THE JOURNAL.
HUNTINGDON
Wednesday, June 10, 1816.
Democratic Whig Candidate For
Canal Commissioner
JAMES M. POWER,
OF MERCER COUNTY
'Hon. Charlea Hudson will please accept our
thanks for a pub. doe.
lj By THE NEws given in another column, it
will be seen that Gen. Taylor and his gallant army
are snugly located in Matamorasi ready to "receive
company
OEN. SCOTT.
Men of eminent talents, who by their great ser
s ices to the people, attract the favorable regard of
the country, are always sure to be followed by the
envy and slander of the undeserving. Such is the
condition at present of Gen. WINFIELD SCOTT.
Having by his daring bravery end consummate
military skill in the last war, attained the highest
pinnacle of military renown, it only remained for
him to prove to his countrymen, by a long admin
istration of the various details, both civil and mili
tary, connected with the government of the army
in an extended period of peace, his entire fitness far
the discharge of the whole duties of the Chief
Magistracy. The firm hand with which he has
held the chord of discipline, and by which he has
brought the army to its present unsurpassed state
of moral firmness—no less than by his bland and
courteous conduct to all such of his fellow citizens
ns have had occasion to meet him as citizens, man
ifest to the world his thorough and minute knowl
edge of the delicate but manifest distinctions which
sciarate the soldier from the citizen.
A steady and undeviating Whig in his political
principles, it has been no less his desire to place his
country in an attitude of civil than of military in
dependence upon foreign countries. Hence, whilst
he has at all times enforced the most rigid and in
fiexiole discipline in the army, he ha, constantly
advocated the right of the farmer, the manufacturer
and the mechanic, to be protected against the en•
croachmeats of foreign nations, by an efficient
tariff of duties upon all such foreign fabrics as our
own laborers could produce. The effects of his
system of military government, have lately been
seen in the achievmenta of the Southern army, and
:t only remains for the people to put it in his power
to viva equal testis to OUT civil institutions.
We have heard complaints and murmurs from
some quarters, that General Scott had refused to
proceed to the South-west to take command of the
Army on the Rio Grande. We believe it is true, as
the reader will observe by reading an article in
another column from the North American, headed
the Administration and Gen. Scott," that General
Scott has declined to go to Matamoras to supercede
the veteran Taylor in the command of the Army
which he has led, and still leads, with so mach
honor to himself and his country. Scott and Tay
lor are brother Whigs, as well as brother soldiers,
and Scott would forfeit his high dolma for generos
ity and knightly bearing, were he to go and lake the
head of that army which his old conmaniOn in
arms has headed with so much glory.
But it is not true that Gen. Scott has refused to
enter upon active duties ih the field. Though un•
willing to strip Tayl,r of his command, Scott is
ready and willing to place himself at the head of
any now army, even of raw soldiers, which his
country may have occasion td place under arms,
and again to bring that new army to the state of
discipline and military morals, which gives character
to the old regiments, whom he cheered on at Chip
pcway and Bridgewater.
The probability is, that unless our cohtroversy
with Mexico is brought to a termination Within the
present year, we shall have other enemies to com
bat than the swarthy children of Anahuac, and
Anil have to encamp on fields covered with snow,
instead of briowacing on the banks of the Rio
Grande.
Many battles have yet to be lost and won ott the
St. Lawrence, and the nation need not be in haste
to precipitate itself upon Mexico, until it is ascer
tained that the 49th parallel will satisfy the sons of
St. George. Berme our flag can Wave on 54 40,
blood must flow on many a gory field; the young,
the gallant and the daring, must rush to meet an
enemy that has conquered half the world. The
young American soldier will follow, with u firm
step, the chief who cheered his father to victory in
the last age, with nodding plumes and sword flash
ing in the sun beams, which lighted the morning of
Lundy's Lane.
ca Henry Horn has been re-nominated by the
President, for Collector of the Port of Philadelphia.
The Senate, it is thought, will again reject him.
}The Portage Railroad and the western divis
ion of the Canal, have been considerably damaged
by the late heavy rains. We also learn th.t a
breach occurred in the canal in the narrows below
Lewistown, a few day■ since. All of which have
been repaired.
