Indiana American, Volume 15, Number 17, Brookville, Franklin County, 23 April 1847 — Page 2
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The movements of Safcta Ann fir?l arrest our attention. He look leave of the army at Sal. Luis Potosi on the I4lh March in the following brief and happy ldre: Companion in Arms. Devoted entirely to the service of ihe country, I march ta assume the reins of Government, in doing which I rhbke the most costly sacri
fice, acting contrary to my cherished de- j
sires end fixed intention?. But this course
Hi',! put an end to the civil vtt wftich is
From the XiZ brttAnl VtHA. Jr climate intolerably hoi di.ring ti e The Advance to tho Capital ,h p"mmer ,m' n:u" , .. , f . j t In front of the city, at the di-tar.ce of The veteran TiM I.m 'dy ad-1 ... .
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italoftho AztecS. He command the i ro' ' " B'.""" - '
v.n.T...r.i rr th ..o Mrl. ; i., ,,,,,1. (sell H'ove the ocean, and which was
VIS-
Tlic Propositi;) 21 r LVr.co. (
1 lie Mexican account tl me proposition for peace, made by mir government to Mexico, through the agency of Santa Anna's I'iend Amelia, confirm the s ute-
tii-'ii'.s hereiofnre thade on the asi'horitj
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.M,i weluve pP'r? fioniial!80fllie Mi)iirTumiii!j Our own N,iih j 1518 and died by him the i-land of ; nio. e in d. tail. 'I he Presided demandX o Hi) lo the 24lh Masch. I i,.,ia ,,, .UvMfion. frith his ffalUnt tilb . ' I'llua. On this island ihe Spaniard after- i ed 1 1 t terti'orv Is 'UL! north of the ?'.Vh
and a nobler corps has never tuarcheil waids creeled, hi an expenseof f 10 000. j p.i aliel rf l.tnude. iiiimiig f t in alum under our bahtl'cr, and a Ftror body of j yjfl tlicf iiiimi c..si? ol S..11 Jusn r)e . lite inoiiih of the I!io ('nande on Cnlf regular iniantry and artillery, monttns. I llla os a rusl.,aii a!.,isi f,,mj iuvuMon j'due im yLlhe lnfi. lakit.g fi.-ui M.-x
in in, i uo-.' tirony, orins u;. uie main ! . . r.j,,,, (1,lrlwil.. Thl ,.e. . , L.r,lllMn ,,,,' .,fi.r K-iiii.M ! The
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Co.'t tj;onJciice ofth-i Ti io.ini. Sometime since, Gen. Cajs was round this way on an electioneering toiir, but t don't remember that he lectured; toniiiht, h'uveier, he delivered a discourse of an hoi'r and a half, from the pulpit of
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hii.ctnt though 1 'r- ""
entive on .o'lice; aim 1 na iih; i n:
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a...;...", ; 1 1. b;ated fori res. hose batteries held at river Antijua is Fpant.ed by a mibbJ I ' , . br:dge, bh.lt of stone, with loity arehc. i "w u"'e 1 ' ""s-,,f various i-ailhre. ha and guarded by n stron? lort wb.cli .c..m n,,v heen captiKed lot the fourth tune
maUs the. read for a loll" disUnce. 1 big t since ns nrsi coiiMrt.cii'Jii. 11 was cap
The Indiana Erigade Various aiionymons letier-writcrs tr j hij newspapers have made the sweep, ing and disgraceful charges of cowardice and desertion of their standard 'gain!1 ihe Indiana troops during the late bloody b ittleiii Buena Vista, home h ue tiaied
nee; a. hi i na . tin? enrvst ,, t liov quaiied and f.lteied iihm ...
i i. t'o l hnr a poliiicnn wh- Uioiih !,,,,iored 10 cli..r-.'e the enemy, but sdmi: be had Stit diOieiilly 10 J"t the free 'if- j lilt xiey Mfu.r rt ar(!;J raiisc(l ld (uj , f ,
frane it l.''.r':l, where lie In 1 Keen n 1 (lluj j, ;,IU seivice;.me haie
tf ir rt'i ! ':ii '..oern.r in wie 1 ert '.-, (hai uti acpailed and bes;laHntT .......... 1 .... ! ..'.. . "
lory 01 .Mieii'zi.i, toirce.Mjeu. ny a io"i:;,lia! Adit. Uen. Lincoln was bi.ol down
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y mo enemy w in.e aiieir.ptmg to ra;iv
H-ier'.eJ
w ere th,.v
life of a '.or ition nn I worship of lvcrv
ind it Sninliern Ion). in es'ia'ijma
oesiroviiii! our beautiful Canital: it will
p-vauniiv to our defence aiul impulse, I 'he pott is a strong on-3, ati.i 11 ceien- , ri ,i.i...w .r..i in .;!, - l ied w iih gk ih and vior. will give our ar-
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IDT mud. liuuuic. .b .a caiu ..nib .j-. 1 . g
th . , . ' -.nil 11 Siimliern lo. .U.HI esi 1 ;iM jmi Iroin i . -..t i:,n U.r.m 1 I-,. 1 .
