4 , 441:titr .. .: 6114 ' 10iti14b..1i0,11.,: .o,4ii,,rit.„:- [D. A. BUEHLER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR VOL, X\ 111.-5. 4 THE MISE:t 'S DEATH. nr G. a•. CUTTER An oh! man sat by a fireless hearth. Tao' the n iglit was dark and chill, Arid in mrnfully over the frozen earth, Th.! wind scihhed low and shrill. llis lof•ks w ere white, and his eyes were grey And dim, but not with tears; A rid his skeleton form w•,ts wasted away ‘Vith penury mare than years. A ritslt-light. was casting its fitful glare O'er the d imp and dingy walls, Where the lizard had ,cute his slimy lair, And the veaomlll4 spider crawls. But Cie in !anest thing in this loathsome room Was that miser, all worn and bare ; Where he sat like a ghost in an empty tomb, Oa his broken aril only chair. He had hotted the window and har'd the door, .And every nook he had And felt their fastenings o'er and o'er, With his cold and skinny hand ; And vet he sat gazing iuti•utly around• And trembled with silent fear. And started atodshuddered at every sound, That fell on his coward ear. lIa! 113 ! lanvhrd the miser—rin sale at la-t, From thi; night so cold and drear ; From the drenching rain and the driving blast With my gold burl ply treasures here. lan) vold and wet the icy rain, Arid my health is had, 'tis true, Yet if I should light that lire again, It would cost lilt a cent or two. But I'll take a kip of this precious wine, It will banish my cold and fears : It was given long. sinee by a friend of mine, I have kept it for niany years. So he drew a flask from a mouldy nimk, , And &auk of its ruby tide, And hi.; eye grew bright with each draught he tool And his bosom swelled with pride. "Let me 'wee—let Inc see, — said flit; miser then, "''Tis some sixty years or more: Since the happy hour when I b egal i To heap up my gli taring store ; And well have I sped in my anxious toil, As my crowded chests \vitt show, - I have more than would ransom a kitigdown's Or an emperor could bestow. 'From the orient realms I hav'ertibies bright, And gold from the fain'd Pent ; I've diamonds would shame tie stars of eight, And pearls like the morning dew. And more I'll have, ere the morrow's sun, His rays front - the west shall fling; That widow,, to free her prisonvd son, Shall bring me her bridal ring." lie turti'd to an old mirrn-eaten chest, And cautiously raised the lid . , And then it shone like the clouds of the we-t With the slut in their splendor hid ; And gem after gem of its precious store, He raised with exulting smile, And counted, recounted them o'er and o'er, In many a glittering pile. Why conies that flush to his pallid brow. While his eves like his diamonds shine ! Why writhes he thus in such torture now ! NVliat was there in the wine ! His lonely seat he strove to regain— To crawl to his nest he tried ; But finding his efforts were all in vain, He clasped his gold and died. Br: :.CIIKERFII..—Light-hearted cheer fulness! we prize the ilisposition in whom soever it is found. Gaiety drives the blues away and is the greatest enemy the devil has. Mankind are too prone to he dull aml heavy—and where we have one op portunity to say q) a friend, be sober and sedate—we have a Thoosand to charge to be cheerful and happy. It was the remark of Martin Luther, "Gaiety and a light heart, of all virtues, and decorum, are, the best medicines for the young or rather for all. Ride, hunt with your friends: amuse your'self in their company. Solitude and melancholy are poison. They are deadly to'all. We never kite W a person to sit down in despair, or harbor the thought of suicide, who had a cheerful heart. There is nothing equal to cheerfulness in prevent ing sickness and what is called ill hick.—; In fact there is nothing but success that at tends the path of those who possess light hearts and cheerful dispositions." Trim—Time heals all griefs, even the bitterest, and it is well it should be so. A. long-indulged sorrow for the dead, or fin• any other hopeless loss, woulli deaden out sympathies fin• those still left, and thus make a sinlid apathy steal over the soul, absorbing all its powers, and causing ninny blessings of life to be felt as curses. As the bosom of earth blooms again and again, having buried out of sight the dead leaves of autumn, and loosed the frosty bands of winter, so does the heart, in spite of all that melancholy poets write, feel many re newed springs and summers. It is a beau tifid and a blessed world we live in, and whilst that lifelasts, to lose the enjoyment of it is sin. 