(0. Sam Houston is said to be Mr. Polk's most
confidential friend and adviser. Perhaps it is dr •
signed to push him forward for the succession. His
Texas exploits may be made his passport to the
highest honor of the Republic.
Both branches of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church have adjourned. The New
School will meet in Cincinnati on the thin' Thum
day in May, 1847, and the Old School will meet
nest year at Richmond, Ye.
The Whig Candidate for Governor.
We are happy to inform our readers that the
best spirit prevails among the Whig presses of the
State, on the subject of the next Gubernatorial
nomination. `The views we expressed a short time
since, in an article announcing our• preference, and
those whom our paper represents, for the " popular
Congressman" of Centre county, hate been warmly
applauded by our Whig cotemporaries in various'
parts of the State; some of whom, too, are sup
porting the claiips of another gentleman. Union
of action among the opponents of Locofocoism, is,
as we before stated, the first and paramount object
with us, and we can now inform our respected co
temporaries throughout the State, that we correct!) ,
represented the fellings of our favorite, Gen. JAMES
Invix, when we expressed the holier that it was
the first great object With hinutelf.
As an evidence of what may he expected from
the friends of another distinguished and able cham
pion of Whig principles, we extract the following
from the Gettysburg Star, published in the town
in which the Hon. JAMES COOPER resides. After
extracting a large portion of our former article on
this subject, the editor of the Star remarks:
" The editor of the Journal is a friend of Gen.
Inytx, and warmly urges the propriety of his nom.
ination, as the next Whig candidate for the office
of Governor. Yet he deprecates any 'bickering
and heart burnings between the friends of different
candidates,' and cheerfully accords the same devo•
liar to principles to the other gentlemen named,
that he claims for his own favorite. This is the
right spirit, the feeling tint should actuate the
friends of all the candidates named.
The general spirit of the above extract commends
itself to the friends of the different candidates, and
by none, we feel assured, will it be more cordially
reciprocated than by those who have urged the nom
ination of our immediate fellew-citizen. Holding
the triumph and successful administration of Whig
principles in our State legislation to he an attain
ment infinitely paramount to all personal considera
tions, we hove but little preference as to the indi
vidual to be out 'standard bearer,' and stand ready
to do battle under any good Whig to whom the
majority of our friends shall point as combining in
his qualifications the better requisites for a success ,
ful leader. We support Mr. Cooper, not that we
regard him a better Whig than Gen. Irvin, Gen.
Markle, Mr. Stewart or Mr. Strohtn, but that we
believe the qualifications whieh should attach to the
next Whig candidate for Governor developes them
selves more pre-eminently in him than in any other
individual named—not that we doubt the peasibility
of en election of an other man, but that we believe
that a a triumph over our political enemies would
be achieved more easily and more certainly With
Mr. Cooper as our candidate.
Should, however, a majority of the Whigs deter
mine otherwise,end place in nomination Gen. Irvin,
Gen. Markle, or any other good Whig, no one will
rally to his support with more ardor and good will
than Mr. Cooper himself, and when the contest
shall have been closed, from no county in the State
will a better verdict be rendered than that which
shall sent up by the Whigs of the' Yonng Guard."
The Pennsylvania Intelligencer, an old and
faithful Sentinel upon the watch tower of the Whig
party, in an able article upon the eulject of the
next Governor, makes the following complimentary
and correct remarks in regard to Gen. :
" Gen. hate, it will be recollected, was one of
the prominent candidates before the Convention in
1844, en,: came within a few voter of being nomi
nated. He was defeated, but he did not on that ac
count falter in his duty. Like a true hearted, no
ble Whrg as he is, he woo himself the first to rally
in support of his more fortunate competitor, and
with hie whole host of warm and ardent friends, he
labored earnestly in his behalf up to the hour, of
the election. In common with his friends, we be
lieved then, and we believe still, that if Irvin had
been nominated he would have been elected; and
the election of Mr. Clay to the Presidency would
have followed as a necessary consequence. How
much of evil to the country would have been
avoided with such a result, and how much of good
been realized, can be better imagined than expressed.
