Indiana American, Volume 13, Number 44, Brookville, Franklin County, 30 October 1846 — Page 2

Late frem Santa Fe. DOINGS OF GENERAL KKA3NY.

Dr. Craig, t.f Kentucky, who has heeuj('er r thise Iroops, nor conceive how residing in NewMexiro and Calafornia for j much w ickedness they have accomplished, ii ! een yo.us pat. readied Si. Louis on the I while eternally preaching to us of ihe ben-

II ill in-taut. He iefi Mezstlon on the 1st nf June, Chihuahua on iheloti.of July, and Santa Fe on the fiih of September. Dr. C. brought in a mail, and despatches from General Kearny to the government, which h-e -matted at Independence. The rl. li'.ntij Republican says: Genera'. Kearnv. with about 1,000 men, left Sauia Fe on the 2J, for the Kio Abajo, r the settlements below on the Kio Grande. It was understood that he would descend to Sodorro, where he was to eiecl a fortification. On his route he intended to visit Albuquerque, seventy-five miles below Santa Fe, the residence ofe x-Go-ernor Armijo. The position of ihe ez-gov-erm r was not known. By some it was thought that he had gone south, others believed he was still in the vicinity. General Kearny expected lobe absent on this expedition from fifteen to twenty days. About three hundred men, with all the horses and cattle, not on duty, were at pasture on the Calestello creek, fifteen or twenty miles from Santa Fe. Gen. Kearny was erecting a fort on an eminence to ihe northeast of Santa Fe, by throwing up a strong embankment, and covering the exterior with sun-dried brieks. A eood road has been constructed up the eminence to the fort. Its position is such as lo command the town and surrounding country. The work was progressing rapidly. The general was rapidly winning the goo opinion of ihe Mexicans, by his mild and conciliatory course. All dread of the army was fast leaving the minds of the people, and many of them seemed pleased with the change of government, especially as General K. had promised them protection from the Indians. Upon the arrival of Col. Pierce's regiment and ihe battalion of Mormons, Gen. Kearny would set out for Calafornia. Ii was understood that the expedition would be divived into three parties, and would pursue different routes, until they arrived near the Pacific coast. One party was to tike the northern route by Abique to the Green river a branch or the Colarado.Another division would go by wav of Scorro and descend the Rio Gila. The third would depart from the Passo del Norte, and thence across toward the mouth of the Rio Gila. Tim, however, was not certainly known, as the general's plans had not fully transpired. Monterey is to be the termination of the expedition, a distance by the nearest route of about twelve hundred miles. A very large portion of the country over which either expedition must travel, is represented as barren and destitute of game and of substance for hor-s-es. Dr. Craig met the advance of Col. Price"s regiment leaving the Cimarone river. Col P. has been sick, but was much better. He was two days' march in the rear of the advance, of the reeiment, and from ten lo fifteen days' march from Santa Fe. The advance of Mormon batteries was met at Cimarone springs; and the remainder was met at Sand creek. They were some five days in the rear of Col. Puce's regiment. Dr C. met Col. Thompson, with a party of thirteen men and three wagons, at Rock creek, pushing on by forced marches, to take command of the Mormon battallion. Along the whole route the grass was bbundant, but water very scarce. The Arkansas river was perfectly dry Tor the whole distance that the party travelled along it an evidence of drought which has not been known for many years. If the expedition to California should start by the 1st of iOctoher, it would according to Fitzpalrick's opinion, not reach Monterey before the middle of Febiuary, making the trip in about 130 days. A letter, dated September 2, adds that Armijo and Ugrta are moving towards us with five thousHnd troops. - nut this story is not generally credited. Gene. K. expressed himself about it "six thousand are better than two thousand; they are hard to manage, and much more easily confused." Corrrtpentfencrof tkr Tropic. Opf Veha Cruz. Sept. 24th, 181G. Gentleman: In my last, I informed you that Santa Anna had not jet left Jalapa, and that his position w as by no means set Hed. For a time his destiny trembled in a halance that a hair might have turned, but nts gooj lortune again triumphed, and he is now really master of his country. To crown the result, some manoeuvring between himself and Almonte was found necessary, and they entered into an interesing correspondence, which was immediately published in the official Journal, for the benefit of the Government and the gralfieaiion of the gullible, whose name in Mexico, is par excellence, legion. I have trasiiiledand enclose herewith, the most im portant communications embraced in this cosrepondence. It is from Santa Anna to his confrere, and declines the Chief MagstTacy which had been cautiously tendered to himby the latter. The publication Clhis letter paved the way for his entry into the Capital, .through which his march had ihe character of a triu mph. Preparations had heen made for the ostensible celebrali.m of ihe rPv.,l., ...m:..i.: I dinner of , ZT" " ! ""f ! charier of 1814, during w hich Santa Anna w as to take the oath of Chief Magistrate. And the artillery thundered.the bells rane, thejeopieshonted.& the politicians chuckled a welcome to Santa Anna, the hero of Tampico and the Sabine! the well beloved of his country. A Jalapa paper, speaking of the proposition recently made by cur Government to t-h-at of Mexico, hopes that the reply of Congress will be to the follow ing effect: -since the Cabinet of Washington has f w confessed, through its Minister. Shannon i that for twenty-two years it had labored for t he independence of Texas, Mexico will wot make peace with the United. Slates until due reparation shall have been made by Hie latter ft.r thai injury an 1 all its eor.se qm noes." The writer astutely adds: "But to enable Mexico to use such lan-

etia, ;t rs necessary that she should gain (-"i'o no laieiiigencc, used to the luxus n- virforics, ajid that ihe commerce ol I ne8 pf rr'V!te life, are by this neglect abIhc United Slates should be harrassed bv S' ,I,,t!- turned naked in a wild country, owr privateers in every sea," etc. nd exposed to tl. cImm and suffering