'l'nr•. \VouLp.--If we would enjoy our selves, we must take the world as it is, mixed up with a thousand spots of sun shine—a cloud here and therc—a bright sky—a storm to-day, calm to-morro chin, piercing winds of autumn, and the bland, reviving air of summer. AN HONEST SExTtmExv—When Sir Walter Scott was urged not to prop the falling Credit bf an acquaintance, he replied, "the man was my friend when friends Were few ; and I will he his, now that his enemies are many." DtsrAsc►;.—'Things please while dimly shadowed fort!► in the distance, because their indistinctness allows the play of fan cy: but a close investigation destroys the illusion, and then we discover that not the Ipub.le object, but the imaginary charms wherewith we . deel4 it, )von our admira tion. ljany a one's memory is nothing but a rutii of hooks to hang lip grudges on. •1 Pdriland 7'ribune EUGENE SCE AND THE UNLINOWN-It THREE MINUTES BY THE WATCH. has been the custom, says the Parisian -, Blunders by Irish waiters of the most Journal des Debals, for the great novelist, 'curious and laughable character, are as notwithstanding his reputation as a rqn. common as bricks; but the most laughable of fashion, to spend much of his time in one we have heard of since the waiter visiting the garrets of the coy, relieving scooped out the inside of a watermelon and the poor, and at the same moment gathering served up the beautiful green rind, is a lit a deep knowledge of human- nature. On tie mi.rundlterstandin' that occurred at one a dark and sleety night last November, he of our principal hotels a few days since to was standing in one of the most wretched a very particular English "gent" with a holes in Paris, where a poor wido w 'and short tailed coat, a large number of plaids her children mire lying in a state of shock- on his pants, a considerable amount of lug - destitution. They were without-bread, drab cloth gaiters, a remarkably small cane, or covering, or fire, and the beauty of one and particularly yellow gloves. He had of the orphan children, a girl of some ti f- just arrived from the great commercial teen, added interest to the scene. Sue porium of Great Britian 'and Ireland, via! gave them money and left, resolved to call Boston, New York, and a number of other the next day. Ile did call, and to his ut- small towns and villages. Ile approach-I ter astonishment found the widow and her ed the breakfast table, prepared to make a children surrounded by all the comforts of decided impression upon the American life—fire on the earth, Bologna sausages in public, and give them a pretty fair idea of profusion, and in fact every thing neeessa- tot .Inglais en voyage, and after selecting ry to - make home happy. In the midst the most desirable situation possible for of this scene of profusion stood a slender tire accomplishment of his purposz‘, beck-1 young man, very.handsomely dressed.— oiled a waiter to lii and stuck his eye-' (le was the cause of this sudden relief ; glass in his eye—not the waiter's eve, but the widow and her daughters hlcssed him his own individual organ. After survey with tears in their eyes. Eugene Sue ling him for a moment, he addressed him was much struck by this token of feeling with— in one so young, brilliant and gay. When "Are-a there-a any Flnglish waiters 'ere ?" the young fashionable left, he followed, "Which, sir ?" inquired the waiter: determined to ascertain his residence, and "English waiters ; don't you 'ear me ?" after !pitch trouble, saw him - enter a ear- "Oh,--yis, sir ; of course I do. Minty of , riage near the Place Vendome, and drive 'em, sir. What ye plaze to take for to the Chasse d'Auton. Sue followed, breakfast, sir ?" and saw the stranger enter the Hotel of "You're not an English waiter, sir!" the Due de Il.—. - Ile waited an hour replied the "gent." foi his re-appearance, and at last saw a "Oh vis, sir.; I don't spakedivil a word beautiful yOung lady of high rank come beside English, exeeptin' Irish ; but , -Fin a out of the hotel and enter the carriage.--: lawful subject of Queen Vietary." In that lady Sue reeTrnized, not only the "Well, then, if I can't get an English h an d some dandy, but the Princess d'Or- servant to wait on me, I must take an .Irish leans, one of the daughters of Louis Phil- one." ippe ! I ''V is, sir," said the lawful subject of her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. ANECDOTE OF JEFFERSON.