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9 Battle of Sacramf iito-Defeat of the Encra.v, and Capture of Cklhuakua. Ht-IDQIMRTIKS Or TUB ARM IN CltltlUAIlUA, Oil of Chihuahun,' March 4th, 1847. t hate Ine honor lo report to you the movements of the atmy under my comnaiid lines my last offi cii! report. On the evening of the 8th of February, 1847, we left the town of El Paso del Norte, escorting the merchant train or caravan of ahout 315 wagons Tor the city of Chihuahua. Our force consisted of 02 1 effective men i 117 officers and privates of the artil lery; 03 of Lieut. Col. Mitchell's escort, and tho remainder the 1st regiment Missouri mounted vol unteers. Wo progressed in the direction of this jilacV until tho'iotli, when we wcreinformrd by our spies that the enemy, to the number of 1,500 men, were at Insencas, the country seat of Gov. Trias, about 25 miles in advance. When we arrived, on tho evening of the SGth, near that point, we found that the force bad retreat ed in the direction of this city. On the evening of the 27th we arrived al Hans, anil learned Irmn our spies that the enemy, in gre.it force, had fortified the pass of the Sacamcnto river, about IS miles in advance and about the same distance from this cily. Wcwcre also informed that there was no water between the point we were at and that occupied by the enemy ; we therefore determined to halt until morning. At sunrise on the Sdth, the last day of February, we took up the line or marui and formed the whole train, consisting of 015 heavy traders' wagons and our commissary and company wsgons, into four columns, thus shortening our line so as to make it more easily protected. We plsced the ar tillery and all the command, except "UU cavalry proper, in the intervals between the columns of wagons. We ihus luiiy concealed our torce ana Its position by masking our lorce with the cavalry, When we arrived within three mites of the enemy, we made a reconnoissance of his position and the arrangement of his forces. This we .could easily do the road leading through an open prairie val ley between the sterile mountains. The pass of the Sacramento is formed by a point of the mountains on our right, their left extending into the valley or plains ao as to narrow the valley to about 1 1-2 miles. On our left was a deep dry sandy channel of a creek, and between these points tho plain rises to sixty reel abruptly. 1 Ins rue is in the lorni ot a crescent, the convex part being to the north of our forces. On the riiht, from the point of mountains. ( narrow path of the plain extends north 1 12 miles further than on tho left. The main road panes down the centre of the valley and across the cres cent, near the leu or dry branch. 1 ho bacramen to rises in the mountains on ihe right, and the road falls on to it about I mile below the battle-field or entrenchment of the enemy. We ascertained that the enemy had one battery of 4 guns, 2 nine and six pounders, on Ihe point of the mountain on our right (their left,) at a good elevation to avieep the plain and at the point where the mountains extrud ed furthest into the plain. On our left (iheir right) they had another battery on an elevation commanding the road and three eulreuchmriils of two six pounders, and on the brow of the crescent near the centre another of two six and two four and six culverins, or rampart pieces, mounted on carri ages ; and on the crest of the hill or ascent between the batteries, and the right and left, they had 27 redoubts dug and thrown up extending at short in tervals across the whole ground. In I lirso their infantry w ere placed ami were entirely protected. Their cavalry was drami up m front of the redoubls in the intervals 4 deep, mid in front of the re doubts 3 deep so as to nuke them as lar as practi cable. When we had arrived wi'hiu 1 1-2 miles ol the entrenchments along the main road, ne advanced the cavalvy still further, and amMeiily divergrd with the cntnmns to the right so n to gain the narrow path of the ascent on our right, which the enemy discovering endeavored to prevent by moving Tor ward with 1 001) cavalry and 4 piecrs of ciunon in their rear masked, by them. Our morements wero ao rapid that we gained the elevation uiihnur forces and the advance of our wagons in time to form be fore they arrived within reach our guns. The ene my halted and we advanced the head of our column within 1290 yards of them so as to let our wagons attain the high lauds and form as before. We now commenced the action by a brik fire from our battery, and the enemy unmasked and com menced also; our first proved effective at this dis tance, killing 15 men, wounded and disabling one - of ihe enemy's guns. We had two men slightly wounded and several horses and mules killed. The enemy then slowly retreated behind iheir works in ' some confusion, and we resumed our march in our former order, btill diierging more to the right to avoid their battery on our left, (their right,) and their strongest redoubls, which ere on the left near where the road passes. After inarching as far as we safely could, without cominz within range of iheir heavy battery on our right, Captain Wcighlman, of the artillery, was ordered to charge with the two 12 pound howitzers, to be supported by the cavalry, under Capts. Reid, Parsons, and Hudson, The howitzers charged at speed, and were gallantly sus tained by dpt. Reid; but by some misunderstand. iug, my orders was not given to the other two com panies. Captain Hudson, anticipating my order, charged in lime to give ample support to Ihe howit zers. Captain Parsons, at the same moment, came to mc and asked permission fur his company to charge the redoubts immediately to the left of Cap--, tain Weightman, which he did very gallantly, The remainder of the two battalions of the 1st regiment wcru dismounted during the cavalry charge, and following rapidly on Toot, and Major Clarke advancing as fabt as practicable with the re mainder of the battery, we charged their redoucls from right to left, with a brisli and deadly fire of rinrmen, while Major islarke opened a rapid and well directed fire on a column of cavalry attempt- ing to pass (a our left so us to attack Ihe wagons and our rear, 1 he first was so well directed as lo force them lo fall back ; and our riflemen, with the cavalry and howitzers, cleared after an olntinaie resistance. Our forces advanced lo the very brink of Iheir redoubts and attacked them with their sa bres. When the redoubts were cleared, and the batteries in the centre and our left