TTTrrU 1-lHimi.for mdemnn v due tom.r i Mr. Hen. it ill- I, i.loi.o.e Cnven- j , ft-rroach.n? 'Ind.ana cowardice;" a, d
since Us first coiiMrl.tti'Mi. It was cap- v '"id, and Harcf lug not to claim nnj " j " 1 : ,""l-'''uriu "'.'i"- 'e vueans imp.
bridge ia asocir.ted with some ol the mo.tltuied for the first lime by siiipise un the jti.mf.r lUe on pe.rs f the war. etim.i . ;mPP. iucn M.irii ... u..3 over the stanature -IJuena Vls. gallant displiya of Mexican couratre and j Utli SSe,!ember. 1508, l.y the p'rate J'.inhj.. d ai thirteen miilmn more; making in i ,n,,,r vole steam j .r t-a J ta. makes both these Usl charges and patno'.ism. Here it was ti e brave Victo- Auninas Alee, w ho wa Low ever. sho. llv ! all some tweti! v ei-hl or llitnv mi! i.m !! I dr,nS fil ' "evOM ' I1 ,! . . . add to them !hat our troop, or & p.ni,,P
na, with a email band or peasants, Kent a, bay the Spanish armies, and cut mFthe convuva of their treasures and provisions
ami loK ,.f 1'ieiii, ingloriorisly fled
i nam aim s. n! ,. wton m:'p fr
in disorder to
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pngaged with the perfidious Invade is, and 1.1 which you have fought v:,ih such l-ravery end decision tit the field of Li Ar.foslUia. My Fiiendti ill nPver forget your glorious actions on that field of battle, your sufferings in he desert, to which i-m sufcmiived w Uh hetoic patience, and t,l)ove ail, that I had the honor of commanding job. Tite nation owes yon a recompense, and you shail shortly receive
thiuogh my exertions, alihough this is liot the consideration which stimulates you to bear yourselves as worthy sons ol Mexico fa gran Mrico. Soldi'rs You are the hope of yoiir country, her best defenders. Yoiir duty then is to guard all part?; and on litis account I have disposed that two brigades infantry and" one of cavalry, with their corresponding batteries, shall march to
c nninands the force at the PRertt .Vrtcioa
al, and is determined tojustM j by eimie
brilliant deed the high expectations exci
ted by bis manly bearing at Rpsaca de la
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expelled (v Dun Francisco de Lui.n. with ! The Unite J Suites acr-cinj, n.ore ver. : 1 ne
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Hie hiJ ol a (lef t comnisea ol twenty- -never lo consent that nn v temuirv or ,1 . . c;. ....... rtene o
three vessel,. This happened when Don j State or Mexico sl,:.!t he annexe! lo 'the 'H''; hut wr.r.out anytinng ol that soul- ; cn. .,J reported that General Tavlor
Mariiu Henriuuez was viceroy ol Mexico. I American Union" to puarMiiee ihe"'""": - - .1 .,c.t.-.it-.j: 1 nr,u.na.e nny p05
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rate named Ieirencillo. occurred in the rilory souili cif the para. lei of 2!
nii!hl between the 17 and 18of May, ICVJ3, "place teii thousand men. in fanny
and was far more diastious in its con- cavalry, upon the bouiulrtry line, to pr
seqin-nres. Lorencillo, al'scr be had iiias- j vent smugiiiing and the incursion of t lie j '
0 . , manuscript,
He read (r.m a
11 a tone neither harsh nor!
-i.ii in- inn, Muuc 11 11.11.1. 11 inoie com
mon, even among! the Dirt anj bravet
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, ; iiiiisiriai; an i. a mm i sters sompumrs no. ; me ,.,al they should be se.zed bv mo-
111 iiieir sermon-, nr e., . .1 m. n'ary panic tu n entering into ba'.t'.o
in over some ol the I.mvp. I'arl 1 na.. rr ,1,,. r.rs. ,imP. m.t frIim ,, .... r,
read before in oih"r of hi speeches in
Qal...4 lli.t it ill ha in Tl.u i.irtot. . I 1 1, I . . .1 I. . I ..f V : I . . .1 ; .. . O .. .1 . . f i il .. .i ..III. . T.... .
us which our military strength and conii Cmi aiui Bf.t.r tlav:n2 remained in peace- ! ive a!id defensive" with Mexico, "to re- '"e l,ews5 ."rre he "' "avinj souym
1 th cre.it pt. a voun; emigrant, near-
denco have received iroin the previous sue-1 fu, egsj()1 t)rbol!l fr ,ht, ,,.. f
nearly two weeks, departed v. till his plunder. The third capture was effected
by Admiral Uodiu, and is too well known
cess of our arifiy, will bear it triumphant
ly ovtr all the obstacles of Mexican valor and fervor. This bridge passed, the road lies open anil unobsiructed to the lovely
city Of Jalapa. Hero our Lardy veteran j l require luiiher mention.-u. ueua.
accustomed to tbe low marthv valley ol
the Hio Urande arid tbe add plains of Goahuila and Nueva Leon, like the republican arn.v n( ,(ifilann aflr nni4inr I hi.
