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S PI HIT OF THE FREE PRESS.
FROM THE LEBANON (OHIO) STAR.
“ Glorious News !”—This is the exhilarating title under
which all of our recent victories over the Mexicans have been
heralded. Battle news has been received with apparent joy
all over the Union. The triumph of our arms has been cele-
brated by bonfires and illuminations, by the firing of cannon,
and the insane shout of the thoughtless multitude. Legisla-
tive bodies and the press, and even the pulpit, in some in-
stances, have lauded our victories and vied with each other in
paying honor to the heroes of the war. This rejoicing is a
kind of spontaneous feeling, and we are persuaded is not the
result of reason or reflection. When a victory is announced*
how many think of the horrors of war ? How can any good
man rejoice to hear that hundreds of his fellow-men have per-
ished by the sword, in the fierce conflict of aims, amidst tu-
mult and confusion, and under circumstances of wickedness
which cannot be supposed to have a counterpart short of the
bottomless pit } War violates the fundamental principles of
Christianity, and yet men who profess to be governed by its
sacred requirements even rejoice at the victories achieved in
this aggressive, God-defying war ! What Christian can say
that he loves his neighbor as himself when he glories to hear
that he has been maimed, wounded, or killed ? Is it an ex-
emplification of the golden rule, that the strong should oppress
and rob and slay the weak, as the United States is doing at
the present moment } To rejoice under such circumstances
evidences a lamentable want of Christian principle and mag-
nanimity, and exhibits a degree of moral obliquity truly la-
mentable. Just now', thousands are exulting over the recent
battle of Cerro Gordo. And why ? Because the Americans
have slaughtered more men than the Mexicans ; as if destroy-
ing life by the agency of powder, cannon, guns, pistols,
swords, sabres, and bowie-knives, was a virtuous and honor-
able achievement ! Lamentation for the fate of our own gal-
lant countrymen who fell and were wounded in the encounter
is a universal feeling, but many do not entertain the slightest
sorrow for the equally gallant enemy who perished in the de-
fence of his native country. Is this loving your enemies,
which Christianity enjoins as a paramount duty * No, it is
hating them.
FROM THE LOUISVILLE (xi.) PUBLIC JOURNAL.
The editor of the government paper still continues to prate
of moral treason whenever he seeks occasion to refer to the
Whigs in connexion with the wretched Mexican war. He
still accuses the Whigs of affording “aid and comfort” to the
enemy, as if the charge were not the most stale and flat of all
the chaiges ever urged against human beings. Mr. Polk
made a very fine flourish of the same kind in his last annual
message, and, in doing so, made a most sad blunder. He
will scarcely summon up enough moral courage to repeat it in
any of his future messages. The elections in the various
States have convinced him that, if opposition to his war is
moral treason, the United States contain a population in which
the traitors greatly outnumber the patriots. Under such cir-
cumstances, Mr. Polk will be very cautious how he denounces
those who denounce the infamous war into which he plunged
the country in the expectation of politically aggrandizing him-
self and his party. The war, instead of making Locofocoism
hearty, vigorous, and triumphant, has caused it to be afflicted
with paralysis, and the poor and despised thing is now totter-
ing on towards its final doom, contemned by thousands of
those who once fancied that it, like its author, Gen. Jackson,
was born to command.
We hope the Whigs of the next Congress will require from
Mr. Polk what he did not see fit to communicate to the last
Congress, namely, an explicit avowal of the objects for which
the war is waged. Heretofore he has given the country to
understand that his only object is to conquer a peace. This
certainly is the most queer of all objects, as we were at peace
when he came into power, and should have remained at peace
had he conducted himself as duty and patriotism required. To
plunge the country into a war for the pleasure of conquering
a peace would be the most ludicrous of all enterprises, if its
infamy did not demand execration. The “traitors” will form
a majority of the next House of Representatives, and we hope
that they will prescribe the objects of the war definitely, as
they will have the undoubted right to do. Let us know, and
let Mexico know, what we are fighting for, as, until the pur-
pose of the war is acknowledged, peace cannot be secured.
FROM THE BOSTON ATLAS OF MAT 20.
Shall this War go on 5—The accounts published every
day in the papers show that the people of Mexico, driven nearly
to desperation, are not disposed to sue for peace. Our armies
are approaching their capital, we are every where victorious,
while their armies are defeated, and their cities plundered and
ruined; yet the Mexicans, from a deep love of country and a
proud determination not to submit to an invading force, hold
out against us. We may call this folly, stubbornness, or
whatever we please, but it is what has ever been and ever will
be called patriotism. When the armies of America, in the
darkest period of the Revolution, were marching in the dead
of winter over the frozen fields of New Jersey, their foot-prints
on the snow marked with blood flowing from their lacerated
feet, then it was that the patriotism of the colonists shone out
purest and brightest. Men who could patiently submit to
these privations were not to be intimidated by the armies of a
foreign king. We ask if the people of Mexico do not, in their
determination to resist the invasion of their country by a for-
eign enemy, follow the example set them by our revolutionary
fathers ? Talk of this war as we may—shout, rejoice, and il-
luminate your cities—it is still a war of injustice, of conquest,
and of unmitigated evil ; and it is high time that the virtuous
and*patriotic should speak out in condemnation of it, as Chat-
ham, Barre, and their glorious associates did in the British
Parliament on the colonial war of North America. If the
friends ot peace had been as bold as the evils of this war are
great, the war would ere now have ceased. The people of the
country are opposed to it. Religion, virtue, humanity, love
of country, patriotism, all are opposed to it. It is only upheld
by force of party drill, and from a pusillanimous fear that we
may be charged by the venal and corrupt with being enemies
of our country if we oppose it. Banish all such miserable
time-serving motives. Let us unflinchingly uphold the side
of humanity, right, justice, and peace, and urge upon.the coun-
try, with whatever power we possess, the guilt this war im-
poses on us, and the cruelty and suffering it inflicts upon a
weak, though proud, sister Republic. “ The employment of
force, ’ says Sir James McIntosh, “in the intercourse of rea-
sonable beings, is never lawful but for the purpose of repelling
or averting wrongful force.” We ask, then, in the words of
another :
“ How dare we, as a nation, lift our hand to take away,
‘ without necessity, the life of a fellow nation ? Whatever
‘ barbarian hordes, abandoning one part of the earth, may
‘ have inflicted upon another, savage or civilized, we are not
‘ wandering ravagers, but a people with homes, fields, laws.
‘ Whatever despots and conquerors may have committed, we
‘ are °f those to be their enemies and opposites, to resist, and
‘ not to imitate, their crimes. And let sophisters and dema-
* gogues drivel or roar for absurd ears whatever they will, as
‘ if ambition and rapine and carnage were only crimes when
‘ causelessly enacted by kings, yet it should be ours to know
‘ that, one or many, people or king, the guilt and the folly of
‘ such acts fall alike on all who participate in them, and each
‘ separate sovereign among ail this sovereign people bears on
‘ his shoulders a full king’s load of the offence.”