--TIMM:IS "NVell, then, get inc a couple of eggs Jell'orson, the ;,•real apostle of liberty, could and boil them precisely three minutes, not not be otherwise, of course, than the fear_ a babble more, and a cup of coffee—beef less and uncompromising advocate of the =teak, very rare, and some toast." freedom of the Press. He had sworn on ' "V is, sir," said the waiter, and started the altar of his country eternal hostility to off• 1 everylo - rm of tyrannvover the mind cif man. ! "Anil recollect, three minutes for the This tyranny, to his view, could appear in eggs," said the gent, calling him back. no more dangerous form than in an at- ' "Yis, sir," said the waiter. tempt to bind in fetters the free limbs and The gent disposed himself to the best shackle the strong. sinews of the l'ress.— advantage, and waited the arrival of the It is related of him,- that a distinguished eggs. upon cracking the shells they foreign functionary once leisurely picked were as hard as a lap stone, and with the up a newspaper at the President's mftn . utmost indignation he turned upon the waiter and inquired of him if he had not shin in which he was amazed to find an di article commenting with much severity on reeled hint to cook thew just three minutes• some of the leading measures of the ad- "Yis, sir," replied the waiter—"l did, ministration. Understanding but little of' sir; I counted 'cm muscle." our free institutions, and much less ofilwir "What! didn't you look at ilw clock ?" spirit, the foreign minister expressed to exclaimed the gent, with as much surprise Mr. Jell'vrson his suprise that such a news- as if he had just heard that Louis Phillippe paper should be allowed to circulate in thi s had stigg...sted the propriety of divorcing country. and even to find its way into the Albert from Victoria and,marrying her to very chamber of the President whose pal- one of his own sons. icy is so bitterly reproved. "Sir," said "Divil a once, sir," said the Irishman-- Mr. Jefferson, *this fact is the c hi e f pr id e "divil a once at all ! What 'lid Ihe li fter and glory of our free institutions. Do me lookin' at the clock for all the time ?" the favor, on your return to your native -"Oh, this is too much, positively !" said land, to take this paper along with Yon, the gent. "Here, you stupid fellow, take and when you hear doubts expressed of my watch and go into the kitchen and boil the perfect freedom of the press in Ameri- me a couple of eggs just three minut es ea, inform the doubter what it contains and with it " where you found it " i watch. A ancient mound of singular character , "Do you understand pow, sir ?" ingtjir has just been discovered in Michigan—it ed the gent. is circular at the base—about thirty-nine "Of course, sir," was the reply, and oil feet in diameter, rising ovally to a point, lie started. surmounted by an oaken stump, almost Jo- iAt the expiration of the three minutes tally decayed from age. Nearly under appeared the waiter with.the breakfast, and the stump, at the depth of three feet. a on the plate %Yid' the eggs the watch was skeleton was found, much decayed. Near deposited. As the gent was about to take the head were found two stone hatchets, up the watch the waiter stopped him, by an arrow-head, a<atone pipe, and a lot of exclaiming, plates apparently king-p,lass, which are , "Take care, sir ; you'll burn your lingers eovered with lines .and hieroglyphics, of hot, sir !" different and beautiful colors, betokening a' "What's hot!" inquired the gent. a more advanced and, entirely different , ."The watch, sir!" state of the arts from what has been here- , "The watch I" echo,ed the gent. tolore discovered in the remains of Indian ' "ns, sir; sure didn't you tell me to bile tribes. Some oldie plates were destroyed, eggs with it three minutes, an' didn't I but there arel fifteen preserved. A pipe do it ?" bowl beautif u lly finished from stone, was ! ' !" said the horror-stricken gent, also found on which are the figures— starting up—"boiled the watch!" "1461." I ! "Yis, sir—three minutes!" !,.„ • I The gent like the watch.was completely STiturrs oNnuit A GLASS ROOF.L—They done, and seizing his gold lever, he made a are about to construct at Paris, another of speed} t exit,'uttering curses loud and deep, those galleries convert es, or streets protec- and tossing his watch from hand to hand, ed from the weather by glass, and the plan as a boy does a hot potato, to cool it.