ir.g.dand rugged heights of San ij-niard ! Phlishes a leiier rrom an ml nitrhinw thoir tenia in th. nmilinw board ihe U. . steamer I rin
and pitching their tents in tbe smiling
vale Of the Arrio, will suddenly rind themselves transported into a region of surpassing beauty, fertility, and salubrity. Here they may stretch their war-won
frames on beds of roses and violet., and
;he defence of the State of era Cruz, the i .SB, ,iieir sense m -iui.t i rich .ml
rest oi tne army defending this frontier. beautiful in nature. The o cl, bracuiL
L.teryvhere you will conduct your- air 01 the moun'ain mingles with the soft, j
selves as you have done hitherto, and you
The Mexicans at Vera Cruz. The Philadelphia American of 13. h inl
officer on
rincelon, w hich j
refers thus to the forlorn appearance of the Mexican officers on ni;trchiiig oiit of the rl'y of Vera Cruz, after Ihe surrender, and ihe gallant conduct of some of thpill o:t the walls previously: The in render of the Mexican Armytook nlare. on alaine iilain outside ot ihe
pel all fiiiropeai) intervention in the af fairs ;f Ametica ! ! ! " Such is the account given in the Mpx'i
can paper" of the authority confened up on Mr. Atocha "by the poverninenl of the United Slates to adjust the terms of the treaty of peace" wiih Mexico!! We for -hear all comment, for ihe present, in .rdel to see whether these term. will be
nvowe lor disavowed by the President or his Mippoi ter. Ll t!ie st.iietr.cut be teudaud duly considered by n!i.
epr.iiu y ago &e. Ac. He pru-
Gem. Tavi.or and Fasjii.v. letter frcm New Orleans to the New York .Mirror, snvs. It is understnnd here, that Gen. Taylur will snr.n npoly for Iphvc to
health-giving breeze from ihe
If and ! 11 wasa ver' ''"Po-'na f-lalit Tlie ,ia( inhere ! common soldiers seemed Very ui.l herent.
retire from his present arduous dutie. H.i
! dent'.v left "tu paiiy poiilics, iiiercly in-
iro.lucing Gener;i! Ilariison. r if anxious to pay a compliiiient to h; memory as having been hi couimander. He al-n served under Hull, whom, however, he di i not specially mention. The livliest paitsi f his '.ectur.-, were
where He introduced hime!f as sinmlinL' upon ihe Pyramid of ll'vp".. and on the Mount of Olive, in Ju lea, looking down on the Pcad ea, inspecting Jertisal. ir. hdwitulo tie remains of Napoleon s liis fu iera 1. rl.ariot passed his ofilcial residence whe" in Pari, an. 1 setting tne-a-(ete with Lady He'er Stanhope near Si don, he,as a good rhris'tan travfller. and
rn absent ri.nv nearly three years, n-tantly iii the fjeld. Tbi for an
have acquired. I am goin.. to prot pre ' of perpetual epr.njf. Here will tloek the hut the ollicers apperire sorrow fitl mtii h , 0, m-in 3 a severe and pmiraeted ser whatever is necessary to coUM.irn'ate the ! Pf Peasants with tho various produce morifiled. n.cy were very po irly dres-, yic-t b:.t he is . tough, patitnt, persever- ' . ". !nf ihi n.-h liuu. ;!. in!:i,u! i'.i.. ap.t some w i! i old wh 1 1 e h at 3 ail .1 sume I mir old fello'.. His family an. now here.
IZl L VZ!ThZ I'. "m,m,Ue,,f y"-j supplies of luscious fruit and nutritious i,h black ones, not h iving, probably, jthongl, tl.r ridence is at llaton U "nJ be,"5UreJ al." lI,.e h Mlr.of d.a"S" food. IS.t delightful as tho 6cen and its I ,1llll:lr f.,r ,(.nt!.s. ! "married daughter i a beautifn
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gather from all quarters we f "el confident in pronouncing all such char jes as is made ny li.e Tropic's correspondent Late': s!anlrro'ts. Geo. Taylor briiii; nn such charge agiiinst the Indiana toluntcsis in hist'fiiial d.p atches; Gen. Lane, under whose immediate eye they fought fur tw) rl iys. has wiitien a leiiei sine- tho battle w hich w e see published in the N. A. Democrat, and he not only nientjor no such conduct, but speaks in frms of eiilliu-ias n f his men: M;;j. Coffee wli i . broil jht the despatches of Gen. Taylor ,' for the goveiiiineiit.in a rmiversiition wiih ; ihe editor of Ihe N O. Delia bore lesiimony to I he good condui I ol "tha Indiana troop, land we therefore conclude that ihe nu- , ih-ir of ilie sJaederous charges is sor.ia ; "tegular fliccr" who was made ihein
from interested or spiieiiil motives. A
vour seneral
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA. Htadquartert, San Luit Torosf, Mtrcb 14, 1S47. Fioiu San Luis to ihe cuy of Mexico. Santa Anna's progress was triumphal. lie continually met delegations from Congress sent out to propitiate him. Ad
dresses fiom the different Slates were presented to him on his route. He arived in the immediate vicinity of the capital on the iT'Jih. On the 231 he took the oath of office a? President trtbe Republic at the city of Gaudalilp& de Hidalgo. The afternoon of the following day he entered the city of Mexico with great pomp and solemnity. A Te Deum was sung in the metropolitan church, where he received the felicitations of the authorities and corporations. V give his inaugural address below: Santa Anna's Inalgcral ADPntsa, Seiores Deputies I have just taken the oath which the law prescribes, and in doing ao, ought to accompany it with a manifestation of my sentiments and the moiives ( my conduct lo ihis repeciUe committee of the legislative body. The events which have taken place in the capital are known, and aie of such a character as to bind me to civethem a
ipeedy and pacific tef rfiiriation.- Surrcun led by difficulties of. all kinds, interested in what is the most important and essertiral for the whole nation, as is the sustaining of a strong and decided struggle with a foreign power in which nothing less is invofved than the existence of the nation, it wcfulo be the basest cf evils to enter into a contest yvith those who ought to unite in repelling the common enemy. Those discoid s ouglit to disappear at the imperious voice of patriotism which calls upon the sons vf the country lo have but one w ill and aim. The inn-
pleasures are, our army sli.inld nnt rest I
hero longer than to rcresl. their tircc! . w ,,,, unP, ,he pn Bl;(ft- xva, ,oi away bodie and r. pair the damage . the bard j ,()re e fl fr(,m ,e rf ,, service on the eind Inls oi era (.ruz. o, , ,i
s-iinniereiictaipuient would be h h'y 'fe ',e 'l trinientul to the ...-nvio nf nnr nr.n Tim ! shot do!!.