FROM THE RICHMOND WHIG OF MAT 22.
The Prospect Before Us.—The annihilation of the
Mexican army at Cerro Gordo, and its subsequent dispersion,
has apparently left the Government of that country—if there
be a Government—without the means of further organized re-
sistance to the advance of General Scott to the capital, and
will, in ail probability, be followed by its unresisting surren-
der. The great design of the authors of the war, proclaimed
from the beginning, has been to “ conquer a peace,” which
they seemed to take for granted would follow as a necessary
consequence of the occupation of the “imperial city of the
Aztecs.” But it is now apprehended, and not without good
reason, that the Mexicans will be as little inclined to peace
when Gen. Scott shall be “ revelling in the halls of the Mon-
tezuma?, ’ as they were when Gen. Taylor, after the victories
of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, first crossed the Rio
Grande. The idea of “conquering a peace,” therefore,
seems to be in many quarters abandoned, and a new problem
has arisen to puzzle the politicians, and to “dash matures^
counsels” with the difficulty of its solution. “What shall
we do with Mexico ?” is now the question which puzzles and
confounds opr statesmen. And presenting, as it does, so
many grave considerations to the mind, it is one, we confess,
not easily to be answered.
We have already seen that the New York Sun proposes a
plan, which, under the semblance of a temporary occupation
of the country until certain specific objects can be secured,
amounts, in fact, from the nature of those objects, which must
require an indefinite and a very long time for their accom-
plishment, to the extinction of the national existence of Mex-
ico, not less certain and complete than that of Poland, by the
decree of its grasping neighbors, who abolished its indepen-
dence and partitioned its territory among themselves. And
this suggestion is finding favor in other quartern. The New
York Globe, for example, while it admits that “ conquest of
territory for the mere sake of conquest is incompatible with
the saiety of a Republic as if the motive which dictates this
aggrandizing system can divest it of its injurious tendencies,
and that “large standing armies,” which are the legitimate
and ne cessary fruit of this pernicious policy, “ are danger-
ous yet contends that “there appears to be no other course
left us to pursue than to retain possession of what we have
conquered”—(and, of course, of what we may hereafter con-
quer)— “ to open the ports under a reasonable tariff; to in-
demnify ourselves for the expenses of the war ; to take pos-
session of the mining distric's ; to develope the numerous re
sources of the country, and leave events to take care of
themselves. This per saltern mode of reaching a conclu-
sion is very convenient when men, shutting their eyes to the
difficulties that hedge them in on every side, would avoid the
task of adopting wise means to secure just and safe results.
But it is the imperative duty of statesmen to be influenced by
that better philosophy which, looking “before and after,”
shapes and controls events, instead of leaving them to take
care of themselves, as if a nation’s destiny, entrusted, to their
wisdom, may be left to the caprices of blind chance. Cer-
tainly, so far as we may judge of the future course of the pre-
sent Administration by the past, the men now at the head of
the Government, from the beginning of our Mexican troubles
till the present moment, seem to have had no special object in
view, and to have been, like the New York editor, disposed
to trust every thing to the “ chapter of accidents.” But it is
high time, certainly, that they should begin to perceive that it
is necessary to adopt some plan of action, with a view to some
proposed result—though it may well be feared that they are
wholly unequal to the emergency which has been brought
upon the country, to use Mr. Benton’s prophetic language, by
their jolly or their crime.
FROM THE AUGUSTA (gA.) CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
For what Purpose is the War Continued ?—We be-
lieve that the moral sense of the whole Union is shocked at
the continuance of the war between this Republic and the Re-
public of Mexico. What obstacle, so insuperable, exists, to
subject the people of the two countries to the heavy burdens
of debt which it is bringing upon them, and to the public loss
and private wretchedness which it continues to produce ? Who
has the power to stop it ? Upon whom rests the responsibili-
ty of its further prosecution ? Is this country to blame, or is
Mexico to blame ? Are our rulers or the rulers of Mexico
most obstinate, blind, and relentless ?
We venture to say that the late proposition made by our
Government to Mexico, through Senor Atocha, created sur-
prise, aversion, and indignation in the bosoms of three-fourths
of the people of the United States, perhaps four-fifths. Could
any rational man have expected that Mexico would agree to
terms proposing to her to give up all of her territory north of
the 26th parallel of latitude, constituting, as it does, at least
two-thirds of the territory of that ill-fated people ? Mr. Polk,
in his infatuation, supposed that, as Mexico was prostrate and
bleeding beneath our superior power, she would yield to any
terms of peace, however much they may strip her of her do-
main, and disgrace her in the eyes of the world ; perhaps she
may yet agree to terms so overbearing and exorbitant, for,
friendless, moneyless, and hopeless, she has no prospect in the
future, but one of disaster and misfortune while the war con-
tinues. But was it not to have been expected that a power-
ful and magnanimous people would have shown themselves as
generous in making peace as they had proved themselves vic-
torious in waging war?
1 he weaker Mexico becomes, the less her chances for suc-
cess, the heavier the exactions become of our great and no-
ble-minded President. What will the world think of us,
if he is the exemplar of our national traits and virtues ? Can
any man say for what purpose Mr. Polk is striving to acquire
from Mexico so large a portion of her dominions ?
Is he so insensate, so reckless, that he cannot see the dan-
gers which this acquisition will bring upon us, as a people ?
Has not the North spoken through the Wilmot proviso ? Has
not the South planted herself upon her equal rights, and sworn
that she will never submit, if the acquisition is made, to be
surrounded and overwhelmed by a cordon of free States ? Are
the glories of the Old Union to be buried in the smoke and
conflicts of a new state of things—a state compared with which
the contests of ancient Athens, and Sparta, and other Grecian
Republics were but as an agitated lake to a tumultuous and
storm-riven ocean ? Are all the lessons of history to be lost
upon us ? Have we read its pages, illumined with the fires
of war, and stained with the blood of its victims, in vain ?
Shall we forget that,
“Keen contest and destruction, near allied,”
is almost axiomatic of the past ? Can a contest be imagined
more frightful and furious than that which this very acquisi-
tion of Mexican territory will excite between the North and
the South ? Filled with passion and armed to the teeth, the
two sections will wage it, unmindful of the past and regardless
of the future.
We talk of a war of races ; this will be a war of rights, of
phrenzied and opposing Powers. Who can lift the veil of the
future and portray the ruins ? We shall not attempt it. Why,
we ask again, is the war continued ? Does any one believe
that Mexico, weak, prostrate, unhappy, and almost hopeless,
would object to peace upon honorable terms ?