were silenced, V the main battery on our right slid continued lo pour , in a constant and heavy fire, as it had 'done during the heat ol the engagement ; but as he whole fate of tho battle depended upon carrying the redouts undateutre battery, this one on the rigid remained iiualtacked, and the enemy hid rallied their five hundred strung. Major Clark was directed to commence a heavy fire upon it while Lieuts. Col. Mitchell and Jackson, commanding Ihe 1st battalion, were ordered lo re mount and charge the battery on Ihe left, while Ma jor Ciilpiii was directed to pass the 2d battalion on foot up the rough ascent of the mountain on ihe on- posite side. Tho fire of our battery was so effective J as to completely silence theirs, and the rapid ad vance of our column put them to flight over Ihe ! mountains in great confusion. J Our force was 034 effective men; at least one. hundred of whom were engaged in holding horses and driving teams. The loss of the enemy was Ills entire artillery, 10 wagons, masses of beans and plnola, and other Mexican provisions, about three hundred killed - and about the same number wounded, many of whom have since died, and furty prisoners. The field waa literally covered with the dead . ,und wounded from our artillery and the' unerring "-Tiro of our riflemen. Night put i atop lo (he car- ''liage.the battle having commenced about three o'clock. Our loss was one killed, one mortally wounded, and seven so wounded as lo recover with ' out any toss of limbs. I csnnot speak too highly s' of the coolness, gallantly, and bravery of ihe officers end. raea under my command. I was ably sustained by Ihe field officers, Lieut. Cols, Mitchell and Jackson, of Ihe first battalion, and Major Gilpin, of the second battalion ; and Major Clark and his artillery acted nobly, and did the most effective service in every part of thefiejd. It is abundantly shown, In tho charge made by Cap tain Weightman with the section of howlleers, that they can bo uspiI in any charge of cavalry with great effect. Much lias been said, and justly aid ol the gallantry of our artillrry, unlim'oering within 250 yards of Ihe enemy at Palo Alto; bul how much more daring was the charge of Captain Weightman, when he utiliinbercd within fifty yards of the redoubts of Ihe enemy. "t On Ihe first day of March we took formal posses sion nflhe capital of Chihuahua In the name of our government. We were ordered by General Kearn ey lo report lo General Wool at this place ; since our arrival we hear lie is at Saltillo, surrounded by the enemy. Our present purpose is either lo force our way to him, or return by Desarras our term of service expires on Ihe last day ol .May next. 1 have the lionor to be your obedient servant, A. W. DONIPHAN, Colonel 1st Ilgl. Mo. Vol. Brigadier Gen. R. Jones, Adj. Gen. U. S. A. VERMONT PHOSNIX. Brattkboro, Thursday, Nay 13, 1847. Washington and His Generals. IV J. v. iiaiDt.tr. Mr lleeillc, who hit gained wlde.epresd popularity, nut only In this enunlry, bul In Koiope, as Ihe author. I "Napoleon and Ins Marshals, again apprsra before the pub lic, oo a topic far more Interesting to the American reader than any upon which he haa hitherto written. The title of the we-ik (IFmsMngUn end Air QnttU) will secure fur it an extensive sale, and an attentive perusal by thousand whom a teas Inviting eumect would fad to attract. fever thing which rrlalce lo the earl period of our hiitory, and particularly to the glorious struggle viliich wrung from the mother country Hie acknowledgment or oar National Inde pendence, possesses peculiar Inlere.t Tor every troebeirt ed American The volume before na (Vol. I) eonuine bio graphical sketches ol Major Oenerala Wahingtin, Putnam, Montgomery, Arnold, BUik, Be liuflr,Gie,avne,SteU' ben, Conway, Mifflin, Ward, and llealb, with portraits of the first eight. The second volume, containing simitar sketches of Major and llrigadiei Generals Oieene, Moul trie, Knoa, Sullivan, Lincoln, Charles Lee, Sierhng, Mar ton, 8alnt Clair, De Kalb, Henry lee, Morgan, and Lafy elle, embellished with eight portraits, will be issuidfrotu the press caring the present month. Aside from a few minor errors or stale, frequent rrpelp lion of similar imsges, comparisons, Stc, which are hardly noticeable in the general excellence of the work, Ml Head' e ia certainly deserving of a high rank among the prose writers of the day- Of illtant and animated in h:s narrative, be throws a kind or eharni around the scenes he describes, slid leads the tulnd csplive at h'a will i and vi hile he is never lame and commonplace, he frequently litre lo the grandeur of true eloquence, and eomcliuica even toaubhmily. This is particularly trueof his descriptions of battle scenes. Tlie tramp of ar.ucd warriors spproacbing the eucounter, and the roar of cannon, racile his inind lu its utmost tension, and it is then ihst he pts forth Ihe whole power ol his in lellect. Ihe description of the battle of Bunker 1 1 sit Is the best we have ever read. Though the tale haa been told by a hundred different writers, with ss many distinct shsdes of coloring, they all fa'I to produce that vivid and l.sling Im pression, which is indrhblr stamp, d upon the miiid by the graphic eloquence of llradlry. We aim..! aet Ihe Mtwi dense columns ' uf Oritish Regulars advancing In beautiful array, the ''artillery appetring tike moving spola of Unite and smoke ascending Ihe sh-pe, while not a sound brrsks the ominous snd desth hke silence thst reigns around the heights." The stern order ' r'isic is distinctly heard in the Ameiican entrenchments, and we see rsnk after rank of those sdvancing columns go down, "lilt lis mud tse mt(t mrtt .err Umtrtrnm;" and Hie wild shouts of the 3onsol Lib-il" ring in our esia aa their foes break and flee in dis order to Ihe shore: Agaiu we see Ihem advancing tooldly up'llie height whele so many of tlieir l.te eolnpaniwns are sleeping Ihe elerptd death, their countenancea slill wearing Ihe expression of fierce hatred snd de fisnce, w ben lis fiery sleet' again issues flow Ihe entrenchments, aud "the whole uiase give way hke a loosened dirT, and break furiously duwrn the hill." The third snd Is.t ssssult is made, and the Ailierieane now being destitute ol ati.munitton, are compelled reluctantly to abandon the hill to their enemies In Ins sketch of Washington, whose life and history tr famili.r to every American acbol boy, we hardly esprctcd to find any thing of iuiportsnce which bad escaped Ihe ob servation of other biatorians; and, indeed, so fsrsa his