II
•
oommtaiioneM—On nt. ,. .... Of m
dons, land edit*
_of. , awotve , ,l4m. , dm
flibitanee OIA - WI U filiiid L
ali‘Tej '
nit*" - 011* . iiiinit belbrer,Mera-Ca
il , t,um
Perry re li eved Comr; Conner
20th. f Marsh. On the SUN he writes
• . t, saying ti
in : The sailing of the P; e nostou tb
for the United States offers an oppor
of infermingtthe Department that Om
' had, the 22d iustant, the • y after
mettoosimand of ..tliiiSqusiiro , so far
.4:4
tinictisee of his bat -in the
Vera 'erns as to
.antlicrrite t i ....0
', tinilittyVilikkolai tlii. refinial ' the (love
i n s ,.
- imrrender,ef 9,911#1.,L . , .11st three
oraiiirar ' - ---
: ~ .
';',' T,n ittodforiiit• irith` , - ' -
. kilie iliorhiniloitteGetteid ,:..
.110tillitlit smastesiiiiertiutei
litnadeett' iedi3r P Olgilliailair
Spitfire; - NY talta a' issiition
7 - siMultiiiettiiiiint *gin the
was promptly and gallantly
'fire weilept up with great a
in tieirreiong.'
1
Vo:viiitiog them at their ipcisition,7
that the two steamers had nearly ex
- their itinininition; , but having i ieceive& flesh
- supply during the night fromithis ship; hilatl
••siiiiime moved to s more faverablaied dvan
-yid Obit, sad resumed and . tiOntinneil'
... eirfue
'lran' recalled by signit ' : )
,-:' ' -
- • At•the earnest desire of myself and- Seers,
'General Batt, generanslyasskned a pe ition in,
the trepchek to be - atonutedlOrith guns from I
the squadron, and worked bt, seamen. Three
- - 8-inch Paixhaiiit and•three 'prig 82-pounders,
(all, that Were required , )' consequently.
landed, ana after immense or in transport
ing them:Oren& the sand, It in which parties
from the divisions of Generals', Patterson, 'Worth' ,
and' •
c ll
ow i respietiVely detached by t one of-1
fi - -ehoeiftilly participated , the piece were
-phi impoisition and openeo upon th city &-
bon 10 o'.elock yesterday. iaMiediatoly rasing.
upoa:them a sharp fire fro the -enem ,which
• inal short tilde killed and. Ounded to of the
'- detachment from the squad '.
.
1, _
;tact- ..
In order to give alriehat, , to aery in the )(avid battery, oppesite Vera Cniz, wit.
treeehes.for the honor of w ich there is a great , taelnnents from thili shill, the Potomac, Rari
thotigh generous strive, I i
- ve t arrao d that ; tan, Albany, land St. Mary's, under the officers
.
r i etlm h me a a f rom eac h s hi si n respect - i namefin the acCompanying list, and relieved
fully of lieutenants, and th twhele coOnanded Capt. Auliek and the o ffi cers end men under
! his command,
'by a captain or commander, ' , shall be dieted i
- eveiy twenty - four hours. optain Au 'ck, as-q The breastworks, having been much broken
- -sisted by Commander : Mac - nzie, .and severididi2rn in the cannonade of the day, the night
liettenants, liad,-the. directitib -of monn ing 't4e4-waa passed ,in repairing them by Lieutenant
Apt* and opening the fire. and well an brave- Tower, United States engineer, and his party,
ly Was the duty performed. IF Captain eye is from whom ;received great assistance. Short
now in, eharge.and will be Olieved in t tu. ly before true of the 25th, the enemy hay-
The Ohio arrived on the[22d lusts°. butin big opened hit firer upon us from four of his
eo . ueneerof a Norther, did not h her batteries,,atactive,eannotiade was returned
. „ . anchorage until yesitirday-af,
,l oo a n.— na and continued , without interruption until
I Mucus v Wt
s -hem. freer .-the. N . ma half-past two, P. M., when they were silenced.
taL ,
-eo Bayed night and day iis . ' landing r a t h e i Two batteries. on , their extreme left subse
tranisports thmstores and monitions of the ar- , qeently turned , their fire towards us ; but on
my. our briskly, retrusies.iktbey also ceased firing,
m..Enclasedis la list of the4ll . lell - : - -and Minded ; and about balf-P44--tbree , P. M., our ammuni.
asc"rtained). ,up* to this .hoer,(l2 m 'dian,)i tion being e*Pe,Pda, the, cannonade ceased on
with the-tert of Captain 4ulickral , a list l our Part: --'-'-- - .
-of -the-small vessels curtquiiiiinOhe tilla of t . . cannot Oa ,hiehlycommend the zeal, conr
, the squadron, all of which were enga
.on the age. AnA activity 'displayed by every officer and
22 4 hu 1
a: • man under my , commaed ; and 3 regret that
- 1 . Fialsar, March 26, 847. the, efficient service which they tendered should.
Ste : e detention of be Princeton ens- have been attended with the loss of one officer,
, -Me me to inform thb de • ment of events tip Midshipman T. B. Shubrick, and one seaman,
, to-this hour,- (10, - A. M.) 4 -,- . - 3. Williamson, killbd, and three slightly wound
captain Mayo s and his piii:ty have turned, I ea. _The admirable conduct of Midshipman
baOng4s.et?sl relieved in thalbatteries y & de- Shubrick, down te, the moment ofhis fall, whilst
taelimett under Captain Mae. X hardly need pointing a gun
,on ithe enemy, occasioned me
as we the department' that -the Tarty" under the more to lament his loss. He was a young
te C t . ...M ,T a b y e t: ni tai bai ned dm ,' wi en t t li! fmn urialia tti ted -, courage officer of great merit, and promise, and bad be
sPirit, the admirable fitle of the naval bet
:,,sc confirmed thiotigis,- 1- night. A beilvy
i
I lived, must hate become an ornament to his
rreac h e a i profession arid country. . ,
Very respectfully your obedient servant, . ~
nettlier- now blowing, , (the birdie, iiv i - days,) . J. MAYO, Captain.
