Spirit of the age. [volume], June 01, 1848, Image 1

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O CT. S. J. A LL EN
Inup his rrsldenco Ht Whltr nitfr, Vt., nml
ijr totlielnlialiiiant,thathe wllllio nioathappy
DICAL OR SURGICAL
, rciiiirr
y reijuirehla prnrfialnnal rrvlrc. Ilemay be
A 1 II II) A 1,1.
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For llie Age.
TIIE GITSEY MAID,
IHSCRIBED TO
Hcigli-liol I'm n mcrry Oipsoy girl;
A roving lifo lo idb u pleajani:
I lotik not foilh to futuro lmura
For joy, liut glad imptovo llio prcsoiit.
Tlirouglt valleya and dalei I rnam,
Thrnugh cilicn and towns I pan,
Not a pluco tiavo I my lionic,
Yot I uni a happy lass.
Yei, I ant a wandering ninid,
Gay, joial, gladiome and tollinking,
Thnugli my palh with dangeis licnet,
Yct I nin capricious and frolicking.
Oii give nie tho rracgcd liilla,
And llio rugged Imiglita t'nacand,
I.et me crois tlio flnwing rilla,
And un ear to thuir music lcnd.
Aye, T am a merry Gipsey girlj
In tho nnino I asnuredly glury;
Willi innny ndvcntures I tneet,
Of wliich I could ttl a long atnry.
Tlio winil, in ita gales of pride,
Is noi moro dnring or frec,
Nor the occan'a hillowy tidoj
Oh, a Cipsey's liTe fur mo.
I must travel lliu wide world o'cr,
And view willi inine own cye iu bcaulies;
I no'cr could lie cuged in n cot, dutici.
"J'liougli its life , may be frnught with glad
1 must liavo llie Tresli air to brenth,
Ab it ruania over lnll and tlirougli glado,
Freali flowi'rs, I, too, love lo wrenthe
O'cr my brow l'ma gny (lipaey maid.
Auousta.
Chester. Vt., May 21, 1848.
SOME TIIINGS LOVE ME.
1IY T. n. READ.
All witliin and nll willinut me
Fcel n melanciioly ihrill:
And tlie il;irknoi3 liangs about ir.o,
Oli, hotv elill!
To my feet llio rivcr gl'uletli
Tlu'ougli tho slindow, aullen, dnrk:
On tlio alrenm lliu wliile inoon lidclli,
l.ike n b:irque
And llio linden lc.ins aboveino,
Till I Ihinlt fouie lliingi lliero bo
In tliis drcary world llm't ae me,
Even mel
Gcnlle flowcrn are springing nenr me,
Slicdding nweetesl brealh aronnd:
Contless voicen riie, lo ceuur me,
I'rom llioground;
And llio louu bird conic I henr it
In tlie tull and uindy piue,
Pours tlie sadneii of iu npirit
Into inine;
Tliero il awings and sings abovc mo,
"I'ill I iliink some lliings tliure be,
In thU drcary woild llial lovo me,
Even mo!
Njrti 'linj -sii cniri".',fcv1"ft, A
.Vwinging, boai-lilic, as'twould woo inn,
Far uvvay
And tho slarn bend froui tlio azure,
I could rcacli iliem uliuro I lio,
And lliey ulnaper ull llie pleasuro
ortlu. nky,
Tliere tliey li.ing and smilo abovo me,
'11 1 1 I Iliink soine lliings tlicre bo
In llie very lieavens llial lovo mo,
Even uiu!
Now whcn comea llie lide ofeven,
l.ike a coluinn rivei, slow,
Genlle eyea akin lo beavcn
On mo glow
Loving eyes llial tcll tlieir story,
Spuuking lo my liuurl of liuarla;
Uut I sigli, "a lliing of glory
Soon dcparts!"
Yet vvlien Maty fudea abovo me,
I nai-l iliink llint lliero will be
One miiic lliing in lieaven lo love me,
Even me!
iKtfJccUiiucottff.
A Lovc Slory Tho Actress.
FIIOM T1IK ritENCII.