We are losing the choicest spirits of our land, spending its
treasure to win an object that brings to us nothing but a pros
pect of evil, that envelopes in the clouds that surround it the
thunders of civil discord and contention.
Oh ! that the honored and untimely graves of those who
have fallen could teach our rulers that life is worth more than
lands, which are needed not, and such dangerous lands as are
sought to be conquered of our republican neighbors!
We must have indemnitt for the cost of the war ! yes,
we are fighting for dollars and cents. For money, we are
pouring out the blood of the Clays, the Hardins, the
Ringgolds, and hundreds of others, the bravest of the brave,
and the best of the land. If all this waste of life and treasure
is not going on for money, or its equivalent in lands, why
does the war continue ? There is as much honor in continu-
ing to beat an antagonist who is resistless and prostrate under
our blows, as to continue to blow out the brains and mangle
the bodies ot the Mexicans. We have contended that the war
should be waged till an honorable peace could be made. It
is time that the country should rise up and overwhelm the Ad-
ministration with its frowns, for failing to make such a peace.
It can be made, but it will not be, while the Administration
values more highly a few millions of dollars and Mexican
lands than it does the best and bravest blood of the Republic.
FROM THE CINCINNATI GAZETTE.
The War—Acquisition.—Neither defeat in the field
nor revolution at the capital produces any change of tone on
the part of the Mexican authorities or the Mexican people to-
wards the United States. Army after army, superior to ours
in number, met in the fortified place, in the field, and in the
strong mountain pass, and conquered, broken up, and dis-
persed, yet neither the Government nor the peoplp, however
disheartening the situation in which they are pleaced, mani-
fest any disposition to make peace or to yield an inch of terri-
tory. No organized force now interposes any obstacle in the
way of the advance of our troops to the city of Mexico. But
when we shall possess that city, and our troops have revelled
“ in the halls of the Montezumas,” what are we to do ? We
cannot make peace if Mexico will not negotiate. We may
occupy the territory of M xico, though we find no armies to
fight. If the Mexican policy shall hereafter be,, not to oppose
an organized military force to our army, what is to be done ?
Surely, after all the assurances we have given the Mexican
people, that the war was not waged against them, but against
the tyrants who govern them, we shall not move our armies
against unoffending citizens engaged in their ordinary employ-
ments. Shall We levy contributions upon them to support a
hostile military force in their country, when there is no oppos-
ing military force, and no resistance is offered to our troops on
the part of the people ? We shall have possession of the
country, with a force strong enough to control every thing but
the will of the people. In this condition we majr proffer ne-
gotiations for peace to a people in a state of anarchy, but can
such offers avail us ? Who will respond to them ? We may
organize temporary governments, and impose upon the people
contributions to support them, which may be cheerfully paid,
because less burdensome than the exactions of the Govern-
ments established by their own authority ; but still ours will
be a hostile force in a foreign country, with whose Govern-
ment we are at war. What is to be done ? Some begin to
speak of the practicability of holding and annexing to the
United States the whole of Mexico, or at least of placing the
whole under a military government, to be supported out of
the proceeds of the mines and of the custom house exactions !
It is well to think of these things. They may originate in
“the regions of fancy,” or they may be put forth as feelers
to try the public temper.
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OFFICIAL.
OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM GEN. WOOL.
Headquarters, Camp Taylor, Agua Nueva,
20 miles south of Saltillo, Mexico, March 4, 1847.
Major : Agreeably to the orders from the commanding
General, I have the honor to report that, on the 21sl ultimo,
the troops at Agua Nueva broke up their encampment, and,
preceded by the supply arid baggage train, marched for Buena
Vista and Saltillo, except Col Yell’s regiment of Arkansas
volunteers, which remained to look Gut for the enemy, report-
ed to be advancing on Agua Nueva in great force, and to
guard some public stores left at the hacienda until transporta-
tion could be obtained to carry them to Buena Vista.
On the arrival of the commanding General at Encantada,
he directed that Col. McKee’s regiment second Kentucky vo-
lunteers and a section of Capt. Washington’s battery be kept
at that place to give support to Col. Yell in case he should
be driven in by the enemy. Between Encantada and Buena
Vista (called the pass) Goi. Hardin’s regiment 1st Illinois vo-
lunteers was stationed. The rest of my command encamped
near the hacienda ol Buena Vista. The Major General com-
manding, accompanied by Lieut. Col. May’s squadron, (2d
dragoons,) Capt. Sherman’s and Bragg’s batteries, (3d artil-
lery,) and the Mississippi regiment, commanded by Colonel
Davis, proceeded to Saltillo, to provide against the attack me-
ditated by Gen. Minon with a cavalry force reported to be
3,000 strong. As many wagons as could be obtained were
ordered to return forthwith to Agua Nueva and bring off
what remained of the stores at that place.
In the course ot the evening, agreeably to the instructions
of the commanding General, transmitted from Saltillo, Col.
Marshall, with his regiment and the 1st dragoons, were or-
dered to Agua Nueva to reinforce Col. Yell, who was direct-
ed, in case he should be attacked, to destroy every thing at
that place he could not bring off, and to retire before twelve
o’clock P. M. Col. McKee, at Encantada, with the section
of artillery, was directed to join Col. Yell on his retreat, and
the whole to fall back to Buena Vista, should the enemy pur-
sue them to that place. Before leaving Agua Nueva Colonel
Veil’s pickets were driven in by the advanced parties of the
Mexicans. He then retired, with the reinforcements under
the command of Col. Marshall, after destroying a small quan-
tity of corn yet remaining at the hacienda, and leaving a few
wagons which had been precipitately abandoned by their
teamsters.
All the advanced parties came into Buena Vista, except
Colonel Hardin’s regiment, before daylight on the morning of
the 22d.
At 8 o’clock A. M. on the 22d, I received notice that the
Mexican army Was at Agua Nueva, and ordered a section of
Capt. Washington’s artillery to move forward and join Col.
Hardin. Shortly afterwards I repaired to that position where
it had been determined to give battle to the enemy. During
the previous night, agreeably to my orders, Col. Hardin’s re-
giment had thrown up a parapet on the height on the left of
the road, and had dug a small ditch, and made a parapet ex-
tending from the road around the edge of the gully, on the
right of the road. They were then directed to dig a ditch
and make a parapet across the road for the protection of Capt.
Washington’s artillery, leaving a narrow passage next to the
hill, which was to be closed up by running into it two wagons
loaded with stone.
About 9 o’clock our pickets, stationed at the Encantado,
three and a half miles distant, discovered the enemy advanc-
ing. Word was immediately dispatched to the commanding
General at Saltillo, and I ordered the troops at Buena Vista
forthwith to be brought forward.
Capt. Washington’s battery was posted across the road, pro-
tected on its left by a commanding eminence, and on its right by
deep gullies. The 2d Kentucky infancy, commanded by Col.