hardy natures and rough habits of on r md- i d.ers wouia run riot in the hxnneu at, ,,.-1 Indiana Volunteers. dance of Jalapa. Onward, onward, must . he the rrv. t lont ..ninl n-Uvitv is the' The letter, dated B lent isla.
trua secret of military di?c''plie. SoL; paper of lo day, was w ritten by one of diers are always happier, end usnre obe - j our volenteei,w hose 'know ledge of miiidient and dociie under tha excitement ol ( i trv tactics and general information, ren-
onge .
I, no
At the Mexican battery which fought c-mpl. then, and interesting young lidy:
sne nurncis hoicii niienion among ;ue fhshinnahlps at the gay St. Charles. The
hand until he himself wa
This was done thtce timts.
in oif
a march, than when in camp under t!e do
minion of idleness and e.t'tui. There is no reason why our army should t-;o; (.ir any length ol time at Ja'apa, TliOMiinmer in this high region is nnld and temperate, the road is level and beautiful, and the conntry through which it passes is "cr-
tila and productive. In ten days our ar-i
ders him peculiarly qualified to give an account of the buttle. Heing a private let if r. to rin infntiate fiiend, and not in-
old so'oier's private fortune lias lipen much
mpmred by hi long absence from home. He wasipnt? w ell n.'f lit one time, but in. ?ortnnat ;ly maOe a purct: of a cotton plantation on the Mispifj'ppi, a Inrge portion of which caved in; U is, and t!ie failnr! o his crops for several years, have somewhat cmarrnss-'d him and demand his present uttentmn and care.
she in ihe character of an p.pi s.ate I urK. Il:,..nber of the Mississippi Rifle, h..
smoking her mr?rs:!viuni! His peep like .a,jl)n nP!ir ,jie Indiana brigade, Mosp. from Mount Ptsjah.ha-l humor in atl(1 ln consequent! bad the best" opil. (and that is more than he has,) f,,r il I puriu nty of knt viuT in writing t his
i"" " ........... i i Protrier .u i erre if ante in this M ie, sai s cal Pizjiah in Ualtimore,whence he stood ; . lh, iIHji:in!, Iro. p wavered onlv from
within astepof the promised land of al ; miMniderstand!ng iheir o.ders, end tu his hopes and fears, now firmed by bis h,,nf. ,,..r i1M to then, hut iho.r i..,i.,..
friend Mr. Polk, on the banks of the Po- j Wll, a;Ilinl a1,. rthy of ihe occasion iniiiac, tinder n four year lease -Indian State Sentinel.
Nothing in his public life woulJ induce
Inohna state Dkbt ''I.nergpfic
rneasiires are bein;r taken by the l.ondhnl
ders to carry out the Indiana State Debt
law. as aieended at tho late ecssinn of the
tended for nhh'.iealion. il is the more val- ; Legislature. Jir. nutier lias is.-uc.i a ar
nable, as molivei for boasting ar ,lul3 eular sitmg the rteps necessary to he ta- . , ken. T he election for 1 rusteej will take
tdac? early in Mav, iniirediately after
one to
infer that General, Cass as par-' Association. Locofoco paper i
in tiie
my cot'td rtarrlt from Jalana to the city of Mexico. Here, vvj think, the enemy
would oder no resistaricj. Ihe city not admitting of any effective defence against! artillery. If the Mexicans wre determined not to yield their capiint without a blow, it would be struck b?tre our army arrivtd within siptit of t"..e ciiyBut with a force of 20.1 l)(t str.eig, we d i nut BDprehend ant fenous ibtRoii.ty in ta
king the capital. Once possessed c'f t'os famous El Dorado of our soldiers, this magnirrcent City of the noble face who full beneath the bloody swrd cf Gorier, we shall then bo prepared to listen to the overtures of the enemy for peacJ, or if such overtures are not made with all due humility, to take possession f the whole republic as tho lawful spoildof war, and to govern it -Villi tho laws olour republic..