A letter from San Feuiandes. addressed ! ta Col. Parrodis, gives a sad account of fome of our soldiery. ltsas: ue ftiiiericans, u uie innrioer 01 lull fiC hundred, have retired in the directum

of Catnargo or Cliina, to rejoin Taylor. ' You can entertain no idea of the disor-

efiis which we should derive from theii rule. The semi-barbarians, as soon as they entered the defenceless and terrified town, began to gallop their horses through the streets, and weie drunken from the lime they arrived until they feft. No hoii-e was lespected they boldly entered any tnat pleased them. They had three nnforj lunate beings with Ihem, liel by the neck, ! allJ driven along in that manner, whom they said they were going to shoot, be cause during the night seen hore had been lost, and these poor fellows w ere accused cf having stolen them. After suffering many outrages a couple of countrymen found them nearly dead, and cut ihe cords which bound them. They made good their escape." EI Republicano," ofthe8ih inet., contains a letter from "a Captain of a foreign sloop of war lying at Peasacola," dated Gih August. This Captain could of course be no other than MonseuirDubruil, of the French barque La Perouse, who mingles a very commendable love of scandal with about nn eijual degree of ignorance and cattstkifu. IT- - J ite say si ''Mr. Buchanan, Secretary of State, is celebrated for his robberies in Mississippi, Mr. Bancroft, who has charge of the Navy, was no more than a professor of Histo ry, no great proof of fitness to control! a naval Armanent. As to the Minister of War all agree that a shameful ignorance governs his department " (muni ) Me nroceeds' "Some may consider my language ratner caustic; but I am persuaded that it only expresses the single opinion f en lightened and sincere men who love good faith and their couutry and who are horrified at the state of demoialization in w hich the government is plunged. ,;The news from the frontier gives but little satisfaction to the United States. One half of the army is found necessary to look out for the other half, and General Taylor had so much trouble with the Louisiana volunteers that he was compelled to discharge them all. "There only needs one single fortunate action to guranty a brilliant treaty, and there are good reasons for expecting a favorable result." There is more of his letter but I don't care about coping it. Rev. Dr. Beacher. Onr venerable friend preached a sermon on Sunday last, to as full an audience as ihe church could hold. His greeting was warm as it should have been; for no man has worked harder forevery good cause than Lyman Reedier. He is a patriarch among us, and as such, he was warmly welcomed by all who love virtue, or admire talents. The sermon was on the necessity of forming an alliance, among the evangelical seects of the world. The first part of his discourse was taken up in discussing the signs of the times, and showing ihe necessity of such an alliance. He insisted ai large upon the insufficiency of the knowledge in Europe and America in reference to the institutions and general condition of either country. He illustrated this, bv stating his own ignorance of men and things in England which no books or papers could furnish, and found Uiem as much in the dark about men and things here equally important to be known. Why said the Doctor, good natutedly, they would not have known that such a being as himself existed, if it had not beuijfor'ihe publication of his six sermons on' intemperance! The next point on which Ihe Doctor dwelt was ihe good feeliiiff wliirh KiiP1 in Great Britain, especially in Scotland, towards llnscountry. No thing brounht' dawn such thunders of applause'and cries of hear! hear! in the London Convention as when he slated, that if he had gone to ! sleep in Boston, and waked up in Edm-i bnrgh, or London, he honld not have1 known that he was in a foreign country ! ana among a utrange people. The spir-

11 ot tne people was frendly in the extreme, j They warned to be one w ith us. Their! The American Amy. cry was for peace and union peace for' A correspondent of the Cincinnui the advance of civil zation. and union for , r.,,ron,c,e. who was with Gen Tavlorat the spread of religion as the bais of than ""V" g,vee iuilc 8,1 interesting acciviiization. c""nt of he 'te of the army of the United The Doctor said the World. r..v... ,n -Mexico;. estimitea the ,nva-