McKee, was stationed on a hill immediately in rear of Wash-
ington’s battery. The six companies of 1st Illinois regiment,
commanded by Col. Hardin, took post on the eminence on the
left, and two companies, under Lieut. Col. Weatherford, oc-
cupied the breastwork on the right of Washington’s battery.
The 2d Illinois regiment was stationed on the left of the Ken-
tucky regiment. The Indiana brigade, commanded by Brig.
Gen. Lane, was posted on a ridge immediately in rear of the
front line, and Capt. Stein’s squadron in reserve, in rear
of the Indiana bri: ade. The Kentucky regiment of cavalry,
under the command of Col. Marshall, and the Arkansas regi-
ment, under the command of Col Yell, were stationed to the
left of the second line towards the mountains. Shortly after-
wards the rifle companies of these two regiments were dis-
mounted, and, with the cavalry companies of the Kentucky
regiment, and a battalion of riflemen from the IndiaYia brigade,
under Major Gorman, under the command of Col. Marshall,
were ordered to take post on the extreme left, and at the foot
of the mountains.
These dispositions were approved by the Major General
commanding, who had now returned from Saltillo, bringing
with him Lieut. Col, May’s squadron of 2d dragoons, Capt.
Sherman’s and Bragg batteries of artillery, and the Mississippi
regiment of riflemen.
The enemy had halted just beyond cannon-shot, and dis-
played his forces on either side of the road, and commenced
pushing his light infantry into the mountains on our left. At
the same time indications of an attempt on our right induced
the commanding General to order the 2d Kentucky infantry
and Capt. Bragg’s battery, with a detachment of mounted
men, to take post on the right of the gullies, and at some dis-
tance in advance of Capt. Washington’s battery, in the centre.
Capt. Sherman’s battery was held in reserve in the rear of
the second line.
The enemy was now seen pushing his infantry on his right
towards the heights, showing evidently an intention to turn
our left, in order to get possession of the key to our position—
the eminence immediately on the left of Washington’s artille-
ry—and thus open a free passage to Saltillo.
Col. Marshall, with his regiment, the Arkansas riflemen,
under Lieut. Col. Roane, and the Indiana rifle battalion, un-
der Major Gorman, was charged with meeting this party, and
checking their movement on our left. Brig. Gen. Lane, with
the 2d Indiana regiment, and a section of Capt. Washington’s
artillery, under Lieut. O’Brien—since captain in the quarter-
master’s department—was ordered to the extreme left and front
of the plain, which was terminated by a deep ravine extend-
ing from the mountain to the road, with orders to prevent the
enemy from coining around by the base of the mountain.
At 2 o’clock, as the enemy’s light infantry were moving up
the side of the mountain and in the ravines, they opened a
fire on our riflemen from a large howitzer posted in the road ;
and between 3 and 4 o’clock Col. Marshall engaged the Mexi-
can infantry on the side of the mountain, and the firing con-
tinued on both sides at intervals until dark. In this our troops
sustained no loss, whilst that of the enemy is known, by a
subsequent inspection of the ground, to be considerable, After
the firing had ceased, the Major General commanding again
returned to Saltillo to see to matters at that place, and to guard
against Gen. Minon and his cavalry, taking with him the Mis-
sissippi regiment and squadron of the 2d dragoons.
The troops remained under arms during the night in the
position they occupied at the close of the day. About 2
o’clock A. M. of the 23d, out pickets were driven in by the
Mexicans, and at the dawn of day the action was renewed
by the Mexican light infantry and our riflemen on the side of
the mountain.
The enemy had succeeded during the night and early in the
morning in gaining the very top of the mountain, and in pass-
ing to our left and rear. He had reinforced his extreme right
by some 1,500 to 2,000 infantry
Major Frail, 2d Illinois volunteers, was ordered, with his
battalion of riflemen, to reinforce Col. Marshall, who was en-
gaged in holding the right of the enemy in check.
The enemy now opened a fire upon our left from a battery
planted on the side of the mountain near where his light infan-
try had commenced ascending it—every thing now indicating
that the main attack would be against our left.
The 2d Kentucky infantry and Bragg’s battery of artillery
were by instructions given to Major Mansfield, ordered from
the extreme right, and Sherman’s battery ordeied up from the
rear to take post with Col. Birrell’s regiment, (2d Illinois vo-
lunteers, ) on the plateau which extends from the centre of
the line to the foot of the mountain, the sides of which were
now filled with the Mexican infantry and our riflemen, be-
tween whom the firing had become very brisk. About this
time the Major General commanding was seen returning from
Saltillo with the Mississippi regiment and the squadron of the
2d dragoons; and shortly after he arrived and took his position
in the centre of the field of battle, where he could see and
direct the operations of the day. At 8 o’clock a large body
of the enemy, composed of infantry, lancers, and three pieces
of artillery, moved down the high road upon our centre, held
by Capt. Washington’s battery and the 1st Illinois volunteers,
but were soon dispersed by the former. The rapidity and pre-
cision of the fire of the artillery scattered and dispersed this
force in a few minutes, with considerable loss on their side
and little or none on our own.
In connexion with this movement, a heavy column of the
enemy’s infantry and cavalry and the battery on the side of
the mountain moved against our left, which was held by Brig.
Gen. Lane, with the 2d Indiana regiment, and Lieutenant
O’Brien’s section of artillery, by whom the enemy’s fire was
warmly returned, and, owing to the range, with great effect,
by Lieut. O’Brien’s artillery. Gen. Lane, agreeably to my
orders, wishing to bring his infantry within striking distance,
ordered his line to move forward. This order was duly obey-
ed by Lieut. O’Brien. The infantry, however, instead of ad-
vancing, retired in disorder ; and, in spite of the utmost efforts
of their general and his officers, left the artillery unsupported
and fled the field of battle. Some of them were rallied by
Col. Bowles, who, with the fragment, fell in the ranks of the
Mississippi riflemen, and during the day did good service
with that gallant regiment. I deeply regret to say that most
of them did not return to the field, and many of them con -
firmed their flight to Saltillo.
Lieut. O’Brien, being unsupported by any infantry, and
not being able to make head against the heavy column bear-
ing down upon him with a destructive fire, fell back on the
centre, leaving one of his pieces, at which all the cannoneers
and horses were either killed or disabled, in the hands of the
enemy. Seeing themselves cut off from the centre by the
flight of the 2d Indiana regiment, and the consequent advance
Of the Mexican infantry and cavalry upon the ground pre-
viously occupied by it, the riflemen under the command of
Col. Marshall retreated from their position in the mountain,
where they had been so successfully engaged with the enemy,
to the other side of the dry bed of a deep and broad torrent
that is immediately in rear of our position. Here many fled
in disorder to the rear. Some of them were subsequently ral-
lied and brought again into action with their brave companions t
others were stopped at the hacienda of Buena Vista, and there
re-formed by their officers.