... 'hail -prevented cemmuniesseis with to e s h or e To Corn. M. C. Pester, Comd'g Home Squad
•lsisbe last evening. Eeverill mercha , vessels ' ron. „ , .
hate been thromi, this witting'. ittlao :by the ' i ron. ST,A;*EB STIAXEi MisiisinlTl,
Anchorage near Ye.ra Cruz, March 26,1847
.1 - ... s cue d• . used-
rerrt a ftr. c... 4. ids es ea 1 d , Sin :I am writing in the midst of one of
so an additional fiat of-kW
' and w, ~, : , _ the heaviest' northers I ever experienced.—
A i tcalg „ t h e marre4 ,4 t h e -hal e d. w in. „ 'found Twenty-three merchant vessels have already
this: or Midshipmen T. B. Shubrick, a most a- , gone ashore since morning, many of them with
isi •I t de and promis t ail inr* officer. army stores and Manitions. .
- of ilrod onewoof the meats The Vessels of i th e squadron have so far held
i
- th k e' Nina Bettetien ins the 24th.• sul 25thon-. The loss of rife I fear will be great.—
- - illefareh, 1847,:, , q ' • - Tis the third. neither we have bad since I
tilled on the- .2.4th-..iiiillium , , sea _ tooVeemma.rid, five -days since, and -we have
man ; Jae. Williams - Asizitet-igiMn r ; Joe. I had thirty !ream
, I *. r i ogun, h ca b ira he a ! m ate; D a - M e . : I write this in , anticipation of the early sail-
Ginnis,landsman ' Jno. 't`,' key; • '.. an. d, 1 ing of the Princeton, learing,l should net have
flilied oft - the 25th,— Thee. B. N.tibrick, I, time in the morning. Both the Raritan 'and
midshipman; Jno. Willis n, .„ . . Potomac have bad vessels across their hawses.
- Womultdonthe 24th.—}A. S. Bald 'n,lien.ll anl ignorant.of the extent of damage done to
tenant, _ slightly i Edward Black, - seesese,ithese, vessel 3, 'but notice- that the Raritanliat
slightly ; Mathia3 Nice, Senna% s.' . tly ; thad. her fore and spritsail. yard carried away.
:William Hamblin, seamen ;: slightly; - il - crest We bite - parted-one of our chains, and have
'Carey, seaman, slightly. ri . . not yet recovered Our anchor.'
I
I- Wounded 1.-on the 25 '.—Three - • - ; •• It . would :seem to me very necessary that we
slightly, Dames ' ,a rmee,. , . - , = ,t,_ should have , a spare chain and anchor for each
se UP/11ED STATES urp Pero c, ' " Class - of resiel3. ~ They; can easily be pat upon.
, ' Off Sacrificioslllarch 25, 1847 . . one of the islands. ' Several , boats 'have been
, Sin tln eomplianee rg)ils Your le ter this • bet in the gale,' one actually Mown from the
inbaientreeeived, calling i. ayeport . i sty pr o . davits of the ship -;:. rot less than ten small
-enedinge= in -command -of Ithe. detach ~ , t on bolts are absolutely necessary to our Sante ;
shoie yesterday . ; I have tbd lwrior Ass a • that" the "ammonites fastened whale-boat, snob as 1
the battery,of three 8-inetr; Piithan,_ , .3 and are made at New London , or New Bedford,
12 porn ere from t . .. squad_ costing frosi,f , 6o. to 1 160 i will answer very well,
ron was -turtledoves.: to steVat 10 4. ~, by the , and they ern alWayabe purchased ready made.
aoonsplisl;editieiteer offiefer who co ,strueted - Spars of assorted kinds are also wanted.—
it_ i
. 1 (Capt.:ll,:•;E.t - Lee4 - 'wbik'as.lrell • . Liens. It isloped that the frame for thelospitat to
Flnith , or - 4- -a 4 4.1erei. • Willis , . aid of be erected, and one or morevbeds will soon ar-
General Seed, remaniedisi; he battery . rough. rive. • 'We maY soon anticipate - mach Sickness,
h :/id
out the fire; •tbe?"ineray . MIT: tjakts , mann. r and therein, ams . ent,issfast approaching. 'The
vies before diseev4"douloai . '; .. . - eiseed Ohio sad Miseissim are the only vessels arii
- the attack upon tut. t. annietraitel ordered , Ted of all those expected; and I have all day
the guns to be unmasked,r i essid the ~ „ • lan_ been fearing that the former siouldnotbold on.
Meneed- on the enemy's •,bl4tts - srie‘-ss .ie ." eras The saiameta are not" in -so 'much danger , as
steadily and deliberately 4etimietwe .: ,r,hor r t they- all work their sleds orropellers. ,
1 , 14 01 144 .w°' P.' - '' M-. whelp -aniline. • ge of ' I en 4 Elk r,e B Pectfully. your obedientraer'vt,
.- ' . tuition; of which' we , 'ad only .I ' - iffy' -' • l ' l "' * . : 24. °- PERRY.
'- . ' ' • i- ' IPi IlL,i Masten 29,
- Ulloa. -
batter
. Amen
forts of the
e next dis
!ERRY.