A sltort time nrro, a cltarming young
girl ntnde licr dtliut in one of our viuuler
ville tlieatres, and obtaincd, on her flrst
niipcarancc, crent iiucccss for graco and
lie.iuty, wliile wniiui" fur tlie succe.s ol
lalcnt, ulncli is only givrn to inore e.xpo-
rioucud personaces. I lio flTuct wliiclt
sliC jtroduci'd purclinsed for her an cu
tratreiitenl, wlncli wns quite moOerate us
regards pccuniarv benelit.liut whicli would
anaiirc licr presenl succcss iina prcpare
her for tho fiiliirc. Accnrding to ciistom
one cinusc ot tlie conirnct etipiilatcu lor a
forfeiiuro, in caso llie ciigogemeiit was
UroKen by either nariy.
'1 lie mnn&scrs nevor fail to insert tliis
article in tlieir agreemcni with sctors, nnd
ofieiitnnes llie sinnllcRt snlanes nre iicconi'
panied by ennrmous forfcilurcs.pariicular
ly wlien llie individual is a preity womau;
for pretty wmnen are.more ilian all others
sulijccl lo caprice, and they casily find
boiidsmen to pny tlie cxpcnses of tlieir in
constancy. This forfeittiro was fixcd at lO.OOOf
nnd the young actress atiachcd no impor
tnnco to it.there was no probablo causp
of rnpitire on her purt: slio was reeolvcd
In fulfil all licr dutics, and occupy horself
exclusively with her art. Il was in vnin
that seductivo hnniage soiighl to dcstroy
these good tcsolultona. The young act
ress trod witha firmsicpin llio rightroari;
all llie little cltaraclcrs which ivere givon
to her, cxhiliiied groat progress, and slio
might have becoinc talrnted nnd rennwn
cd if she had continued iu dramatic ca
reer. But discretinn nnd virtue nrc cxposod
to change as well as tlie most lloeting fan
cies of an inconstant hoart.
A few days ago the young nctress went
to tho maiiRger'g office and offico nnd in
forincd lii in that slio ivishcd to leavo tho
tliealro.
"Wha! you!" excUimed lie, "you are
the Inst from whom I e.xpoctod sucli a
caprice.
'It is not caprice, air.
'Thon it is a matter of busineis. Per-
haps you have been olTerod an ongage
ment in Russia.'
'One was proposcd to me boiiic time
ago, Dut 1 (ipcitueii.'
'Yes, I linow you Imve reluseu sevoral
brillinnl offers.1
'There ia one which I have thought ii
righl and best to accept; it is an lioncst
one, nnd it plonscs me. A young mau
lias ottercd me lns liand.
'TheDevil! A marringe! This is rath-
er serious.'
'It will decide the happiness of my life,
sir.
'Then do not hesilato a moment. Mar-
'But lnm whom 1 am to miirry.uoes not
wish his wifo to reinaiu on tho siage.'
'Oh, ho! preiudice? And what i lil
proft'saion ?'
He is, in btisiness, a clerli; but ho is
going toset up for himself, and he needs
me to help him in the sioio.'
'And I need you, my dcar giri, to taise
two new pieces which I received yesler
day.' ' I hen you reluse, sir, to give me my
disinissionl'
'I want you to reflect. But you can at
any time throw up your cngageinent by
paying vour forfeiuire.'
'Ten'tlioiisund francs! It is very high.'
'It was too high whcn you Bigned it,but
now it is nnt enough.'
'Alas! this will prevent my marriage?'
said the young actress, in a voice elifled
by lears; nnd she left the apartment in dc
spair.' Two days afier this scene, the mannger
wns in his utTice, before the firo place.try
ing to light fire. All tho servanis of tho
theaire were away, nnd he was obiigcd to
help himsi'lf.
The trensurer came in with along face.
The iheatre was in one of its crisises; the
rcccipis were gctling small, and the end of
the inoiiih Inoked threnleuing.
'Yes,1 said the inan;ier, it looks rather
blnnk and ilus cursed fire wou'i light.
I stand iu uccd ol puffs now more than
evcr.'
Astouiahed ihat the manager could jesi
under sucli circomsinnces, the trcasurer
left the room. As he was gotng out lln:
young aclress went in.
'Ah! is it you?' afked the manager, 'you
are jusl from tho rehearsal?'
'No, sir; l have come to give you up my
parls.'
'I have lirought you ihe fnrfeituie.'
'The teu thuiisand franca.'
'llcre lliey are.'
'Andjiow djdy.fp'enileinloiir7'
'Then he is ricli.'
'This is preity niucli all he is worth.
But he said, what do we carr: we will set
up by and liy, or perhups I can borrow
the inouev.'