pub he life and services are concerned, Mr llradley haa addrd little, or nothing, to the prevmua fund of tufurrnalion. Hut in niifolding his true character ss a men, attipprd of the triple armor of frigidity which writers hithello h.ve thrown around him, we conceive he haa performed a service which will not prove unacceptable lo the pobtie. "The Father of bis Country bas been represented ss a slrrn, cold msn, whose jodgment, indeed, never errrd, without enthusiasm, paaiionteas, a kind ol marble deity, Inspiring admiration and awe, whom none dared to approach bat with fear and trem bling, Mr lleadley's sketch exhibit him in a far different, and wo cannot but feci, a more favorable light. The fol lowing extract, descriptive of the farewell scene betweeu Washington and Ihe officers snd soldiera who hail acrved under him, Ihrows a flood of light opon his charaetrr, and will hardly fail to draw tears from the eyes ol the reader i " How noble does he seem in bidding farewell to bis companions in arms, and rendering up his com tnand to Congress. To pari with his soldiers, with those whom a common suffering had bound lo him by a thousand ties, was a heavy task to a generous heart like his. Assembling them for the last time at Newburgh, he rode out on the field, and gare them his farewell address. Playing ' the mournful tune of Rosliu Castle the dirge which alwaya ac companies a dead companion in arms lo his grave Ihey slowly inarched by their beloved leader, and silently and sadly filed away lo iheir respective homes. Ragged, destitute, without a penny in iheir pockets, Ihey had long revoked schemes ol terrible retribution against Congress, but the mo ment they Saw again Ihe form of Washiuzlon. all anger died, and trusting lo his simple word for re tires', they turned nay invoking blessings on his head, With melancholy feelings he watched iheir lessening files, for all tlieir hardships and privations ruse ueiore rum, wuiio ineir present poverty and auiiering moveu ins urcprri sympaitiy. Out In part forever with his brother officers, who had so long sat with hint ii, council, shsred bis toils and adversities, and become endeared lo him by numberless pnmfs of aRertinn, was tho greatest trial to which hi noble heart was ever subjected. It was the fourth, of-Oeremhrr when ihey'iii lull uniform, assembled in Francis's latent, New York, to lake leove of Iheir commander. About noon Washington entered, and every form rose al his presence, and etery eye lurried lo greet him. lie had come to aay fareuell, but ihe task seemed loo great for his self-control. Advancing slowly in ihe table lie lilted the glass lo Ins lips, and said in a voice choked with emotion, With a heart full of gratitude and fore", now take If are of you ; 1 de voutly visa your latter days may le at prosperous at your former ones hate been glorious ami honora ble,' A mournful and profound silenre followed, and each one gazed on the face of Ida leader. Out that noble countenance which had moved so calm and fearless through seven yesrs of gloom and car nage, and been the only star of hope lo the troubled nation in Ihe night of its distress, was now convuls ed with feeling. There were Knox, and Greene, and Hamilton, and Steuben, and others, the locks of many of whom had whitened in the storm of freedom battle, gazing mournfully upon him. ' Shoulder lo shoulder Ihey had stood beside him in the deadly combat, and with their brave arms around turn, borne him all nteadily through Ihe fight, lie had heard their' battle shout on Ihe field gf Ilia fame, and seen Ihcin carry his standard tri umphantly through the smoke (if ihe conflict. Urave hearts were they all and true, on whom he had leaned, end not la rain, In the hour of peril, and now he was to leave Ihem forever. A thou sand proofs of their devotion came rushing back mi his memory Iheir lolls and conflicts roso before him, and the whole history of the past with Its chequered scenes swept'- by, till his heart sunk in affection and grief. And there Ihey stood, a noble band of Ihem the eye unaccustomed to weep, flowing In tears, snd the lip that seemed made of iron in the carnage and din of strife, quivering with emotion. Washington gazed on Ihem a mo ment with silent aorrow, and then turning to Kiiox, grasped his hand and clasped him in his arms. Neither could utter a word, and the spectacle melt ed every heart. Thus did one afier another re celve iho embrace or his commander, and Wash ington, with bursting heart turned away. At he passed uncovered through the corps of light ill' fantry, drawn up on either aido lo receive him, a gigantic soldier who had moved by his side In that dark and terrible night when he marched on Tren ton, stepped forth from Ihe ranks, and reaching out his arms, exclaimed, 'Farewell, my dear General, fareuelll' Washington seized his hardy hand in both ol hiv, and wrung It convulsively, in a mo ment all discipline was at end, and the soldiers broke Iheir order, and rushing around him, seized liim by Ihe hands, coiering Ihem with trsrs and sobs of sorrow. This was the last drop in the overflowing cup, and as Washington moved away, his broad chest heaved and swelled above the line of feeling, that had at last burst ihe sway of his strong will, snd the big tears rolled unchecked down his manly face. At length lio reached Whitehall, where a barge waa waiting lo receiie him. Enter ing ii, ho turned a moment and waved his list over his head in a last adieu to the mule snd noble band on the shore, when Ihe host shot away, and Ihe im pressiic sceno was over, Thus, link after link was severed, and there re mained now but to surrender up his commission as commander-in-chief, to cut the last tie that bound him to the past. Entering Ihe House of Congress, while a silence like that of death filled Ihe cham ber, he said, with that dignity which became him, ' Having now finished the work assigned me, I re tire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell In this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here oifer my commission, and lake my leave ol all the employ merits of public life.' " Our limits forbid the attempt to give evrn an abstract of the severs! sketches In Ihe book before us, but we cannot furbear a brief allusion to that or Din-Jut .irnM, the bare mention ol whose nsme is sufficient to call forth th niale- dictiona ot the whole country We are so aecustorurd to regard him sa an utter outcast from the society and simps. thy ol alt mankind ao prone lo forget every thing but hie ' ... . I. , . ,i