lion contained fi.-ere huntred member ana mat at no other stage or the world' lustory. could they have been gathered thus together. od had opened ihe way. The earth ha-- become iron-ribbed by railways, and o!d ocean was plowed by steam. Now for distant lands were made neighborhoods of strangers, friends lriends broth ers. The spirit of kindncss-of Christian forbearance n hich marked the deliberations of this immense assembly, was good and glorious. I me. said the D itOtAr w a asstruck occasionally, but we all knew h,... pro to Hack out and start again. If ocras.i,,,,. . . - ally the rem , ins of old human natur sP,. led over, we knew how to stop it by resort - ing to prayer. They laughed at u bin we all prayed on, and in no inf, rc ' these rravers ren ai .,. " se prayers remain unanswered. . - "V"'"" ",, n a ,u" 'Ca of ihe Tho n .i , ,. . . . . f ,a1 ' a,i,an P".poe9d. its object l J'! ' u,i,,u against it, &c, and closed j inj,l..i,,. .. 3 - ! ...i ...i ..ppeai 10 ail to Iiy hold and hdn. 1 Lin. iiiiz. Some cf the Beauties of the War. TI . f.ll - ui,- Hinowinj is an cxtmpt r letter I Hum ..anies j. Jackson. r.ka.. r.i,.;.. ,. Onl. JiarshaH's Kentuckr ted in Texas, Sept. 2."d." relative to i lit uegunent, daI hope by the next letter I write, tngiv you an account of ii proving health in n. Regiment. You oucht to see the turn , . ry v m v. in. ii 1 ,,e'r Cpndition is a reproach to the ( ernroent 1 hey are barefooted, and some of tliem litteraHv without breeches, many without hate and coats, but they stand up s proud 88 if Ihey were dressed in imperial purple. The Government is in debt to this regiment this dy $ ?5,Wtijt ha received no pay whatever, and ihouKl, paymasters pass a.id repass, it bath seen no s.gns of payment. Vounir ineu of edui... ncniiiri. j Illhiui ri ro lor (they sene on the nart r.f th 12 ill'Prii m t it i they sene. fl.cy would raie a row nrei. 'V riuicklv. hni list it iy i ne ipetings of iheir own . rficers to pUi e them in an awkward rcsiti n.by drawm"

dipleiMin i i t!,e War Besides the shore t lie Kemurkv Rep er states lint up a i.r-l- .i" r.mr Ln-rfreil reported to be on the S1,-l ft i . . . . urtre i ne nejinrier I tiiu rnni In. jr. i iner.ts upon tiio rmiiiiut of ,e I.t!; : Ciillliv in mutton ii? i re .w i . o.wi wr. If ever such a miserable, .r.nr linir p,,j . cy characterized the movement nfa gov. eminent pretending to unc'ersti. ml 1 I,' , I of war. w e have never vet In aril orienln it. It really eeins to u i,; r m n A l.ia Kimralirii ( X " t It nil la! nnf .;..... ... iryIf a (r ra fit Prrnrc mH i.i i ..-.v, .... , i. v n ! mi Ffr liiiW ininv could commit, in r.fer,, , " Z?y i Mexican var. they rou'd not p-ni.lv hive i succeeded belter than they l,ne. "Wl.rnj the bill conies to ke foot, ii up, the nation ! wiii uc amnzed at the extent t,. lives of our citizens hue been l,.r loi'l. I ! sacrinceu, ana the treaMire of ih. watted which might, time been sned by .1 more judicial and wise policy' on tl.p i,ari 11 n t inn of our rulers. We have, however. shi , much about these things, tint ve fear we niy even tire the patience of our render who, we know, feel deeply in rpr.-roi.re )! the swtc of things which exirt on the .Mexican frontier. Obituary Notice, OF TUB LATE Gov. itlUKKIf 1)iei At l'ort Wayne. !m!ii,n on the aih uit., after five day- .i!n. s Itlnnrn In... IV .... r I ,. iAMI El, iuh. uuicilltf ) I MO ! l Itri . Bigger was born in VVerren l.'o.. t) '.'ov. in. in iii year and was Ihere ore in hi 4oth year. Ilia father, Col. .Ihn (li-fer. emigrated from Pensylmi.i.i. wl,e. Ohio was yet a wilderness. U orenp ed prominent position in the eents cnniiei tc' with her eorty history -having tnk.-ti part in her legislative councils, through a peri00 ol twenty years. Hi6 f, Smmu l Hi-r. ger. the subject of this notice. as a Srduate of Athens Univeriiy In Js-jy jlS removed to Indiana, ai d resiiled first in Lnion county, and afterward in Kush county. For two years in succession he was chosen by the people in Rush county. 