—.X. is one of magnificence hitherto undreamed 0 . p icuatow. of. It is to stretch the immense length I from the Boulevard St. Dennis to the I A LONG Dir.—An accident lately bap- Place de Chatelet t, and the highest archi- pened to a commercial gentleman, who in tectural talent :if France has been employ- . the course otitis business, had occasion to ed in the design. It will soon be of no enter a soap and candle manufactory in consequence, in Paris, whether it rains or , Change ,alley London, which, as it has been shines-L-the caprices of the sky being en ! unattended with serious consequences, tirely cut off from the public promenades , may be repeated for amusement. The by a'sub-sky of glass, and the walking and gentleman alluded to, was descending some shopping (Iry in the most wet and foggy, steps adjoining the melting vat, when his snowy and drizzly seasons. As carriages foot slipped, and lie was precipitated into cannot eater these covered streets, of course ' the agreeable liquid. A. workman who the rich are there obliged I,t) he on a foot- wassby, seized him as ho arose, but from //qr with the poor, and the splendor is cm_ , the uneteous nature of his covering, he inently repnblican. Paris before all tic :was again consigned to the vat. A second world for the arts of happiness ! i pull extricated the sufferer in the shape of a tremendous candle, the whole outward man being encased in tallow. A VEGETABLE COMPASS.-11 is a well known fact that in the vast prairies of the Texas a little plant is always to be 'ffmnd which, under all circumstances of climate, change of weather, rain, frost or sunshine, invariably turns its leaves and flowers to the north. 1.1. a solitary travel ler, were makiiig his way across those trackless wilds, without a star to guide, or compass to direct him, he finds an uner ring monitor in nib humble plant, and he fellows its guidance, certain that it will not mislead him. GETTYSBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1847. "1 is, sir," said the waiter, taking the "Supposing Beelzebub 'should have the misfortune to loose his tail, why would it be impossible for Jiim to repair the loss in Boston ?" "Can't tell." "give him up ? Why, sir, because the've shtp up all the shops where they re-tail badkspirits." "You' intT have patience," said an old Professor to young physician. • "Pationt.s," cried he, ..that is the very thing I , llfilth I cannot get.. When I get then' I will neCromplaili." . "FEARLESS AND FREE." FllO3l Tnr. lIICIIMOYD A Washington letter-waiter relates the follow•- log incident. Fur the truth of it of course we do nut vouch, but we see nothing improbable in it; "WASIIINGTON, MATRAI 30, 1847- "it is said that Gen. Santa Anna, on ap / proaching the American forces at Agna Nueva, dispatched one of his aids ni Gen. Taylor with the PASS Mr. President Polk had supplied him with, and demanded-per mission to proceed to Monterey, or wher ever else lie had thought proper to go, to conquer a peace, according to the stipula tions entered into between the 'Digit Con tracting Powers,' his Excellency Santa Anna, President of the Mexican Republic, and Commander C.eneral of the Army of Defence one side, and his other Excellency James K. Polk, President of the United States and Commander-in-chief of the Ar my of Occupation on the other. "Old , Rough and Ready' looked first at the'pas,' and then at the Aker that brought it: "lds is all very well for sailors and marines,' said he, 'hut it won't do for sol diers. Tell your General the only pass that will ever serve his purpose, so far as I am concerned, must be over my dead body.'" • TAYLOR & nvitu.Y.—A letter from N. Orleans to the N. York Mirror, says; It is understood here, that Gen. Taylor will soon apply for leave to retire from his present arduous duties. lie has been ab sent now nearly three years, and constant ly in the field. This, for an old man, is a severe and protracting service; batt - lic is a tough, patient and persevering old Ilis family are now here, though their res idence is at Baton ttogue. hl is unmarried daughter is a beautiful, accomplished and and interesting young lady; she attracts much.attention among the fashionables at the gay - St. Charles. The old soldier's private fortune has been much impaired by his low,- stay from- hoMe. Ile was quite well itll' at one time, buLunfortunate ly ma:le a purchase Of a cotton plantation on the Mississippi, a large portion of which caved in; this; and the tailure of his crops fur s. - ,veral yearti, have sanitt.what i mbar rased him, and d;mtand hie "pi;esent atten tion -and,carc. PAYING ' BAcK Iris OWN Cot:N.