied at times with pain in the side an d
other distressing emnplitints. After having tried
various meilieines n it lout tfflect. I " 05 1." 8 " 41 "
hs a friend to make trim of I)t•. Weight's Indian
Vt•grOthlt. l'illit, which I din happy to s ate have
relies eil me in a most wonderful manlier. 1 have
used the medicine us yet hut a short time, and
lis a perseserencesin the use of the
ittediehto according to directinits, that'l shall in a
short time be perfectly retotireil.
tocott willingly ere° umend said rills to alt
perwtos sftuilprly olliitoetl, nod in the roll belief
Hutt the same hmefieial results will follow then,
I remain, yours sincerely,
lIKNILY A. FOOTE:,
NYntiwarsimr, Ulster Co., New Yrwk.
MATIE OF COUNTERFI:I7II.-- Tile 1111Wie ere
cautioned against the inam spurious medicines
whi.li in order to de:, eive, tire called by names
ainrineto Wright's Indian Vegetable
Chlekia Ogilby, Carlisle.
, John' Coover, Mechanicsburg.
' Broomall & Prowel, Now Cumberland
James Gilmore, New rifle,
A. J. North, 6. "
A lex .Ca then rt. Shneerdelown,
J & S A Cuyle, llngestowno
Imine Dertnin Lisbon,
Sortacrnnd Paul, Ahurelitown,
John P. Rhodos, JlitUin X Ronde,
S. L. Seidman Newburg,
Oakes, devoted* es:Naively. to the sale of
Vrgetlible Pills, wholesale ai d
i69 - Itnee Street, l'ldladidtadit glib - Green
win! , Street, New York; and 198 Tremont Street.
Bum - •
PROCLAMATION_L
1,114771E1l DAS, the lionorable.ltaiust. Oar'
• VV., noes, rieaident Judge oi :11e - leveral
Cut;rte Of Common Pleasof the counties 61Cum
berland,'PetrY , and Janiata, 'in Pennsylyanisi
*and Justice or tlie,sevoralCourts of Oyer .a nd;
l'ero i
ilnernd,Deneral ,
Delivais; In 'maid_
counties,'and Hon; JAW Stuart'and John Clen-'
-deniniJudges-'of- flies-Court' or Oyer end Ter
Miner and Geneial - jail - Dettiery; tot" the
of all ,oapi tat and other.efFenders, '.tho' OW
county , ofZumberitind—hy, their precepts toner I
directed; Jutted the,',lsth
have ordered'tlie Court of. Oyer and Teresina/
and General 3011 Deli very,to hs'fiald c in
the.23id day)at:-. it) o'clock in. the 'feu%
rioonoti-contintineTvieek-,
14010EICIii:iherefoie hereby gitien,:tnthr,
Coroner, Justieitof tho,PoaciLand Chnetiiblee
erthiJraeld county OfCuteheriond. thetthey
00 , 3iiitYrirecept commanded , ''.i,' be theli.entl
there hiitheir:proparxfierimiie,:With their mile.'
‘reouriiti,'innuiritioriei;:examitnittliiei.'
other rrtp2inbranees, to; do those thinge.whion:
,te i thft Atitiettkopperta p!o,be.derie f end uji those
that tte.bettnP hy
Ogfliditf 4 lie.Piloont,fe 1114 er MIT), eliell
in
,the •trifetittr iitnity; urd to bo there tp
pr . 08600.0 OW*
. 114411 be :
11 'S
nuFF.r.; Li • .;•
f.fliteri Pffice; Gprl 4101 • SiIEIFTc., j
1847:=
4iliscellancous.
Prom Arnie Yrok City
1:1:0 1 27'2...UtMUd1M132 , `UKS 7 ' , 2l=r3ii,*;:: te:A"Ceas' I:!3=3AQ.Ciabc,'Zta
Alizcalltsllama*
T lER E-- NOTHING IN VAIN.
Plc ELIZA COOK
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Oh! piled tint the eseence of tienuty alone,
And disdain not the week end the meanin our way,
For the world Is on engine—the Architect's own,
Where the wheels of least Might keep the larger in
• , play:
We love t e fair volley, with bloom in the shade, •
We sang of green hills—of the gratin and the grain;
But bi sure the creator did well when he made
The stark descrt and•Snittrsh—for-there's nothing In
.
We may fluestidn the Wrist that darkens the land, .
And the snake, flinging arrows of death• (tom its
. ,
hitt tetnember they cmne•from the Inliinite•lland.
• And shall Man, In Ids littleness; dare to ask why?
Oh let us not speak of the '•useless" or "vile." ,
I:hey may seem's.) to us—hut be slow to arraign
Front the savage wolf s cry to the happy child's smile,
Front the miteto the mammoth there's' nothing in
. vain.
There's a mission, no doubt, for the worm. in the
dust,
As there Is for the charger with nostrils of pride;
The sloth and the newt have their places of trust,
And the agents are needed, for God has supplied.
Oh could we but trace the ciest meaning of ALB,
And what delicate - links form the ponderone chain;
From the dew-drops that rise, to the star•dropa that
• fall,
shouhrsee but one potpie, and nothing in vain.
Front the [London] Peitine'it Journal
CLEON AND 1.
I=
CLEozr bath a million acres—.