10 represent them in the legislature, in which body he was a prominent actor i i all important legislation. Sum, ater wards, he wus elected bv the IrinsUture President Judge of the' Eastern " Circuit, whi-h station he filled for many years with dignity and ability, until called from' the bench in 1840, to fill the office m G.. ernox of Indiana. Of hie acts in this exhalted station, it is unnecessary to pcik, as they form a part of the history o; the country. In his official and personal intercoursc with the legislature, and with citizens of various portions of the State, lasecured many warmly attached friends, to whose hearts the intelligence of his death will carry a pang. Apart from those collisions which are inseperable from politic al life, ho scarcely over incurred ihe ill will of any one such was the urbanity if his manners, and the genuine kinr'nes of bis heart. At the close of his Gubernatn rial term, he removed to Fort Wtyne, and resinned the practice of the luw. His stay among us was brief, but long enough to form friendships and social ties, the sud den rending of which has caused many n heart to bleed. Indued, a'l seem to have been his friends enemies, we believe, he had none. All fell that there is a vacant place in our society, not soon if. ever to be lihed. Gov. Higger possessed talents of a high order; rather substantial and useful than brilliant. His judgement was re markably sound, dispassionate and dis criminating; and it was this chiefly that made him eminently a leader in every circle in which ho moved, whether in political Ii!e. at the bir, or in society at Urge. Fvr the last eight years he had beei. a mem ber, and ptrt of the time a rulin.r elder, in the Presbyterian church. At the time of his cltath; he was superintendent of onj of Ihe Sabbath schools of this place: and the anect.onate interest with hich the cl.ilnren gathered aroud his corpse, to catch a last look at their teacher, tlwir guide, and friend, allbrded evidences of the high estimate placed unon his benevolent f-ir.,na ! ,1,e proniotion of their hiirheut i ntProet I lst l-oura of hia lif WPrP n.tlrn nr.I I lle,,ePMjI. n4 bis conversation with those i l,re(it,nt. imlieated in a remarkable degree, 1 U'e p,'ner of ,1,e religion of Chribt, tous i 8nuLin ",iB C0,lflict with the kin.r and clearest language, his resignation to th Divine will, and his humble and enlire dependence for salvation upon the Saviour of the world. His mental 0,01.1. fit rili rrnol ties co ntinued clear to the last. Journal , ding army immediatelv under Cpn.T.vi.. or the army of Alonler'ey. ,0 amoun t to 6,64l men, half regulars, and half volunteers tuus: , . Eullcr'i m-.-ltion. , "'5'- 0,o vn.Cul. M.lclu ll f Hm. r' 1 JO Mis'ioippi voluniw M-f,il. !,;, t".nair8 T" Haltimon: baiiallion-Ws0n2 ,10? br'?:'li'. J. r- l r. d , . "or'A Hivwtn. C..I. r. Smith , rrcrinuiil rcKiilr Iroops ,oo Pan. or,h & l.r i,Mntr A I . . 1 .o cmnpa,.,.., McCulloi.gl.-, a,,d Gill.fpT", ' l txa rwnvr A hole liumlu-a- i- .i ... - i " '20 ! ... Tti-g; IHrttitn. I i ms nionnird men-Cot Have in ilvaiicr--i.7oo i nracoons, tmir ron.r,. ...... 500 I.0 100 I w.KAd..,.V.,nc"""!: fl".'P iii.ry. . .'. ...... .im irv M, ,n,i . ,a : . . , lV" orr.i n,.a,ry ir..d?; IL 60 i 5 " "'fa"t, " 2'30 1 T. ,40 m ' ,eare at Cl,nar- he says, 2,100 , I ' ,''nl,,ra8 ,-000. between JUuI a.nJ tl'.e the Br, vo 4.500. at toini isatjc, IW at Camargo 700 sick iiiemcient, at Matamoras in hospital 'OO, trOODS ofnllRnrl. frnr.. . ....... Cumarjro to "razns, under Major Gen. Patterson, and 1r'2ai'er8 M.rshall Pillow. I,np mwtA Shields. n.l?0mking, with the army of Monterey. lo.SlO. Gen. Wool has undor his command, to advance on Chihuahua, 4,000. Gen. Kearney has at Santa Fe 2,700. The whole of the United St.ms ,m;. -sunn .uexico. 2J,ol(). The writer adds"IJesides these, there is the California reeiment, and the new regiment of mounted r.llemen, intended fo the war in lha est. "There are now in the United States army twenty-six regiments of volunteorseight of infantry, four of artillery, and one of mounted riflemen, besides the two regimantsof dragoons making, in all. fortvone regiments cf all arms. If this be added the men employed in he auartermatter, Commissary, and Engineer department, tbere will be shown a force of :h,000 men, now in and attached to the army of the United States. 1 La above September." account is up t the Gth o' Look curyor Hone 7'Ai, On Mon47 laat.tha Shaker had stolen from one of their st. Wes. two valuable bav horse.. I he theft took plice about mid-night. 0 clue to the thieves. For particular see dvertisenitim Lebanon Star.