The City Of Vera Cruz. As our readers are probably desirous of knowing something about the city and
removed
Wh.it becomes o'l the f nil charges made against Indiana valor, by an'ou vinous scribblers, upon pprnsiiii this candid letter? They are completely dissipated have not the shadow of truth. They dace the editors of papers, who use such infamous loo! as cm respondent, in no very envmhle light beiore lit.! community. He w ho could peri the deliberate falsehood, th it A djt. Genera! Lincoln Jn eaihed his last words in upbraiding the Indi--anna Volunteers w ith Cowardice and tpchI
inf ihem to their duly, could be guilty of any brutal murder, w here he ooiild escape discovery of minders fiich as the Louisville Legion committed on forty innocent citizens at Monterey, when they found ono of their Arkansas Cavalry against ihe enemy. The Kentucky troops are especially extolled and ihe Indiana volnnters accused
of the basest conduct, on tl e pari of tho
lo our gallant armv, we have compiled
ments have been urgent I have s"eeh the j the follow ing sketch, in ihe accuracy of forward steps of the enemy I have rush- which we have entire confidenei :
ed to the field to repel him, and even ct The city of Vera Cruz is situated in hit.
ihe moment of doing so, I have been fore ed to leave a brave and victorious army, and to come hither lo assume a power which I have repeatedly said was repugnant to my feelings, and which I had decided never to undertake.
casuo w men nave jusi neen sunemiereu 1(:ief Wrilf.r,. Willi an effmnlery and
impudence characteri-tic of many of the Kent uckians, (i i'l of nil) they apply, in
Hit newspaper coriepomience, lo the conduct of our brigade, the very language with which the brave old Jackson signalized their own conduct at New Orleans,
That which has been and ought lo be an object of aspiration and desire, is for me an enormous sacrifice. But I am all for my Country, and shall ever serve il, without thinking hat it may cost me to do that which the na'ion desires I should do. I have entered upon the Supreme Macis
tracy because I have seen that the sole
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ington. Tbe period of its foundation, kI- ' . . .. L t .. - . . . -m . . i
inoiign Known u, re in me fo.n cm vjz. llliU U ey Isgi.orioisi.yFui)!.'" tury cannot be deteimiiied with exact 1 , . , , , .... . . . In the very letters, loo, where our volaccuracy. Il 13 supposed: to have been i . , , . , . , . , ,. , . ' , -.v unleers are accused of sue h inglot ioul v
t-siuuiisiicu Biuiiii me year loon,
, L ". conduct, they nieniion the lo-s of Li. Col. shortly previous to i!:e abandonment oifM . r ., , , ,
. I. ..r.. .. i J . , .- r wi., ....... . in. i .... niu rc i'l i s imiiiir ii. the "Ciudad de la Aniigua Vera Cruz.-' i .... - ' . . .i . . i. . .,' I hey drop hint from their arm, though situated on the river Aniigua, by the' ", . ,, , , , . , , . .. , ?J :r .. sof fatally wounded, to t;ike lo their Count Montetej, icetoy of New Spam. , r - ! r .
It became the capital of the Deparlmen',
or lntendancy of Vera Crnz which' n-Sw forms the State of the same name, in
ihe year 1600, and was the sole commer
legal means of terminating the distuibin-' cial city of any importance w hile New
ces of this capital, and because t believe ' Spain was a colony of Spain, and is ihe I shall thus be able lo facilitate the pros-! principal commercial city of ihe present edition of the war, and lo save the hide- J Republic of Mexico. The pi pnlaiiin of pendence and honor of Mexico, w Inch I i the Ciiv. which contains about 10G3
wish to present unsullied and brilliant to houses, amounted in 1S04 lo IG.000 souls j the world which is beholding us. I have which according to Don Ramon Gary, before ine the committee of the Sover- was reduced in 18:3 1 loG'J'JS. and which I
eign Congress, of that august body w hose is now pfobaly less than 5000. It is surdpcisfons I have respected and shall con- founded by a stone wall of considerable stantly continue to' respect. Its decisions height and thickness, ivlpch incisures in will be nry intariable guide, and I have ; circumference 312 1 C ivilian vara, and firmly fenofved to preserve a pure union j winch has nine hasii.ni Circulated 10 siipwith the legislative body, which union j port 100 guns of different calibre. Of will cive us a fiiul victory and the re-es-1 these bastions, that of St. Jago on the
no carcasses! The excuse given, is, that he requested them lo save themselves. What brave man can receive such an apology, w hose, re Ssoning powers are not rendeied obtuse by vanity? The men his own regiment saw hiin, 81 a short distance fiom ibein, lying on his back bightin'g against Mexican lanCers! G.id forbid that f inlianians would ever tender themselves fiatde to the repioaehes of the father of such a son. and the honest
which the whole matter will he consummated. It is officially announced that the whole amount, of lurr's necessar to the piyment of intereft due 1st July next upon the new Indiana Stocks In be issued in accordance with Ibis arrangement, vvili be here next month."
