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[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: - ,
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the. admirable OU.Coakt
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