i. '..,., treason-thai we naturally overlook the Important se I vices lie rrnorrra in ine ouuci 01 mm rirrrr an uuicrr in tw tlrrteJatimitr aumj. T1Wm wrncrt rrrc;jntijr md Uil titnl. Tbe mondriful campaign 1 Qtebrc .kroufb ihe op rijflured wililf ot Miine nwt Ui rigf r of rtntrrd tb ubfrtjuf bt fratWtt, bat UDaacrrMlal Bllirk tjfwn tbtt will rd citj (lie IWf celjr eonltatd bailie of Vatcour'i Uland, nd Ibe aptendid ticlof of Haralfja (ihe credit tf which betonfa lo Armild), are acbtrtrmenla nhicli would harr aecurrd fr litut a hrgb place antoog tlie maalef'fp.r.laof lb Itrr'rtulion, but fur the duk tninlle which binwn hand aprrad over Im titing fame. One cannot read hia brilliant eiplvita aa aet forth bj Headier. wiih'ut feelint; burning indigniiHtn eacUrd in hia Umui againt CogrcM, Us-jm-neglect and villa. nnua Ireatutent duo ire him lo I lie derfwraie act vf aN-trajinjs hia cm.Mrj. Tlie aulbur by Da meiiia aa aumea tbe thanklcaa taak tif an apolofltl fur Arnold's trea-inn-fin the ci4itrarT l detseoncr it in juat terma of ae -iit), but he ppite lu na lht .1 ia not the ntfmtt f b.a tile wnrlhy uf remeHbraiiee. There waa fwthint; amiable or lrl In .(.tacharaeler He aa haughty, fierce and fin. dictlie. bnt keenly alirc t prraonal bcrf and hia proud I pint etuld nut tainrly endure tbe degradation which waa put upattd him. Fife Majr General were created atone time, oiiliuut tlie twtil Mtn of hia name, all of whom were inferior In rank tn hmitetf. The Imrwr uf a noble victisfy. ..w.. li h.di i...t;rMin.J,-.;n i.. and gifen to another. Waaliingln lenMinalraled with Cnn 1 . " greaa. atnl aliemptrd In oblain juiiice for him, but in eamj for even then a corrupt TactHsn. beaded by (alcf, were plot, ting bia own ruin, Schuyler and Stark were treated with almost equal injualke, but they were pat riot a, and only re aentrd the insult by thruwlna; up iheir comrniaainne, wbilr Arnold toutht rercnge by tbe betrayal of hia ctoAlry. In reading ibe hia lory ol three e rents, how forcibly 1 one re msiiu m us vi tssiss as (rsaa.esa'so vi ca n 1 1 ui vi.iv j J., i .it . i.t.i U e are lorced to atp h-re, llmugh we hjee but Juat be gun to aay what we In leaded in Ihe outset. But we moat refer Ihe reader to the book Harlf. which should find a a? n t by llakrr. , M, Ye - place In tbe library of etery family Publitheil Sr. Scribner, 3G Park Itow and US Naaaau street, Fur sale a Mr 8teen lxnk store price $1 Si per to to me. Ltaoaia Viie Our neighbor ot the Democrat, after Jiario; declared that ' cmnient waa onnreeMary on err lata remarka lhat appeared In our paper, expend a half a column on those reruiikt. He moat hate a great lore for uttt$i eter. We aappoee. howerrr, the habit haa grown strong upon him by aaaiduourly whitewathinc; Lcofucuain fur at long. Cut we had imagined that a veteran, like our neighbor, waa well enough acquainted with oewrpaper eli qurtte to know that at lie Ira am often publiahed by ediora, nut written by themaelf re, and yet diatingulahed fniui Iheir own producliona only by a reference mark, or in initial. In all e'icli eases, the editor of courae dora not wbb In be held reeponaible fur tbe idea a adrancedcle why the mark? The Doaton Olire Branch haa tao writer who apeak editorially one naing; a at hia aignalure, and tlie other a XX Vet Ihe principal editor frrtjurntly diaaeata Irum them, and allows tbem freedom of rxpreaeion on lite single cnoditioa ol not being; obliged to shoulder Iheir aentinw-nts. Hu in our own Instance. We do uot agree with cot friend in many things. Uut he shall have hia. aay. Patl Accideiit. We learn thttoa MoDdiT.3diaaU.amaa turned Hill, uf Hinsdale, was caught by tbe sudden backing of the oiea. between the cart which he was loading aad tbe barn, and so bad) injured as to cause bia death ia tt hours. D We wero soaiewbat startled yesterday by the rtBgiogof aa Lo(iBe-lell. our Drat llMuibt being that tba cars must bare armed by ivmu imaginary railway j but we aoou diKorcrtd that tbe none proceeded from tho UU of tho Acta Fir whicu bod just bee a brought to town A MuDtL I-roiiLAiCHt.-.1 ho General Assembly of Rhode Island adjourned oa Saturday, after a lalfguiog scaafoa cfuur u4 a hair itayr. PnoiptcTs or rucK. Tb IS. V.tilybo ssys thitGeBen) Jeuvp, who hu juat returned frortt the seatot war. tipreaiea tb opinion thst ibe war baa but juat ben, aad that the end, or laeumeoribe ead, caaaot be conjectured! Mery day iUus trates more and more the great wisdom and firresicbl eibibtted bj Prerident Polk fn aending back Santa Aunt tutako command or Ue Mexican army, and concentrate tba whole energies of the Itepobhe against the United Statci. That was a mote ofwhlcb he will have occasion' to. be proud la his old age. ?asia Ass loal bia fork leg at Ueno Gordo. Of course Mr IVIk will fur tilth Mm wilh another. Our Victor hi ia Meilcowere celebrated In New Yurk on Tridiy (art by the usual ceremonies oa sucb occasions, and pa Saturday the scene waa changed Into inourBlug ia honor of tba brave bfllcera nd aoldieri who bara fallen ia battle. Tbe flags wero displayed st half mast from sua rise Mil sun set, and tbe belli wero tolled from It Ull o'clock. CruttLts DuriMi, Haa,-, of Greenfield, was, on Saturday hat, elected Brigadier General, la the place of Gen. I). S Jones promoted. The J,r.G,iLATcan.r CoxitcnctT aaarrubled at iUrt ford on Wednesday, 6lh inst. The iSenate, naa, nrganixed by the choice ol Thomas C, Perkins, President fro Jew., and Ibe Ilmse of Ileprrsekiativra by the rlectfun of Lafay etle S. Foster, ef .Norwich, Speaker. The oalli o office ' was sdminiaterrd to UdTrrnur, Biisell at 3 o clock, P. M , and immediately afterwards, he delirrrrd his annual mes sage in, person. T1m difcuineiil is brief, and rather conser valire in lie charaetrr. Upon National topics, the Meslcan war, 7 aitlT, &c, he speaks rul Uldly (he srntimenti of Ihe Whig party. The Senate stands 13 Whfga to 6 Locofocos, and the Iloure ISO Whigs lo 100 aLoeofoeos. Majority or) b.Jnt La). Iot,V5. IT The Governor or LouMsna his received. orders) for five more com pan lea of Tolanterrs. Whtn Is tlie wsi lu end? j A Canons BocnmtHt. W were a few dare since fsv'ored with a 'visit from lltatv Brsvtas, Esq ,'efBtTncl, Ihe zealous and diatln- gulshed Antiquarian. Mr Steven. Is honorably known by his labors In examimng'the -national archlvea at Washing. ton, snd eatabliahing beyond doubt the important eervtfes of Vermont In the Revolution, lie has prnbsbl a greater number nl books, msnutcripts and papers illustrating Iho early history of Ibe 