A'ebls! A preity perspeclivo to n young
fainily! Then you give lo your husband,
as a dowery, vcxntion nnd rnin; you lake
from him tlie fruit of his economy; you ob
ligelum to reiiouncc his projects of oslab
lishiueiit, and his hopes of fortune?'
'Oh, sir, you are cruel!' cxclaimed llie
young girl, sobliing.
'Have you thouchi how unhappy sucli n
union must he? Now lislcii lo the voirc
of roason: jake thene biiuk billf and car
ry tliem b.ick lo him who gaie them to
you. Aud ifyou are ahsoluiely heui on
leaving the tliealro, ihere is a very nimple
wny uliicli will cost you iiothiug: lake this
paper, aud have the L'oodnesa to throw il
into tho fiie-place.
The innnaj'er handed the actress
sheet of pnpnr, foldrd, wliich she look and
llirew iijniii tlie cnals.
'Do you know whnt that picce of paper
is, which is burning ihere?' coniinued; 'ii
is vour eni'aneineni; aud now, l Imve no
litle to your forfeiture (o dcmnnd. Go,
my child, gei married, cslablisli yourself
and be happy.
Decply inovcd nt this generous action,
the young aclress thanked llie manager
ttilli tears in her eyes.
'What do you mean liy nratitude?' re
plied he. 'Look here, nu hour ago I was
puffiug aud blowing iliis fire for uothing;
you threw your ciigagpment into it, nnd
the flituic is now innuntinjj biiili. Thnnks
to me you nre free, thfinks to you I am go
ing to tnke a warm; we nrequitsyou seo.'
I he mnnager s luiid action, wlncli cnt
i co l circuir.stauces rciidereu rcaiiy oism-
teresied, merited a reward, and deserved
to brinc him success. Some days after,
the clnud which tas hangiug over this
theatrc, dtspelled; inoney came rnpidly
into the troasury, nnd the cii cuinstanccs
of the coinpany uevcr wcrc beiter.
A Tough Cuslouicr,
Tho toughest custotner I knoiv, is old
Billy It. who lives on tho Tennessoe Itiv
er, 'somcwhar' on tho rapids known as
IWuscle Shoals. II o is thn 'hero of a hun-
drpd fichls,' lioth with 'bar' and othpr
'vnrrninis,' and with 'liuman crittcr.' Al-
tliough past fifly. yethc appears as hardy
aud nctive as evor.
Well, ono niglu at n "Possuin Sunner."
(wo dou't get oyslers thero oflm) where
most of us bnys were conjirprrnted, ihe
coliversation hnppcncd lo turu upon this
old follow, nnd one of ourparty, tlio 'best'
man amnng us, offerpd to bet a "ten spot"
he could knock Old Billy over wilh n blow
from his fist. The bet was acccptpd "in
course," nnd he wns lo try it tho first op
portunity. Ono was not long wunting.
An ilincrant Phrciiological lcciurer hap-
pencd along, and everybody, including
Old Billy, attcnded the lecturo, which was
held iu n nuilding, used lor a nicolinir
Iiouko, school housc aud town hnuso. Our
"striker" stalioned himself nenr Billy, who
was slanding near tho donr, nnd put one
of his friends near tho 'chandelier,' which)
consistcd of six tallow dips etuck in holcs'
bored iu a piece of rail, and was suspcu
ded (rom the rafiers. At the givcnsignal
down came the clinudelier, lenviug us all
ofcourse in dnrkness. Now wns the long
lookcd for chanco; our "striker" braced
himself doubled his fials set his teeth,
and Ii it 15 i II v n "sockdollnger" under the
oar. This mighly elTort was productive of
a very smnll result. It mercly drew from
'Old Billy, n "Look oul, getilhtiEsl Be
Iceerjtil lohcre you pnke your elboics!"
JYcto York Spirit ofthe Times.
An IIoNortABLE Examfle. The follow
ing wo find in the Maysvil!; Engle. It is
rclnled of Mr. Craddock, a membcr of the
Koniucky SenntP!
"Sir, said Mr. C, what I have said
here to-dav has been said in a rousli wny,
aud if il has wounded any Senator, I hope
lie will altributo il lo no iinkind I'ecliugs,
hut to my wnut nf the pnlisli of cducation.