down on them the Depart incut.

AMERICAN. Bi i(h k v i in; i Indiana

FRIDAY, OCT. 30. 1345, .345. Mr Curiui'i. of K i.iv. i i M!i in;.ite lor Speaker in the 1 1. .use of iipresentatirrs. Mr. Xamiul Il.tniia of Cenirei ille is a Candidate for Tieasi.ri r i f Slate. Fom iu:i io i. associations ami roin.i,.iw " C"M'1 - 1 ir n t'nn., the refoi med gambler, U ,nii"g some di.-closures at LuwieoceI llllruti n Ii i li I.. . : i . , i . ' couMuerunie exAVw MHIs. The new Mc. R. Tyner and John Roberts, wl.,,1, iioinin" iiini or they have just erected at ihe canal IJiisin 111 this place, commenced operations the present week. It is a good miil-made of good mttetials bv enod unit men A saw mill also cemmei.ced opera.ion at the I'asin ihe present week. Ami r,., w 1. i build ino mirl ti ill lioiily have in ope ration hi ihe basin, a large cotton Factory. Thus is the business of ibis place extrndinI. During the past week wheat has came into our market pretty fieely, for which our m erchants have paid the higher prices that the maikets would justify. Our town i now healthy-ad our mechanics busy and cheerful. We are doing a healthy business, both for merchant, mechanic and and farmers. .In Editorial supper, is to he served up loiheeditoisof I,li,na, t Indianapolis on Wedneslay evening, the 9t5i of December. Bro. J. B. Dillon, formerly editor of ihe Loganspon Telegraph, and the Historian of Indiana, is to deliver ihe address on the occasion. If this convention of editors does not nuke a bitter stale of jetting, especially just after supper, we r i - ... will pay the bill. .1 large distillery was destroyed by fire a few days since in Hamilton comity, five or six miles from Venice. The loss was estimated at 9,000. Xew York. The State election in New York comes off on Tuesday next. Col. Webb of the New York Courier and Enquirer, is opposing Young the whig Candidate for Governor. We have long wished that Providence in mercy to the whig party would do one of three things with Webb; either remove hi:,, from the whig parly, from the charje of a whig Press, or from ihe world. We would feel abundantly thankful for either event. Ever since he was first bought he has been a curse, and a heavy expense upon our hands. The whigs are held responsible for his acts, and it is more trouble to defend his rashness, inconsistencies, and iml r . norm me ttian a thousand such worth. men are idThe whigs are victorious in every direction. They have lately earned Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Monterey. It is rumored that John B. Seaman, of Tippecanoe Journal is a candidate for State r'ier. 1 lie election lakes winter. place this O'Xeat rs MVsoh.-Ii will bo recollected thai we gave last December the particulars of rather an interesting breach of Promise casein Rush county Ind. We hope our readers recollect the circumstances, a, we do not wish to repeat them. The case w as tried at Rushvilte week, and rrsul.ed in a verdict of 100 in favor t 'Nel. This i, ,he first case w e recollect at this time where a man sued a woman for breach of promise and recov ered. But it isjubtas fair for one as the other. True A,ner,cnn.-Ve learn that C. M. Clay's paper has been suspended. Mr. Clay isabsent, i Mex.co, fighting for his country, and the publisher failing to reCeive the npnaecn.. c.j . I ...j- Minus, uas neen comj pelled to suspend the paper- We regret . ibis. The True American wBj doing much Boml. It as the only anti-slavery paper ; that v..,i:r as ever aoing any good; or that was edited by a citizen of a slave Slate, and who has a right to discuss the institutions of his own State. The There m ar. The prospect thickens now much doubt of the terminaHon of the war. It mut be prosecuted than heretofore. Ii ia with more vicop easier to conquer a peace with Mexico in man six years. The way the VAT l hoo n a ' i'i"eruira ii has been fun r . T a 'untie Mexicans. It has only created a good market for their produce, which our army has purchased at high prices. This is wrong. We shoirfd forage on the enemy. There is neither charity nor religion in a war of conquest, consequen ly if war we must, let us war upon them in a shape lhat (hey w ill feel it. Let us eat up their substance, fpillage their towns, and consume and confiscate their property. Let us possess their soil, and let the track of our army leave their couixry a field of desolation. Tihis is what they will feel. We have ail the lime entertained a different opinion in this mailer from manv of onrf.iends. In war we .belike in plunder, .mJ "to the victors belong the spoils." We do not believe it is more unchristain to mob and pillage a church ia time of

J war,, if us ri,h u,a-ures, ihau (here i jshooiinj and nni.derii.g the member: j that church. The great nicklerf for

in of pi l vales right in time of u ar v ill preai h to J - about the unchrUUaa.,pim wf ,uhiug i -.''. icans of their money and idols, and at me same time advocate taking !..,,!. and Mrnlmg their ternary. VVr is aii uiuieiy and rievehsh, but an iin.ii.cuned world derides that it is itcrcssarv ihen i'hey claiin that their monev anrl Irrn.-nro - . . ' is loo holy to be touched by unholy hands of the warrior, but their lives, their libernes, and lands are mere matters of commerce. and can le lakrn ni.e ViFO hv a christian nation at war w ith them. We do not receive things in this way. We believe in warm-, unon their n,ni ,y "'m fi"e !'"-heB, .heir mines, their . . . :r - i - r" ' 1 J ",yl,ej ' ,hcir idols alld cr territory.In war or fighting e do not believe in an v . . sucn things as foul hol,h. If it is right to 'black 1 mat,' j eye, it is rihi to bite his I '".' U r''ghl ' ki" a man and lake 1 ,"i farm 11 15 n8hl to ,ak I'i money, his raitie anil his idols. We may be ultia "pon lliis Eulject, but no ne is responsih in Ct9 ii kni .... 1 - ,.. the K. Orlran. Commrrri.,1 Bulletin 0.1 U I LATER FROM THE Alt.MV ' ' 5y the arrival of the the L'niie.l Si

steaimt Neptune last evening from Gal- ! !,,0y H ere su,lJer.ly attacked by ihe Mexveston, we have received nn Min ..r .i. I 'fans ihat they turned un their trei. hpr.