8tale, and a greater fund ul rnlertain- Ing incidents connected wnn that history, Ihan any oilier man living. - " Mr Stevens exhibited to us, and allowed ua lo put In tvpej a fh-yel Cimm'utltn. II wss granted In 1772, by William; Tryon, then Governor offiew York, to Ihtify-aevfn , per sona, and wsa for the evident purpose ofchecklng Ihe ope rathma of Kihan Allen and hia fellows In ihe ao-catled o County of Cumberland." It Is amuaing to think how Ineffectual thia pompoua document wsa In quelling ties spirit nf freedom smongthe Green Mountain Itoy They deeded its high-sounding words and thrcsiening phrsse ss little aa the whisthnf of the wiod nver their logged hills Thus be It ever when Tyranny" rears lu hideous treat The Commission 1 written on parchment, in a beautiful round hand. It ia H by 'ti inches in site, and the sesl (which Is gonej wss nearly aa large aver aa a lea.cup. Al though somewhat atalned, and worn through in many pla cea, the sheet is perfrclly legible Ihe Ink being darker Ihan much lhat is used now da)s. We have " folios ed cope" exactly l snd It will bo aeen that three-fourthe of a century have wrought very few changea in the style of spelling or pnnctuatloii, lyapltal Icllera, however, were quit liberally displayed In former timeai aGORGKTIir. THIRD, by the Grace of Clod, of Great Dri- UIu, I ranee and Ireland, Aing, veieiMJer el Iks Fsllh. and so rurih. To o Rclovtd sod rallliltll Cadwsllader Coble and Daelel llotsm.ndca, Ksqairca, Sir Willism Johnson, Bironet, John Watts Oli.er DeLascey. Charles Ward A: Roger Mor ns. tviliiain Smith, llcstjCrsTre, ll.fhw.ii.ee, lie... white, asd William Allelf. reires, Mrnbers of oor Loaaeil foe o- 1-ro.Uc. of .New Ymk.'jebn T.bor Kempe, r.ir, Aiteroev Cisiieral of our said t'rovince, sad to Tbooaas Cbsndier, Joseph lord. aseioel v. ens, iioso pimd, e.wes ivogers, iiiiosa aiose, William Wlll'd, Stephen t.reeofeaf, Tboaaas Chaodlsrjsaior, Benjamin Uattnrfield, Uildad Andros, larsel Cortts, Simon Ste vens, Zadock Wliffct, .Semael Mltkols, William Williams, John Uridcmas, Da.1.1 Joy, RphraiM llasnc;, Oliver Utvcl.Jobn Dot too, ionalbsa lloncli, toko Knolton,sod John Wiscbeetcr Dans, Ksow Ve that we have Avvtcoed yos and every of yoo Joint- ly aad aeveraliy our Jestiees lo seep oer reaco our loesly ol Comberlaed la our rrovloco of JSew York to America, aoj to keep and to caoaa to be kept all Laws and Ordinances made for tl.e good of oar I'eace aad for tbe conservation ortbeeante, and for the Qslct Itele and Ootcrnment of oor People ia all and everv of the Arlictea Iheieof la oor said Coontv. as well within Liberties as witbooUaccofdiag-to Ihe For ce, I'om. aad sUTectof the asms, aad 10 cnasusc sod peatsa an rersooe onencteg sgaiasi the form of those Laos or Ordinances or any of them, la tho Cooaly aforesaid, ss according to tbe form of those Los snd Ordiasaccs shall be fit to be dose, asd to cae.0 lo come before yon or anv of too. all these I'ersoos wbo sbsll threaten any of oer Teonfe in their Persons, or la ovinias, their Ilooses. to Bed saffciest security for Ibe I'eace or lor their Oood Behaviour to- Kali , ,, ,! , te kent asfe in I'llsoa Ull thev ' Had aoch Security. Wohstc also Assigned you and asj three . ev nrfire of yne. whereof ssy of you the ssid C'sdwsllsder (.'ot. ( D..iel Horsmssdsn, !'t Willi.m Jobs.., Bsroset, John U'aita. OUter DeLaoerf a C'barlra Wird AoiborM. Ilfser Mtte na. U iltiaa html I. lln.T t mr,llih Wallaee. Ilaary While. U'llhaai AlUII. Jahu TiW Kentpe. Tbnnua L'baadtcr. Joaeob tefrd, Siffioel Well. Noab SaUii Jam Reg era, Naihaa htoae. Wtmam W HUrd. .Sieohrn (irt eler. 'flaomaa Cbvndlcr. Juaior. ajul BeejanU Baiurflcld, mttl Ui be a.or JUm tweax qsitra by OeOiibarvf pitwdjod Ulall Meo of our Couatjr afore aid. be whom iheTruib roar be tbe belter kaowu.itf all atvl all Altafiir f I elnaiM, Trpae, roreaUjIiMa, BefaUttr, giwiiitr, Jtkl KxUrttwM wbatner,aad of all and aimlae oth er Otfeoeta artd .lnaietlelot ol which JoalKca of ib Peace wiay or oujtt lawfully tueanulre, whomaoeteraad hos. tr Jrve and peipetrled,or wLitb tUall bapoeu beieaftcr bewao eer lo be done or attempted la the County aftretid Aod alto u4 all tw-ae who la Ike t.noniy aH reiJ hare eiuer ee ir tiJ. dta. or tbt herearUr ahal. preauitie tn go m rid lu Compaaiefl wiUiarBed force atait ti I'eace lo ibe diatorbauce of ibe retsple Auda1anaf f ibmuwLo ia like anaaaer bate lata lu II ftrttU; aueof our 1'efecle Aad a!ao of Uubelder. aud of all aod aiu Lo bu Oflended w aUenaied. or bare Cular other Peraooa Lo bu Ofleoded vr attenpied, or bare- alter abaii preume or attempt to Oft mi U the abu ol Vei(hu e, or la tb aale uf Vtctetla, aaeaiutt the farm ef ih at Measure. La a and Oidiuancea or anr of th ia lhaU behaU auatie fee ibe cocntrvra good of ouraaid rrorlnceand tb People thereof, ia our i.ounty ajureaaid Ana aiao w an betuia. iiatiior, I'ouU' Uei.Oanlera. and other Officer haiDeef.wboiu the Eiecu- (ion of iheir Orfkee about tho Preaniaeu. or tay of them, bave ualawrullydemuined tieeaBaelteu.orbereartcr aball preaume ua law full r la derate tbeaielee.r ba boea or aercartcr aball be cartleaa, retuuva or negtljeat la cor Couuty aforeMtd, and of an anj ampuar Aruciea a no i ireunnaaeee ami at, otrtcr i itiugt whatatoever. be wlaaeer and bowaoeerdoaoroerrtiatui U ouraaid Couaij.w bKb Lereafter aball bapoeu lo be how. j aoetei de or attempted la any wlae more lully u Cuaeorclrvtf its I ram or tbe i mmo or uuj 01 imn auu u iutrct all la dielmenla wbalaueier befuru T0 or aar of you Utoa. urinh. ukea or made, or taken beforo other late J uaticce ef the Pease la the. Count; aforeaahl, and nut aa ctdeicnaiaed,amj tnake aod coniiuue the Procesa tbureupow agaiuat all aad alaeatar tbe Peraoaa ao Indicted, or ubicb BMii lrrllsg aanctoai In Ik. tlictetl Lefije )ou. aulil I b toe. oaiu Ibex bo apfir beacon, reader ttm.fltsM or te outlawed Aad to hear and deienoloe all aad aitteottr ihr Iclotite'.Trespuraea, I urtuUlhag. KerrsUftxa, 1 itrrote. Wti 1 trMtissni. tralawrl Aser.bliea aud lad j aad aingular other the Pre niaea acenrdiag to Law, c ibm a u aiortaaKj.aaJ all . s . . , I Aad therefore "ttimiii toe. and eery of too, that Tow ..gently .lUnd the keeplaj of the Petca, Lawa aJordiuaaw, I aedall and aingular other tee preeiWcc tlnreeaid . Aadatcertaia I .DV .Kl?.?kl&?M, wth. f of wajat U hfy"u hl" at Utuir apoiat, or by taw shall j KHated. you naaku eaqutnea upoa tbe Presume, tad hi 1 deierailae all aad eiayular tbe rretciea, aad pertwrro aud an near aud sbcI retail tbe same la form ejffreatid. doiutf therein