Ne'er a one have I;
Cleon ithelleth In elmiaie—
n cottage I;
Cleon both a dozen fortunes—
Not a ;welly I ;
UM the poorer Mille twain is
Clean, and not I.
Clean, true. pneereseth acres,
But the landscape I ;
linir The charms to me it Vieldeth
Money cannot huy ;
Clean liarlmra oloth and dullness—
Freshening vigor 1;
He in velvet, I in fustian,
'tither man am I.
Clenn-is a slave In grandeur— •
tree as thought am I;
Clone roes n score of doctors—
Need of none have I ;
Wealth-surrounded, cure-enylroned;
Cleon - Tears to die;
Death enny" come, he'll find mg ready—
Happier man am 1.
Cleon sees no charm in Nature—.
In n daisy I;
Cleon hen so nil unilteins tinging
In the sea and sky.
Nature sings In Hie for e.ver—'
Earnest listener I .
State for suite. with all atiendatits,
Who would vininge 1 - - Nut I
COURT DIA IZT 1 A L -EVT-ItAbRDINA RY.
The Matarnotas Flag publishes tiM - follow . -
ing report or t►•e prof k s dingS of a Conit
Martial assembled to try Cienetals Taylor
and Scott. No official account has yet ap
pared in the Union, and there is no evidence
that the ten tence at- the Court has been tally
approved. Under the circumstances, we
shall expect the official journal to deny the
convent .ss of the report and even to deny
the authenticity of the whole proi:eedings.—
But ho one will b 3 misled by the contradic
tion, or induced to put less confidence in the
report than they otherwise would. The pro:
Atibility that such a thing should have taken
place, may without great violence, be pre
sumed frem what 7 iS known to have occurred.
11 the report be untrue, it is something like
Macbeth's witches, it %ell like truth:"
,
PROCEEINNtS OF • A COURT MAR
TIAL, conned at 'Mango' Clavo,' fir the
trial of Generals Scott and Taylor. upon
charges preferred by Gen. Santa Anna:
The Cour was organised with Knox Poque
as President, and Seignora Ahnonle as Judp
Adv, eate, with the lollowing members:—
Lieut. Gen. Benton, IVarrior Marcy, Kayo
Johnson, Admiral Mason Martyr Ritchie,
Saussage betwyer, Itlroister Wilsing Sha n non
and Surlier Fick lin.
Chinye— 02EDIEXCII OF 011DERS,
SPECIFICNTION.—That, whereas, the afore&
said Santa Anna did leave the Island of Cu
ba at the instance and upon the invitation of
their supei iot officer, to wit: the commander
of all Duck river and its dependencies, at
an immense sacrifice of cocks, gaffs and
slashers, abandiming a favorite pet, valued
by all cock jockies at one ihousaud doubloons,
upon the todowing safeguard, which they,
the said Scott and Taylor. disogarded to the
manifest injury of all the Chevaliers d'ln
dustile of Havana and scandal to their su
perior of Duck river and its dependencies,
aforesaid. [Here the Judge Advocate rea l.
the Pass:
"To all Jack Tars greeting: II the lore•
sworn refugee limo of San Jacinto comes
your way, you needn't see him, as I am
playing' a game with hien; and you .mustn't
disturb the game."
[Signed] KNOX P., of Rio Duck. ,
To all of which the prisoners plead qiiieri
vibe.
The evidence having closed, Alason rose
and-said, he wished the court and country to
bear in mind, that the Duck liver - pass had
been •duly respected by the Navy,;aitil sub
sequently \dislionoled by the prisoners ot.
.Buena Vistaited 'Cerro Garth.
!the Lieu;: GeAcne). deprecated individ nal
0011Iparisons heNeen.thosetwo anne,ol. our
_national.,tlefeMm ) and hoped the court weuld
frOWii down all subject's calculcied 3 tit 'make
between - Oiein: - .'",;"•••'" ,
This brought Marcy to his feet; herwisheri
to ; know, it, Bullion - had any ellusiom.l° him
by the Word - breeeheel • • •
•
The Ltietie Oen - into disclainied .any_
Ben „to Attacii..the-heed,O,Airn - War:POPerf;:
client in, @o @genii - Ye rt•pniCt;
OuttLfeer- 1 ,
warttintuckik%l'l3l . l6 decidedly'
But 'he, I,yeuld. Cicitiasten
things were' not going.:,on'ms they
would : if bk3ir.perinitta to iacrifite
hitpst if into " a pleuipo •;Penerakl. , He. was
foriteaceoni yhonorabler.peaceir . Which- Meant
plenipo,
=s&eri&c been consummated; lie`woultl'`.have"
~,-m etel - patch at the
:bonnet:of -4 - •,[fierri - i'Marcy. , t - oste' S gain;•
nut dernamfed:Whetber.pimh, had
.skin hith ex [Mimed he meant •
,patchat the ; iiboitotti of .tlie , ltiograndg,'.'o . :.lle:
hoped -he ..not lie .interrupted again.
the;t,Yar i?epe,inient should - testraie its im t
Ifettiosity Ohere was inf - oeciiirien
berstitebrelletiee—-i• Maroy,egaiejlnifperi:
- I ntii PIO I r C,evo,Clainreti , ; the
to.throw"pil upon the Watem'of dinnordj:flik !
implored the_Colirt,ith(to - p@friiititiMit.tcolbic
:rivet! ; aritl Rent ;
Mercy,.
ot
of ;lid wbiditAenty! ,
4 . iil6P'it 4 q.l'A'= '‘,0,.11,(!;',‘);.;,'-z.t,,q(4,0•,,t;:ff:,'i1.-1
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CA.RIIST24, AIIGUST 4, 1847.