-'. t wa t , Vi a r• 0) r.--' - ft' - ' 7l it a T niii*
1, • ... '- A _l.. .-, .
i
‘— ' t'° ' Y.S , _ i - sp
wra p s
7 ' , - pitlieil ~ liii_
And. ..• .. _ , '.., 4 ley . . - dem
ak at
ik
Which 1111 ni 7 :, .. •, i ,
dot, with greta -,." , .t
i es*orlf4;
En theXporniiitf :. , g ; I °n u e at
the erany's (Wits i: A U b y ii A K *
. . ,
' IIIII QPITHAPI .-: , ~•?..,.. . ilikr liriii'
4weArroir , _ , '-aildijiWlrom'Ati6'
Same flag-staff • A-oldie to Midshipman Al
lan MoLane'that TOottla not omit to mention
that on a call , for :,i nteertrio out away some
brushwood which; o tructedthe view of a bat=
4efl'euiraidilo*', '_ ; to. direct-our fire.-he
sdrvng-thr9uffli-IFI .._bralUTPl,folls?wed by two
men, f„-Ylilttnill flax' - ugh, seetturs-.-the name
of the : other Iligive °than able to widen:* 1,)
and 7 4.4ithit , : kiholre of ball ., quickly removed
ii
the obstruction , for- r
hick gallantrij compli
teented2.thenili on the , spot., .1" am:. however,
sure that any ether; officer present would have
been hippy of an opportunity.to have done the
seme. As you desired to forward this report
to the department by the Princeton, leaving at
.12:11, to-day; it, Ili - necessarily a , very hasty
and brief one. 1
I Annex a list , of 'it,ha killed and wounded,
and also of the of of the detachment. •
I am, very res fully, your obedient s'vt,
3, AULICH, Captain.
To Com. M. C. P4CARIF, commending Hoine
Squadron off Sacrificios.
List of Killed.—Wm. Marcus, seaman ;—.
duo. Williams, quarter-gunner, Raritan;
John
i Harrington, boatswein's mate s , St. Mary's ;
. Dalai McGinnis, landsman, St. Mary's, and
Jno. Tookey, seaman; Potomac. -
List of Wouncla.—A. S.' Thildwin, Poto
mac; Edward Black, seaman, Potomac; Wm.
Hamblin, seaman, Potomac, and Deforest Ca
" Toy, landsman, PotOmac.
11
13
=phi
of
• ,g of
or to
•
. • In
the
of the
lin Qui
-nee a
Draft'
.d the
I late
zai
!';:kvavel
Ittr a j
c." 6 "i
:1 euted,
foot
UNIT ED SIIITES STEAMER MIISSISISIPP
Of Vera Cruz, March 26, 1847.
SIR :In obedience - to your oilier, I proceed
on the acternoon of the 24th inst., to the
ith de-
usto r ilit ai.
r ' '" P - iiillifflate•
Actier
41Th
' y ..", '`i'wptilo aliAlu#lta.--St
r .
4 Arlih
1: 1 0 4 & ] i t . ) i tift i algi + lif
Ily tiliairefofWe ii Tim
Imillmared It Sltbf l ft from the
Mesimi tit the Trtai 101 l r relv, our i
datOs theice olorrto 27th of
4 rn
t wai t ,„it :i, .
torye ... ~ ~,,..
Ilipe I ' Ake
i
details o the tiro t 1 .. s in the
Mexico, one undir r . - Facias, tl
President, the other under cicn.- Pena
ragan. Much bhiod bas-laistasslad, ls
out aA7 decisive sets . 80, th parties
Minato id theiiwsirese tie one of
power;lhe ot*or a gaining it.
were sent off speedily to:Santa Anna
tails of the revolpticearimpt, ani
If
fell•back 'from net North combat
off in their violeSee, and ii ind of hull
was observed • berore the Ith ?duel
then mention isMadea t it hurries
iwe wish here to •betto - to kilother viett
American arms. ,;),
El Republiduto . of the 115th March
ces that the American anus have tries
Chihuahua, the papital of he State, hi
The small : fortes which defeated it,
Republican° we* routedtilt
A letter fromp t hrango s publisto
March 4, whichisys that en. Gam
left Chihuahua Mt the 10t of Februa
head of 800 cavilry, to the Arm
vaders and bad arrived on the 22d at
enda of Encinillss, which ' about seve
north ofi the road to El aso..
From! Encinillas, 0 1
e plashed
scouting partiett, and on the had
moved with his amain , hod to the Bc4
3
Pastor, which Without 18 miles fror
las and about %linings from the hi
Carmen. It win; supposod, that th
States trOOPS, t the number of 900,
Carmen by the 28d, having just marcl
er from Curiae)! It was , Condo's it
await at Bfignille the attack of the
and he was to be joined there by th
Gen. Heridia, consistingf 600 info
dragoons, arid On pieces f artillery.
The junction had not effee
23d, Gen. Herldia being hen at th
of Torreon. which is but few mile
/ men
ten, we judge by the map from Ch
I Whether the junction was effected
I know. Conde's, position is said to
excellently eboken, but we fiud it it
had thrawn urredoubts and bloc
roads in order to hold the Ameri
and favor a re :cat in me he we
1
IWe cannot bu nfer, front the ma
the Republican° intredu4s the
Chihuahua didirt fall tit' after a
ous to the American arm _,
1 The Republican° of t$ 17th
ports that •certain Indians of
(Los Chimavoi) to the number
sand, have riiunt against Ithe A
joined the pueblos previously in
We do not find El Republica
great ado about the victory of S
Buena Vista. ;It republishes w
de la Petrie says on the subjee
comment. All Santa Anna's e
ous letters, general ordera bre",
there is no attempt at glortficati
or regrets that the destitution
prevented Santa Anna from fol
advantages obtained by him, br
we have •seen pretends to claim
r3"-------; z
~,,
Santa Anne told a conhcil of
February, at Agna NueVa, a
mously adviseifia retreat P. Sa
Anna was of the same opinion,
retreat accordingly. The 'pro
council of Wariere given it le ,
Anna's: despatch founded th
over the sameield grounds wh'
in so Many forms hefore.l
Our; readerilwill be interes
na's movements. .He wail at
heard of the revolutionary att :
of Mexico. Ile wrote thence
March, avowing his oppo'sition
and then pushed on to Match
thencel on the '6th nit. to the
-iumouncing that he would ma
tal with a large division of hi
down the yevolinion. , *
Another letter of the same
Farina is full f kindness for
geance upon the traitors. On
us :,--" With eeason Taylor .
tillo three weeks since, 'I d.