The enemy immediately brought forward a battery of three
pieces, and took a position on the extreme left of our line,
under the mountain, and commenced an enfilading fire on
our centre; which was returned with so much effect upon the
advancing column of the Mexicans, containing near 6,000
infantry and lancers, that it forced them to keep to the upper
side of the plateau, close under the side of the mountain;
and, instead of turning to the left and advancing on our cen-
tre, against the heavy fire of so much well served artillery,
continued its course perpendicular to our line on the extreme
left; crossed over the bed of the dry torrent, in the direction
taken by our retreating riflemen, keeping all the while close
to the foot of the mountain. Cols, Marshall and Yell, with
their cavalry companies, Col. May, with the squadron of the
1st and 2d dragoons, and Capt. Pike’s squadron of Arkansas
regiment, in connexion with a brigade of infantry, formed of
the Mississippi regiment, the 3d Indiana, (Col. Lane,) and a
fragment of the 2d Indiana regiment; utidef Col. Bowles,
and Bragg’s artillery arid three pieces of Sherman’s battery,
succeeded in checking the march of this column. The Mis-
sissippi regiment, alone, and with a howitzer under Captain
Sherman, moved against some 4,000 of the enemy, and stop-
ped them in their march upon Saltillo. A large body of lan-
cers from this body formed column in one of the mountain
gorges, and advanced, through the Mexican infantry, to make
a descent on the hacienda of Buena Vista, near which our
train of supplies and baggage had been packed. They were
gallantly and successfully met by our mounted men, under
Colonels Marshall and Yell, and thb attacking columns sepa-
rated—part returning to the mountain under cover of their in-
fantry, and a part going through the hacienda. Here the
latter weie met by a destructive fire from those men who had
left the field in the early part of the action, and had been ral-
lied by their officers. Col. May’s dfdgoons and a section of
artillery under Lieut. Reynolds, coming up at this moment,
completed the rout of this portion of the enemy’s cavalry.
The column that had passed our left, and had gone some two
miles to our rear, now faced about and commenced retracing
their steps, exposing their right flank to a very heavy and de-
structive fire from our infantry and artillery, who were drawn
up in a line parallel to the march of the retreating column,
of whom many were forced on and over the mountains, and
many dispersed.
Gen. Santa Anna, seeing the situation of this part of his
army, and no doubt considering them as cut off, sent in a
flag to the Major General commanding to know what he de-
sired. The General asked me to be the bearer of his answer,
to which I cheerfully assented, and proceeded immediately to
the enemy’s battery under the mountains to see the ?»Iexican
General-in-Chief. But, in consequence of a refusal to cease
firing on our troops, to whom the new's of the truce had not
yet been Communicated, and wffio were actively engaged with
the Mexican infantry, I declared the parley at an end, and
returned without seeing General Santa Anna, or enmnuni-
cating the answer of the General commanding.
The Mexican column was now in rapid retreat, pursued by
our artillery, infantry, and cavalry, and, notwithstanding the
effect of our fire, they succeeded for the greater part, favored
by the configuration of the ground, in crossing the bed of the
torrent and regaining the plateau from which they had pre-
viously descended.
Whilst this was taking place on the left and rear of the line,
our centre, under the immediate eye of the commanding
General, although it suffered much in killed and wounded,
stood firm, and repelled every attempt to march upon it.
The Mexican forces being now concentrated on our left,
made a bold move to carry our centre by advancing with his
whole strength from the left and front. At this moment
Lieut. O’Brien was ordered to advance his battery and check
this movement. He did so in a bold and gallant manner, and
maintained his position until his supporting force was com-
pletely routed by an immensely superior force. His men and
horses being nearly all killed and wounded, he found himself
under the necessity of abandoning his pieces, and they fell into
the hands of the enemy. From this point the enemy marched
upon the centre, where the shock was met by Col. McKee,
the 1st Illinois, under Col. Hardin, and the 2d, under Col.
Bissell, all under the immediate eye of the commanding
General. This was the hottest as well as the most critical
part of the action ; and, at the moment when our troops were
about giving w'ay before the greatly superior force with which
they were contending, the batteries of Captains Sherman and
Bragg coming up most opportunely from the rear, and under
the immediate direction of the commanding General, by a
well-directed fire checked and drove back with great loss the
enemy who had come close upon the muzzles of their pieces.
A part of the enemy’s lancers took our infantry in flank and
drove them down the ravine in front of Capt. Washington’s
battery, who saved them by a well-directed and well-timed
fire from his pieces.
This W'as the last great effort of Gen. Santa Anna; the
firing, however, between the enemy’s artillery and our own
continued until night.
The troops lay on their arms in the position in which they
were placed at evening Major Warren’s command, consist-
ing of four companies of Illinois infantry, and a detachment
of Capt. Webster’s company, under Lieutenant Donaldson,
were brought on the field from Saltillo, where they bad per-
formed, during the day, important services in connexion
with Captain Webster’s battery, under a piece ably served
by Lieutenant (now Captain) Shover, 3d artillery, in repel-
ling the attack of General Minon and his cavalry on that place.
Every arrangement was made to engage the enemy early the
next morning, when, at daybreak, it was discovered he had
retreated under cover of the night, leaving about 1,000 dead
and several hundred wounded on the field of battle, and 294
prisoners in our hands, one standard, and a large number of
arms.
Our own loss was, I deeply regret to say, very great—
equalling, if not exceeding, in proportion to the numbers en-
gaged, that of the enemy. In killed, wounded, and missing
it amounted to rising of 700. Among the dead, some of the
most gallant of our officets fell while leading their men to the
charge, and some who are well known to the country for dis-
tinguished services on other fields ; among whom were Col.
A. Yell, of Arkansas, Col. VVm. McKee, Lieut. Col. H.
Clay, of Kentucky, and Col. Hardin, of Illinois. I also lost
my assistant Adjutant General, Capt. Lincoln, who was as
brave, gallant, and as accomplished an officer as I ever knew.
He fell in the execution of my orders, and in the attempt to
rally our men.
The troops posted in the centre were constantly under the
eye of the commanding General, and their movements and
bearing during the battle are better known to him than my-
self. I think it proper, however, to bear witness with him to
the particular good conduct of the 1st Illinois volunteers, un-
der Col. Hardin; and, after his death, under Col. Weather-
ford : of the 2d Illinois volunteers, under Col. Bissell; and
the 2d Kentucky infantiy, under Col. McKee, Lieut. Col.
Clay, and after their death, under Major Fry. These regi-
ments suffered greatly in the contest, and were ably and gal-
lantly led on by tb» r officers, as th* number, names, and
rank of the killed will abundantly testify.