5sir, your Superiiitendnnt of Common
Bchools has said, that tliere aremnny men
f familiesin this Commoiiwealth who can
icithcr read nor write, nnd it is but too
rue; my own marriage bnnd has my
iahk to it, nnd my son, who now sits in
he other IIouc, was a stout boy whcn I
fearned to write."
Mr. C, is now not only a respcctable
Bnatnr but a a good lawyer. What more
iced be said in his praise.
LOVE-MAKING DESCRIBED.
FROM FESTUS.
ill ihings tnko study; what moro than the face
Vhellier your own, or hers you look and long al!
"Iirre uro many wny lo onu cnd; here U one:
nu are eood-lnnking; but that mntlcis little:
l nnlv Dleases tliem. To penie vousclf
Tour 'fjco may be n ugly as llie . Well, well;
lut you must cullivale yourscll : il wi:i pay you.
Hudy a diniple; work hard at a smilo:
'Ihe tbingi umst delicale rcquiic mnit pains.
laoiico tlie upward now tlio nidc-long glanco
llie long pasionrul, unvvinking gaze,
iicli bcats iiselfat last, and aces nir only.
IV rellos?, and disires yousolf for licr.
Tnke up her h.inrf prens it, pnie on it
Let it drop fnaieli it itgain as lliough you liad
Itl slip so tnucli of honor ot of lienven.
Svear vow by nll means ncver mias an oath:
Iflnoken, why il only ppoiU ilselF;
Ilij n broktn oalli and nnl an wholo ono.
Fiown tofs about let her lips be for a lime:
liul alcel n ki3 at last, liko fiie from lieaven.
Wecp ifyou can, and call llie tcara bcat dropj.
Drnop vour hfal sigh dccp-play llie fnol, in short,
One hour, nnd she will plny llie fool forever
Mind! it U folly to tull wonien Irutli;
'rb"y wnuld ratlier lio on lien so they be swee!.
Never be long in ono mind to one love.
Ynu rliango )our practicc wilh vour sulijncl. All
DilTer. Uut yet, wlio knowi ono womun well
By benrt, Itnown nll. Il h my cxpctience;
0 Vnlini mo lormy leclurei ondelusion.
DoUMcal.
Uencral Scoll's Lctlcr,
Mexico, February 24, 184S.
Sm:On the 10th, 1 received your tivn
letiera of the 13th ultimo, aud immediale
ly issued the gcneral oider No. 59 (a copy
eiiclosed), devolviug the coinmand of the
army in Mexico, upon Maj. Genural But
lcr. As ihe officcrs detailed for the court of
inquiry, bcforc wliich 1 am ordered to ap
puar as a criniinal, are not kuown to Imve
arrived in llie country, I avail myself of n
moiiieut's leisuro to rccall some of the
nelucis, disnp)oiuiments, injnries, and
relnikes wliich have been iuflicted upon
me by tho War dcpartment , since my de
pniture from W'libhingioii, Novoinlier, 23
18'IG.
To me, the business of recriniinntion
liowever provokcd, hnn ovur lieen pninfol
In iliis summnry 1 sbull, thereforc indiilgc
in no wnutonness of laugungc, but confinc
mysell lo naked histoncal lncls leaving
coiiclusiions to men of sensc and men ol
candor.
In the htirry of prcpnralion for Mexico,
(only four days wero allowed me nt Wash-
inlnn, when iwenty might have beeu most
advauiageously emploved iu the grcat bu
renu ihose of the chief ongineers, chief
ordnance. chief nuartermaster, and chief
coii'inisaary of subsisience) I handed to
vou n wrillen renuest, ihat ono of three of
our nccomplishcd captains, thcrein immed
might be appointed assistaul adjutant gtn
eral, with tho rank of mnjor, fur duty
with me in llie field: and there was a va-
cancy at llio time for one. lly reqticsl
has never been ntlcnded in, aud thus I
have had no ofiicer of tho Adjutant Gene
rnl's Departmcnt wilh me iu the campaign.
Can nuothcr instnuce be citcd of dcnying
to a genernl-in-chief, in the held, at the
head of a Inrge arinv or even a small
one tho seleclinn of his chief of his staff
that is. ihe chief in llie dcpartment of
orders and corrospondcnce?