Great confusion &ISM V' 'Million appealed.
to the President, who, afierwhispering with
the 11.1.1ge Adtocate, deaided that the War
Department was fandarnenially out ot order.
Marcy rose wits great Wrath and said he
had been invited there to eondenin the pri
soners, pot to,have his. breeches continUally,
throwntin his. teeth. He, was the head of
the War Department, end a
' proper respect'
for thatflepartMerit required that he should
fight a retire ;.he hoped' the Court would
spread upon the jounials:that'lui Wired, riot
retreated. Hereupon he 1611 precipitately;
having nbliqiied . to :he door, but as he squat
ted round to pass out; a. eniail patch was
visible on the seat Pf•honor, which Marcy ,
said was a crescent, selaptatl rm.; dbufa ,es a
coat of arms - front his *esters, having been
crusaders, but' old - ..matter-o•tact swore it
'looked lik a nosey hall 'dollar.
.. ' • ;
The Court there 'Monied busipess, and
Bullion with a modest again advanced.
He begged that the Court Watild not consider
an d , time consumed by•lnni as misspent, in
tact ) liis L was the-siimfice: ho—was,spealein,g
for the weal of ritankiad, and not as usual,
for his 88 per diem ;7besides, he. was. neg
lecting a treatise Algebra, particularly
,adapted to the computation-of mileage. -
indeed, both the court and the country had
a very inadequate idea of his importance;
true, he did not consider them very )ouch
to blame, as it:weir-extreme* difficult. to
comprehend him-in all his vast magnitude.
It would seem that greatness had 0' late
'become a ia - milv martini], and it not soon
relieved, both he and his son:in-luiv:woulck
have to put the government at the expense`
of the ;Niue) , quartelings. in conclusion, he
would remark, that every body I' new his
sentiments: they had long been before the
country, they were simply to condemn every
body generally, bat lijingelf and son•in few,
and to violently advocate both of those gen
tlemen.
Ihe venerable father Ritchie next nil:
(1:43 -bed the court in the Mowing laconic
speech: 'Nous verrons.'
Saussage -replied: lie -thought no good
Democrat wdu!d make use of ‘forrin'
It smacked of aristocracy, but he hoped from
the proverbial courtesy of Me valuable mar
tyr, that noes verrons' had no allusion to his
innocent indulgence in saussages. It was
true-they were there to treat for war and to try
two old warriors, but he boost, confess that,
amidst swordn,„epauletts tad pont poons, Lie
penile thoughts still turned on saussages; ii
was his passion and his weakness; he re
juiced in democracy, but he gloried it) sausa
ges. 1 f the two refractory old bantams were
to be plinished, he would propose that the
sausage ration' i . tf . Taylor be stopped for
thirty days, and Scott-stopped fr.nt writing
proclamations. ,/
The court sumtired up, but being so dis
tracted hi opiaion -that they could not agree,
finally conehnled - to - refer-the whole matter
to the Judge Advocate and Senor Atocha,
who found as follows:
Scott, not . .'gniity of orders having been
sent ont...exp - iesAy to head Taylor , 'Alto hav
ing already disUbeyed the Dnek liver man
date at Buena Vista, forced Scott to kiek
Santa Anna down Con o Gordo to keep even
with him, for which they recommend that
Congress shall present him with a massive
silver ladle, with the representation of the
national eagle perched ut the rim, with a
beak full of macaroni.
Taylor guilty of the chaige and guilty of
the specification. The ofletice being one of
grave importance, they sentence him to be
kept as itutcli2Le._,as_ possible_tiuring_the
balance of the . war, and at the end of it, to
relieve the man of Duck river from the cares
and responsMiluies of his present dangerous
station.
By order,
From the New (Mean. Della
The Prisoners ef...Encarnacion,
Deeply Intere4ting Narkative of the Capture;
Adventures, Stfferings.-ete. of Majors Gaines
and Borland's Party in Mexico;
There arrived yesterday in our city ; by thee
schooner Home. from Tampico, John Swig
ert, John Scou,.W. Holemon, of Capt. Mil
am's Company of Kentucky Cavalry; P.
Tunk, of Captain Pennington's and V. P.
Denowitz, of Captain •Heady's Companyoll
of whom belonged to the command of Major
G Mites, wit telt was rapt tired last Fe bruat y near
Encarnacion by a large Mexican. lorce un
der Gen. Minon.
.
These gallant fellows, who ate very young
men, escape& from then guard at the town
of Huejuetla, about forty leagues from Tarn-
Moo, and reaching the latter place in -safety,
after a most - petilous and trying march, ern
barkedlroin that port in the schooner Home.
