From The War

The followingpurports to bc the Mexican plan of war with the Nonh Americnnp, nu deyeloped iñ a lener froin Mexico, üec. 28. li haa been jjeneraliy publislied, nUhough i Ca authoriiy is not usuinecl by any collntcritl cvidonce. "The plan of the cnmpnign, f we may so style it, or rather, the method of earrying on the war, which aecording to what 1 have learned, Sania Anna has ndopted, san admiro blo one, and perhaps the only one which may serve to punish the North Amerioans as tliey dèserveJ 1, vho am well acquainted with iheir charactèr, and have heen able to study well their inclinations during my residence in the U. Slales, think the plan a feasible ard practicable one, and entitles the Comniander-in-Chief of the Mexican forces to high praise. Hero it is, in a few words : "Every means of precautioi. will be taken in order to forlify well one pointofthc RcpuUic, wiih all the necessary. reinforcements with ín aradiusnot very extended, hut wcll traced, distracting in cvery possible manner the onemy, and calling his attentionto insignificant movements. By these means, it ishoped, ttiat much precious time wül be lost hy he troops of the United States, and thus, at the beginning of the summer, they will be scattered all about the country, at different pointe, so that at no single phec they mny have a forcé as large as the Central División of the Mexican army. - Thus the ndvance into the countrv will cost the North Americans alargosum touching them of dollars, which will be in a tender point, as they value dollars more ihon lives, and money more than the blood of their citizens. Bcsides the loss of time and the exorbitant expenses of the North Americans, which are three times as great as those of the Mexican army, the summcr season wiil fall upon them unexpectedly, with its numerous diseases and epidemics, so perilous to the unacclitnated, and thus, without a single shot, from the .Mexican ranks, they will perish daily by hundreds, both men and beasts, who will not have strength to resist om climate, and in short time their regiments will be decimated. In that season of the year, when ihe Nativo Mexican is b'etter fitted for war, the Mexican army will be able, by one bold and concentrated movement, to sud denly fall upon and tear to pieces the remnant of Taylor's army. And in case the North Americans should wish to retire, their retrent will prove as fatal t them as any death bearing epidemie, for they will find no resources on the line ol iheir retreat, and will be exposcd to attack from roving bands of highwaymen and banditti, which the miseries of war are calculated to increase. This is in brief the plan which, according to information gathered from several persons who I believe to b well acquainted with such affairs. I have been able to trace out, but I must remark, that the whols complot is not divulged. It is said that Santa Anna will not leave San Luis Potosi, ahhough some movements and apparent marches will be practised,so that the cnemy may believe that he is about to lenve. That word " enemy " is the only one by which the N. Americnn can be properly designated herej for it would be difficult fur me to expiain to you the mortal halred, nnd burning desire for vengeance which fires all Mexican bosorns. Every necessary precaution has been taken, and all means are daily used, to collect at San Luis Potosi all possible pro visions and munitions of war. It is be lieved that the North Americans are de termined toleavc Saltillo and Tampico; they will come towards San Luis, anc there fight the great decisive battle, as Santa Anna will not leavé tbat city, and will keep there constantly about 25,000 men. There are at present, inadistanceo about 150 miles orless, near 45,000,ofal arms and it is expectcd to raise, during the month of January, about 8000 more o infantry and cavalry. A considerable number of troops are stationed at proper pointstocut ofFthc North Americans on their retreat, in case they should come as far as San Luis, where they will not be able to susíain the re:s:ance of the Mexi cans." The New Orleans Picayune has aletordated Ceralvo, Jan. 4, 1847, which is being published in the papers under the head of "Outrageous Conduct of the Vol unteers." We give the following ex tracl : " I must ricvote one paragraph to a sub ject that I have too long neglected to allude to, and one that has given me great pain during my whole stay in Mexico ; I mean the disreputable contfuct of some of the volunteer