We leave it for the reflection of the reader. Our
opinion with regard to the avuilibility of G, n.
Irv:r. is not at all changed. We believe now, as
we did in 1844, that his nomination in March, will
be the signal of Whig success in October. Ile
possesses all the qualities requisite for the high
office for which he is named. lie is an ardent and
devoted Whig—thoroughly conversant with and
wedded to the great principles of the party—is a
clear-headed practical business man, and an able
and zealous advocate and supporter of the favorite
Tariff Policy of Pennsylvania. His popularity is
not in the least diminished, but increases as his
worth and abilities become more generally known,
and his host of Wartn and zealous friends will rally
around him with as reach enthusiasm as ever. In
his own district he was twice elected to Congress,
his popularity at home having won for him the sig
nificant appellation of the 'popular Congressman,'
and he has probably more real substantial popalarity
throughout the State than any man in the Whig
ranks. lie is in every sense a sterling man; and
jostler ! and policy point decidedly to his nomina
, tion.'
The Millonian, published in the gallant " thir
teenth district,' at present represented by the In•
vincible Pollock, has the following in regard to the
sentiment of the Whigs in that section of the
state :
It is is with pleasure that we record tha fact,
that many of the Whig papers of Pennsylvania,
have at this early day, spoken on the subject of the
next Whig tandidale for Governor; and they have,
With but fe* exceptions, given their preference for
Gen. IRVIN. of Centre county. This is no doubt,
gratifying to the Whigs in this section of the State,
for we believe they nre all, without a single excep
tion. in favor of hint for the next Gubernatorial
candidate.
The Muncy (Lycotning co.) Luminary says:—
. We have no hesitation in expressing it as our be
lief that Gen. JAMES IRVIN. the popular Con
gressman' of Centre county, will receive the undi
vided vote of the interior for nomination. The
other candidates spoken of are ail good men and
fully competent for the office. yet we look upon
Gen. Irvin as the moat available man in the State."
Ir WONT 110. --The Union melta to manufac
ture an idea that the ‘Viugs are facetiously oppo
sed to the Administration at the present time in its
difficulties. All fudge! The Whip r.re voting
the men and the money, freely and liberally. They
are doing all they can for the country. The Ad
ministration plunges us into troubles, and the Whigs
are kept bt.sy in extricating the country, or pre
venting it from falling into greater disasters.—Akx
andria Gazelle.
cC,tAny one who can reed the last week's Loco-
Coco papers of this county, without feelit,,,, the
deepest sympathy for the editors of the Yew York
Tribune ar.d Mirror, must possess a heart as hard
us adamant !
From the North American.
THE ADMINISTRATION & GEN. SCOTT:
The statements made by our able Washington
correspondent, in relation to the course pursued by
the Administration towards Gen. Scott, catmot fail
to excite apprehension and indignation among all
parties. The selection of Gen. Scott to command
the forces raised under the recent oct of Congress
was announced in the Union," and hailed in all
quarters and by all parties, with exultation and de
light. What has occurred to excuse the capricious
inconsistency of the Administration I Is not the
hero of Chippewa as worthy now as then I If there
be a reason for a step which than outrages the na
tion and our bravest defender, it must be a secret
personal and political reason. The indulgence of
such motives, at such a time, is utterly inexcusable.
The injustice to a gallant, able and faithful officer
has no parallel in our history, and is rendered the
more obvious by the magnanimous example set by
Gen. Scott in refusing to pluck the proffered laurels
which have been earned by the heroic Taylor. The
effect of such on act must be to discourage the army
and to inspire distrust in the people. It is a blow ,
a heavy blow, at the service in general. The posi
tion to which General Scott was called, not only
by the President, but by the voice of the whole na
tion, was due to his virtue., genius and experience
—to his past achievements and his present high
rank and character. The country will not sanction
the course of the President who, startled into jeal
ousy by the acclaim with which all parties hailed
the selection of the hero to lead on our armies to
victory, now seeks to dishonor and dismiss him.—
The design and attempt will kindle a llama of pop
ular indignation such as the country has nut wit
nese.] for years. The war is now the cause of the
country not of a faction; and the effort to betray
and degrade the army through its chief, in order to
subaerve unworthy political purposes, must meet
with universal reprobation.