- Anna ;. there 14 be a revol
'very soon, and, he will be
would lair to publish these, I
are far too nuhierons. -
The entranie of Santa An
Potosi, on thOth ult., *u i
All classes went out to meet
miles gun the r4d. , At night _
and the' town lilluminated.
The "fullowhig day he wrote a despatek to
the Secretary* War, , anno nixing that two
brigades of 'gantry, composed of 4000 men,
k
with their Corr, esponding tteriors, were •on
march to Swann, and the were to be fol
lowed.* two iithers of all s, to the aid of the
supreme powets of the na 'o traitorously at
tacked ThiSletter would le one to suppose
conclusively that he intended to put down the
attempt agiii*G omen Farina adniiiiistratiod.
He thinaanceitin unqualified terms the attempt
at a rrolutichi at such *time. -
But the dair, after, March 10, he wrote two
other letters tto Mexicone to General Bar
unthe he or the - revoluttinary party, the
ot er Golt Ferias. In t ese Ins tone is
al He ' enennces Civil Idiesensions, but
is coniideratie Seeking, -terms of courtesy
towards Barrier and Ferias. •
.
liceonjurekthem tAidelist•from further boa
tilitieSiii the krapitel, mid announces his per-'
rose of Fueednig thithr immediately. He
tells Bermahlecitto fm4 foe himself or others
eciiptisisitsidf,Sby the reirolutionar3i attempt . ;
that ire has Sit one desire, to mate all Men- -
muutAkerAke.4l, Thelettee to °oils: Fatima is,
Josol irsmazmi
of relitiSainspetance that , wii - make a
Usti '.. et, it,:t. i • ..-',l ,-..-- . .
• , 1, '
Frzl,striew.,:-aie t Ati m ti e sk re ',Wlo ! 1847 i
to.thilisills wiiieh the Wok capital .is suffer
',mgt.* vie* ofreivil war and all - the cabin-
West :oOnsolft*lllieltit-iiimi to thetraaamod
eat ipiiiishistrirerthenoeitsteediotto all Alio'
jlefithfiroshOi - Ibase.jletievehtediliiihilkg
to 1 11 4.1 1 01134 1 :1 ' . , 41 / 011 ffee ilia lb* 4 48 110 - 1
=4 io_semeitte the isirifierr of '
G4oniar
, ".; 'lliejaqiitetta:ltasaiettiss. Nam
Mtlit . saiihklliesobeen entrust
„ , -
' 61: . • • 340 117. "riatilite ll 4o ll o l ‘i
Inak . *lll - litli - elite
Mi#,,will :be. TOT 'soul, r foi. I 4all
1 h t
MEI AND
I. in att.
'Coahuila,
lattle of Bu
ts& •a
. 'apt know
l; :for iie
ipplir
PiWieed - thitbcr bi l iorCejonrce4N you . iragd
give direitiOnita. Mika ji!o#ifiba - of 'evii'y
ra te
kind in obedienci:to die v of iisvoil and It '
Inanity, wbieli is ins''' . °attire:by t
shedding 01111 ext , ook?lrkiek - .lmillt. l o mi t
to flow o*tiO field, °Klatt!. in dii,hing .
- a d isLados
our unjust. i nvader - . ::: .i ~ ~,,, ~: z 6. ; 7 ' :
To GelWwid ali. hi de liPenapßarragsll,
.Chief of tlisil/rms , s j. have made the
same reconssembie imd:l triit' that the
chiefl of bah the . lligerent:forecs willobsertel
the truce Aiaicat4i e considenteian of th e no.; '
ble views Wfitai•• . "• d ire t o -,- s i ac i t w ~
~-,.,
~:.„
I transmit for your intelligence and that it
may. receive compliance froaryouout of respect
to the patriotic ma, have - proposed to my
self.' ! ' "''' • •-
.
- ' God and, Liberty,
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE BANTA ANNA,_ '
we
1- of
pion .
eityi
prevjO
)( Faint
cable
city of
ie Tice
?IlAt
if With-.
l ere ob
taining
°counts I
rid) de-
Its he'
into fell
ow truce
Fur-
J below ;
4.y of the
There - followed from these letters, which
were published on the •13th or 14th, a suspen
.'on of hostilities; hough each party accused
the other of-violating the truce. Santa Anna
had not arrived on' i the 17th; but would encoun
ter no difficulty , in assuming power. All par
ties were whiting for him impatiently, and each
claiming that ho Win side with them.
From the Settees.
Santa Anna at San Luis Potosi—Taylor in
. pursuit of (Jrrea.
annonn
phed in,
fallen.
says the
The Matamoron Flag of the . 27th nit., given,
farther accounts from Santa Anna's army.—
They were communicated by letter dated from
Tula, the 11th of March, smitten by a Mexi
can officer to a friend in Matamoros. The • -
ter says Santa Anna arrived at Sin Di.. Po
tosi on the Bth ult. Re returned at z the head
of a remnant of one of the divisioniof the ar
my with which be marched out*; attack Gen.
Taylor—the remaining two/divisions having
marched in directions where food might be pro-,
cured for the famishing soldiery.