troops. Below Mier, we met the 2d Regiment of Indiana troops, commanded, I bcBeve, by Col. Drake. " They encamped near our camp, ant a portion of them were exccedingly irregular in their behaviour, firing away their cartridges, and persecuting the Mexican families at a ranchero neat by. - They were on their return from near Montcrey, where they had gone contracto order, and where they had received nositive orders to go back to the mouth of the Rio Grande. " A large portion of their officers were behind, and the men were left to doretty much as tliey pleased. Oh arrïving at Mier, we lea roed from indisputable authority, thnt thiasame regiment had commiitetl, tho day before, ontrage agahist the cilizens, of the most disgracefnl character - stealing, or rather robbing, insnlling tho women, bretiking into louseá, and other feats of a similar charocter. " We have hcard of them at almost every rnncho, up to this place. At Ceralvo, are two companies of an Ohio regiment, (Col. Morgan's rngimánt,) to garrison the place. Gen. Taylor bas issued proel atna'tïons, assuring the inhabitants of the lownsin the conquered territory, that they should be protected and well treated byour troops. Sincethis place has been garrisoned by volunleers, the families have been subjectcd lo all kinds of outrnges. " At Punta Aguda it has boen the same; and most of those who could go, have left tlieir houses. Some have fallen into the hands of the Camanches, while flying from the persecutions of our volunteer troops. Recently the people here have recoivcid treatment from men stationed here, (I do not know who "commands" tbemjthat ncgrocs in a state of insurreclion, would hardly be guilty of. " The women have been repeatedly violaied - ('almost nn every-day affair,) housps broken open, and insttllsof cvery kind have been oflered to those whom ice are bound, by honor, to protect. This is nothing more than a statement of facts. - 1 have no time to make comments, but I desire to have this published, and I have rorittcn it under the approval of Captain Thornton, Major Dix, Gapt. Do Hart, Col. Bohlen, Lieut. Thorn, Mr. Blanchard, and my own sense of duty, and I am determined, hareafter, to notice every serious offenco of the above-rnentioned nature. The American arms shall not be disgraced without the stigma falling on the guilty pat lies, if I can be instrumental in exposing them.. It vould be criminal in vie to overlook these out rages, and, forlhesake of our national honor as well as for that of the United Statos Army, I shall not doso." The following extracts from a letter to the N. O. Times, dated st Camnrgo, Jan. 8, will give some idea of the moral influences of the war. " Assassinatlons, riots, robberie', &c. are so frequent that that they do not excite much attention. Ninc-tenths of the Americans here think it a mcritorious act to kill or rob a Mexicnn ; and es largc or larger proportion of them think it is doing " God service " to retalíate in kind. Sometimes one side, and then the other are the aggresors. Intense and biltei hatred exists on both sides, and the impunity with which crimes are committec and go unpunished, operates as a license. There exists a kind of military authority, and a species of civil power, neither well cleñned nor of much efficiency. - The friends of order and safet)' generalij regret that the President or his subordi nates hnvo not pursued the some couráe in this part of Moxico, as in California and Santa Fe. To enumérate tho various acts of vio lence commiited, would íill a column or two from your paper, and probably not do much good. In the newspaper publishec here, they are occasionally briefly stated Two days since, a Mexican, well known here, was found in the public rond abou two miles from town, mortally wounded He lived longenough to state that hehac been met by Iwo young men with muskets and bayonets. They demandcd his blnnket ; he gnve it up, and ns he was riding ofT, one of the men deüberaieh shot him through the body. He leaves a widow anu fiveorsix young children. - Murders equally cruel, have been perpe trated on our people, and no one can be Jiscovercd as the guilty person." OUTRAGES BY VoLUNTEEUS. We COpy the (bllowing account of iwo gross viola tions of law on the part of soms of the volunteers, from the Courier of last ove ning. We cannot understand why the perpetrators of the crimes are not arrest e;l and punished. Surely tho civil anc military authoritics combined, should be sufficient for