The principal events of the Ctipture of Ma
jors Gaines and llourland's parties are well
known to our. readers. These officers with
three companies of Kentucky and Arkansas
Cavalry, were out on a twci days March be
yond our main camp as a scouting party. It
was thouglinhatthere were small bodies of
the ene.myls cavalry - prifivliiiir libaut • the
country, but no ,ohe had the slightest appre
hension this a large Wee was so near Geri;
Wool's camp. . • .. ,
. -Major.Gaines having juiced Maj. Borland
at a Rancho, near Encarinteion, the twci cam
mands went into quarters for the night, af
ter posting sentinels some distance in ad
viticei'and on-the-tap °Me house_ in Which_
they were encamped. • 'that night the :pIE:
cars, who, tired. by a very long march, had
lain down to Sleep, were
. severar times at
'Oused•bY the'alarme of the satitinal,:whO ill--
-clared-that fie saiPan•airaed •61‘lexiCan' ap,
*aching, the Rancho:- - -But the sentinels on
,the.top,ot,the'house declared, they could se
Nothing, and the :Mari WhOlgive ,the alarm
was treated as a rather nervous, and " &intim,
:big:individual. The liffieeni tereupOit re
"fired again-totteirfhlankete:but --had Scarce.
ti , fallen -asleep 'w,heif they! Were aroused ,by
another-alar tit I iim the' ientinel,: 4 Who - doolar=
ad.that he , had seen atkariniitl'hiexioari,:and•
hid-pulled Trigger on him, - Ebuti•lits''glin• - .lae-',
ingf wet, the cavilid'not• explode: : Qther•:. ill,
larms - were.- also given brsiMber ' semi;
•nels-picketed ,tiorne distance Vnt o -the Rarich:i
'Thelitglit was titivv - rWaiting iltse.t It' ISlu4. very .
dark-and mi s ty. -Theeifficeitiebestlired".themti
4itiliiiski - niil arousing the -, lrnen,::- prepared to
meet tut' , atiCelt i lt bin k big, ttiat the onerny•eini;.
• wiled • of•••a' ffiteli'i of lourl'Orfive ; liOndr,io, l
Whieli:Major j, dautea had'•7alrettily! bekrt!,!:in !
nereuit of, and whio'ile, considered 4i totekks
atiatit. wine! to hie-owtt.-..'" , , , ..':•.,, , :'.. -'-'4- '..:., , ' . .. , i
-„
,ato. men: 'were till ChlleotOWdrif thn4op Of
-- di e• Ban cli;; w it li ; their guriayeadyfiit; action,.
.rPI I ; ; Pi v0.P1 1 4 0 PPO*PP!;•-40 , ..PliPPli.'' , ' , 00. 1= '
mP , Pf *AktkOictiPP'llr, l o4,..,mi t ki: ,o K r PiPS I PYL:
Tife'„ittiltn' brake,: slow iy-Z' : .l.,Wei' tillfit: , 'liintg,
Itte#iFilfa4tilid'itteiiiii4ii'd'altiningh theY'ociitid:'
lieail , ery'Znlttial Ahai.ali . nniaehiollhorstotne4
theienuld,el`' Othiitgi-,,Ak_100t1440 liili,it, be.
ec e
ititt,,ito;l4,alc,',l, rough the ; inhst - , : immediately,,
e . ;theit'..liointi''imid Ate 14 . 41 - ptill , ipti'6f strong
I. f%re'4'f ) l'' , :o l,,,, q'' 0r.f , ' , . , c!. -, 13',k :,,., '') , ,?,z, 1, .1
. body of armed horsemen
~,vas
.. pteceptible
in the' distance. And as the - mist. lathered
end rolled'im into liege clouds, and gem!),
ascended towards the neighboring heights, it
•revealed with most painful diettnctness, a
whole regiment of splendidly equipped Mex
, ken litincere, drawn ug in line of battle, and
occupying a commanding position Within
three hundred yards of the Rancho oceupy:
eilby Major Gaities',perty:
. Undauntedl/ surveying anti counting this,
strong foite before them, caw men prepared
for eetion, crying out; "Oh ; there Meanly six
hundred of thern;,,-it's a lair tight and we'll
see it but !" But stop Look on the right
as the mist leaves' that side of the Ranch,
there is another regtmenti just as 'strong as
that in front. - , •
( -IVO." cried a stalwart Kentuckian, 'rho
kept rill the while a bright eye on his long
"rifle, "this is coming rather strong, the
thing 'looks serious,
_most decidedly; but I.
lo adz we can !Lek a thousand Preasers, and
throw in two hundred for gape measure , —
:±CarCt .he" was the unanimous cry of the
party. •
“But, oh Cranky,” cried the tall sergeant,
there's in_ore of the varmints." And there,
sure enough, on their left was an - other regi
reent,aboilpsix hundred strong, whose blight
helmets; flaming pennons 'and unr-
Minas, lootned out conspicuously on the.cldrk
licrrizon. And-there,-too, just a few hundred
yards in their rear, was still another regi•
ment. Thus - was this smelt party of one
hundrdd arid twentyAmeticens entirely sur
rounded by a Mexican foice nimbi three
thousaild 'Cavalry, the finest in the country,
and corninanded by one of their best offi
cers. • •
Undismayed, our men pre - TM - reit for action
determined to tell ..their lives as deafly as
possible. Never did Men go more calmly
and cooly to work Man Spartan
band, a' with many a careless jest_aud_with
the most imperturbable sang livid, kthey re
loaded and recapped their lilies, looked to
their cartouche boxes, felt the edges of their
bowie knives, and glanced a pioud,defbince
at their legion foe.
