iileipatches frem ' Major ; Downing, .'CITY;:6I* MEXICO, Übirrt.R . Stafit.s; SeptinittO*4 184 1 7.: txrds -- IE --- 3Xxterrt--4Y 4 'friends I'm alive yet, .tholig,hi - „Piriebeen 'through showers of balls rie, ---„:_kitonl3s:',.-LgoLyour.paper dolitainingoniylet ter thattl 'Wrote or. the rOad to theoar. 'letters I wrote afterwards, the guerrillas and. `robbers are so thick, I think it's ter. 'chances 'to one if • you got 'em. Some of Girlish& Scott's letters is missing just in the same 'Way. - No* we've• got the city of Mexico 'annexed, 1 think the Postmaster General onght• to .have .a more. regular line of stages tiunning ,ftere t tcrour:fettors may go Sate. 'ugh you would touch ;he President aud.Mr.. Johnson a litifirabnettliismail-sta ,, e busi 'imp, so they may keep all the couchnonkers •at work, and bee that the farmers raise hors es es fast as they Can, for I don't think-they -have any idea how long the roads is this 'way, 'nor how - fast we are gaining south. If — l;ve keepon anhexin as lest as we have done 'a year or - two past, it wouldn't take much' more-lhan-liall-a-dozeli-years-torget-.4lear • 'down to t'other end' of South A merica,,olear to Cape Horn, Which would - be a very -good .itopppg_p_hice; for then. if our government got into bad - Sledding NOrtfiA - intiare, - iinil •tound themselviis in a dilemma' that hadn't 'no horn to suit they would:have a horn iii Sonih .America !that they might 'hold •ort , .1 hope. there-glut no ti uth in the 'story that • Was buzzed about here in-the army, a day or' biro ago, that Mr. Polk had an idea, when _....vve_got through annexin. &nth this-way, of. Irving, his-band at. it over if, Europa and Af rice; and round there. And to prevent any 'ouarrellini, ' , beforehand about it on this side of lheAvatet, lie's going tO•agree to run the Missouri:comprbmise rat over there, and cut Europe up into free Slates and Africa • into slave Slates. Now, I think he had bet ter keep still about that till we get this South America business all done, and well tied up. It isn't well for a body to have too much 'business on his hands al•onee. There's no • -- - knowing what little Ilurries \venue) , get into Yet, and theretsdnagetoifyou have too much ___ , .saiLspread4ima-seutilf,--Betveveril - h - ar time'to ttilk about this now.. You will gel the accounts-o: the bags in • Gineral Scott's letters, so . 1 needn't say a '• great deal About them. But it's•been a hard - up-hill work all the way from Alera . Cruz here; and ;1 . don't think-my old•frienttGiim . rat 'lncqrson !nos& 'Would have worked • through all„.ihe difficuftiog and done the bu siness uplietter than Gineral Scott has.. But the Lilteciand the wounded, the dead and tfie dYingrisciattered all along the way for three hundred miles, it's a heart-aching thought. I don't love to think about it.. It is too bad that we didn't have more men, in as to march straight through without fighting, instead of having jest enough to encourage the enemy to Ming out their largest willies and fight theicharriest battles. .A r One cif the'hardest•brushes we, hail, alter I • -:got'here , was the-aitaelc of Chapultepec. I ;had'been into Iho city trying to bring Santa Annalo terms; but, wheO• I found it was nn 'use, I come out and told Gineral Scott them was no Way'but tolfight it out, and, although I was mily!the President's private embassaL 'dor, .1 didn't like to stand and look ori.whan WaS •So'weak-handed - ,,,and il would tell Me where to take hold I would,give'fifrn a lift. The Gineral Said he expected there would be a hard pull Id take Chapultepee, and-as Gineral Pillow was placed where he Would tie likely to have the heitiiest brunt of it, I might be doing -the country a great service if I would line with Gineral as my experience under Gineral -Jawksoti and insight into military allairs. would tin doubt be very - useful to that valiant officer. So I took hold for that day as one of Gineral Pillow's aids. When we come to march up and -ee how • •strong the enemy's work was, says 1, Gine .Ml Pillow it is as Much as all our 'lyric's worth to go right straight the and storm that place in the face and eyes of all their guns; I think we ought to lenity a little. Suppose E 3 dig a ditch round here in front 01, the enemy's works. AttiNit the Giueral's eyes flashed, and he swore right out. Says,;, 43, "No, d—n the ditches. I've no opinion 'of 'om ; 'they are nothing but a bother,-and 'never ought to be used. The best way is to •go , riglitirito the enemy pell mell." So, on ive went, and Pi:loW fit like a tiger till he got wounded, and then the rest of us that 'wasn't shot down had to finish the work up the hest way we could. The long and the short of it is, we fit our '''.4. 