—The correspondent of the Boston AtlaS tells the following joke of an American in Paris:— "One of the New York b'hoys was out late a few evenings since, awl his porter refused to admit hint without a considera tion. Five francs was agreed upon as proper pay for disturbing his sleep. to be given as soon as the door was unlocked.— It was tendered, but somehow fell on the floor, and rolled outside on the walk, where the porter went after it. Bang went the door, click %vent the lock. "But, I say, monsieur," roared the frozen guardian, "I am undressed—it is bitter cold—open the door!'; "Pit the five franc piece tinder it and 1 . will," , said Gotham. The porter was forced to disgorge." 13A IZIIAROIrS TIIEATMENT OF , A JEW, IN IFAxoyEn.—A German Jew, with a wife and child, was recently banished from. Ilanover simply because, having led a wandering life, he could not name: his coun try Ile was sent into several neighbor ing states, and as frequently sent back and on each occasion he received a severe Iloggint; for having involuntarily broken the laws. At length, through the inter vention of a humane lawyer, he was trans mitted to America. On a fish. woman's stall, a few live lob sters were exposed fin• sale. A stranger, unacquainted with iethiology, came along. and, turning over the dormant "animals," asked the price, at the same time raising one of them to a close proximity with his nose ; "Whew !" said the fellow, "I'll have.,zion prosecuted, mum—it smells!"— At this instant the lobster's claw, closing with a "whaek," fastened firmly upon the gentleman's nose. The old woman pla ced her arms a-kimbo, in . triumph, and asked the gentleman with a chuckle, "who smells now, mister ?" Posirmax A SHOCKINP Intia.—Passing up street a few days ago, we were met by an old lady whose countenance betrayed symptoms of anxiety. She had been read ing the latest news from the war. says she— ~ Y oung nun, do you think there is any danger of Mexico being taken into the U nion ?" "Guess not," we replied. "Well," says she, "I am opposed to an nexing it to the Union in at shape." "Ah ! why so ?" inquire& we. .‘ Why," said the old dame, "I am dread ful afeard of airthquakes, and don't want such things to conic into the U. States." A Ettomms.,The Dubuque, lowa, Re publican publishes an atecount of a fall of aerolites in that neighborhood. In one in stance, a large stone, some six feet in diam eter, and resembling a mass of sulphur, in its descent went through a large tree, crush ing it to atoms, and entered the earth to the depth of about twelve feet, whence it was afterwards recovered by those who witnessed its fall: \The 'traces of severs smaller bodies of the same nature, have been discoV9red in, that vicinity, within a short time, and are creating considerable alarm. An Earthquake of a very severe char . - ivicr neeurred ai Aleppo rec•+enlly. SANTA ANNA'S PASS. GLORIOUS INTELLIGENGE ! Brilliant achievement of the Amer ican Arms under Gen. Scott SURRENDER OF UR; CRUZ lIND THE CASTLE OF SAN JUAN D'ULLOA !! Official Despa(ches. The Wadungton Union of Saturday evening b r ing s us the offici a l DespaiZhes from Gen. Scott and Coin. Perry, riving their report of the grand achievement of the American arms, which we laid before; our readers by Overland Express on Saturday morning. The documents are quite voluminous. but we annex it general corn pendinm of the whole, which will be iMind equal ly as intere,ting to the general reader.—Bah. 5i,,,. Headquarters of the Army, Camp Wash ington, before Vera Cniz, March '23. _S Sir :—Yesterday, seven of our 10-inch mortars being in battery. and the labors for planting the remainder of our heavy metal being in progress, I addressed, at 2 o'clock, P. N., a summons to the Governor of Vera Cruz, and within the tw - O - IWrs limited by the bearer of the flag, received the Governor's answer. Copies of the two papers (marked respectively, A and B,), are herewith enclosed. . It will be perceived that the governor, who, it turns out, is the. commander of both places, chose, against the plain terms of the summons, to suppose me to have demanded the surrender of the castle and of the city—when, in fact, from the non arrival of our heavy metal—principally mortars—l - WaS ill 110 condition to tit the former. On the return of the flag, with that re ply, I at once , ordered the seven mortars, in battery, to open upon the city. .In a short time the smaller vessels of Commo dore Perry's, squadron—two steamers and I five schooners—according to previous ar- rangement with him, approached the city within about a mile and an eighth, whence, being partially covered from the castle— an essential condition to their safety—they also opened a brisk lire upon the city.