Correspondence of the North Amoncan
WASHINGTON, MAY 24, 1846,
It is hardly necessary fur me to make any corn
ments upon the intelligence received front the fron
tier last night, inasmuch as no official accounts
have been received by the President or at the War
Department, and the subject IS by far too grave a
one for mere speculation. I can only say, the facts
as staled are supposed to be greatly exaggerated.
I now turn to a matter, the promulgation of which
will, I have ho doubt, occasion no little surprise to
the country, and if it should result, as circumstan
ces now seem to warrant the apprehension of, will
cause one general and spontaneous burst of just
indignation throughout the Union—in a word, there
is serious reason to believe a:: effort is being made
by the Administration to supersede Gen. Scott in
the command of the South Western army ! !
In order to present the case fairly it is necessary
to refer to the circumstances which brought about
his selection for this poet. After the first indications
of hostilities from the frontier, Geri. Scott was call
ed into council as to the military operations. It
was then proposed to him by the President and Sec
retary of W.,17, proceed to the Rio Grande and
take command of the forces—in plain terms, they
desired to displace Gen. Taylor. With all the true
mantas of a soldier and the noble qualities of a
man, Gen. tic Scott respectfully vegetated to be relieved
from such a duty. He stated that Gen. Taylor
was his present friend--they had served on the
field of battle togetherhe had always shown him
self superior to every entergency in which he had
been placed, and Was a brave and gallant officer,
and would come out victoriously. After this urgent
, remonstrance, at various interviews the subject was
renewed, and it wee then submitted whether he
would accept the command of the forces ordered by
Congress. To this he readily assented, alleging
that General Taylor would have no proper ground
of exception inasmuch as his higher rsttk would
entitle him to the position, and could not be regard
ed as any disparagement to Gem Taylor. When
this understanding had been perfected, the President
at once entered into what was presumed to be very
confidential intercourse with Gen. Scott. and they
crete closed nearly two days without interruption
of any sort, in arranging the requisitions upon the
States, and other details.
It is well known with what a cordial and univet ,
set response the selection of Gen. Scott was received
all over the Union, and by men of all parties. The
echo found its way back to Waeltingten, sod fell
upon the ears of some high in office, in anything
but graceful notes. I shall nut say how much or
how little the prospect of a future, beyond the suc
cessful termination of this Mexican war, may have
influenced those in power in the course of conduct
which has been manifested towards Gen. Scott since
this acclamation was heard ; but I know, and pro
claim it, that the President and his advisers have
acted with marked coolness, and in a manner utterly
at variance with their recent profession. Whether
this be the result of cause and effect, ix left tot
others to judge.
During all the consultations and councils, no
order of any sort was issued to Gen. Scott. The
President expressed his desire he should take com
mand of the army, when it was mustered into ser
vice, and Gen. Scott made but one stipulation, viz:
that in the event of war with England, he should
be permitted to return from the frontier, to the more
honorable command, which was granted.
Thus stood matters until about nine days ago.—
Gen. Scott was all the while pushing forward his
arrangements, and was devoting night and day to
the organization of troops. Then, much to his
surprise, the President and the Secretary of War
and others connected with the administration on
different occasions, renewed the suggestion, that he
ought to go to the seat of war. Ho replied as be
fore—Gen. Taylor had accomplished as much as
any ~dicer could do, under the circumstances—had
proved himself capable of copihg with the enemy,
and deserved whatever laurels were to be won from
the campaign on the Rio Granite. Still it was
pressed upon his attention, .0 as to become disagree
able. About this time, (a week ago) it became
necessary to frame a Bill systematizing the details
of tl.at granting the supplies. This was confided
to Gen. Scott, and was laid before the Military Corn ,
mince of the Senate in his handwritin^. It was
done with the knowledge and consent, and I believe
at the roues' of the War Department.
The Military Committee of the Senate met, and
Mr. Marcy, the Secretory of War, appeared in per
son before them—a proceeding altogether unusual.