11 , t.y into the,eity tit Ige,xico.and annexed it. :Santa knots Bleared out the night store with • what from . * Wiled left, and is scouring a tont the Oratory to get some more places tislay'for ns 'to atmex, When he gets ano ther place all 'rearLy t for the ceremony, and gets it well fortified, and has an army of twenty or thirty thousand men in the forts and behind the breastworks, we shall march 'down epon 'em with five or six thousand 'men and go through the Hurry. After they have shiat•down about half of us, the, rest of -in,-over-the- mouths Of-their 'batmen, and annex that place too; and so on lone after another. - Tt is pretty hard work annexin in this way; but that is the only way it can be done. it • will be necessary .or the President to keep hurrying on his , men, this warto keep our 'ranks lull, ler we've got -a great deal of .grPovet yet. What we've annex %ed in, l'ilerrieo, so,far,lisn't• but a mere eh motristanch4e \What we've , got to do. 1•. ••' toile think tbe business . isn't -profitable 'but it's only because they haven't Ciphere d into it fur ,enough to understand it.l Upon' an average, we get at least ten, to one for onr outlay, any way you can figure it, bp— i, mean the Matter of people.. 'Puke, Mr in •stance,.the city of -Mexico. .4t•oost us 'only "vs.c) or three•thousand ,pen to annex it, alter we got jeto the neighborhood of it; and we get at .least a hundred and fifty shousand• people in that eity,,and some p ut it down as high 'is two hundr e d , thousan d. Some find - fault withthe•ralgy °film people,, we; this country, jest as it that had •any thing to •do.with the merits 4the They , ought to remember that. in, a government; like ours; where - .'the: . people .is_msed,kfor"Nottng, and, whine 'every nese•counie•hne, it is the.num 4er that we are.tb stand about• • mem, sand not the quality, by , no means. So that. in the matter of people.we, are 'doing a Maud. ';busiriess. , ,,And, as to ; the. Money,, it no. "mallet . what ~t eoste,us,,for money growti,in the ground trt, , :,lllexteo i .and,,ean alw,aye ,- be had. fin; digging. • • ,„;; ,sr , . • . There's a - thousand things in 'this'oanntrr thati shouldt.fiirei!te tell Lyoulbotit -I,lad '..tiiitej,but :things Bev unentged:.h.e rt i• 3 4 t ; that.' hsveTatheta aoinnsect ohanoeiti writ& ,go,l:,.,ittpittAitak here';' arta .wota a jeiv . 'linos tethe,LPreitident r but renniiii.4eur Old' , det4if,tosettpe' KMPRIKIOIXONN - " .0* Cluitelarrairditamant wius otk•ai 0' tr :rolumbia l e ( Pa: h oil Monday' afbeir,‘, bi; Qa t advent iiiiaiiigierrier hf'l4a t i;ol.al 14 3 siikv4 4 • 1.).^ T l i#,; i3/a ry it i*, l o4n4 4 !Pel . tin'eftect in It.morir, Alid;:aid` , .!he smieninii.hia party &arta& frii iritiviheiei 06 4 24. 4 ' 'Their triiiinioh :161/;ll4iktiiiiffti Of, *4franiniitiliqttlkePii , inotrialhph` - letiving;ltha' - eautbarrtai'lluthrie •-,- , ~,;' laborers-'ard. , ttat)(oAop6hi ) 3114 Waniaget ocoaoionedky,thilVatitt .s fmlith; , it , -. 1 ,.•;:-. 6 -1 , ... ~,!-'"." ..,,n4 - 7::f-; , ..' Zj'ii:..a - ZI 211641 - ''' 4 TIPLY , V II4I 4 I 3 . I •A' , -4, -,,,:, ;,;, ,'• ,- ,t • :-- ~,, g! .;•\ g , , , - ‘„,', ; .,1,--41-... i ..) : , --,------r- , ' , ...,,,„.„-,r,r ‘ i.S.• ~,"t..- i , . • . ;%, :sr'''•: ,. " • \ --.: t.: - .0. , ..\, -, ) z , ;"!. ' •':':= . ,dg i.. \ ,-,,ey, .