— This has been continued, uninterruptedly, by the mortars, and only with a few inter missions, by the vessels:' up to 9 o'clock this morning, when the Commodore, very properly, called them off from a position too daringly assumed: Our three remaining mortars are now (12 o'clock, 5t.) in battery, and the whole ten in activity. To-morrow, early, if the city shOuld continue obstinate, batteries Nos. 4 and 5 will be ready to add their lire: No. 4, consisting of four 24 pound ers and two 8 inch Paixhan guns, and No. 5 (naval battery) of•three 32 pounders and l i three 8 inch Paixhans—the guns, officers and sailors landed from the squadron,our friends of the navy being unremitting in their zealous co-operation in every mode anti form. So far, we know that our fire upon the city has been highly effective—particular ly from the batteries of 10 inch mortars, planted at about 800 yards from the city. Including the preparation and defence of they. batteries, from the beginning—now many days—and notwithstanding the heavy fire of the enemy from city and castle—we have only had four or live men wounded and one officer and one man killed in or or near the trendies.. That officer was Capt. John R. Vinton, of the U. States 3d artillery, one of ,the most talented, accom plished and effective members of the army, and who was highly distinguished in the brilliant operations at Monterey. Ile fell last evening in the trenches, where he was on duty as field and commanding officer, universally regretted. I have just attended his honored remains to a soldier's grave— in lull view of the enemy and within reach of his guns. Thirteen of the long needed mortars— leaving twenty-seven, hesides heavy guns, behind—have arrived, and two of them landed. A heavy norther then set in (at meridian) that stopped that oper4tion and also the landing of shells. Hence the fire of our mortar batteries has been slackened since 2 o'clock to-day, and cannot be re-in vigorated till we shall again have a smooth sea. In the mean time 1 shall leave this report (von for journalizing events that may occur up to the departure of the steam ship of war, the Princeton, with Cern. Cminor, who, I learn, expects to leave the anchorage oil Sacrifrcios, for the U. States, the 25th inst. ' lirdb 24.—The storm having subsided in the night, we commenced this forenoon, as soon as the sea became a little smooth, to land shot, shells, and mortars. The naval battery, No. 5, was opened with great activity, under Capt. Aulick, the second in rank of the squadron, at a- bout 10. A. M. His fire was continued to 2 o'clock P. M., a little before he was re lieved by Capt. Mayo, .who landed with a fresh supply of ammunition—Capt. A. haviag exhausted the supply he had brought . with him. ,11c lust lour sailors, and had one officer, Lieut. D i aldwin, slight ly hurt. TERMS--TWO DOLLARS PER. ASNE)I.3 WHOLE N 0,889. The mortar batteries, Nos. 1, 2. and 3, have fired but languidly during the day for want of shells, which are now going' out' from the beach. The two reports of Col. Bulkhead, chief of artillery, both of this date, copies of which I enclose, give the incidents at those three batteries. Battery No. 4, which will mount four 21-pounders, and two 8 inch Paixhan's guns, has been much delayed in the hands of the indefatigable engineers by the north er that filled up the work with sand near ly as fast as it could be opened by the hall% blind laborers. It will, however,. doubt. less be in lull activity early to-morrow morning. March 25.—The Princeton being about to start for Pensacola, I have hut a- ino-: went to continue this report. All the batteries, Nos. 1,2, 3, 4 and.,s.' are in awful activity this morning. The. . effect is, no doubt, very great, and I think' , the city canniakhold out beyond to-daY.