Karly iu tho following Jnnuary, 1 askcd
ihat a gciicrul court mnrtinl might be ap
poinlcd on the pnrt ol tho President, for
the trinl of two oflicors, (natned by me,)
for conducl cach had comrnilteil that en-
danocrpd. iu a hich detrrce. tho succcss
of ihe impending cani)iiign; and I ipo
ciallv roferrcd lo the auomalous anu lnta
act of Conuress. (Mav 20.1SOO.) which
prohiliiipd tne, ns tho "accuser or prose
cuior," from ordeiing the court for llie
irial of the casos. IWy applicntion has
ncver been nnticed. This neglcct nlono
ourrht to have admonislipd mo ihat I had
no hnpo ofsuppon at Washington, in any
nliempt I might mako (against rtrtain
ofiicerf) to mainiain nccessary discipline
in the army I was nboul to lead into the
field. 1 lefi Washington highly fiatlcrcd
wilh the confidence and kinducss the Pres
ident had just shown mf, in many long
persnnal intervics on military matters.
For more ilian two montha my expreasions
of gratitude wero daily and fervent, nor
wero they les emphatic towards tho head
ofthe War Departmcnt. Proccoding with
zet.1 and confidence iu my most haz
ardoiu dutics, 1 learncd, January 27, at
tho Brazos San Jagn, thnt an attempi was
on foot to cieate a lieutcnant general to
lake commnnd in the field over me.
Shocked nnd distressed, 1 allowed of no
rclnxation iu my elToi ts to sorve my coun
try, rosolved that for llie short time I was
likely to rcmain in commission, to be
"Truo ns the dial to tho turi,
Altliough he ii not thined upon."
A yct a greater outrnge soon followcd:
failiug to obtain an nct from the cttizen
lioutcnnnt general, a bill was pressed upon
Uongrcss to autliorie theplacing ijuntor
mnjnr gcneral just appionlcd the (same in
dividual) iu coiumund over all the old mn
J - ... .. . . te . .1
I will not liere trust mysen to auu a
snldier's comment upon theso aitempts;
but I may lliank God thnt He did not nl
low them, or Btibsequent injuries, to brpnk
dowu entirely the spirit and abilities (sucli
as they are) with which he nau enuowed
me.
Forseeing, at Washington, that, from
the grcit demands of commerco, at the
moment, it would be uillicult, il not un-
pnssible, to tnke up, perhaps at any price.
a sufiicient numbcr of vessels nt New Or
leans aud Mobile to transporl tho regi
mcnis of my expediiion from the Rio
Grande frontier to Vera Cruz, I cndeav-
ored to impress upon the War Department
tke nocessity of sending out, from ihe
norlhern nnd eastcrn ports, n certnin niiin
ber of largc ships in ballast, in order thai
tho expediiion might not be delnyed, and
in view of "tho fixeil fact" tho rciurn of
the vomito at Vera Crnz in the spring of
ihe ycar a delay ol a Tew wceks wns
likely to irove a tolal defeat.
In a nnner transrnitled to me, headed
"Alemornndum from tho Q,unrtcrmaMer
General," marked War Department, Do
cember 1G, 1846, "and signed by the Sfc
rctary, whicli I received Jan. 8, il is snid:
"Indppcndenlly of this number of tran
sporls for troops and nrdnancc stores,
from the norih. there will be required,
sny, five ships for llio trnnsportntion of
ihe surl boats now hcing prppared, be
sidcs which tcn vessels must bo tnken up
nnd scnt out in ballnst for troops iinlcss
siorea can be pnt on hoard, to niake up
the numbcr (40) required by the com
manding general."
Tho dnte of this rnemorandum is Dcc.
10, more llinn thrce weeks afier myrequi
Hiiion nnd departnre from Wnshington.
Of not one ofthe 'ten vtssels' in usllnst,
iu i, mii o'i.u, ...-... r . i )
have I hcard, uptnthisdny. Uelying up
on them, confidenily, ihe embarkntion was
dclaycd iu whole or in part, at ihe Brazo?
nnd Tanipico, from the 15th of Jauunry lo
iho 9th ofiMarch; leaving, il was fearcd,
not half the time nucdcd for the reductinn
of Vera Cruz nnd iis Casile before the
rcttirn of ihe yellow fever. But half the
8url-boals came at ull; aud ofthe sicge
traiu and ordnnnce stores, only about one
hnlf had arrived when the Mexican flags
were replaced by Ihose ofthe Uniled Sia
tes on those formidahle plnces. We euc
cced at last, in roaching the point of at
tack, in the midst of friglnful northcrs, by
means, iu great part, ol iradiug crafi, small
aud haznrdous, pickcd up accidentally nt
ihe Brazos and Tainpico; and when tlie
army got nshore, its scicncc and valor hnd
to supply nll deficicncics in hcavy gutis
mortars nnd ordn.meo stnroi.