The writer remarks of the battle and retreat:
"We have suffer e d a far greater loss• than in
any engagement ever before fought in the coun
try—upwards
of four thousand were left on the
battle-field or died on the retreat--the army
was destitute of provisions of any kind, and the
soldiers were rendered ferocious by their pri
vations and sufferings ; dissatisfaction is wide
spread throughout the ranks, and I may say,
the army under Santa Anna is virtually broken
up." Thisletter also mentions the death of
several citizens of Matamoros, officers in the
Mexican Aimy, who were killed in the late
tattle.
dated
Conde
, st the
skim in
tro
haei
ty miles
forward
ebplary
'lts del
Encinil
lends of
United
were at
ed thith-
lention to
Americans,
force. of
"intry, 800
d on the
.1 hacienda
eight, or
ihuahna.
we do not
have been
ited that he
ed up the
I ns in check
beaten.—
,
net in which
abject, that
battle glori-
General Taylor arrived at Monterey on the
9th of March with the. Ist Mississippi Rifles
and the Kentucky Cavalry as an escor' an,
from an article in the American Pioneer, a pa
per published at Monterey,) we infer that he
was yet •there on the 15th.. What-day he lea
Monterey we are not informed, but all' accounts
amve that ho was in pursuit of Gen. Urrea.
We extract from a letter in the Flag, dated
Camargo, the 234 ult., which purports to derive
its information for Major McCulloch :
!if March re
ew Mexico,
f three thou
cricans, and
Old Zack is down on this side 'of the moun
tains, hunting up Urrea with a sharp stick.—
The old here is wrathy at being assailed in his
rear and having his bread-carts demolished,
and if he but lays hand on the Mexican Gen
eral, will flay him alive. .Urrea will doubtless
effect his escape, for he would sooner meet the
devil with odds than old Zack. At the last
accounts he was at Linares, making a straight
out shoot for the.Tula Pass.
nsurrection
making very
Ma' Anna at
at El Soldaslo
'bit -without
uses ill vari-
'• re given, but
.n. • The edit,-
of provisions
owing up the
nowhere that
decided viet,o-
The Kentucky Cavalry are here, having been
sent down by Gen. Taylor as an escort to a
train. They return immediately, accompany..
ing the Mississippi and Virginia regiments of
infantry, which proceed through by the way of
China. •
on t-Im 25th
they 4 unani
. Luis. - Santa
nd ordered the
cedings of the
h, and Santa
reon. It goes
h we have read
In addition to the above, the Flag of the
27th says the Mexicans pretend that Urrea
was quite recently at Linares, with 2;000 cav
alry, but the Flag rather incline, to think he
has fled for the Tula Pass.
Gen. Taylor, it is thought, will advance on
San Luis Potosi so soon as the reinforcement
called for arrives: -
The bodies of the officers who fell in the bat
tle of Buena Vista, have been placed by their
friends in coffins, in which pulverized charcoal
was introduced, the coffins - placed - , tenlporarily,
in vaults at Saltillo, until removed to their late
homes, which will probably be done as soon as
the communication between Saltillo and Camar
go is opened. -
d in Santa An
ira` 1 when he
L
f pt. in city
on the 8d of
to the attempt,
ala. He wrote
• retary kif War,
h on the eapi
forces, and put
Terrible Powder NM Explosion:
C.rrespondence of tbe ientury Ivanian.
WILMISIIITON. Del. April 14, 1847.
date to Gomez
I him, and yen
passage amused
marked at Sal
not fear Santa
tion - in Mexico
eposed.' " We
ten, .but they
. .
We regret to inform you of the terriblnand,:
heart-rending • seene which .occurred on the
Brandywine, about 6 o'clock this morning.. I
About 5,000 pounds of powder, in the pack- l'
ing house and pressroom, at one of the Messrs. j.
Du Pont's Powder Works, exploded in two
successive shops, killing eighteen persons and
wounding one other.'
The bodies were so torn to pieces that it
I
I was impossible to recognize, them, and no other
means existed of ascertaining . who were lost
and who saved, than by calling the roll (after
ringing the bell) of those attached to that port 1
tion of the works: 'Thai silence•which' followe4l i
the calling of the unanswered names was thi
only evidence of the loss of the !limit . of thctsi
`who had so often replied when they were call; i
ed. ' ' • ~1
9
One man, who .had his leg broken at. a long
distance from the scene of the occurrence, by
being sane t with a piece of timber, is the oni,
ly one wb ,1 dad who survived as far. as coula
, -0 il
be - aseertaked. • ' . •
The amount of powder *exploded; it is bey
lieved by the owners, did not exceed 5,000
pounds. The pecuniary loss is comparativels
small; although- the glass •is shattered [roil)
the windows, isd the plastering stripped, in t l .
great' degree, from the, ceilings midi - Walls .
the - houses for a mile around.Y
_We saw many Window!, bloWn in entire.
.
some, of the large residences of the Mes srs.
Du Fonts, nots window is left,pcifect, an
on One -sides, * they ire all blown entirely ou
-Much glass wit biolten it the distance of i
mile and a half -' ' .,' - ' . '..
The screams and lanientaiixis of the waver
sad children, were truly' beart-rending.
were heard bewailing their ttreadfulliss at
&tines of more than a wille . -,, - ' 7 f
. Of °muft i: it iswitogetbeiimposaible to forii
any scmjecture lie to the came of the eiplostoli:
It is even Unknown whiCh 4 the two Isiildinits
exp&Oded firiti -2 ' -,, ' • • '• 1 ..-. ~
~ "Tberi4oo where the building:ON , which-Ote
erpkeion occurred, -1494 is lefk Si 'tries*
40•1414 i. IS ' , Omagh Ih4r.Work .s.of infant Aribei
and,aillillat TWAT bei#';ii3OW.it: : ':
*few Ws* atkine,:treita*iiiitet'ibla
- 400 , iiid.7.eharsid spheier.a; 'eian -
. 0 , ' '
1
the tlisionsahni:toilidicitijkit ' - ':''' - • ':.