that which to Justice apperuineia. accoraiaf u id laws sad tuustoaa ef that part orour Klecdam of Great Britain called EiuHind.aud the Laws and L u Ion, s of our aatd trolace of iew Yofk.saiiog to ua wi i.Biniinri. mm uurriisiinc, iu utcrc'sf oeiou Jtag Aftd wecotntnaad br virtuu of tbeau Ireaealatha bkenff tt anr fana. ly siofcaMMl for the Tiaae be toy. that at certain Oavs aad Places uhicb too or anv sucb three or asoreof Toaaaiaaloreuld. aball make known unto bin, or abU be by Law appointed aa aforesaid. He cause to come befr you or lucb three or Boot of tou as aferesiid , auch aad so many good aod lawfull Mea of hie 11 di. wick.aa well within Liberties a without, by wbom the Truth of ibe Premise may be tbe better known and enquired of. Ia TMTiNoa WMinror.We bare caused these our Letters to oe mars iiiem, ana ua ureat seal or our ProvlBce of New York to be hereuato affiled. Witness ourTruitr aad Well Ue loted WILLIAM Tit)D.V, Csnuiru.our Caputa General and Governor la Chief la aad over our Province of New York, and IbeTemtorieudeHndiae thereon U Atwcrica. CLaneetloratwl Vies) .dmlral of tba situe , At our Port la oar City of New visa, u ivhiwhwusi vi 'Bllt uassa iiivmw aVSTCs. AUnorCU auu aeveuiy-iwo, ana in trve tweiiui year or our Iteigu. Great Seal.J Wit. TAYON. Vermont waa divided by tbe Roy at Gomament of New York lato three couaiiee Combtrlaad, Gloucester, aod Charlotte. Cumberland Included nerrlr the preient couatles of Windbam and Windaori Gloucester, tho remaittder of ibe Stale cast of the mouatainaf and Charlotte all neat of the moo aulas eiceptlnv llenningion county. This latter was l.clled 1. tit. coeslv el Alba.. The Don Kern and sasiliers bo.s4ar(es weie the same as ass ii" ol latitude, sod Ui. na. ol aiaasacbasetts, "Tscit la I'aovioiaci." Our nelglifcor persists In re garding Ibe Invaaiiin (.rMeiieoaaa Just deed, smiled on lie Providence Such lnltii!ion fa be- no meanf atrange or new. Calvin prKured lltc borning of 8ervetua al tbe alake, ana men v. rule . lmmik io snow mat 11 waa a bole ana sc. cental.!, act Our t'urilan Failiers believed that tlie In cer.se ni"sl grateful in Ihe nostrils ol Heaven waa tlie smell ufa roa.ud Quakrr," and hung witches on Bcrlnlursl au. Ihorilj. Onlj last jrar.llie gieal Drili.li nation observed a da of public thanksgiving lo God, fir Ui. aucceaalol butcher sad rapine of I lie Sikhs. Eo our neighbor haa plente of lilgh eiainph-e fr oKUt shocking perversions of ibe vtlioie tenor of lurisiisnlt. We leave bim to M nurse tiia wraili snd krfn It rsriir"' against Ibe Meslcan., in true obedience to the command to "lte those who despitelull use ua." nt leave nun lo urge lb hunting' down of a weak nation with Are and sword, as genuine fulfilment of the golden role, lo "do .4 we uuuld be done b." We leave him loeault In the mangling and killing of our breth ren with baanete and cannoii'balla, and the blowing to at oma of Iheir wives snd Itllle ouea with homb-sliells, aa a pure manifestation of Iho spirit of lb. " I'rinco of i'eace." Out never a.k ua tu look at tliinga through such antiqualed, blurred, cracked, distorted apeclaclea I ItHoni Iihsd. The Qeneral A.seoiblr ol this Bute convened a( Newport .on Tuesda,4th inst. William .8. I'alten, of l'rorldcnce, was" unanimoual chosen Speaker of tne iioui Villoma l.toiitncaa A TunJiAntBMott Looo- fuco msjority last year, '11. Tlie delegatioq in Congress landau wings to u Jvioolocoa In th. Isst Congress, 1 Whig to 14 Locofocos! Tut KnitTor SlSvskv Tho Richmond Enquirer an. nounce. that "im nfpmttr if Ma yrituiflit e.(s II ifmel Fn-tUt r.is rrrsirs tie support ef Iks SowtktrmDtmvtney jur ut mil riHiutnty. ' vnal aa Hie noniiein dough. lace.f HX Mn WcafTB., now on a tour through the Boulli.rn States, Is every where received wilh the highest demoiistrs tiuna ol respect. Men of all partiea unite in paying a jual tribute lo hia publio aersicra and exalted talents. f Good OSjertA Uf gri und baa been purchased 1n 'lillsdilphia,in which' to Vn cfan Institution to be called Ibe Robert It.iks's Union School. Its design la the aime salbatofihe Ilsgged Eclmols in London. One thousand Children fruui the most destitute clsssea ar. to be gathered and instructed, Ccd ajved the (liilanlbiopla plan I Baltic of Ctrre Gertie. Verrihtt Slaughter ef the Enemythe American '' Loss Jive Hundred Killedand WoundtdOtn, La Vrga, with lur other Generals and Six Thousand Men made Prisoners Flight of Santa Anna and Capture of his Monty and Poptrtt jtfthc expected ball'e between Oen. Scoll andjhis Troops -aSdfSaiita Anna and .the MjtnTwa' Siuaht aTTiie pass- ofCerro Gordo, where the Mx- Jncan army, wss entrenched, on the I7l!iand 19th ys ofMptil-' The Mexican were entirely niun still greater number being missing, and six thou sand of their forces surrendered lo the Americans aa prisoners of war. Gen. La Vega, bur other Ocii; erals, and a long list of Colonels, Captains, &c, were also taken, Santa Anna made his escape. The' action was commenced on the afternoon of the 17th, by the advance under Gen. Twiggs, when a severe but decisive conflict ensued. Tho main battle occurred on ihe I8lh. The accounts were brought lo New Orleans"on the 30lh ult., by ateamahip McKim, which leflA'era Cruz on the 30th, and consist of letters from Mr Kendall lo tho Picayune. We copy a large orlion of the correspondence: Plan del flii, April 17,5 P. M. I have j.i.1 re turned from the scene ol conuict, and a bloody one tt has been, considering the number engaged, A hill this side of llio farthest Meitcan work, aud on which there was no one seen last eieniii2,vraa foand r.,ln'..,l llr ,l. ,.,m,i, ij.i.. ,lnnn, .1,1, mnminir ""P'M " le encm s ligm iroops tills morning, nu au lurcc 11 vv.s mi unoc tircmcu iiiuirjitiisauic For ibis 'purpose Ihe Hides, under Major Sumner, besides detachments or arllllerv end infantry, were ordered lo charge up Ihe mired ascent, Tbilltiev did in gallant style, driving tho Mexicans, after a most obslinsle resistance. Great numbers of ihe enemy were killed, while on our side Ihe loss was also severe. Major Sumner was shot in the head by a musket-ball severely, but not mortally; Lieut. Jams, of the 2d Infantrv, and Lieuts. Maurv and Qibbs, of he Hides, were also slightly wounded, I could nut learn lhat any of our officers were killed. The entire loss on our aide, in killed and wounded, is estimated at about one hundred ; but from the nature of Ihe cround broken, covered with brush and thick chaparral, and extreme!) uneven it ia impossible lo lell with accuracy. Ahout 3 o'clock, Ihe enemy made a demonstra tion from the fort on Ihe neighboring; height lo the one our men bad captured, as if wilh ihe intention of retaking il ; bul il all ended in .'heir marching down Ihe hill, blowing a most terrific charge on Iheir trumpets, firing a lew shots, and then retiring. Gen. Shields, at 3 o'clock, was ordered out lo support Oen. Twiggs, with three regiments of vol unteers, two from Illinois, under Cols. Baker and Burnett There has been not a little skirmishing to day be tween the forage and beef parties, sent out iu the rear, and the raucheros. One Illinois, man if as Kitieo, ana oue ni tne as me regiment and a leu nesvesn wounded. 