In the meantime the enemy preserved the
most pet feet military order, and prcr•ented a
display of Martial magnificence such as our
men had never before witnesPed. Their of
ficers, covered with gold and splendidly
mounted and caparisoned rode in hont,
whiff their buglerg'blew the Mexican Charge
and made the hills around resound with their
loud and exulting blasts.
Maj. Gaines ordered his bugler to repsond
to their threatening (lowish, by blOuing
all his might the Amenican eharge. and di
rected the rmin to follow up the blast With
;re i land cheers. The order was eheeirtil
ly and heirMi obeyed. The Ale.xicans,whO
were ad unclog upon the ranch, w tire so uw
tnt.l, the loud yells and terrific huzza's of
our bOYfTthat.they halted, mid looked at our
inle band in mute terror and nstonishmen
that so small a party could make such a tre
ntendow4 noise, "Give them three times
three," cried, out Captain Cassius, M. (Aar,
and the huzzas WOle litolollgCli to the, lull
co-npliment until they made the welkin rmg
for miles around and so frightened the Mex
icans that their General, to prevent his men
front running away, had to.4rder his (hoe
brass band to strike the Pulka:•trild to wheel
his men into column and put them on the
qtarclb In open order and military precis
ion the Mexicans marched round the ranch
ta the tune of the Cra6tvienne, d seemed,
likelhe cat whit its little vaitim, to be sport
ing with their captive before Ahey_destioyod.
him.
Atiodieer with an interpreter and white
flag was sent to Major Gaines to demand his
unconditional surrender. :Never," replied
the gallant American.. "Then no quarter
will be given," remarked the Mexican.—
Very well," exclaimed Captain Clay, "re-
A LMONTE,
Judge Advocate
member the Alamo before we surrender on
such terms, more than five !tundred tit you.
yellow-belly' scoundrels shall be left to bleach
on yonder plains." This rematk the inter
preter did not think he could do full justice
to in the translation, and he left the officer to
guess at its meaning, which, however, was
no difficult task, as the Cupain accompanied
his declaration with very einPluttic and ex
essiVe gesticulation.
It was finally agreed that 1\ lajnr Gaines
should have an interview with Gen. Minot'.
From him the Major received very courte
ous treatment, and was u red that in 1-ur
re.ndering himself and his ttarty they would
he treated with all the consideration of pris
oners of war. ,
Major Gaines, on communicating the re
sult of his interview with Geo. i‘linon to his
officers, 'took a vote whether they should
fight or surrender, and Captains Clay •and
Denby and Lieut Davison were for fighting,
uml Maja. Gaines and Borland were fur sur
rendering. Whilst they were parlying with
the Mexicans, Major Gaines observed that
their men were approaching nearer to the
Ranch. He immediately ordered his men
to fire upoh•the Mexicans if they approach
ed a fobt hearer, and fold their officers that
he should not contitme the parley until their
men fell buck to their original position,which
)they did in very quick order when a few ri
fles were levelled in their ditection. They .
filially. Copt. Clay giving in to Mail. Gaines.
and horland,mreed to surrender outfits most
honorable terms as 'prisoners 01 - wnr, the °fl
oors terelain their private 'intlidiqr and side
arms. . They dela yed the urrender,- liewev
p,. !ii /011 . g,a14 - pesSible;,witli,the el:petit:Mien
of beim; r einforced frortf•Gini. Wool's camp.
It . Who 'ad 'ek Melte . condition in the eepittilli
tion-that the Mexican guide,- whii-lind been
forced bk. Major Gaines to set in that gepaci.
ty, should hfqo.ii likir trial, and if lie -waS.ao
quitted; Ahohld he rOletxSed,! 'The: Al ex ieun s _
'at lust teThfs„ . linit - Criptilin"Clay , 444).:
he wraith dle before he watild.learreedor the unlortupate, gaide:witheatialtsUrgOtlga:Pfhi ,
,
'Piety'. ;As arson ashelvas,sltrerldtilefis'l4w
filth loite ' :Mexicans . itiiiii ell lid ely:l i n u kil &oil ,
- thelioor lellowiThe--prisoliere-Averelllen-
.mthelied:withont: afik..food, cir:wate r, - ler' tiara .
13i,0r fear MHO on the rorirl:.telflan Luis; an-'
,
der :an- escort Of :o iiintylly,ico re; ,i-ivi s, j, u d ii,"
having been ; llowed ,to_Oltqselecuid.in pip.,
tele
Jerome 0 bienai _ rger : l44:aded ma ei,
belongingj. atitPayne;%l , ),!- .._..,..„. j ,
i -;',.Captaie: erb piCwlfeise , :intrue is. llatellior
;IMilill'i7Whciiihavw. .read - '
yet VeXieWafetfareoid ythittirei. and 'wlie;ac!,
dirtiflititfiitariVluitirr.Gaitteettkrat -E interprete,i - i - ,
.had f reutlerml himsalf eitremolyuitefultni-the.