Several members being absent. a section was intro-
duced without any confetence with General Scott,
which appears as the very first in the Bill reported
on Tueeday morning last by Cot. Benton. It is
, as follows:
tie it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United Statca of America in
Congress assembled. That the President of the
United States he, and he hereby is authorized to
appoint, by end with the advice and consent of the
Senate, two mojor-generala, and four brigadier
generals, in addition to the !fluent military estab
lishment.
When it is remembered, that according to the
recent act, the States ate allowed to appoint their
owh officers, that theta Generale of the regular
army, Gen. Taylor, Gen. Worth and Gen. Wool,
exclusive of the Commander-in-Chief are to be on
the frettl, and therefore that no necessity, and no
reasonable pretext exists for these new officers, and
the mode by which this clause was inserted in tho
bill, is taken into consideration, it cannot but be in
ferred, there was some decided motive for such a
movement upon the part of the administration,
when the personal agency of a member of the Cab
inet, was necessary to procure its adoption.
Will the Government paper answer whether it
was the President's purpose by this means to su
persede Gen. Scott in the command of the army,
or by securing places for hie friends now, to re
tain them at the close of the war, when the peace
establishment came to be formed, by giving the
go by to Scott and Gaines? These are pungent
interrogatories and explicit answers are demanded
by the country, of whose glory and greatness the
reputation of GEN. WINFIEDD Scam in no unim
portant port. I challenge a manly and candid re
ply, and I call upon the President's organ, to tell
us, why this increase of high officers was demanded
by the President through the Secretary of War,
when not needed for the public service.
In this connection let me venture a prediction—
if this bill is passed Samuel Houston, of Texas,
will be a General in the army of the United Staten,
mark that! The inferences are left to those who
choose to form them.
But to return. Within the last few days Gen.
Scott, being still without orders, the subject not be
ing resumed, and this bill, itself singularly expres
sive, being before Congress—he addressed a letter
to the President stating at length his reasons for
declining the appointment to supersede Gen. Tay
lor, and why he could without any reflection upon
that gallant officer, assume the command of the
whole force to be called out. No reply hes been
given, as yet, and it is now a matter of much doubt
if he will be ordered. If the pending bill can be
hastily carried through, I believe he will be over
slaughed—if not, the President may take even a
more exceptionable course.
The length of this letter precludes me from ex
tending the remarks which I intended to submit to
the public, but I cannot close without the expres
sion of one opinion. If Mr. Polk and his cabinet
design to make this Mexican war a political war,
as events have already indicated, the sooner they
abandon their places the better for themselves ; no
execration can be too loud for such conduct—no
penalty too severe. The. , Union" has, day after
day, charged falsehoods upon statesmen of as pure
patriotism and unsullied integrity as any that exist
in this land, and its tirades seem only to have been
the preludes to a war upon the Hero of Niagara.—
Let them beware I I shall resume this subject.
WAR XTERTS,
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.—The Pa. Intelli
gencer of the sth instant, says:—The work of or
ganization of Volunteers for the army is progress
ing finely. Col. Potrekin informs us that the fol
lowing companies have been filled up, duly organ
ized and inspected, and tendered their services to
the proper officers:
WASFIINOTON GUARDS, Capt. M. Criswell, Mc-
Veytown, Mifflin county, numbering 77 officers
and men.
COLUMBIA GUARDS, Capt. J. M. Wilson, Dan.
rifle, numbering 90 officers and men.
PATTERSON GUARDS, Capt. W. A. Stokes Phil
adelphia, 77 officers and men.
The HARRISBORO RIFLE, we learn are also full,
and only awaiting inspection to tender their •orvi
cal ; and the Dsuputrr ',tins want but a few
MOM men to fill up their ranks.
The St. Louis New Era of the 26th ult., says
We learn that at sundown last evening, the number
of volunteers who had enrolled themselves for the
mounted rifle corps organizing by Thornton Grim
sley, was over 900 men. This will make d very
effective troop.
The New Orleans Picayune of the 27th Ultinio,
has tho following :
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO GEN. TATLOII.-II le
with no small degree of pride that we refer to the
action of our Legislature yesterday, In having mdde
an appropriation of $5OO for the purchase of a sword
on behalf of the State, to be presented to General
Taylor as a token of the universal admiration with
which the people of this State view his indomitable
skill, as displayed in achieving two brilliant victories.