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in-many pious lie is eve . o,e,u .....s.y j.llerl(rj anxioIJS , JiverI ,,e atlcni ion of so. Appeals to Heav en, references to "Je-; , parIV fr,n ,e Wh c) . BuJ hovah's Kingdom," remarks a, lo "the j U-,L? (:rpdjl f (;.(.eral fay r , s. pea-e of God. which passetl. all under- I ..WHi,mgton, Jackso-i, and Taylor, a,o ,ta...l:.ig," are usually very sun able for j nBmps W()n!lV ,(, ,,e a,,ocijte(, t,VPlhr. the Sacred desk, but were not qu.ieso ap- j a,)d ,rue p!tlr;ls w ,;t le.!eraie them in al; phcable lo his discourse of this evening. ; tme tl) C()mt,n
He professed great B.lmuaMon and respect for the Pre, and endeavored lo
miow titai me siauuaru oi inor -"g assoda'cd ii equaltvof civil office: an 1 w as greatly improved, but did not quote M lhe trie- of G-iier d, winch each bore
.oiiiiiudroi:nainsmui!.iiv"iriTee..i re , bp mer2,,j jn ,h,t !li;,hogt,)f all e,lrlll !alio..s w uh Mexico, nor thc of l'ranre Xiles-Prcsidenl-PLil.U.S. (uii wnh Algeria, or of I.ugland wiih India, in
,orel 1 istitng. In crossing the thtrc
Prospect of Peace. We hnrve been peimiiied to peruse several private letters, ofn very lale dale from the city of Mexico, written by persons nf the highest respectability, and whose sources of information are mr.pl. They state as a matter of positive certainty that iiegotiulions for peact betw een the United Slates and Mexico are under advisement, and that ihe return of Santa Anna, whi was hourly expected, would be the siginal fo the commencement. X. (). Com. Times 7th.
Amen, say w e. As ihcy are associated
1 in military fame and rank, so jet ihemle
bridge Prancli a few days since, weweie . much tiiniised by ihe peifnrmance of a : dog, apparently of Ihe water species, w ho ' was as eagerly iutei:l on catching li-li as the most eniiiusiasiing follower of n!J 'Iziak Wallon could possibly be. The j stream us low, and t'.e dog stood in ihfj (centre and a ihe fish Ciiinedoun. as
TllR 1'lRST NOMISATIOV OF Gri. TaVmir e lind ibis in tbe lata number of the New York Mirror: . In Ihe month pf May, llti, a party composed of gentlemen of the highest standing in our city, were travelling thro" one nf tbe mining districts of IV-misy lva nia, when they were met by the despatches i Gen. Taylo', describing1 the battles of Palo Alto and Uesica de la Palma. Impressed by the Pimple eloquence of the brief narrative o! such gallant deed., these gentlemen i.ssemb'.ed on a peak of Hear iiiouniau., and there, amid the grand monuments of nature, united in a true act ol hero-worship. It whs a tunc whtn tho friends ni Gen. Taylor were not so numerous nn they are now, and when ihe Administration, confidently expecting his t . t a I rmit. were essnving to avert ihe tempest of popular indignation, by an attempt to prove that the gallant foldier. who had been pent w it tt so incneiderabie a force in an enemy's country, Was acting without orders, or rather in opposition to them. flag was hoisted, and (Jen Zach.iry Tuylor was then and there noiuiutled as a ca tdidaie for the Presidency of tha United Siate.
tahlishment of fnte.nal and external peace on which the happiness cf our country depends, and to w hich we all aspire. The nation has proclaimed Ihe foluical principles which' ought to bethe i&s? of the administration which I vhsli to establish. Thus I understand that its strength wfll be secured for defending itself and its rights for wh;ch its ons have Uiose guarantees which belong to alt u en, and w hich civilization claims, and which has been my aim since my return to the country. This will not be denied, and the nation shall still see me obedient to its wishes wiiliam my having any oilier rule of conduct than its decisions. As . Mexican and a soldier, I shall always take the same road as the Ration and I aspire lo no oiher title than tliit of a good citizen, and in speaking of me that it should De said thai I always loved my country that I served il with zeal and that I sacrificed myself for its good.
fEj'CoI. J.J. Hardin, before he received his fatal wounds al Buena Vista, had captured a flag I: rim the enemy, which, with his horse, he requested should be en! home as a last msnienio to his wife.