!pettasiont.ot file,r capture:bp 4i s ,vp o ji l o,l s ,;B • ittJ
Vi p itysaittPfittoWledgeof ,tfig',Mexicint!lao„o
fil-Pifia, end - .einirdtitth:o.' ,S;ti,inaiit ~ i leeriet..mee.,
l 'f Eiry en x inns. fei- e; fight
,end, sitoftly dis Ats-,.
fied -- Atijni. Goideolhole - Salreatlefilig3 : lie
tel4;theplitn , lo43oitut their4kullets,atalAiltey
1):04 . 90,9fpF,: ; e0v , t!,c9414x 1 F01i5, 4, ,, ,ki5, :it
,144 - gique,' l titicl 11e„vf01d.444:),1-jtp.'lo6u.9,
i
,:tiefeAlbein. t 6 hit,the!Dde'Ninii as linkety their,`
;be rile,that they,: m.tght frighten orthe *titheili,
'Olt. hPlt:gr,PlM,! , * l 4P:gi,VoArfulAfk;!!lech
nitsery as - poemble:7on ci ,iirthe Alligigne.qP .
.1..y:;:,,i!,,,;•..,,i.rfp.:,1:::,
:,-~`-..
.'''.''i 2 , , ' ,7 . l ,:';:' , !•,'4:t. t 'C'T.!, - -6:.'''
ME
-_ ~_l:~
Beers recognizing him, cried out in Spanish,
' l'.l shalt have the pleasure of your company
to the city of Mexico, Captain Henrie!"—
'•Exeuse me;senor, I generally chooke my
own coMpany," replied the cool and courtly
Captain. , ,
It wasthe second day after their capture
and. ear the town ofSalatitt , famons in Tex
an histarY as the place of the decimation of
the Mier prisoners,that diij Gaines high sp!r
ited mare showing considerable restlessness,
the Major requested Captain Henrie, who is
a famous rider of the Jack_Bays_school to.-
"mount her and take oft' the wire edge of
her spirit," The Captain did So,' and riding
up 16- Captain .Clay, carelessly remarked,
, •Clay, I amgoing to - make a heist." .
Thellexican commander, half suspecting
hie design, placed additional forces at the
head and , rear of the column of laneerrt with
in which the prisoners vrere placed,and rode
;himself by the side of Heifrie, who would
price t.p and down the line, crackir.g jokes
•wit'a the boye r anclfiririg tip the spirit of the
mare by varions ingenious manceuvres. At
- Bait - ffir3, - Keein — g — alaTiforiible opportunity,
,plung,ed his' purs deep into the sides of the
noble blood, and rushine . b agemst and knock
ing down flute or lour of the meanings with
their lancers, Maned ofl in full view of the
-whole party; at -a rate at speed eqiial to. the
best time that Beaton or Fashion ever made.
Alter him rushed a dozen well mounted lam:
eel's ' who firing their estopetas at him, start
ed ofl in close pursbit. But it was 110 race
at all—the Kentucky-blood was too much for
the mustang. The lancers were soon distan- '
ced, and the last view they got ol Henrie he
was 1 - l ing up a steep mountain, waving his
white iandkerchief,and crying out in a voice
I"
whir. rhoeil afar oft throUgh the 'valley,—
„ Artios, senores—adios, senores.”
Odr readers may fanny the intense excite
• merit which the scene produced among the
prisoners, ar.d will,no doula,excose them for
so tar forgetting then alumina' as-to give three
tonal cheers as they saw the gallant Henrie
leaving his mincers far behind, and safely
placed beyond their reach. The subsequent
adventures and sufferer , el Hernia are well i
known to our readers. 'After many narrow
escapes front the eneav i and starvation, and'
alter losing his noble mare, Heinle arrived
safely in'our catep,and gave-the first :waren
tic iiitelligence-of the capture of Maj, Gaines.
and Borland's party.
After the escape of Capt. Henrie the pris
oners were closely guarded, and proceeded
on their journey to San Luis. They had not
gone far before they Met Gen. Santa Anna on
his way to Ague Nueva to attack Gen. Tay
lor. '1 he General was in a large and showy
cartage, drawn hy six beautiful mules, and
escorted by- a brut:dine of hussars most splen
didly endure:ed and mounted. As the pris;
or leis passeic his carriage was stopped, the
hussars drew up and I,l_thsrergegt...LlLSanta_
Anna, Alajov Games wad infinite .. caw him.
The wily Mexican was all smiles and court
ly grace. He expressed flis regret to find
the Major nod big • party in their unfor
tunate situation promised them the most
I:hairy treatment, and hoped that they would
soon he exchanged snd would be able to re
join their friends. The manners of the Mexi
can Gert.were certaitly very fine and pre-po
ssessing, .but the prisoners would have been
better satisfied with some more substantial
proof of his kindly disposition. The contrast
between the prisoners and the magnificent
refines, of Santa Anna formed a picture which
would have taxed the highest powers of a
Martin or a David. The ill-clad, ragged,un
arineq prisoners, with their Stalwart frames,_
-and bold•add mainly crientemincee, without
shoes Or hats; and ninny without - coats, but
wrapped in their bluokets Indian fashion,
stood with erect and unawed front before the
array of the elegantly accoutred and well
armed hussars, mounted on choice steeds
. with long spears and heavy sabres.. Indeed
there was,not one of those proud but tiolor•
tunate representatives of the Anglo-Ameri
can race who would not have giVen all his
prospects in life to have had one chance
with his unerring rifle & deadly bowie knife
against the serried tanks of these bedizzened
and bewhiskered hussars. But this interview
was soon terminated, and Settee Anna and
his reti rue resented their journey, and pro•
needed onward w ids great rapidity.