The resolution was adopted by acclamation, and
there is not a citizen of the State that will not ap
prove and sanction the act.
THE SPANISH FLEET IN THE GULP.—II may
not be uninteresting at this juncture to have some
knowledge of tho strength of the Spanish squadron
stationed among the West India islands. As near
as we can ascertain, it is composer' of one ship of
the line, one frigate, one sloop of war, three steam
ships, five brigs of war, and several sehOoners and
transports.
OREM. TRON THE I , Livr DEPARTMENT.-th ,
dere have been received at Baltimore to ship as
many men for the navy sis possible. The Brandy
wine frigate is fitting out at I t lorfolk to join thr .
Gulf squadron, and is waiting for men.
Sri am OF THE PEOPLE•—in Tenn esseo , upwards
of 5,000 volunteers, says the Washington Union,
have already offered their services to the Governor,
being more than twice 1. e number of volunteers
called for by the federal government, in the course
of two weeks.
TILE MEXICAN SrEmsnips.--Informa
lion was received in this city yesterday
from several sources stating that the ,Mex
ican sreatnshiqs • had escaped from Vera
Crut on the 18th ult., and had arrived at
Havana on the 24th ult. under English
colors.
We presume that the circumstances
which induced this act may be stated as
follaws:—The two steamships were given
as security by the Mexican Government to
an English firm in Vera Cruz, MaSsrs.
Mckittosh and Manning. for a loan of be
tween $500,000 and -600,000. This firm
having possession of them, and being dis
irons of prolectnk their own interests,
took advantage of the absence of the
American squadron nuder Com. Conner
to send them to Havana, a neutral port un
der the colors of there own nation. This
is the probable cause, and udon the face of
things it is very unlikely that the British
Government has had any thing to do with
it.—
Prom Washington.
Correspondence of the U. S. Gazette,
Juno 3, 1846,
Irt the House, the debate upon the supplemental
bill (to appoint additional generals, &c.) woe resu- '
med and continued until two o'clock, the hour fixed
for closing it. But the debate was without interest,
and listened to by no one. When the debate clo
ned, the commiitee proceeded to vote upon the va
rious amendments offered, most of which were re
jected. The amendment proposed of striking out
the first section of the bill, which authorizes the
appointnient of two Major and four Brigadier gen
erale, was negatived; but the amendment which
reduces the number of each one half—one Major
and two Brigadier generals—was adopted. An
amendment was also adapted requiring tub ribrofier
of Major Generals to be reduced to one and the
' Brigadier Generals to two, & at the blond of the war,
authorizing the President to select the Major and
Brigadier Generals to be retained, without reference
to the dates of commission, and providing that the
others shall leave the service, was adopted.
This is a blow at Gen. Scott, and a cowardly one
too, for it is an indirect back handed stroke. Gen.
Taylor will be appointed the other Major General,
and then, should the Senate concur in this amend
ment, an soon as the present contest closes, lee would
be retained and Gen. Scott dismissed from the ser
vice. Such also would be the fate of Gen. Gaines.
It was intended to kill off Gen. Scott without ap•
peering to strike him. They should recollect that
the persecution of a bravo man, and one who has
performed the exploits which Gen. Scott has upon
the field, sometimes does more for him theft kind
ness. The American people are generous and
magnanimous, and let them but eon any attempt to
crush one who is admitted by all to be a brave man
and able general, who has rendered eminent servi
ces to the field, and they will make his cause their
own. The object which the majority have in view
may be frustrated by the very means they take to
accomplish it.
The Locos have not yet been able to agree among
themselves as to what they will do with the Tariff
and the Land graduation bill. Some of the moat
sensible of them think it the height of folly to re
duce the income of the government—cut off the
sources of revenue, at a time when the expenditures
greatly exceed the income as it is, and when the
deficiency will have to be supplied by loans or Treas
ury notes.
The National Fair.