south, and of Conception on the north, both facing the castle tf San Juan de Uila are the siro:iet.aii I protect the' ingress, othe haibor. The city has a Cathedral, lo which are attached ro' chapels called de la Patora and del Lofrftd, and four Convenu for Franciscan, Dominican', Angiisiin, and Mendicant friars. There is I ke .vise Ihe convent of Bethlehehl'.founded by Don Gaspar Saenz Rico, for purposes of eJ irca tnn, which is however in a most dilspidaied coalition. It has moreover three hospitals one military Called San Carlos; I charity hospital for males, San Sebasiiari: and one for lemales, Ltireto. The principal plaza, -the souih side of which. evVhiu the cathedral; the east is occupied by the GovermentHouse, which ihe Mexicans dignify wiih the name of '-palace," anj is surrounded on the nonh and vfesl by portiCos (j'ortales). The city is situated in ah arid1 plain, in which the "northers,'' which blow yt'ith great violence from the month of OttoSer to the month of April of each year, form
the shifting sands into numerous hillocks
contem pt of the generous riniids of ihe
whole country, by such cmvALRV as! The Astor Ilnue was inagnificienily il
this. lumiiiHied on Friday evening in honor of We have spoken fieelyon this matter, T:ijbt's last victory. There were and intend (olnwing it up. while there is i ''' hundred and fifty four lights, and four a respectable journal in Kentucky , that j transparencies beating namei-; "Palo Alwill piopagate fuch calumnies, and we j !n." Resaca dela Palma," -'Mnniete) " and h.tno fli'at Avpn In.limis pdiior w ill be no i "Huena Vis'is.' A very large baud 3e-
ilhisir,. lion, lie exhibited ilie prog.es nf the Went.fiom IfJiW ), 5 J year sine-'. Co 5 uuliions from one vessel to UJO frr-m no surp'lls products to a vkIiip of ?.'0 n.iilioiis 40 years ago. he was U. S. Marshal of Ohio now fie is Senator for Mi'ghigan, itc. iu ISOO, he was moving the suspension of Ihe habeas corpus iu the Ohio Legislature in 181.VG blowing iff sienm
down at Washington, in the grand clap- j f:,,i( !i as "'ought his nose was down an I irap futce of 34 40. "P f""'ie a sunny ' which he carried overHis head is large-his features Main. ; J ah'or,ii!ich to the delight of two Jtttle and rather severe when closely observed j negro children who were amimilys lie does not h.rk as if kind hear if it like watching his proceedings. We had hear J CI. Jotinson, and, ihoiigh a well inform i of this bcfoie, btu we acknowledge that ed man, has not ihat impres, as h w ere, j ''s w2 "P"- '-'."'.- Centrerille Tir.ics. of superior ability which marks Clay and j Whilst the V.rfship Vincennes, Capt. Calhoun. I should have been betiei Paulding, w as rpliirninj from the Pacific, pleased wiih his Leclurp had I not kow n ! a:i island was discoveied oh ':e 3d ofOc-
thai he has got veiy rich by land specula
Hon. is a pnnticnn by Ira le. a Hunker by choice, 'Thorn Marry fli Co. would have gladly made President had not the B irnbnrneis preferred to ;ive ibe Vote ofthi Stale lo Mr. Polk. than whom a more w'orili'icsschoice no men could have made. Mr. Cass is a native of N-w-Hainp-shire.which he left in 1703 for Delaware, thence crossed the Aleganies to Marietta in Ohio, where he studied Law, (as it is called.) and when Messrs. Bet rien.Branrh and Ingham would noi ci inge to J ickson
(ihen prompted by Van IlurCn and bis j
creatures.) Cass w as t rongbt lo Wash ington to mend his fortunes by bow ing. nd placed whore Marcy now is. fli ul
tra Slavery view s, his harsh course to the j nn fort ii hate Creeks Cherokee. &r. and his surrender of former opinions on ihel
Bank fjiiesti!)n, paved his way to an Em basy to France, where he worked bard for Afiicnn rh.iin ami against : mutual Kight of Search. He pretended lo desi.e a ar w 1 1 It England about Oregpn, that he might gain popularity in Michigan. &.r ; he urged on the Texas and Mexican tr.mh les, hii I voted against the Wilmnt Provico. He was al first backw ard on the vote
to Ireland, but when the patty had set
i her, 184(5. in the laiKucV of 21 degrees M7 minutes North, longitude 130 degrees 37 Minnies East. The vessel passed :t al ihe distance of about eight miles. It i t moderately high, appeared well wooded, and from six to ten miles long. In compliment to the Secretary of the Navy, Capt. P. called it Mason's Island. Kovgu and Ready. It seems lo have been Gen. Taylor's fortune, from the con; mencement of his military career, to fil-t and conquer against tremendous odds. In the war of 1SI2 he won the first brevet rank ever Conferred by our government for successfully defending Fort Uarri-on, a structure of log, wiih 30 mn, ag.unt 400 Miami Indims. For tin splendid ict Mr. Mdisou gave Ctipluia Taylor ih rank of M;ijir. Every ha. lie in li.e present wsir be has fought and guiio d oicr tlneeorfoiir tiipc h's own huuiberj. Richmond Ri publican.
fen Torn Thamb. We have had Ihr liom.rol a visit fror.i this singular peisonager and we were never more agreeably disappointed m our lives. We are not at all astonished at the reputation he has a quired his
tied to kt'l it in the House, he professed i being pelted by royalty, caressed by ihe lo favor il. j ladies, and admired by the men. Instead
In Paris he wrote a 'book full of fTntery ol I of a spectacle of deformity, you are ur-
Liouis i niiippe, anil played the wily rfYur- i prised loseeoneoi ine tnosi yrdinn tier to perfection. Bljir, in his Globe ol : and well-rroportioned miniatures of a April, 1S4I, exclaimed Ihbt Cas's "fur-j man which the imagination ran conrievp, nine consists in the bonds and MORT- with fresh complexion, delicate hands Cages obtained on the public sale of real ! and feel and diessed w ith as much tarU
! i. t . . . ai.tn I. L a . , 1J.1.. rfinrltf ( tti '.4 Ii 1 hi f
longer meafv mouthed but charge home " inf? fowas ni ypertaiors unhi"'""7 "v purcnasea in the early ; nu " ""J .