I also desire to express my high admiration, and to offer
my warmest thanks to Captains Washington, Sherman, and
Bragg, and Lieutenants O’Brien and Thomas, and their bat-
teries ; to whose sei vices at this point, and on every other
part of the field, I think it but justice to say, we are mainly
indebted for the great victory so successfully achieved by our
arms over the great force opposed to us—more than 20,000
men and 17 pieces of artillery. Without our artillery, we
would not have maintained our position a single hour.
Brigadier General Lane was very active and prompt in the
discharge of his duty, and rendered good service throughout
the day. He reports, among many others, Col. Lane and
the 3d Indiana regiment as having"done themselves great
credit. To Col. Davis and the Mississippi regiment under
his command, whose services were conspicuous in the open
engagements on the rear of our left, great credit is due for
the part they performed, and much praise for their conspicu-
ous gallantry, which caused them to be a rallying point for
the force that was driven in from the left, and who, in con-
nexion with the 3d Indiana regiment, and a fragment of the
2d Indiana, under its gallant colonel, constituted almost the
only infantry opposed to the heavy column of the enemy.
Col. Marshall rendered gallant and important services, both
as the commander of the riflemen in the mountains, where
he and his men were very effectual, and as the commander of
the cavalry companies of his regiment, in connexion with
those of the Arkansas regiment, under Col. Yell, and after
his death under Lieut. Col. Roane, (who commanded them
in a gallant manner) in their operations against the enemy’s
lancers. Col. Marshall reports that Lieut. Col. Field was
every where during the battle, and equal entirely to his sta-
tion, and rendered the most essential assistance.
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel May, 2d dragoons, with the
squadron of the 1st and 2d dragoons, and Capt. Pike’s squa-
dron of Arkansas cavalry, and a section of artillery, admira-
bly served by Lieutenant Reynolds, third artillery, played an
important part in checking and dispersing the enemy in the
rear ol our left. They retired before him whenever he ap-
proached them. The gallant Captain Stein, whilst rallying
under the orders of the commanding General some men run-
ning from the field of battle, was severely wounded in the
thigh.
Major McCullock, quartermaster, in command of a Texas
spy company, has on the field and in all the reconnoissances
for several days previous to the contest, given me great assis-
tance and valuable information.
Though belonging to the staff of the Major General com-
manding, yet the very important and valuable services of Ma-
jor Mansfield, to whom I am greatly indebted for the aid I
received from his untiring exertions, activity, and extensive
information, as well as for his gallant bearing during the days
and nights of the'21st, 22d, 23d, and 24ih gives me the pri-
vilege of expressing to the commanding General my entire
admiration of this accomplished officer’s conduct.
My thanks are also due to Major Monroe; chief of artillery,
for the services rendered by him on the field as chief of artil-
lery, and for his exertions in rallying the then at Buena Vista,
and disposing of them at that place to meet the attack of the
enemy’s lancers; Paymaster Dix and Captain Leonard ren
derfed Very valuable aid by their gallantry in rallying the
troops. Lieutenant Benham, engineer; was Very gallant, zea-
lous, and efficient at all times, night and day, in the perform-
ance ot the important duties with which he was charged.
Of my staff I cannot speak in too high tferms ; their devo-
tion to duty at all times, day and night, and their activity and
gallant bearing on the 2lst, 22d, 23d, and 24th not only
command my admiration, but is worthy of all praise. Of
those ehtitled to this commendation I would mention the fol-
lowing :
Lieut. Irvin McDowell, my aid de camp, I would recom-
mend to the special notice of the commanding General for his
activity and devotion at all times in the discharge of his.du-
ties, and especially for his gallant and efficient services
throughout the 22d and 23d on the field of battle.
Of Colonel S. Churchill, inspector general, I would speak
for his assistance on the field, where his coolness and judg-
ment were in accordance with his previous reputation as a
brave veteran. He had his horse shot under him during the
heat of the action. I would take o< casion, at this place, to
express to the commanding General the aid and support I have
received from this officer in disciplining and instructing the
troops under my command since the opening of the campaign.
Captain W. W. Chapman rendered me great assistance,
as extra aid-de-camp, in gallantly conveying my orders, in
rallying and sending back to the field many of the volunteers
who had fallen back, and in his admirable arrangement for
the defence of the train. He has been a most active, effi-
cient, and diligent officer during the whole campaign, and I
would recommend him particularly to the attention of the com-
manding General.
Lieut. Sitgreaves, topographical engineer; was distinguished
for his gallantry and good conduct; and especially in convey-
ing my orders on the field of battle.
Capt. Geo- P. Howard, A. C. S., and Capt. C. W. Davis,
A. Q. M,, are equally entitled to praise for their efficient ser-
vices and gallant bearing on the field of battle.
Surgeons Hitchcock, Levely, Hensley, Price, Roane, Ma-
dison, Peyton, Herrick, Roberts, and Glenn, for their devotion
to the wounded of the Mexican army, as well as those of our
own, are entitled to my highest praise.
Mr. Thos. H. Addecks, my interpreter, is entitled to high
commendation for his readiness to engage in daring enterprises,
and especially for fearlessly carrying my orders on the field of
battle on the 22d and 23d.
To these I would add Mr. E. C. March, a most valuable
government agent, and who rendered me important services on
the 22d and 23d, and conducted himself with great gallantry
on the field of battle.
I would also mention Mr. A. R. Potts, Mr. Henry A. Har-
rison, Mr. C. J. Burgess, and Mr. J. E. Dusenbury, all valu-
able government agents, who rendered important services in
the execution of my orders, and exhibited a bold and fearless
spirit during the actions of the 22d and 23d.
I cannot close my ieport without expressing, officially and
formally, as I have heretofore done personally to the Major
General commanding, the feelings of gratitude I have for the
confidence and extreme consideration which have marked all
his acts towards me, which has given me additional motives
for exertion and increased zeal in the execution of the respon-
sible duties wi h which I have been charged.
Herewith I have the honor to enclose a translation of the
proclamation of the President, General Santa Anna.dated the
27th January, 1847, at San Luis Potosi, when the army was
about to leave for this place.
Also, a translation of his general order of the 21st of Feb-
ruary, and a return of the Mexican prisoners, and the morn-
ing report of the force under my command on the 21st ultimo.
The forces engaged in the great battle of the 22d and 23d
ultimo were as follows :
The United States troops commanded by Major General
Taylor amounted to only 4,610, including officers.
The forces under the command of Gen. Santa Anna amount-
ed to 22,000. Some of the Mexican officers, taken prisoners,
stated the number to be 24,000, exclusive of artillery. This
number, I presume, included Gen. Minon’s cavalry, reported
to be from 2,000 to 3,000.
The army is represented to be in a disorganized state, and
that the losses in killed and wounded,and by desertion, exceed
6,000 men. The dead, the dying, and the wounded, in a
starving condition, every where to he seen on its route, be-
speak a hurried retreat and extreme distress.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, JOHN E. WOOL, Brig. Gen.