The first lcttcr that I received from the
dcparliiiant, after enteritig the cnptiired
city, contuined nn clahnralc reliuke (unted
b ebrunry 22.) lor hnving ordereu t-ol. linr
uey, 2d dragoons, to remain in the com
mand of the cavalry wilh Mnjor General
Taylor, so as to leavc Mnjor Siimncr, ol
ihe samo regunent, tho seinor of that arm
in my expedition. Thero was no greni
dilTerence in tho number of cavalry com-
panies wilh tho two armics. This rebuke
was writien wilh a coniplncency that ar
gued the highest professional experience
in sucli matiers anii could not havu hecn
more confidcnl in its lonc, if diclatcd to
the greenest General ofthe recent appoinl
ments. Yet, withoui the powerol selecl
ing commanders of parlicular corps, no
General iu chief would vent'jre to lake
upon himself the conduct of a cntical
campaign. Sucli seleclions were always
matle by tho fnthor of his country, and the
principnl Gcncrals under him. So in the
campaign of 1814, 1 myself sent away
against tlieir wishes, thrce senior field ofli
cors of as many regimenls, being infirin,
uninstrucicd and iueflicient, in favor ol
three juniors, aud with the subscquenl np
probation ol Mnjor General Brown, on hi.
joiiung me, nnd tlie licad ol llie var De-
partmeut. liolli were well scquainUiI
with the ciisloniB of war, in like cnsrs, nt
liouio nud ahroad; nnd wilhont that oncr-
gy on my part, it is luglily pronable liiat
no Americnn citizen would pver linve
citcd ihe balilcs of tho Ningnrn withoiit u
sigh for his country. I nm happy, liowev
er, thnt before a word had been received
from the department, and, indecd, befoio
il could have had any knonlcdge nf tlie
queMion, 1 hnd dccidrd to tnko wilh mn
llie frnnk and gallnnt Colnucl, and hnpo
soon to lcnrn thnt he and very mnny other
offiiers Invo been rewarded wilh brcicis
for tlieir highly distinguislicd scrviccs in
the campaign thnt followcd.
It was in rcfcrcnce tntho same rebuke,
thnt, in acknowlcdiing your commtinica-
tions, I snid, I'rom Vera Cruz, April 5th:
"I nnglit very well conlrovcrt Iho mili
tary priuciples un confidenily laid down by
iho department iu tho loller nf tho 22d of
I' ohrunrv: I bui belicving that tho practico
ofthe Uniied Slntes army in tho two wars
wiih Groat Briinin would Imvo no weight
in thc parlicular casn, I waive ftirlher rcply
havmg, at tho moment, no loisure aud
no inclination for controvcrsy."
Alludiug to llie hcavy disappointmenta
in respect to transports, siege trains, and
ordnance stores, than alrcady experiencrd,
I wroto to tho dcpartment, Iroir. Loboi,
Fob. 28:
"Perhaps no expedition wns ever so un
nccountably delayed by no want of fore
sight, nrrangoment, or energy on my part,
as I dnre nfiirm and under circumstancea
the most critical lo this ctitiro army; for
everybody relied upon knew, from tho
first, as well ns I knew, it would bc falal
to us to nliempt military opcrations, on
this coast, afier, probably, the first week
ii. April; nud here we are at the cnd of
i'lilibinrjr. . N-loqa t'liq nrmv is
Ueart; and crippled as I ;n !ilp trlpf.i:a
required and promited, I shall go forward,
and expcct to lake Vera Cruz and its cas
ile in time to escape, by pursuing the en
emy, the pcstilence ofthe coast."
The city nnd castlc were captured March
29th, and wilh nbout ono fourth of the nec-
essary means for a road-train, (no lault of
inine,) the relreat in pursuit of tho enemy,
wns viuorously commenced April 8th.