* ' :whiek - therso: riceOlyilingidat.-,• . :_;: ':il .
;LUAU Wrid:atOna.!ofittuOriarki ---.. loos,
.C.idoilaintahmil Ideliiesitiok:.i. — ''''' :460i.tait
it-
Otwbugding 1 Iry *hid: `tie indi keriif.
[
a into San Luis
. •
triumphal . one.
,irn two or three
was serenaded
,
efltei--,weri.—,,rtiler:.o4 oo f .1,"
ft
r
n - 4 111 44 . ' - ', 64 iii9Elatn2 ~nt , rffi4s, -
led 41 quenekl, -Ram " ; 1 6 ii: water,
"At , wii° 11 4 1 P liald. *4 W* - -* l oft
telbre their* 414044 _ti th 40140 ,
irighin, sad i'thulAnbtla6- Priirry inAnY,
tre
it ble liv* 4:- . .iv,:ii , it-,. :: - 0. -_-Itl i ..
hose killed havtahr* Lui4v ' .t
wies• and -children. !:;;Tlie.S limit ." ii,De 411.,
molt value* and sneeessfulihiiiida itftielo
I nd
•to beSe gre4tvorki,tinanftdl them! 1
~, .
of !pendent meting ~:-, 4 ~ , ' - :.S t 1
---:-..-. -' , Z,... __ • .... - 7 - , f-vi1...-" -,..--1,
.--
mom weislivisrlott
bar We clip the following from t he Wash
ington correspondence of the Penrasyoanian:
,There can be no doubt now'ai to the future:
I policy of the admnixistration.,--If life 'eci- -AIM
[stall persist in her madness, and ref
• . , ,,tito! -
'mint for past injuries, ~it,ix! t he desi' :
... the
adMinistration to takepossessioriof - apitol;
:all dictate the terms, of,peace,it, ,:_ay be, in
th Montezumian palace. "Tha,vie "ri ! tut • Sealrr
hali doubtless ere now 'dui '7
• „oar eaglet; in
triumph 'in the streets of Meade,. ' and, em
boldened by past success ~,will sou. , beim his
,way to the city of Me no. Nothin;but tke
unconditional sore' ' er of the Mexi_ n
'li authori
ties can te' t, t ball;" when one fairly in
ci e
'motion. Sue , s owever, lathe dist 'eted con
dition of t • Mexican people, at t capitol,
that it o; y be difficult to find a govertrment
with which to treat. Santa Anna has no doubt
gamed the capitol.. with the remnapt of the
any that waa not killed by " dya utery "• at
Buena Vista, but so formidable ar :the de
ments arrayed xgainst him.in the .iii y, ' that it
t
isdoubtful whether he would be p milted to
'conduct negotiations, if -even he attempted
it, He will be still less in a mood fight.—
Iri this condition of-• " confusion vvorse con
founded," all eyes are now tinned to Mexico
Ito witness the Onouemint,.. i•hich i#,evidentlyl
dose at hand. Peace is believed tobe the re
stilt, but hardly two men can belciund to a- 1
greo as to the exact manner in which it .is to
Ibe brought about.b! - 7, / i 1
1 Your readers are, of- course,-iu Possession. of
the gratifying intelligence, that the war loan
lof eighteen millions kas been all taken, above
par, and at a premimb varying fpm i one-eightli 1
I to two per cent. Better than all, the bids
4amounted to nearly Derr-Eton? millions of'
!dollars, nearly forty millions-more: than the
'amount advertised ! It has been stated to me,
lon good authority, that not One dollar of 'this
loan goes into Elie hands of foreign capitalists.
`This 'I esteem a fact on Which we have reason
to felicitate ourselves, as the coutitry Is not
1
drained of at specie by the payment of thein
terest. Besides, it establishes the-Igrand:fact
of our National Independence, lathe literal
I meaning of that proudest term jo,it nation's
'vocabulary. It demonstrates inecintestibly,
Ithat the United States gave resources in and
!of themselves, amply sufficient to rueetaill her,
!ordinary expenditures, and,,condact a fierce
' war with a distant nation besides, ;without in
yoking the pecuniary aid of any other power
lon the face of the globe. The Rotliseliilds and
IBarings bad sent in their bids, bytheir,agents
1
in New York, but neve of them were a ccepted: '
i At least, so 1 km 'credibly informed.
1 'Are not the Feds of your city a little beside
Ithemselves? They have never, it is true, stood.
in danger o f being brought before Ju n *. do Pan
'
SONS to answeria charge of arson, m / that they ,
Thad set the Schuylkill on fire, but pever have)
, they exhibited such positive symptoms' of in-,
;sanity as now. NO OCO finds fault with their;
! glorification of Gen. Taylor—for the gallant?
old hero deserves all the laudatiotrithat can be :
la‘islied on him—but it certainly comes with!,
l a most doubtful grace from them. i The world
! knows how they has'e denounced the war, and
j every one connected with it,, and; the world
wonders with what face they can npw adopt a*
'their Presidential candidate, the General whci
l has app roved and: conducted it. The history :
j of man kind, from ,Adam and Eve I down, r does
I not furnish a parallel example of: hypoorisy,!
!duplicity, anti consistency. It is" "itsdi' itO
' only pararel." 2 .
i '-•
' Among the resolutions adopted at theii
I meeting in Independence Square, there is ono
lin which Gen. Linn is lauded as " the faithful;
; eon st ant, and-able advocate of a sit,stew of na
;timid policy that ' is not only immediately eonol
; fleeted with; but is absolutely neceiisary to, the
'prosperity of Penitsylvanaia." 'This, of couisei
C has reference to the protective ,policy in gen- .
l
era and to the tariff of -1842 in particular,-
, -
'Then follows a resolve, nominating Gen. Tay;
lor-for the Preaidency--yes, 'Gen. Zaelulry
Tailor, of Louisiana, the open and 4voiced ene.