To Major W. W. S. Bliss, Assist. Adjt. Gen.
By R. W. DYER, Auctioneer.
y)OSITIVE SALE OF LOT AT AUCTION.—On
jL Thursday, the 3d June next, at 4 o’clock P. M., I shall
sell, in front of the premise.s, Lot No. 9, in Square No. 268,
fronting 50 feet on South D street, between 13th and 134 sts.
Terms at sale. R. W. DYER,
may 29 Auctioneer.
BY A. GREEN, Auctioneer.
riUYO TWO-STORY FRAME HOUSES & LOTS
1 AT AUCTION.—By virtue of a decree of the Circuit
Court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washing-
ton, passed in a cause wherein Samuel Redfern is complainant,
and Barbara A. Parker and others are defondants, I shall pro-
ceed to sell, on the' premises, on Monday, the 28th day of
June next, at 5 o’clock P. M., Lot No. 3, in Square No. 56,
beginning 38 feet 7 inches from the southwest corner rt said
lot, running thence east on G street north 34 feet, thence north
the depth of said lot, thence west 34 feet, thence south to the
place of beginning, with the improvements, which are two
nearly new two-story frame houses.
The above described property fronts on 23d street west,
near the corner of G street north, and is handsomely located.
Terms of sale : One-fifth of the puYchase money to be paid
in cash, and the residue in three equal instalments of six,
twelve, and eighteen months from the day of sale; the whole
to bear interest from the day of sale, and payment thereof to
be secured by the notes of the purchaser or purchasers, with
good and sufficient endorsers; all deeds and conveyances at the
expense of the purchasers.
If the terms be not complied with within three da\ s from
the day of sale, the property will be resold at the risk of the
first purchaser. JOHN F. ENNIS, Trustee,
may 29—eod&ds A. GREEN, Auctioneer.
ISy M. il~! it 1TJE li, Auctioneer.
TTOUSEHOLU FURNITURE AT AUCTION.—
JTJl On Tuesday next, the 1st of June, at 10 o’clock A. M.,
I shall sell, by order of the Trustee, tor account of whom it
may concern, the Household Furniture, Kitchen utensils, &C.
in the bouse at present occupied by Mr. Jullien, on Pennsyl-
vania avenue, south side, immediately west of the War office,
consisting of—
Mahogany Hair-seat Sofa, Rocker and Chairs
Do. Centre and other Tables
Mantel, Pier, and Dressing Glasses
Brussels and Ingrain Carpets and Rugs
Astral, Solar, and other Lamps
Sideboard, Bureaus, Hatrack, Bookcase
Andirons, Shovels and Tongs
Parlor and Chamber Curtains, Stair Carpets and Rods
Dinner, Breakfast, and Tea China sets
Knives and Forks
Gilt and Silver Candelabras, very handsome
Dinner Table and Table Furniture, Glassware
With many other articles, and a good assortment of Kitchen
utensils ; the whole being well worth the attention of dealers
and persons furnishing.
Terms of sale : All sums of $25 and under, cash ; over $25,
60 and 120 days, for notes satislaetorily endorsed, bearing in-
terest. The articles to be settled for before beiugremoved.
R. W. DYER, Auctioneer.
he house, which is a very pleasant one, is for rent. In-
e of the present occupant until sale ; after the sale, next
• west.
may
C1ECOND WARD ELECTION.—An election will be
held on Monday, June 7, 1847, at the house of Mr. Hug-
gins, in the Second Ward, on the north side of F street, be-
tween 11th and 12th streets, for one member of the Board of
Aldermen and three members of the Board of Common Coun-
cil, to represent the said Ward for the next ensuing year.
Polls to be opened at 9 o’clock A. M., and close at 7 o’clock
P. M. ALEX. SIMS,
A. CAROTHERS,
WM. FISCHER,
may 29—3t Commissioners of Election.
OUGH AND READY PANTS.—A few more left
JhU at 50 cents a pair.
Also, running off at Auction prices a good assortment of—
Summer Cloth, Tweed, and Linen Coats
Satin, Silk, and white Marseilles Vests
Cassimere, Linen, and Gambroon Pantaloons
With Shirts, Suspenders, Drawers, Handkerchiefs, and a
variety of Fancy Goods. W. B. LEWIS,
may 29—eo3t Penn, avenue, near 11th street.
JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY OF MODERN GAR-
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dreth, of Philadelphia, 1 vol., with 180 engravings, 1847 ;
price $2 25. The Farmer’s Dictionary, compiled chiefly trom
the works of Loudon, Low, Youatt, and others; by W. P.
Gardner, 1 vol. Loudon’s Encyclopedia of Agriculture, 1 vol.,
London, 1,100 engravings. Loudon’s Encyclopedia of Gar-
dening, 1 vol., London, over 1,000 engravings. The Rose
Manuel, by Robert Buist. Guide to the Conservatory, by
Richard Bainbridge, 1 vol., London. Downing’s Landscape
Gardening, Downing’s Co tage Architecture, Downing’s Fruits
and Fruit Trees of America. Payne’s Bee-keeper’s Guide,
1 vol., London, 1846 ; Nutt on Bees, 1 vol., London ; Tay-
lor’s Bee-keeper’s Manual, 1 vol., London; Milton’s Practi-
cal Bee-keeper, 1 vol., London ; Weeks on Bees. Solly’s Ru-
ral Chemistry ; Sirachan’s Agricultural Tables ; Hayward’s
Horticulture, 1 vol. Whitely’s Applieationjof Geology to Ag-
riculture ; Stephen’s Manual of Practical Draining. Mow-
bray on Poultry ; Main’s Domestic Poultry ; Bement’s Poul-
terer’s Companion. Kenrick’s American Orchardist., 1 vol.,
409 pages, 75 cents. Blackloek on Sheep ; Morrell’s American
Shepherd; The American Herd Book. Johnson on Manures and
Fertilizers; Vaux on Tilling and Fertilizing Land. And
n any others too numerous ior an advertisement, most of them
imported from London by
may 29- F. TAYLOR.
Bkbeau of Yabus asb Docks,
NaVy Aoext’s Office, May 24, 1847.