The prisoners passed for several days large
• bodies of Mexican soldiery, who seemed to
be pushing on towards the Sierra Madre
with great rapidity. They were in fine con
dition, 'well equipped and supplied with all
the necessary supplies. As they Bussed the
many of the soldiers would insult them
by gestures, indicate„ that , their throats were
to bp cut,or Nat they were to 1.. e hung, ! - The
only i•eyly made to these cowardly jeers was
a very significant gyratory movement of the
right thumb appendage to the appex of their
nasal appendage, and a hint that old tack
would give ihani a dos'e which would make
them laugh on the other side of their. laces.
At night the prisoners would encamp with
some of the divisions of the Mexican army,
and from the SoldlerS they learned what Were
manta, Anna's deSigns. He hail intercepted,
they said,lettere of Gen.- Scott, showing that
Gan. Taylor's ; army was reduced to 1000
ill-disciplined,froppe, and that the whole val-
My of the Rig Giiiiide was svithotit nii ade , -
"qualtiforeiv'to protect it. Santa Mlle had
determ hied to push'. on, annihilate' i'aylori
recapture Saltlike, Monterey, Camargo and
the whole Valfey,el the Rio Grande, possess
hfinSelf of the sin naiiitsa stipplies of cur ar
-my,thenpush••oir to Corptig Chriktfitnd .thence
proceed. tmtlie valley of the Mississippi mid
lay . waste that whole vastcountry.: Certain,.
ly thia.design. wan worthy ofsthe Napoleon
of the' west; it was very wrong,in Old Zack
to interferer. with' such aMtagnifident thiiherne,
_He shouhLhave allowed the. MexiCans to
come:over hpre,.when.we cmld.haysi caught
- ifiiiii: , illaiiite,and:pirt rhern to. Lome. gore
iis6fal•iiiiif ratimprofitable Undertaking"rhan
fighting*Arrierientio.'' Clothing nirr'•swarripS
would be a .100.mi:ire ettgfel and , rfigrelieM ,
-eficial-ertiployrnent-for-Arexicans-than-rigaL
.;114; such kettles . as those of ...Rtiena yist and
%ttra - Gertict...; ' ". - o''
~
..:, _ ...'
troll liciwtiti.er,' were theecinfidefit• efrPee.:
buttons cif the Mexiciattik,•of ifirrefiterili even
IlMagof,hitelllgegoe and - ittformatietbarc well '
as '.. of the cinin'en,SOftlietri - Nra Wender
'Witli . sitcliihrfraiii that ihey`iiiiirtilleil:aii rap-'
idly;-aniflitare ho'fitiiiiiiitlY•ttbeiitaby trials
:multsUlleringitto • WhiCh they Were,isubjected
inihieHtutparallelq-march , -7- , 77 -. i .t 4, , -
' lii 'A h 0 reaf,or the Maxicati.'Arrny the pris- - 1
iiiietWinef Captain 'lliley','With his company
nf.ileserterwfrom',din. , Attierienti , army: ; He
lietNiretaly. eighty ,fir ;ninety men, who•coM!'
Ahmed fltegniti artillery forge of the t armit;-,
situritaid hp WatS piejiitig,itrefire,every, , ilay;.
' Het rhaide'S 'great effort', to.penfinide",ienni of,
the prisoners In jgifi."liiih,•LprentiSitig:,theM4d ,
muck land-mid mene,4',a!',l,hokJ.VOrtuted:'; rgi,d;.
Ai:whiting:that : A Wearm peesible . 4o,•Petier4t
IN'Ao.. r - -tli,,Ni`iP,t, , .§llOß''AlPfk,'fi , t,ar.FOY'S l o,li, ) ,
.Wad. thirty honsand',t , ,etrettgandOrtsti4h*
'4llifle'SpoifentietkilleY.,'sir Itiiilt, 1P, r4 ,(/Ihnlle ' '
',:•;t1 , !' , f , n.,::: . e.t041: 1 .:(f).)):• . 1i, : f 1 14c:,.1.M"..' . 1:!t','..ft:,
''.:,::;f. , 1 ,. . , ,i; , ',..: . ' , . , ..i.' :-., ' - K"1 : 41 , ..i.".+.. ,
N
would be divided among the troops. It ip
unnecessary to say that the traitors proposals
were received by our gallant volunteers with
acorn and. contempt. The prisoners were
much gratified try hear some time afterwards
in the C.arcel St. Jago, that Captain itiley'S
Companrwas Mit all tb pieces, and but 26
ever returned to the city of Mexico. These
twenty, together with other American deter
..vho bad escaped fmm our army at TamPicO
and Vera Cruz, became so unruly in their
habits that they . were-ordered out of the city,
. and bn their-.w ay were attacked by, a large
'Mexican force, and all pa(te the sword'.