This exhibition closed on Wednesday night at
ten o'clock, in Washington City. The Intelligencer
says:—This great exemplification of A merican in
genuity, projected and prosecuted under some doubts
of its success, has far more than equalled the high
est hopes of the patriotic gentlemen who originated
and carried it forward. During the entire fortnight
that it has been open, its immense saloons have
been thronged by day and crowded by night with
interested and gratified spectators. Ae an experi
ment, it has been crowned with the most complete,
and, we will add, the most merited success. Such
a display or Demirel specimens or American shill
and progress in the various branches of manufac- 1
toting, mechanical, and scientific industry, was well
calculated to gratify all hearts which cherish the
real independence.of the country and its solid pros
perity. Especially must it have gratified all such
to observe the numerous and varied proofs of our
counity's independence of the foreign world, in all
those plainer but more essential fabrics which be
long to the comfort of the people.
The Mexicans.
An American officer, writing to the New York
Spirit of the Times In relation to the recent battles,
aye--
The General had gained a glorious victory ovet
the best appointed army that Mexico ever sent into
the field, confident of success, in a position selected
by themselves, and with an overwhelming force of
odds of more than 3to 1. They had 2000 fresh
troops, which were not in the battle of the Bth, and
had come over in the morning expressly for the
fight. They were veterans of twenty successful
battles, and in their own country, upon which ever
side they fought, victory perched. Everything was
in their favor—position, numbers and confidence.
and yet with all these, they were badly whipped.
History does not furnish a parallel with the battle
of La Resaca de la Palma. Such is the name of
the battle of the oth. So confident were they of
victory, that Amputlia, speaking to Capt. Thornton
who was then their prisoner, said that it was ut
terly impossible that it should be otherwise—that
their numbers alone were sufficient independent of
those veteran regiments.' Gen. La Vega said that
if he had $lOO,OOO in camp, he should hove con
sidered it as safe as if at at the city of Mexico, and
he would have bet that amount, that no ten thousand
men could have beaten them !"
den. Scott *raduced,
The repot which has reached New Orleans that
bon. Scott was about to be appointed to supercede
Gen. Taylor, has caused great excitement and dis
satisfaction. This explanation will render the fol
lowing, from the Tropic, more intelligible to our
readers :
n A beautiful and emphatic illttstration of the
good sense, consistency and self-respect of the peo
ple of New Orleans, was exhibited last night at the
commercial exchange, immediately after the meet
ing to honor Gen. Taylor feud adjourned. One Col.
Hays appeared upon the platform, and invited the
attention of the citizens for five minutes. He then
held out a paper, from which, said he, I intend to
prove that Major General Scott is a coward. The
words had scarcely dropped froth his lips, before an
out-burst of indignation pervaded the vast meeting,
and so terrible and overpowering had it become in
a few minutes, that the speaker was silenced, and
ho had to quit the platform. Major Mountfott, Col.
Fulton and C. Moise, Esq., then addressed the !met
ing in defence of the valiant and brave Scott."
cc? The Washington (Pa.) Reporter says
The Locusts are here. The woods are vocal with
their music. Untold millions cluster upon the
boughs of the forest trees, and the orchards are
literally black with them."
Q Hon. T F. Marshall and Cassius M. Clay,
have each raised a volunteer company for the war.
Tho citizens of Hagerstown, Md., bays determi
ned to erect a monument to the memory of Major
Ringgold
Further Neitts !trete the
ARMY OF OCCUPATION
Matamoros taken Without Oppo
sition by the American Ariny---
Mexicans Soldiers deserting iii
great numbers.
From the Galveeton News of May 22,
The steamship Telegraph has just arri
ved from Point Isabel. Through the po
liteness of her obliging clerk, we have
been tarnished with the following informa
tion, . . _
He reports that on the 17th inst. a de
tachment of 300 regulars and 850 voluu
teers proce&led to Barita, and took posses
sion of it, and established a military de
pot.
On, the night of the 19th, an express ar
rived rom General Taylor, stating that he
had crossed the Rio Grande, and taken the
city of Matamoras, without oppsition—the
Mexicans having fled from the city.
The Mexicans from the last accounts,
were deserting their tanks in battalions.