,my of that very! " system of- nati 'nal policy:".
ILI which Pennsylvania is supposed o have such
a deep interest. ;If this lie..not,li litieal char+
'lath:ll7 ' where is one to look f , it? The
I
Goiernor of ,Pefinsylvania; or (I :any :It,he4
State, every school-boy knows, exercises .p
more control fifth.) adjustment pf. the tank
question, than do the select and common coun'S
oilmen, - the high constable, or the street coat
missioner of Philadelphia—and he is . to be elect+
jed on the exclusive ground: of his devotion V.h
la particular view; of that question, liapposedtei
Ibe -a popular view in Pennsylvai4l—'whilit,ii
President of the tn . ited States, wt i o has an all
7
controlling voice `on the tariff; ax can either
: make or mall the law relating t it:is tobb
elCcted; whole opinions, there is very reasrib
to believe, ac diametrically opßo-ed -to the
expressed by the men that not= , ted. Lim !.4
In plain 'English; the meeting •r solved i Mile
will support A.vie fOr Goveiaor, vr i o has notli
ingto do-with the tariff, heearise be fain fa.Vtlr
of a 'high „tariff-and.wewill support Taylar
fur 'President, who lasievery tbing:to -do Nirith '
the tariff, although he is a Southeraer,-end be-'
Moved td-be in fitter of a low tariff!' flat, prak,'
give the Fells: NI sway,. and the4Will;as they
!awe always clone, prove their o -best execii-:
'
tiouers4 - , i , . . ,
0
ATTACKED. A t i LA-ST.—We per olive -, by the —
Baltimore paper* that Van - Ain , urgh-baiit
length been attacked - by one of ,fa -lions. ilt
occurred on Thursday aftertmon*Sac,4i Bal
timore. %r , i 'l' - - ' '.
_ . 1.'" , ".. • '- tt
.. Van Amboy& had been tlitatigh:o6e cage
and had entered the secend,:iniatagrical,
tiger'-and twa t leopards .44 ulaian -*lame' 4r
two, threw hiinself acro ss the the' cab 4
monster resting hie head' against' cheek rin
a few Moments cbanging 'his poet leis to' 4oft
with the leopsrdp, the hou, rareed'hil head; lull
1 4
vi-thou spy - Apparetit *tort 'or ; shin! -,.' oVarl_ger,
indden - opeoet hie .mouth .:pid . ileisatE' -Vain
Am, bit', fa& side , l - 'bia •;, - " bWia jaws
eeemZg y for , tle 11 0 114 1 - 1 ,0 1, - 41101 *
the of the pt 42. : . ... , ;.t.; A :- , .-1 .. " - 4. , , - --.• ,L-4,
Tbe_ t.
pabk.pwomd Male Stet - !kit
~ 44.17
thesetion; 'amd , the - Ibm; . -iater al 7, ~. . let
:
oldirlielk heti Vita *iebeto ~
she9 l 4* 7 and iiitiiisOidittAid-hd . ktritli;e4i
liege,
.4 'but: lnjamlbilieient y . veltitio ;
be verfylight, ,Itivaik7thic,litit s itatiAtii4.
i . Oihiallibeii***Useabubl . :tom=,
ter, and this fart prebablyvii the ittaekr
Eat
v. Meigge.
Senate andirtnnte ef Reinitantatites
Tuisaar :*the
.enttged n A
ratings ,
the:Yaniners' and lifecbaa•
,to be locsitil thellorongh ,of Eri e ,
bein passed by: both branches of
1 . tura, has been lseientedloi my a .„
,
i3et
• -
shaps all will agl4:thit'there is no tub
to the control and st4pin t
remitted . -.
.of government, which sib_ sets mo
..,the interests of nociety,-both in its mo ,
, 4 pecuniary' relations, 'than .the entre, ~
i .'rerseentlitlye.ttf: the.. value of the
, toperty of the - penple: -While !kit , co,
ng. influence extent ; to t icioi t . _ 7 • • • 1
.y these whn . .depend upon the' proceed.
, an tar fef'atiZ-' , :rirjStrr,' — .1
o intritblr..4.titility the evi ,
promise tepays'ililits "ill/ ;depends
I .u1 1 99. -4 .A,44 1 0i.tY vAslthiell Abe prom'
eemed. , Th
e_lit i
' ' may of man has a
discoveretkand: , . ', apprehen d never '
! . v9'. any . systems ,1 1 1)Y,whisit';:tliemen
leg of bank -.paper can be made to add
übstantial wealth 'of byw ,*
n be made to passittt pat,yhen . dishen.
' refttial` to “tedeeMl_ it..p ;gat ",t . i ; r:silvet: 1
best but a doiiientence;_and,Onefor wb
. tassof the.iiidnsttions-imalkodiming. 1 '
pay a most onerous tax: -., t X'ai . .hewer
nterwnren WitlConthabitaitifiklnisise
~' 1 444Mt.iii1ik45,4044.144. 1 44. •
V°, thereftite,sinee ifir inaneilea to 611
~ aimed at ~.tlfeAeatrttetien °Ube s,yst.
t my desire his_ been to prevent its ex
~ and to correct: ,evils attendant ID
1: far as seemed prticabla: ~, .` •
he middle aged,,.*td..those more adva.