The battle of Cero Gordo soon followcd,
nud we occupied Jalapa and Perote, where
we were obliged to wait for supplies from
Vera Cruz. In these positions, I waa
made to writhe under anoiher disappoint
ment. In my four memorials to the dcpartment,
on the farther prosecution of tho war againsi
Mexico, wntlen al Washington aqd da
ted respcctively, October 27, November
12, 1G nnd 21 (it was only intimated to
me in the night of November 18, that I
mighi prcpare myself lor the field) papers
in which I dcmonstrnicd that Vera Cruz
was the true base of opcrations, and that
ihe enemy's cnpitnl could not probably be
reached from the Itio Grande; I rstimated
that, after takiug that great senporl, "ubout
20,000 men," or "an army or more than
20,000 men may bo needed: 1. To beat,
m tho field and in passes, any nccumula
tt'd force in the way ; 2. To garrison many
importnnt points in tho rear, lo securo a
free communication niih Vera Cruz; 3.
To make dislant detachments, in order to
gathcr in, without long halts, neccssary
subsistciice."
And that force, I supposed, including
volunieers, and nided by Imid nnd money
hounties, might be rnised in time, by add
ing tcn or twelve new regiments of regu
lars, nnd filling up the ranks ol the old.
A bill was introduced (orraising ten nd-
diiionnl regular regimenis; and I cert.iinly
did not mean to cliargo ihe dppnrtninnt
with tho whnle delny, in passing llie bill
tlirougli Cnngrcss. Bui it icas passed
?elirunry 1 1, 1847; and under il, by early
iu April, some few ihou-nnil men had been
alrendy raiscd aud organized. My dislress
may be conceiveil, by any soldier, on lenrn
iug, at Jalapa, April 27, that ihe wliole of
ilul forco had been seul, under Brit;ndier
Gcneral Cadwalader, to the Rio Grande
frontier!
In my leltcr to the department, writton
the day after, I said I had expecled that
"Delnchnienls of the new regiinents
would, as you had promiscd me, begin to
arrivc iu this month, and continue to fol
low perhaps in Juuc." "How many
volunieers will re-cngnge, under the nct
npprovcd March 3, (only received two
days ago,) I know not; probably but few.
Hi'iice llie greater my disnppoitnment caus
ed by sending the new iroops to the Rio
Grande; for, bcsidcs tlieir keeping tho
road in our prcsent rear, open for many
weeks hy marches in auccessiio detach
ments, I had intended, as I odvancod, to
leae strong garrihona in this place, (Ja
lapa,) in Perote, nnd Puebln, and to keep
at llie head of ihe movemcnt a force equal
to auy probablo opposition. It muy now
depend on the number of the old volun
ieers who may re-engngo, nnd ihe number
of new troops that may arrnc from the
Brazos in time, ns also in some drcrue
upon tho aihancc of Major General Tay
lor, whether I shall find this nrmy in
strenglh to leave. the garrisons, and to oc
cupy ihe cnpital."
I mny add, that only about fifly individu-
als of tho old volunieers, rc-engnged un
der the provisions of tho nct of March 3;
that the remniuder wore dischnrged May
4; thnt Maj Gen. Taylor made no move-
iiicni in advaucc ol balullo; nnd thnt tho
new regulnrs, including tndivnlndpr s
brigade, only begnn to come up with mo
nt Puchln iu July, but not in sufiicient
numbers' till August 6. The next dny thc
armr commenced its ndvance upon
tho capital, wilh a little more than
10,000 efi'eutivo men.
It is not exiravnganl to ny thnt, ifBrig-
adier Genenil Cad ivalader s forces had
not been divertcd from mc lo llie llio
Grnne, ivhcre he was made to loso, with
out nny beiicfit to Mnjnr Genctfsl Tajlor,
much procioiis lime, I might casily have
tnken this city iu the monih of June, and
at one.fiftli ofthe loss sustniticil in August
and Seniomber. The cnemy availed him
self of my forced delay al Puebln, lo col
lect, lo treble, to orgnnize nnd ducipline
his forces, ns also to erect ntimcroiis nnd
pmvorful dcfences wiih bntlpries. Nearly
all those e.xtraordinnry propnraiions for
our leceptinn wero made afier tho middle
of Jiinn. And il is known that the nows
of Iho victory of Buena Vista rcnchcd
Wnshington iu time to countermand Cnd
wnlader's ordcrs for llie Rio Grnnde, be
foro his dennrture from New Orleans.
Two rifle compnnies, wilh him, received
the countermand thore, andjoinedtno
oarly.
I know thnt I had tho mlsfortuno togivo
offeiica to tho department, by expressing
myself to tho same cftect from Jalapa,
May 6. In a report of that dale I said
ConclvdtA (in thc rrsr Pagc.