Two American regiment®, with the excep
tion of about 350 men having marched a
few (lays previous, were stationed at Bra
zos Point, awaiting the orders of General
Taylor, as it was thought they would leave
on the Oath for Matamoros; via the old
Bari tti road.
Col. Mclntosh, Cap , . Page, and all the
the others that was wounded in the action
of the sth and 9th are at Ponit Isabelond
were recovering. The Telegraph is 26
hours from Point Isabel. Capt. Auld, of
the Telegraph, who has had opportunities
for (ntainiug correct information, has given
es some interesting paiticulurs in relation
to our army optrations. We have now
scarcely time to allude to them.
The escape of Capt Thornton at the time
his company was so badly cut up, is most
incredible. Alter carrying him safely over
a high hedge enclosure, into which he hadl
been decoyed, his horse carried him safely
over several very high fences and very
deep ravines swimming the Rio Grande,
above Matamor.is, then positing down be
low the town, on the opposite side. In at
tempting to leap a broad ditch, he missed
his footing, when both horse and rider were
thrown. By the fall Capt. T. was so stun.
ned that he was soon after taken up by the
Mexicans perfectly unconscious of what
had happened.
After time battle of the 9th, he was ex
changed and leolored to our army. Capt.
Auld thinks the whole number of our Lill
e I and w inn led must am cunt to more than
300, besides the wounded to be removed.
All but three, it is thought, will recover.
There are three Mexican prisoners having
but one leg between them all.
After being shot in the arm Col. Mcln
tosh received a bayonet wound in the
mouth, which passed through one side of
lilts nem. There are hopes or his reedy.
erv.
He communicates his thougths by writ
ing on a slate, and receives the necessary
nutriment for the support of life with mush
difficulty : he dose not desire to to live, but
converses with cheerfulness upon the suc
cess of of our army.
The condition of the brave and esteem
ed Capt. Page is melancholy indeed. The
whole of his lower jaw, with part of his
tongue and palate, are shot away by agape
shot. He Lou ever, survives, though en.;
tirely incapable of speech,
All our accounts represent the Metican
as having fought on the 9th with eottrage
and desperation that would have reflected
credit upon the troops of any nation.
They were nearly in a slate of starva
tion, and had been promised the ample sup
, plies of the American camp in case they
could secure the victory.
They met the charge of our troops man
fully, and stood the distructive fire that
was poured in upon them without giving
way, until their works were encumberep
with the dead am! wounded.
Nothing farther has been heard of the re%
inforcements that were reported to be on
their way to the relief of Ampudia.
Go!. Sympton found a Mexican, a few
days since, in a thicket. Assoon as he was
discovered, he threw away his arms, say.
ins that he had been fightitig for a Month
with nothing but bread and water for pro•
visions, that he now wished to surrender to
the Americans—as he would fight no lon
ger nnder the Mexican Government, and
that two-thirds of the whole Mexican force
wished to do the same.
Capt. A. says that a report reached Vic
toria last Ptiday, that one hundred Ger-
Mans, escorting one hundred wagons from
New Braunfels to the new settloment on
the San Saba, 70 miles above, were cud.
denly attacked by a large body of Cam
anches, supposed to number several thous•
and, whereupon the emigrants abandoned
their wagons to seek security—leaving
iheir property in the hands of the savages,
There appears to be some uncertainty as to
the number, loc., but the main facts are
snbstantialy correct.
Capt. A. also informs us, that a report came over.
land to Port Lame last Sunday, to the effect that
a large body of Indians, consisting of the warriors
of several tribes comprising the Comanche nation',
were hovering about in the vicinity of the A meticatt
entrenchments opposite Motamora, with a view
' doubtless to join the victorious party, andshare tho
plunder of the defeated.
George B. Crittenden, of Kentucky, one of the
Captains of the new regiment of Mounted Rifle
men, was one of tho “men of Misr," and fought
in that famous battle.
G. W. Kendall of the New Orleans Picayune,
while on a hunting excursion in Texas for Buffo:0
as well as health, hearing of the commencentent of
hostalities on the Rio Grande, immediately started
for the seat of war, and is, it is supposed, now t;
the Army.