I `e, of titer good iateople orkennsylvania, i
llect the seerien lof speculation, nab 1
oralization; that,fcillowed.fr the train of
. king system of 1. 1 04,-;ithich wits - forced. ,
r, be State byi a-reckless and infatuated sp
' ambling, ini defiance- of the veto and
g advice of that-wise-and
_prophetic eta ,
a , Simon Snyder,-whose memory: is de
e people. And whnie there among us / t
. not lear testimony to the evil `Off , o u
e moral, politicA and 'peentiistetest
e community; of the . late..a ' t...4,ive. _4. •
iz, speculation, prodacial the'.re•charte
Eri e Pi 1
eile Bank of the United tites, and the ex
o of the capital' end piivUeges''9r , othe .
i tions, that, have„ exploded; leaviog
.., , . -
e onto of their_ existence, • ruined reputati .
ruction of pnvate fortunes, beggared
1 , and orphans; the State debt nearly .1
i ' currency depteeiattd, . and -t..;.beilest. 4
ated out, of its just';eward ? From th I
T a of this vitiouslielinyi , the...peoplelave
e recovered, nor, ean - t.heyfor . years - to .
'h interest of the an‘frnentett State debt
' o .e a nnually
e ° s i ; e another o f the
l rPYid
offspring lf consequenc es
° o r f . i i
. t db , l' m A:l u ili a l :C t
P i
n a : i4l
- i e ee : tl . ' ; '',
,n il our resoutees , -nuable -us to :cancel tl
Vol these facts beret.e us, should t ,we tint p
n learn lessons of. Wmdcm andprnde.uce
h experience of the past. • .. , ;
he capital of the thank proposed: to b.
a lished II the hill under eons*vstion,
l e
rl'e, is only fifty thoesitil : 4leVar`s,.but ve
ois Terceived Fail
for ereating„audther . la
e, which will not Warrant the 'establish ,
few hanks'in Many' other parts . of the i
n nwealth. The creationOf tlii. hank, ti'
. 0
c, would sanetisti the comMetmement 9I
A cr extension of the system, tbuding 'lir
:o all the minims einsequences ' that hav
',,e ded excessite issuing of paper - entrenc
s 4 ;e O uP-tigli. 1 . 14 t.,i 11 iillqg,,,anA..01(: 1 5'hic.,
. :i a
pc Aro of thialtorennanwealth bare had
atiu[aeutable tx-p'etiplkei,:,:. -7. , - . f, {1
I ant ; there.ore, _constrained byascon
th us sense •of dutyilo- - adherti 'tb the
w ich -I have. ,hevetilfoWindicAted„, Of lim
tit eupital of the banks of issue to' the pr
ount ; and, us their respective-charter
pi e, if they are' fontal.viorthy.,ef renew
tlipose such restrictions upon them as a ,
cated to restraiTexcestei,‘4nd-prOtect
p ople agaitisitthe-;onischiefs the , syste ,
It etofore produced4 , ',:-.. - • ' - -
: The country: is new in:.a, highly - prosy
to dition, Exchanges ...at4reatly in - ot
✓ , specieis 'Rowing* upon--im ha abun ,
a d the curieneykompared with its condi
n i
fb v years' ap.yris sound. if. We: should, t
.fOre e guard with , exfreme,eaotiott again.
inlroductien:.er extension of: any-system of
ety ; calculate claStuth thiabealthfand
Able state . a thino,,, ~iit. in only by an i .
ble adherence to. eotind:prineiples, regardl
inlportunities-Mid:argnments of expedienc
minveoience,' that "sve-,Can hope ,to avert t
,enrrenee of all,theMiiailiefay attendant.
gieessive. , hanifing, 44 perpetuate the p
s bstantial prOsper4y - :of ,the ;people. •
I • ntertaininetheserntiments, I:have d'
t e bill tole 4eturned,,,,yjthont,..my. sign
i the Senate_ Wherelik(piginated. ,
..
I . ' ,_,., L. , FITS. R. - STIUN
txEcovtva CUAIDER, March 13; '47
.ty.l
-
,
! . “ Fire ii lite Rear." -
'hie secr et , • ,°*: .:74 . e. iitikolNqs , ii
e 'en: scott,*.to:,rial'ffhiii4eq,:,_ kit no
)1 , d the beraiiiraogiemiLao, got fairly
';'i exic .0 .*:4'....g044.-batare Aka'. aidla a
aroz and itkwi;;'o4lii:,Castje; : ttiaa.:liil 1
'P ' 'II *4B; 4'04, , ili4ii...filq; in •Lia rca 1
minitu':d General Tity,lo.rloi:' the, PFoi ,
', t first,. , c-4 . ;pard, .14 gre0,...4 . 0 A'.. -. ,,Ei 1
• )0 Attaikaistr#ll4lotit';_i*ill)itlips .G,
.
cote to take pckana*id . . : a.t our. Forces
. in
re . -- Subleiiiiiiiili - 00 - 'oailibti;o6reie
naive,. and indign a nt,ie - ry . tioteiiit . ,. tlisi ,
Taylor arailittlio'.o4o:added...;::lsoo,,afe '
. ill - 464 sq)a*itlaamili.agaqpie two
' ..c 14 OCcerali ,7 .. :cor4Ccait* - Ccr'., itic '
, F .
~.- i tist iiid I:,iiifa*k!:.:*.ar akai . aai '. . i
''. 1,14 aittididittill:fai , :iiie ."'Pfaiidano 1
I *0 POThili,,fi"-4,4 l *L.Vng,paily.;:xitli - , •
41 . 71 c , cr tAilp i ::..44*Aff , r7* . - ....oitoidoti
4 6 ccm'i , .**,ii.,,;t0,4tit:41,I4C,,t.iieir 2 hea l
c thatAi,coo4l44**CiOict men cI
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t 4-VAlWtii*,g,ll.l.3c4,:f.ficriko,:: ,
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