Galveston News ,ifil, lfl,l.i... ",i iwui Mi!i cn a n - f. n iii-cm c irom i ii e nrmv by ihe schooner Blanche E. S rereivp.l tyre from i lirazos St. JaL'o. Cantain Hill t. IT.,;.-,! States quaiiermaster ut Brazos St. Jao received dispatches from Gen. Taylor on Wednesday last, which Captain Wetmore of ihe Blanche E. Sayre, heard tead, and communicated from recollecti.m to the editor of the News. In the infornntiot, hius communicated, we find nothing in relation to the seige of Monterey in addition to what hss already been published here, except that it is slated that the Mexicans lost, in killed and wounded, t ventyone hundred, and that four hundred were laken prisoners during the combat. The American loss is said to have been, in killed and wounded, five hundred, in' which nearly nil ihe accounts seem to agree. Of this, number two thirds were killed. We have aheady expressed our unbelief in a report that the Mexicans had Iom 1,500 and this last report, considering ihe great advantage under which they fought, taxes considerably to the utmost. The city w as in possession nf our army when the bearer of dispatches left, the enemy having evacuated it. The report lhat the Mexicans had taken a train or wagons on ihe road from Camnrgo to Monterey, is contradicted. "e t'lcaynne adds to the nbove the following paragraph. From Texas there is but little new. The brijj Empire arrived at Galveston on the 7i!i instant from New York, in twenty-five day. The Captain reported having passed close to a vessel bottom upwards in the gulf stream nearly in the latitude ofCape Ilatteras. ' She appeared to have been newly coppered had a very flat bottom, and was about 200 ions burden. We read in the news of ihe 9th ii, as follows: '5The editor of the Texas Democrat say that General Wool's advance division, under Colonel Harney, would leave San 'Antonio on the 27th nit. The route will be by the Presidio, from which place the passes of the mountains are distant not more than forty miles, which can he defended by a few resolute men against great odds. The cdiior of ihe" Democrat says many suppose resistance will be made; but he does not know where the Mexicans can raise troops to give battle anywhere on the route to Chihuahua. He however, admits that it is problematical whether the necessary provisions and foige can be produced after crossing the Rio Grande. The editor is himself at San Antoni, and says that there are actually many complaints of irregnlarily in "ivin" and cxtendmg orders, &c." " " Such are the reports of ihe Texan papers. We receive no papers by the Neitune, and copy w hat we see in the News A grand baibecue was given to senator Houston at Housionville Texas on the 26th nit., at which the general spoke for an hour and a half. Armyttews -Arrival of the Steamer Neptune. By the Steamer Neptune, Captain Spinney, which arrived at New Orleans on the 13th mst. The N. Orleans editors have Galveston dales to thelhh inst. She wa supposed lo have been lost, and sustained considerable damage, in a heavy storm. The New Orleans Delia says that the news from the army is but little later than before received. The loss of Americans in ki led, wounded and missing, (a large number having been taken prisoners by the Mexicans) was about 1500. The lo-s of the Mexicans in killed and wounded amounts u, by the morning report of ihe 27lh, 1957. Wit, however, cenerally believed that their loss exceeds 2200. ThechLf of ihe fighting was done in the streets of Monteiey, wherein the Texan Regiment, and particularly the Missis sippians and Tetinesseeans. together witl. the regulars under General Worth.displayed the most dauntless courage. On the ed the most dauntless courage It . i ... . & iasi nay oi me Dattie lien. Worth, with his division, succeeded in taking secen of the enemies batteries three of which were immediately turned upon the palace. In performing this duty, Gen. Worth lost 300 men, in a hand-to-hand fight. i ne i exan Regiment suffered severelv d determined to take th and applied to Gen. Worth to permit them to go anead. it is reported that Gen. Worth gave such permission, and soon after they were pell-mell with the Mexicans sweeping every thing before them, until the Mexicans cried for quarter. During their attack upon the buildings, several Mexican women were killed. Ii is said that when the capitulation took place, Gen. Taylor had not more than five or six rounds of amunition left. An extra from the office of the Mat t amoras Hag says: The Mississippi, Tennessee, and Baltimore Volunteers, with the third infantry; were in the thickest of it, and behaved admirably-fighting wi;h the most heioic bra.