— To-morrow hiorning many of the new mor tars will be in a position to add their tire, when, or after the delay of some twelve hours, if no proposition to surrender be re ceived, I shall organize parties for carrying the city by assault. So -far the defencd , has been spirited and obstinate. I enclose a copy of a memorial received . last night, signed by the consuls of Great Britain, France,. Spain and Russia, within Vera Cruz, asking me to grant a truce to enable the neutrals, together with Mexican women and children, to withdraw from the scene of havoC about them. I shall reply, the moment that an opportunity may be taken, to say--l. That a truce may, be, granted on the application of - Governor, Morales, with a. view to surrender; .2., That in sending safeguards to the different. consuls, beginning as-far back asthe 13th inst., I distinctly admonished them—par- Iticularly the French and. Spanish consuls, of course, through the two, the 0,- i ther Consuls—of the dangers that followed; 1 3. That although, at that.date, I had refu- . sed to allow any person whatsoever to-pasu the line of investment either way, yet - ,,thi blockade had been left open, to the consuls and other neutrals to pass out to their:le.!, spective ships of war up : to the 22d' inst., and 4th, I shall enclose to the memorialists a copy of my summons to the governor, to show that I had fully considered the.. im pending hardships and diStresses of :the place, including those of women, and chil dren, before one gun had been.fired in that direction. The intercourse between the neutral ships of war and the city Was stop, pod at the last mentioned date by Commo dore Perry, with my concurrence, which I placed on the ground that the intercourse could not fail to give the enemy moral aid and comfort. It will be seen from, the memorial, that our batteries have already had a terrible .effect on the city, (also. known through other sources,) and hence the - iderenee that a surrender must soon 'be proposed. In haste, I have. the honor to sir, with respect, your most obedient ser- i vant, WINFIELD Scori.; Hon. Wm. L. Marcy,Sec'y of War. Headquarters of the Army, Vera Cruz, Afarch 29,1847: ' 5 Sir—The flag of the U. States of Amer. - lea floats triumphantly over the walls "'of ••of the city and the castle of San Juan d' U 1• loa. Our troops have garrisoned both :tined 10 o'clock. It is now noon. Brig. Gen. North is in command of the two places. Articles of capitulation were signedind exchanged at.a late hour night 'before the last. I enclose a copy of the document. I have heretofore reported the principal incidents of the siege up to the 25th inst. Nothing of striking interest occurred till early in the morning of the next day, when I received overtures from Gene ral Landero, on whom . General Morales had devolved the principal command. A terrible storm of wind and sand made it difficult to communicate with the city, and impossible to refer to Com. Perry. I was obliged to entertain the proposition alone, or to continue the fire upon a city that had. shown a disposition to surrender.; for the loss of a day, or perhaps several, could not be permitted. The accompanying papers : will show the proceedings and results. Yesterday, after the norther had abatedV and the commissioners appointed .by me early the morning before, had again met those appointed by Gen. Lander°, Corti., Perry sent ashore his second in command; Capt. Aulick, as a Commissioner 'on the part of the navy. Although not included in my specific arrangement made with the Mexican commander, I did not hesitate, with proper courtesy, to desire that Capt.. Aulick might .be duly introduced ,and 4 al lowed to participate in the discussions and acts of the commissioners who had,been: reciprocally . accredited. Bence the pre-, amble to hia signature. The original A-. mericap commissioners were, preret,Brim, Gen. Worth, Brig. Gen . Pillow.andCOl. Totten. Four more able or jUdielcitie oft-, cers could not lave been . :ilesired..„' . : •- I have to addliut little more. ; Thera maining details ,of the siege . ;, the alile':o*, operation of the U. States lignadikia,'/146: - , ecisively- under -.the. command the. admirable OU.Coakt Conner and. Perry ; eppolly4 .. 2 of the whole arrny—regularsAn ' y 9.100: ~: 1 leers, I should hehappy'lodWalt .1 Ml* they deserve ; bukthe stearair.P 4041100 i. with Com. Conner on board, ii, under i Ffy j p , and I hate con] mimed' organiiiht an' W , , b un , 'l'h ! m ay be VU,iii . t, i;110 t h e ' erlol,- i Rif. apt.,
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