The fart is. ' ?"d music, and t-ky rockets ascended at sel,lrment Michrgan"; or, in o'her i m his costume, neuancs nu iiiul..
intetvnls fiorn the roof. It was a splen- w"rils, that lie is a western lsn!-pecu i ease, lias a fine ear lor music, anu psvs did i ffiir woriby of ihe occasion and the ,it"r- " "' Uit' 1 hi position j Governor "ii the piano. He is twenty -seven inches fsinblishir.pnt. Tbe people called f,,r : ai'd Indian Ageni, to buy up land, incliid-! high, and weighs fifteen pounds, and if Gen. Gaines who acknowledged lh" con..' "'if a larSp ? of Detroit, &rc. very i al,out 15 J ars of ag". Eveiything abott plimenl iu a brief speech and retired amid ' rh,i,P. which h.- keep sselling to ihe use-; him i on ihp same scale his cards, tho reppa'rd cheering. (Jen. Taj lot's name i ful P"r:,u" ,,f hi worthy countrymen beauuful presents of watches, sword",
soon after appeared in fire works on the er.v dPr- t,n '"'nJ and in.irlgage. I pistols. &c, which he reciveu amoao, u.
wnh due tpgaid lo Itulh
that ihe JCenturkians ere becoming the laughing'-stock (ifthe Slates, by Ihe.riidiculuus honihas', and Iheil1 courage has become suspected of partaking of ihe Bob Acres kind oi zing out, lie ii inot needed, at the points of iheir fingers. ft will be seen that the Indiana troops began and ended the battle of Buena Vis ta.
Nohisatio uf Gkji. I avi.o. The o' I er day; at one of our hotels, . gentlemin was reading fron . newspaper the tnimir.ation of (Jen. Taylor lor the Presidency , mhjrct to ihe decision of a Notional Convention "A National Convention be,' exclaimed a sit foot Kf murk ian, "w by, sir, I tell ye. Gineral Taylor will be nominated, and elected, too, throughout the whole of these Pnited States bv tpontaneou combuitidn." Bull. Clipper.
iT-The ship Gladiator, at Nc York, brought S 17.006 in specie: the Sir Rob-
varying from fifteen to f.trty feet in height ert Peel S'l.OOfl, the Sheridan $150,000: and which Contribute, by the scope they and the St. Patrick S 16 000 total 109,affotd for the rCftectmn of the sun, to ren- 00 X
roolof tbe biiiKling and wa hailed with prolonged cheers.
Lei those w ho desire lo know tbe rt.nr-i diminutive carriage ana Shetland ponies.
acipr of L-wi Cass as a Legislaior con- his driver and fjotman,(dressed in s-hort" suit the statutes he sanctioned and plan- I and stockings, with buckles to the shoes, ncd dining 18 years in Michigan! cocked lials, and powdered wigs.) Ho lis, upon the whole, one of the most agrcfA rather hughaW : affair occurred a few i able tyVi we have ever beheld; and we d;iys ago, iu on" of the Boston hotels. 1 advise all oiir friends in Washington to show ing ihe peculiar regard which some 'fee him, and participate in ihe pleasure men have to rank or tine in i. ffice. s-v- which we have enjoyed. He, and bis eral trtembersof ihe Houe of I"eprese. i equipage and costume-indeed the foaf IMites were teatPd at a dinner table- i ff.vr-reminded us al once of that (feeling rather digmfed we suppose) ! beauiiful ficiiun of Shakspeare, the deswhpti.me of ihem said- 'Will tbe gen- ' cription of Quern Mib. We are happy lo tleman fro-n Andover please pass ihe but-1 hear from hi ?""pfah'i protector, Mr. ter this way 7' Pretty soon another spoke: j Barntim. that he has realized for li e parWill the BPinleman from Wnrcpsier ' ent of Tom Thunih, aliai Charles S.
J please pass the salt this way?' when on 3 (Stratum, a very handsome foriune.
From the Philadelphia U.S. Gaz. The Hon. Henry Clay. It may be tememhered that many .f our fellow citizens have indulged the expectation of seeing the rfa'ge Of Ashland in this city, on professiona business, before ihe Circuit Court of United States, al the April term. A letter from this- distinguished Statesman t.v . friend in this city, dated at Ashland the 2d instant, say s: ' I have no expectation of visiting Philadelphia Ihisspiing. nor can I say now when I shall be able lo do so; at r resent I
fpfr.1 nvfru-h1mift hu Ka A m . . : ! '
i , i ' 7 1 ""m,mn u theciiy wags taking ihe hint, luring . wh.ch has just happened to me in the fall ri,Ild t0 ,he bUfk Wa1ler , y.l
of a beloved sen in the bloody battle of!.WiIIlhe eenlleman fran, Africa Pic.i ltn- . to paEa the bread this wsy."
It is si .ted that the Ca-tic t.f San Juan
nse d'Ui'oa. coi ni i:ser":'i i r'.y uiduon
of dollars.
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