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--. u in, -ii noiiiing cotiio "ii.iM.nm. ji u 3(1,j . ., . . . -, . ! Montcn y, in point nf ski'lfuil mnnct.tverHiil.'oth:' " j An extra pubii-hed by ihe G iivr-s in?, bravery and determination, f.,r outi ews, u..!eu me IU:h nirst.. states th-it the Jscjiooner Dlam he K. Say re, dpi. T. C. i Welmore. arrivpd n fl-.li oon ,, i. 1 . . . Inn . c, ro i, ,, ,., 1. 1. i, i . . . ... : ..o-...- .in ui,isii isMiin n m eonesday, 7th inst, Capt. V. smted that a bearer oi despatches Had arrived at Drao Is r i i land from Monteiey, ith offici 1 commu uiralmns frcMi iit ir. 1 ; 1 .(ir ii 1 acnn iini UiiariL-rmasier at that place. D. tails of the assault and capitulation of n, ...--. I II II I 1 wluc 1 Mirnnrteil in U nm,.;..i .. ! lo CaI". "eimore, as.he slates, in which !,,ie 1(,ss sl,sl:'''l by our army dniinsthe i !"rre. dav "U aniot:t five hundred Kl ietl anJ ii!iM!f.,til,r. r,-.i r .. 1 were amonz the f.,rm, t . m ' " " j Io was declared in this official report to i,iavc bep" 2 100 killed and wounded r 1. 3 fonr hundred made prisoners and e also fi..J ihe following i.nportat.t rumor in the New Orleans Delia, which, from the treacherous character of the foe, maybe true, thoiiah it is to be honed that it prove fallacious. " uui-r ino armi.-tace between j (enrarI TVlor ai.d Ampildia had been ; sged.aiid hi!e the American army weie Olisassa :ili!? An.l.ft, ... i ' -. ; . iii33 on iiicir t"1". "eieaieu uiem. lor, was hourly looked for at New Orleans on the -lib inst Blatters at Washington - A Cabinet council the War The Ti ens nnj Meditated attack on Tampico c. Crrrrtponilrut oj thr .V. r. Tribune. Wasaixctox, Oct. 17ih, 184G. There was a Cabinet Council to-day. The min subject ,rdi mode of conducting the w ai in Mexico ' and the financial condition of the country, j Great anxiety is felt to ascertain the loss' of our Army in the Jale battle. There is' a serious apprehension that ihev had been ! greatly underrated. It is believed that j in one regiment only, lhat more men were I killed, wounded or missing.than ihe w hole loss as hitherto reported. Not more than 71, including officers, could be niusteied of the third regiment at the close of the fight. This fact, of itself, was sufficient to cast a deep shade of melancholy over the deliberations of the Cabinet. They are naturally most impatient for the official I'etaiU, a id a good deal of censure is cast on the arrangements of the G.meral Post Office, from the fact lhat we have had but two mails from New Oilcans during the whole week. Without the talent, without ihe knowledge, without the experience, requisite for the successful conduct of a wa,, ihe Administration has rashly plunged us into one, and no that the usual consequences are disclosing themselves, they are perplexed, bewildered, issuing orders under impulses, and trembling a'l the evils which they have invoked. They have pelerred party influences to patriotic motives. Unable lo control their jealousy or General Taylor because he is a Whig, they would willingly send regiment after regiment to be slaughtered, if, through this sea of blood, they could wade to a certain point on which their eyes are fixed. That point is the Presidency. The report of Mr. Secretary Walker as to the result of his financial journey was also a subject of consideration. On this point it is understood that a decision was made to abandon every idea of a loan for the present and to send out a new issue nf Treasury Notes bearing an interest of five per cent. According to ihe decision of a former council the preparations for an attack on Tampico have been going forward steadily. They w ere so far completed by the end of last month, that the vessels designed for the services sailed for their destination. The steamer Mississippi, which had completed her cargo of the necessary s'ores -ou uppiirs or munitions, sailed on the 30:h nil. She probably reaehed the Fqtiadrnn n Kahi ik. s..t - . .. .. u. .uc in msi. and it is presumed that everything was ready for an attack in oirtr r lour oays afterwards. We are therefore in daily expectation of receiving information of the result, the distance rom v era l.ruz to Tumi ico bein about Hundred miles. Itisto be expected that I ampico w ill be taken, and then a passage will be opened into the interior, by w hich ..o.urif meiiis and stores will be readily ..oi.ii.neu lo OUr iroops as they advance 111... Mrr!.. fc? T . J ..... .lujodll LiOUIg oe i'OtOSI. Whatdira. ... I. .1 ,. . , test, a heavy responsibility will rest on the o"y uc uie resu t ol tne ron Administration which has forced the coun try into this dilemma. Will ihe people " accountability from iheir public "S""4 '"r "c vast expenditure of blood ana treasure? War, necessarily entered infrt ia o nnnA : - a .o t, rs?ny io oe mourned; wan tonly provoked, it is a crime hardly to be atoned for. To which of these categories ihe present contest will be assigned bv uie Historian, lew can doubt. A reflect ioa peopie wiu oe very apt to anticipate uie aectsions oi history. The tears the untold and unspeakable sorrow of hundredsperhaps thousands of widows and orphans would tell upon ihe sympathies of Ihe country, and when these shall be fully aroused, where can the authors of these calamities hide themselves from the bursting storm3 of public indignation? Riper and wiser nations are abandoning appeals to the sword. The beligerent spirit quails jbefore the advancing power of reason and Christian philanthropy. Let us boast less loudly of our intelligence while we are still lingering among the vices of barbaric ages. A Pair of Locofoco Scamps. The New Albany Ilulletin of yesterday sayf: In confirmation of what we have heretofore s'ated concerning the conduct of P. C. Dunning and P. M. Kent, sutlers, to the 2d regiment Indiana volunteers, we publish ihe following prices current, received from an officer of the Spencer Grays, who is responsible, anJ a man of truth, now at Camp Delknap, under dare of September 18, which shows most conclusively that these Locofoco worthies aie