On the first of March the.prisepers arrived
within nine miles. of Arlo cite ' of •Mexico,
When-the-Colonel to ccimmand.bf -the guar d
received orders to retain them at tbe place
° where he then was 'tibia the resolution,
which ilina then raging in the city, had aba
ted. But e revolution' continued longer than
was expted, the, prisoners were marched
into the city on the night of the sth cif March,
and were lodged in the-secure priion fortress
of San Jago. Here they found themselves
rnilie society oTall - the pritimpal malefactors
and convicts of Mexico, and a more rascally,
filthy, and villainous 'slit Were never before
'connegatail: Their impertinent and claque.
trug ' behavior soon rendered it necessary that
our boys should give them a little disciplin
ing, Several of. them Mere weilfiogged by
the Atnelicaris,and quite a lend sprung up in
consequence, which, reaching the ears of
the gqod natured, pot-bellied old Governor,
he came down one morning after. one of the
1...r0ws between the corivitqa & the Americans,
arid proceeded very deliberately, with many
grunts, much perspiration„ and a lace fell'elf
wisdom and sagacity, to draw a chalk-line
across the floor of the prison, assigning the
Americans one side'and the corvicts theot ,
her.—And as he completed this sage and
ingenious scheme for preserving the peace,
the jolly old fellow chuckled very heartily
over his wisdom, and left the prison with a
very:contented and selosatisfied air.
The revolution in the city still continued.
-There was a molt teriflic din of cannon and
small arms, drums beating, bugles blowing,.
cavalry charging, &c. The prisoners thought,
lido] the commotion apparent among rho
-people; and from the im hiense boneimptiort
of gunpowder that seemed-M be going on,
that a very . fierce and destructive battle was
raging in the city. treat was their astonish;
meat to hear from an •Englishrr on whO
visited them, that it was all bourid_enbiLfury,
Signifying nothing; that the revellitionary
parties 'kept two or three'iviles apart, firing
there guns at random down the streets. The
little boys would Watch the cannon balls as
they we:it booming along up the streets, and
whew they were spent,. and began lo roll
slowly, would run and pick them up and sell
them to 'the opposite party.
For fifteen days dill this fierce revolution
rage in 'the pay, The parties would rise
catty in thymorning; and while it was cool
hurl pleasant, fire away at each other, very
comfortably retiring for their coffee andlunch.
In the heatot the day they would suspend
opperations altogether, but at dark they
would begin the battle with great ferocity,
and fight the whole night long.
Proposals were made...by both of the pirties
to our prisoners to release them if they would
fight on their side. The Mexicans had heard
of the skill of our riflemen, and they believ
ed that it was only necessary for the priso
ners to join either party, to secure its success
in the sidle then going on in the city. But
our boys_ preferred_ looking on, like the old
woman in the figliiletween her husband
and the bear, not caring a copper which
whipped.
In the midst of the revolution the first news
of the battle of Buena Vista reached the city.
There was a great ringing oldie bells and
and much rhoicitg on account of the joy
fulridings. Bad news travels fast; and the
prisoners were soon informed by Mexicans
of the total rout and capture of Gen. Taylor's
whole at my, tne death of Gen. Butler, and
several'of our most distinguished officers.—
Although but little disposed to rely on Mex
ican stories, there was ouch an air of prob
ability about this report, that the prisoners
were forced to give it some credence, and
were overwhelmed' with grief and mortifies.:
lion at the disastrous result.• But soon other
stories were circulated,conflicting statements
were given, all tending to throw doubt upon,
the story of Santa Anna's splendid triumph.
At last the hurried despatch of the Mexican
General was received, and the hotel:col; ret
joicing in the city subsided most perceptibly.
I A copy of this despatch was thrown down,
by means of a twine string, from the room
where the officers confined to the Matti court
yard, where the men were, and was eagerly
andjoyously perused by them. it was evi
dent that Gen. Santa Anna had sustained a
decided repulse, and the prisoners cobid not
restrain their exultation, but gave it relief in
three loud cheers, which startled the inmates
of the prison, and brought the Govemor
down upon them, In the greatest terror and
perturbation.
On the next day, -however. the spirits of
thp•Mekicana were somewhat restored- by
the arrival'ol the trophies ol the batile,oi Au:
gostura. the three little cannon of bleat.
O'Brien. one of whicqh, by-the-by ,h*l been
capthred from the ivloxicans by , tie. Texans,
and the,colork (31 the Indiahrta regiment,to;
gether with a few markers, inert, b'rought
to the city in a triumphal car, and were re;
caved with great parade-by, the peopliti l r •
The whole story, liMvever: - Itttlis,,Bloody
Bght of Buena . Vista wait ebonite , familliar
to the
. prisoners as a ' 4 ..thrietit . tale
Their only tegiei, was their unfortunate , l ex 4
cl.usion honors,and laurels•ol 'that
glorious victory. ;' 'f'he,partrol IVlrtiote *hart
'and Borland haidlinsitafterwards joined-by,
that ef Capt. ifettOy; rata ally by, Ilia, pity
of blarbenr•aod_Qautterniaster ,4rrtithi
whiewere.talitinAly . llrrea, bi3tivein, MO.OB-
Oamargo, Malting the.whole ntirnbeit
of - A - Mericau - prisoners in the cereal arikharta
seveitty t ; t
:After threci;nionths trnprisonniont..theiriJ
ionere - Were.told: that' they • were , uirchitiged
wotylAto.eent, to Turupteo.; ; ll6lr:iifil4ers -
however, were not ddAyitti:tliem a
They. etarted..on_ tOttroli of
Juno, in charge an eseort of lanced; but
- meeting with - vericue - dialcultieslutd-sort
the live upove riarUed; e,eo,4sloi,,:ra:‘,ll,Fd
which filed their hearts as ,;hey esai : tge'liq+ ;;
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