1 could not learn iheir names. To-morrow the grand attack, both upon ihe front and ear of the enemy, ii lo be made, Gen. Worth is tu move at suu-rise. Casnp near Plan del llio, April 18, 4, P. M. The Ainericsn arms have achieved .nulher glorious and must brilliant victory. Outnumbering General Scotl'S force materially, and occupying positions which looked impregnable as Gibraltar, pee after another of iheir works have been laken'io-day, five Generals, Colonels enough lo command eight or Itn such armies as ours, and other officers innu merable, have been taken prisoners, together wilh ojuu men, ami the rest or their army driven and ,.ii.icu. Mm, mc ium ui rvery tiling, ammunition cannon, baggage-train, all. Nothitii but Ihe im possibility uf finding a road f it tl.e dragoons to the rear of the enemy's works, saved any part of Santa Anita's grand army, including his own illustrious person, Among the prisoners Ss our old" friend Ia Vega nho ought tilth Ins accustomed gallantry. The other Generals are Jose Maria Jareno, Lull Pinion Manuel Uoriaga. and Joic Obando. The names uf the Colonels I have not been able.to gather. Nothing saved Sanla Anna but the want of drag oons on Ihe other side of their lines. As it is, his iraveinng.coacn, together wait all his papers,- valu ablea, and even hit scooden Ire. have fallen into oui hands, together wilh all the mdnev of his armv. No .one anticipated, when jhey arose from iheir naru uivouac tins morning, aucn a complete victory. The loss oc both sides has been heavy: .it 'could not hare been otherwise. The. rough and rocky ruu, tui uirougn ruggeu oenies ano.aense chapar ral by our Iroops, Is now lined with our wounded. The Rifles, Col. Haskell's Tennessee volunteer., tbe Jsl Artillerv. Ibe 7lh Infantrv. and Cam. Wil. liams' company of Kentucky voluulecrs, have per- naps auuerea most. ajen. anieini was severely, and I am fearful, mortallv 'wounded, while o-allamle leading his brigade lo storm one of the enemy's larmcaa uis.s. uen. rniow was. also wounded, al though slightly, while storming a fortification on this aide, commanded by I.aVega. All the field officers of CoL Haskell's regiment vere wounded at the iame lime, aave himself, Of the Rifles, Capl. Masen has lost a leg, Lieut. Ewell has been uauiy wouiiucii, Lieut. AIcLane, slightly. At 1 o'clock this afternoon, Gen. Twiggs, whose division has been in Iho hardest of it, was pursuing ihe flying, enemy towards, Jalapa. J'ierson, who commanded Iho forts nearest Plan del Rio, asked oi uen. norm lime lo consider before he capitu lated. Desirous of coining lo terms, Gen. Worth gave htm fifteen minutes, and hevsurrendered un conditionally 1 Had he not done'ao, the daughter womd hare been terrible. The names ,uf lio killed and woundl liwill as certain as soon as possible. I think that fire hun dred would cover our entire loss. Had it not' iuen for ihe positive cowardice of Santa Anna and Ca'n- altzoj who ran before Ihe battle at least in brave nien'a hands was half lost, it would have been far greater. No one, at present,veari estimate iho Iqm ui .mo aieiicans iney are acalleifcd'on tho hill in ihe roads, every where. It is now impossible to name officers who have distinguished themselves. I cannol, however, omit u .i..t.wu uvi,. aseilicv, avile aim IWIIIUS, Ol me regular Cols. Daker, Formirr ind Haskell, of the volunteers, as every one is talking.of them. You cannot appreciala the victory. Tp describe the ground and fortifications of the enemy i thrdifli culty of turning their outer works, aud the toil and peril undergone by Ihe ttoops, were impossible. Camp et J'lan del Hie. April 10, 1817 Fore noon. ine route ot mc, Mexicans last evening waa total, complete. They wero pursued Villiin four miles of Jalapa by Geo. Twiggs, at which point there, were none tli rbMdw." Santa' Anna himself, Instead of entombing himself as he threatened, es caped by culling tbe saddle-nuife or his team from the harness of hia magnificent carriage, mounting liinij and then faking io the chaparral. Hia service pr nisssite ,si!v?r, nearly all lis papers, his'nioncy evrryihlng in his carriage, even lo bis'dir.iicr, was captured. Tho .Mexican lots upon, lite Jteights wss awful the cround In places ia covered." with ibe desd I Among tho dead Indies found was that of Gen. Vasijucz, and near him was Col, PalacTd, 'mortally wounded. Their loss in the relreat was terribly Il a impossible lo give auy'lhlus like a full or correct list of our killed and wounded officers. I have becu able to obtain only those in Col. ilaa keliycommaiyle Here Ihey are: ,, oiiv uj-iu!ii is siicaii iviiu ino; ucau, Killed-lst Lieut. Fred. n. Nelson. e.... compi mps.y; 2d Lieut C. G. Qill, C0ln)', """U nrrieer. u,..m f.nm s.An..i. ' I J' Uotll these ofiicera were from Memphis Wounded L.ieut. Colonel 1). It .lightly; Major Robert Farquharson', CT"; Texas volunteers, assigned In this rrgimtm f. .V day) severely; l.l.Lleul. Wiley P. if.iTe ,,l,ha severely; 1st Lieut. Wm. Yc.rVood, To',, !'i',' Lieut. James Forest, slightly Cspt. A II it yemelyjtSsLLieut, George T. Saifc,BS ,'v'J' Commii luc.y volunteers, severely, me regiment V ia aclion, nmwberea" less Ihan 400 men and ,., was 711 in killed and wounded. ' ,ml ' e1 Li Vega waa in command at Cerro Gordo on tie nrsi iiaymneiigiii, out n, Deserter from oar drt. goon, a German, going into Iheif camp at i,jc , ,i informed Ihem lhat the main attack was lo be the right of their line Ihe work so Tiercels ain,lti by Uen. i-illow, nejchanned places with Oen V.. qnez. The latter, as I have already stated' . killeil-La Vega defended his post until the Im of the enemy were completely turned. Sevrrd Mexican coioneis nave oecn killed, but ihe,r n,ma I have been unable lo learn. A brother of Gta La Vega, a colonel of artillery, was severely ,7i It ia.aupposed. mortally wounded. Hundreds of cases of individusl gatUnt,. ;, "'m'7 'he.d''nr"ent. heighl". re mentioned' Z nroundeil are slill along the roads for miles, althoaei Ihey are bringing ihem in as fast as posue. The army is to advance towards Metli-o .'