• • - I ,4 "'"" : ' , ' . " 4 7. • 4 , 1 • 17- s ''':.:' 'del:Lir WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER,..3, 1847:", . The following Ivasothe patriotic lingnage of HENRY CLAY in the brief but eloquent speech made dutingilis recent - Via: (6 - Phi):: adelph?a: ~, ,,ftThere.is).?sti,hl.4,-ffgenllstnewoliellijUg befoul we putt, Which 1 wish you to fetnero her. Thivglorbius cind beautiful 16'43 Four cinitmoit couittry-in Peace' or in WOr—tin tiiedt Or in teoeuneler bad adminiitratiion' , or 7 •Aexkl . Ebvitnmenc, 1 4 BA1EMBER TO . STAND BY _GLORKLUSI4.MS:FReaII4.--VORK-1 fie ledger of this morning t ; ays that the' first 'retutris fi k , Indicate : that -the kWh igit - hrtve - VAAHIED - THE - ItATY — Sr THE STATE ! Elctions,lM State officers took place in New. York and New Jersey yesterday.u- We•hope, for the triumph of sound principles in both States. , Tie eJectiiiii: in Nassachu ;Airs cinthiy next. t.0:::7-The Cadets, under the command of Capt. IL N. Henderson, paraded on Satur day last, and althiligh,fe‘i in numbers look-• ed remarll acd marched with the steadiness of- vinerans. (On dit—lhat James Peacock, Esq. the well-known and-poputai, Post Maste'r al Har risbilr'',.kai_b_denlirerectieilAtca2l4ll--McKin ley, Editor of the .Union, appointed in his plane. Mr. Peaeoek committed the sin a short time sinceol taking Fart in a Taylor niewhlg! Orrici A L RETVaris.—The liairishurg Union says, it is unable to give a complete official table of the election, in consequence of the duplicate copies of returns n I having yet all been received at the Secretary's office. It presents altutble, it skyll, is neatly autunite, which makes Shank's vote 1.16,- 115 i. livin ; 128,138; Shunk's plurality, 17,- 977. Reigart's vote is 11,207; Lemoyne's 1 ; 677. Shanles - Trrajrnitydziver all ; 5,093: 7 We shall publish the table for a reference as soon' as complete. ;TimAavar Craccua.--:The Ma. Joint BANKS, Slate Treasurer, has issued a circular to the commissionels rind Treasurers of each county, urging ,tho .pforept' coilectiort 'am! payment of The State Taxes due the Coin inonwealtii: This is deemed necessary to maintain the faith of the Commonwealth, inasmitch as the tlanurge done to the canal by the late flood, will diminish . the ordinary receipts of the ttleashry-tea very ceasider- - able amount. CITY MIMI:HIM% N 'O'Xii:Edigs.-:Not the least attractive places of resort to strangers visiting Philadelphia, are the various Da goerreatt Galleries, particularly those of Mr. Roor, the Messrs. COLLINS, and W. Sr: F. If.V: , Mextiram, allot wltirih are mlvertised in our paper. To so high a perfection Itas this wonderful art been brought by these several artists,—so vivid is the likeness, and so ex quisite the softness, delicacy aniT finish 'et their portraits, that their respective rooms are daily filledivith patrons. Their . futridredsof spedirrienantra an attractive display. - Visi tors find it difficult to determine the /uperi ority among these vario - Js aiiisic-7-4:itieim prov.ements originated and claimed by eadli will be found detailed in their advertise ments. lioN. JAMES COOPER, of Adams coon ay, sailed in the packet-ship Sarawak, from Philadelphia to. Liverpool, on Monday last. An datertainment was given him on' the Fiiilay_ previous by a large 'umber of the Whig; of Philadelphia, at whicichosuollll: and . speeches were made by several leading Whigs. Gen Irvin's health was given with a hearty "three limes thane." Mr. Cooper bars with him the hearty good wishes , of not only %Vhigs, but many ,tpoliticth • opponents, ltit his speedy restoration to health. . . . A GonwHovEr...L4:lurfriends who melds itiflg Philadelphia about this time, particular= ly those having business on Merkel , street, can find no'Place with Whiall , they ivilU , be better pleased than the aMlegheny tense," kept by Mr. E. P. Hughes, near the corlier.of Eighth and Matkot. We know !rem' the personal enjoymeutOf thenaOliat this House abounde in all the eleliancieu, comforts'and. itccomodations which every Welt 1 1(.44 Hotel otlteie to itu i patrani• The lioiusels ~ besides. viltuited 'for btiiitiees-nien, be ing in the very centre of trade, 'and - ite char- . ges are theta' ieationable:-.lTit OtT ; fihrio Aleaantlritt'bniette Union 'waits to hear ine' reasons , in ducett. General , Scot! grant an artnisticeluni,, open,t negotiation,', although it