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:s heartless eamnsas wnroo. pcrmm ed ihe exercise of nrii"i. ,.r, us!:ppnP our readers know !,n i jC. D nd P. M , Kent are n ..." riiiis? is the fdlo'.v whom ihe Locofoco,'0f Indiana e!oc:ed J.isi summer lo the offiCP of Lieut. governor, autl Ke,,, j,,, , ..uiiuers and ; 'or a cmMderaWe time one of ih edu,.,, ; of the Louisville Democrat. Read U.p r: Willi Tdsone III I ir iirl Ti,,-,! 1 j. low iiijr. t see how this precious pair uf oco scoundrels, the honore.l - , die erished of the Democracy, are b&fciiic - ' and faiietiinn .1 . . I k wc III I UAed . r ) . . : - r u" ue warns anj neccs wir.nin-rarcelV brefT V y 1 for ,hemselves: poor soldiers, who. while iiiiiniif i-ii.rv an i p n . . ... r . t mnm n.'orv and are their countrj:-,,. jouraaL I ru es Current of K.nt $ Owning, Sutlien t.,24 Regiment Indiana Volunteers. Dr.ed beef 3D cents per pound; lake fish 3o cents per pound; mackerel. No. 3 20 cents per poundjeheese GO cents per poundbutler crackers GO cents ner mm.,,?. .young hyson, $2 per pound; sugar, white' i.i.uiiu; sugar, brown, 23 cents per pound; coffee 25 cents per pound: raisins oO rents j.er pound, flour 10 cents per Pound: nii'L-lp. Cl.-.n - ,. . -. r j.cr jar, saraines per box: mustard iifiPAni. 1 ui... per box; mustard 50 cents ner bn M.L 25 cents per box; fish hooks 5aI2 cents a pirre: half-pallon rnffr pots SI a piece; pepper 50 cents a paper: coffee burnt 50 cents per pound; common cotton shirts S2;50each; common fl ume! hirla S3 apiere ; common cotton pant, worth $2 at home. 5 a nair'Cnnimnn nparnhrm.... co . i , .. . w pan, ucucuios i .j iTiiis a p!ece,r.eedies;4 rents a piece; patent thread about 2 cents a needleful. Resides these articles, ihev rh,A small .V) rem a j about 3 or m per cent, profit on all they , have for sa'e. a sreat manv ..r ..i.;i. c .... ... .in jjn; iilmosi indispensable to a soldier when he is s;ct, as the Government furnishes no food for sick, except that given to well men, and that hardly fit for a well mao to eai. i wiinuinish a full bill of prices soon as possible.. as Saxta Fe: Colonel Doniphan writes from Santa Fe, under dale of the 4th September, to his friend in Clay county, Missouri, that General Kearney had left with a portion of the troops for the southern towns on the Del None, and would be "one fifteen or twenty days. Meantime Colonel Doniphan "was left in command as temporary Governor, military and civil "' "In addition to other duties." he says - Jllarj P. Hall and myself are arranging the government, &c, trying to eet the machine in operation. It is a very arduous matter-the laws are all in Spanish, and everything is done through an interpreter, and there is much in the laws conflicting with our constitution, to be altered. The officers and citizens of ihe department for all the counties above and arcund here hare laken the oalh of allegiance. The Indians are citizens in the full acceptation of the term, and are by f ir the bravest and some of them the wealthiest portion of the norih part of the Territory. Pennsylvania. The Congressional returns from this vale art; complete. We give them. 1 Lewi C. Levin. Native, re-elected. 2 Joseph R. Ingersoll. Whig, re-elected. .i Charles lirown. dem., over Native. 4 Charles J. Ingersoll. dem, re-elected. 5 J.din 1 reedly. Whig gain. 0 J. W, llornbeck, Whig gain. 7 A. R. Mcllvain, Whig, re-elected. 8 John Strobm, Whig, re-elected. 9 VVilliaru Strong, Dem , succeeJs Dam. 10 Richard Brodliead. Dam., re-elected. 11 Chester Duller, Whig gain. 12 David Wilmot, Dora re-elected. 13 James Pollock, Whig, re-elected, II Georgo N. Fckert. Whig, succeeds big. 13 Henry Nee, Tariff gin. 10 Jasper K. Brady, Whig gain 17 John Blanchard, WLig re-elected. 18 Andrew Stewart, Whig, re-elected. 4?.) Job Mann, Dem,, eueceeds dem. 20 John Dickey, Whig, succeeds Whig. 11 Closes Hampton, Whig, succeeds Whig. 22 John V, Farelly. Whig g,j. 23 James Campbell, Whig gain. 21 Alexander Irwin, Whig." fto Tar Whigs 17. Gain 7. Dem. 6 Native I Wilmnt's succoss. the United States Gazette attributes entirely to his California Resolutions. Senate also complete. Whigs, 19; Locos, 13; Natives, 1. And II ouse all in but two counties Whigs, 59; Locos. 39! NEWS FROM OREGON.-- We learn that Mr. Bonney, of Oxford, Ohio, arrived in that town a few days since. He left Oregon on the 13th May, and represents the people there as being prosperous and generally well satisfied with their new homes. The elections were to take place in June, for members of the Oregon legislature, and represents that considerable interest was felt as to the result, the great question is at issue being as to whether the sale of arardent spirits should be permitted in the territory or not. Quite a new question for a new country. Mr. Bonney brought in one hundred and tweny [twenty]-five letters for persons in various parts of the Union principally from the Oregon and California emigrants, who started the present year. He says the emigrants he met were generally healthy and in good spirits, and their teams looking well. He met five hundred wagons on his route in. Some were going to Oregon and some to California. The emigrants to the points above named seperaated at Independence Rock on the 12th July last. Governor Boggs went to Oregon, in consequence of the Mormon emigration to California. Mr. Bonney was robbed on his way by the Indians of his horse, provisions and clothing, and travelled about seventy-five miles on foot and alone, when he was overtaken bv Messrs. Sublette & Co., and taken to Fort Laramie. ----- <Robbery of Gov. Corwin>.--Some villain entered the room of Gov. Corwin, on Monday last at the Pearl Street House, Cincinnati, by means of skeleton keys, and with out awaking him or disturbing any of the inmates of the house, robbed him of his gold watch and $27 in cash. The scoundrel also entered another room and abstracted the contents of another gentlemean's pocket book; contents not stated.---<Leban-on Star>. <U. S. Attorney General>.-- Nathan CJifford has been appointed Attorney General of the United Slates by Po!k. The Union of the 17th announces the fact.

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