. j alely. Gen. Worth's division marelitd this morn, ins Gen. Scott is lo march at noon. 8aD, i. na's coach is to be harnessed up for the purpose of carrying on Major Sumner. I he oflieers and men or the .Mexican irmv- mean such ss are prisoners sre lo be lurncd Ioom on their psrole not again lo lake op arms durin, the war. Perjiapa il is Ihe best dirpouiio,, could be made or Ihem, as any other count ool4 delay General Scoll'. forward movement. Si:t or Iheir oUicera have remsed lo sign, hot hire siren their parole of honor lo report themselres, withoct delay, to Colonel Wilson at Vera Crui, n f,. en or war. Among these are Gens. La Vevi ui Jajeno, the latter Gnvernor of Perole during d, lime Ihe Texan prisoners were there, and I Mete distinguished for his good treatment of them. vsen. snieias is tun alive. The ball went Ihrntv, is lunss as he was leadintr his men it .m,-. .. fartlieal work or the enemy. I have just learned lhat there is some hopes that he may lire. A hundred Mexican oflieers are around matinr out their paroles, while our own dead are leu carried by and consigned io their long rciting-jilice a-VJ Ills, lU.'.-IIUCs Col. JJaker.who charged on the lait fort, hut for. ly.fie men in killed and wounded, out of oalji portion nf his regiment Lieut. Cowirdm, killeil Lieut. Murphy supposed lo be mortally nooodnl', Lieui. Jonson wounded in three places, snd thiA amputated; Lieuts. Scott, Fromin and Miltbr. wounded. o. Vi, K. The Mexican oflieers captured, who ge lli'tir parole lo report lo Cul. Wilson, comminder it Vera Crux, were the two Generals mentioned abort, Gen. Vega'. Aid de Camp, and thirteen captains and lieutenants. The Picsyune says These prisoners, nnder Ihe charge of Capt George W. Hughes, of Topographies! Engineer), arrived at Vera Cruz on the Ultt inst, about one hour previous lo the departure of the McKim. Il has been left lo Iheir election by Gen. Scott, whether ihey ahould remaiu close prisoners in 1st castle nfSan Juan de Ulloa or proceed to Nt-0r. leans, where ibey ahould be allowed such personal liberty as their condition and conduct might seea lo require or Ibe commandant of lhal post It is understood thst all of the foregoing captnrel oflieers have etpiessed a desire lo be transferred It the United Slates, and lhat Cul. Wilson, Governor of Vera Cruz, hsd acceded lo Iheir wishes, ana' had directed lhat a- vessel should be held ia rente neas to sail, for their accomodation, about the 2jik or April. From the tf. O. Delta of May Ut. A stronger position could not have been select ed. The road leads through a precipitous iidge, whence the name 'Sierra Gordo,' or wide ridge. Before and around this ridge, on the road to Vert Cruz, are steep hills, which the enemy had stronj ly fortified wilh about 24 heavy guns, and a force which at the lowest estimate, must hare been at least 15,000. Three forts, commanding the roil for miles, hid first to be carried before tlie Sierra could bo attacked I The hills were covered vi the batteries strongly supported by a large fare of Santa Anna's best infantry. On the other aide of Ihe pass, Santa Anna himself was stationed ait! 3,000 cavalry a position sssumed either lo cul of Ihe retreat of his men, or to facilitate his own. 0s the 18th, the battle opened in earnest, and by I uce. ssion of brilliant charges, under Gem. Tvrirp, Shields, Pillow and World, all the virions fern and defences were severally carried al ihe point of the bayonet, Ihe enemy totally routed, and 5000 of Ihem laken prisoners, together wilh most of iheir Generals, and all Iheir baggage and munition-, Gen. Sanla Anna narrowly escaped on a mule, lii uig some by-path through the chaparral. A letter of the 19th aays: Three forts; situated nearer lo oar camp, m upon three heights adjacent to each other " commanding the others were Ihe objects of ali"; and iho carrying of thero was the list of the volt leers. The centre one of these forts tuns furtbn in than the other, and this being the object ofswti . I.. ..I - ne it, .mrmer. bsd In linderffO the W I1IC .UldllVI. UI .lis .iwii.i. . o , ofihe right aud left, and the centre-ihe Imer o( ... . . mijii.. .:l msa wmen prudently wnuneiu us uio umu had approached wilhin forty yards or the gunijiol Ihen the:dogs of war w ere let loose, with such is ry, lhal our men were driven from iheir position, with great ilaughter-the second Tennesseeini." were in' the advance, losing a large number in ed and wounded. Before Ihe volunteeri bio ! in renew th .Hack, tha enemv bad surrenderee- driven, as ihey had been, from Iheir favorite posi tion on sierra uordo. , On (he top of Sierra Gordo the scene ""'I hor,;i.l . r.Ao. T.l.n thA dead bodies ol tu enemy could be seen on every spot where ihe 'J? was directed until Ihey lilcrally covered Ihe '... s..:.i.. ti.... .i..,i b.ifsn acre of If el ground on Ihe top of the mountain, and wire collected together Ihe Hounded or w'"" ie... and the, dead nf nur own. Side bv side lying the disabled American and the Mmi0 odr surgeons were busy amputating and o'e8' ino wouiius oi eacn. 5 Later N, O. papers add , , . Th. en.n..'. lA.. I- bille.l .ml WOUIldCd about eoual to oora. Thirty beauiilil brafl " nons. and large quantities of ammunition ' V, Soroo, Mexican offieen taken allribulo feat to the cowardice or corruption ofSinliA. Thev admit he h.rl ul.1.1 ilmnaand men in tn",m I .1 .....T- ii. .....l.menls. iiiu six uiousanu ouisiuc tne euim"-" j Tt. 'siI ;e. i. r.,U aou s.iq u.oaio.u lui.iiiiy wiivi .. Bun.a Vlsla. and all ihe regulars snd arli" were present. Several officers released bj Scoll. after the canitulation of Vera Cruz, parole.con account of iheir gsllsnlry, i l:n i i l . ' , i aiuuujr mo kiiicu anu wounueu. j . fr nierra uoroo is enout ia miles uej . . mous National Bridge, on the road lo Meil-, bul about CO'miles from Vera Cruz. Ii 24 this siie ofJalapa, - ,: SI.IICU.- I uai. i iiB' lorce is saiu io na , , iroops, but this probably includes Ibe "I'0""-, Americans who were engaged in the biitic'i , original coiffmand, )(Cl Vi Cfm, VVJ ui uui ,ouu men. ji -0en.Jl?60H sent a. large jpumber of 'he 'L, nflirers on nsrnU nf linnnr la VCTI Ij'Vtf " .. I o... .Lr.. in h. e.onfioeo io I ...VII vi. "-j tuminanu on the fitn dir until he had only some forty or fifty men witb t It i. sl.o said ihat Capf. Magrude, MtXiT. charge until he had but nine soldier, i.r.