■pROPOSALS Kill be received at this Bureau until 3
JL o’clock on Friday, the 25th of June ensuing, tor the de-
livery of the following articles at the Navy Yard at Pensacola;
in Florida, during tlie year commencing oil the 1st day Of Ju-
ly next, and ending on the 30th day of jimfe, i848, upott tilfe
Conditions hereafter specified, viz 1
Class No, 1,—Rigging>
50 lbs. signal halyard stuff
1 coil 3-ineh Manilla rope
1 do 4-ineh do d0
i do 6-inch do dd
1 do 2-inch hetiip rope
1 do 21-inch do do
2 do 3-inch do do
2 do 34-ir.eh do do
1 do 4-inch do do
1 do 5-inCh do do
1 do 54-ineh do do
3 do 18-thread ratline
3 do 15-thread do
3 do 12-thread do
2 do 9-thread do
1 do 6-thread do
6 do spun yarn
3 do rtiarline
3 do hotiseiine
10 15-inch double blocks
10
12-inch
do
do
10
10-inch
do
do
10
8-inch
do
do
10
6-inch
do
do
10 12-inch single blocks
10
10-inch
do
do
10
8-inch
do
do
10
6-inch
do
do
15 bbls. raw tar
15 do coal
10 do pitch
5 do rosin
50 lbs. seine twine
20 do whipping twine
10 do assorted sewing twine
5 do assorted shoe twine
30 yards muslin
7 pieces white bunting
7 do red do
7 do blue do
Class No. 2.— Ship Chandlery and Groceries.
150 lbs. brown soap
100 do sperm candles
500 gallons sperm oil, (best winter strained,)
30 do neat’s foot oil
250 lbs. tallow
25 quires sandpaper
50 lbs. glue
150 do white chalk
Class No. 3.—Lumber.
5000 feet 1-inch white pine
1000 do 14-inch do do
2000 do 2-inch do do
Class No. 4.—Leather.
6 sides pump leather
6 do rigging do
6 do bellows do •
10 do harness do
6 do good sears, patent belting
Class No. 5.—Iron and Hardware.
200 lbs. 3 by 4-inch flat iron
100 do 1J by 1-inch do
200 do 1-inch round iron
250 do 14-inch square iron
400 do 1-inch best cast steel
100 do f-inch best square German steel
40 do assorted iron wire
10 M 1-inch iron sprigs
10 do lj-inch do do
35 do assorted pump tacks
10 do gross 1-inch iron screws
1 dozen 4-inch iron screws chest locks
1 do 24-inch brass till locks
1 do 3-inch iron padlocks
2 copper hand-pumps
4 dozen marline-spikes
4 do' boat-hooks, handled
Class No. 6.—Paints and Oil.
10 pounds dry lampblack
3500 do pure white lead in oil, not less than 50-lb. kegs
120 gallons pure linseed oil, raw »
100 pounds pure litharge
25 do verdigris
25 do dry chrome green
200 do black paint, refined
20 gallons copal varnish, in tin cans
100 do spirits turpentine, in tin cans
2 pounds blue smalt
200 do dry yellow ochre
200 feet 12 by 14 w indow glass, best quality
100 do 12 by 16 do do
100 do 10 by 12 do do
4 pack light gold leaf
4 do dark do
6 dozen 00000 and 000000 ground paint brushes
6 do 000000 and upwards sash tools
2 wire-bound fitchers
1 gross long hair camel-hair pencils for sign painting
1 tip brush
1 flat camel-hair brush for gilding
25 whitewash brushes
4 dozen screw-augers, from 4 to If inch
1 gross assorted gimlets
4 grindstones
6 jack-screws
2 glue-pots
1 dozen iron shovels
3 do corn brooms
3 do hickory brooms
2 tape lines, 50 feet each
1 dozen iron spades
i
do
stone hammers
6
do
14-inch flat coarse bastard files
3
do
14 do bait-round do
do
2
do
10 do flat do
do
1
do
12 do smiths-edge
do
1
do
12 do rat-tail
do
1
do
4, 5, and 6 inch ward
do
36
do
hand-saw
do
2
do
whip-saw
do
2 fire lamp-feeders
2 pair shears for trimming lamps
2 20-inch iron pots
Class No. 7.—-Stationery.
30 reams best quality ruled cap paper
15
do
do
letter paper
3
do
do
note paper
1
do
do
blotting paper
3
do
do
envelope paper
3
do
do
log paper
12 gross Gillott’s steel pens
3 dozen Perry’s mapping steel pens
100 crow quills
1 dozen 2 bladed penknives
4 do erasers
5 pounds large size red wafers
t do sealing wax
30 do black sand
1 dozen ivory paper-folders
2 2-foot rules
1 dozen rulers
2 do pieces India rubber
2 do pint bottles black ink
1 do carmine red ink
1 gross narrow red tape
1 do best quality black lead pencils
1 dozen camel-hair pencils
6 office note books, quarto, no red lines
1 piece China ink
6 quires imperial Whatman’s drawing paper
4 pounds red chalk
3 dozen Cohen’s “ H” pencils
2 do do “ H H” pencils
2 do do Brookman’s and Langdon’s “ H H H”
pencils
Class No. 8.—Lime and Cement.
400 barrels of lime
60 do of cement
The offers must be made for each class of articles separate-
ly, according to its number, and be endorsed ; and must in-
clude all the articles in the class, distinctly stating the price of
each and every article enumerated in the list per pound, ton,
hundred, foot, dozen, &e., and the amounts carried out ior the
whole quantity and correctly added up at toot, and the whole
amount of the class bid for expressed in words. All the arti-
cles are to be of the best quality, to be delivered at the Navy
Yard at Pensacola, free of expense to the Government, at such
times within the said year, and in such quantities within the
amount stipulated in the contract as may be required, and sub-
ject to the usual inspection, and to be to the entire satisfaction
of the commandant of said Navy Yard. Payments to be made
monthly. . . ...
The bureau reserves to itself the right to increase 01 dimin-
ishathe quantities of the articles named in the several classes
to the amount of fifty per cent., according to the wants ot the
Each offer must be accompanied by a written guaranty, sign-
ed by one or more responsible persons, to the effect that he or
they undertake that the bidder or bidders will, if his or their
bid be accepted, enter into an obligation, within ten days after
the bidder or bidders shall have been notified by letter through
the post office of the acceptance of his or their bids, with good
and sufficient sureties to furnish the supplies proposed for.
No proposal will be considered unless accompanied by sucli
guaranty, and conforming in all respects to this advertisement.
Bond and security will be required in one-third the estimat-
ed amount of the class or classes contained in the contract,
and ten per cent, deducted from each bill until the contract is
cancelled. , „
In case of failure to deliver according to contract, the A»ov-
ernment will supply the deficiencies, if any, over and above t le
prices stipulated, at the expense of ^g^Q-p-p^Navy A^ent
83-To be published twile^ week, until 25th June in the
Union, Intelligencer, Richmond Enquirer, Baltimore Repub-
lican and Argus, and the Sun. ‘49-2awt25thju
WIGHT’S THEOLOGY.—Theology Explained and
Defined, in a series of Sermons By Timothy Dwight,
D LLD late President of Yale College. With a Me-
of the Life’of the Author. In four volumes. Twelfth
in. For sale by . WM. Q. FORCE,
/-.rv Ponncvlvanifl nvennp. o.ornur 10th slrppf.
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