the protection of life and properly : On Friday evening one of tho volun teers fired a pistol hall at the conductor of the Mexican rail-cars, which caine near giving him a fatal wound. Some o the voluuteers had taken possession, ac cording to theircustom, of two or three of the cars, answering the demand for payment with a pislol-ball, as we have stated. On Saturday a more dismal afiair took place. About half past six o'clock in the evening of that day several volunteers went to the cabaret and grocery of Mr Clande Martin, within the Parish of St Bernard, near the line of that of New Orleans. Martin, who is upwards of 56 years of age, was behind the counter and asked them if they wanted any thing On their saying no, he commenced pass ing into another room, where his wife lay sick, but he was struck with a pistol ball and feil to the ground, shot througb the heart. There were three or four ne groes present, ivho declared that the man who fired the shot, instantly fled. - TV. O Atlas.SlMP RUSSEI, GlOVEII, Otlie Missisisppi, Jan. 7, 1947. t Our stay in New Orleans ha btsnc rcry disagreeable one, owing to tho contact of sonne eutlaws, "The Killers" in Capt. Hftl' Company. By these act our regiment became the terror of our wbole vincinify. They entored houses. urned out the ownors and their familia and nttemptnd indignities upon the famales. On theeveningof the Ilthrther eutered the houáeofft Frenchimn, and broke into the chamber Of his daughter, when be fired and shot iwo of them. Capt. Hill carne up with a detachnient of fifty men, o)d took the rest to príson Theevening beforo we left New Orlean, they entered his tent nnd attempted (o murder him. The next day he threw up lis commission and left for Washington. This stato of ihings must now cease,as wo are about entering thO enemy's country marlial law will be atricily enforced, and those w ho mutiny will be instanily shot. ft?" Read .1 short article on the first pago, entitled "The Next Presidency.' It is froni the Boston Courier, an old and influential Whig paper. We are rathor su rprised at so broad a presentation of " the cloven foot of Abolitionism." Hear him in a single sentence : "In order to make this union practical 1 y feit, the Froe State3 must support for ofllce, such men only, as will inflexibly susoin ihe interest of freedom, and seck to carry out the truths of the Declaration of Independence, menptedged y their lives, or public opinión, lo all constitulional ejforls for the Abolition of Slavery, and the ovcrthroio of the SlavA Power.'1 There, that is just exactly the doctrino the Liberty party has been proclaiming for seven years. Just giveus one singlo evidence of your sincerity, and act upon it, and we will join your " union, " nd say the Liberty party ha accomplishod its mission, and is no longer needed. Do you ask what that eridencs is ? - Say to the North - to the South- to alt the woild.that seeking as wo do to "carry out tlie truths of tho Declaration of In dependence, and pledged as we are to all constitutional eíTorts for the Abolition of Slavery, and tho overthrovr of the Slavo Power," we cannot reasonably expectto accomplish these object by tho eleratio of Slaveholders to office, and we will not therefore in futuro vote for, sustain orap prove in any manner the election or appointment of -a slaveholder to any offico ander tho Federal Government, Say this, and act it out, and we are with you. But we have no faith in casting out Satan by BoelzebubjOr in cstabhshing Equal Rights for all under a government of Slaveholders. (JLf In conversation the othor day with a prominent Whig, he argued againt the plan of tho Aboütionists of interfering with Slavery in the Sta'es through the action of the General Government, and mentioned that as a reason why the Whigs could not adopt Liberty part}' views oh the Antislavery question. We observed in reply, that all the Antislavery pnrty,at a whole, aimed at, was the Abolition of Slávéry by mean? accordant with the Constitulion of the United States : and that they believed the work could be done without violatingor aliering a single provisión of that instrument. Such being their belief, they did not e xpect to abolkh Slavery by giving that Constitution antislavery powerswliich it now had not. But we referred him to ono of his own party, Gov. Seward, who has expressly avowod himself in favor of such altoration, if tho antislavery powers now vested in tha Constitution be found (in sufficient.) W refer to this, bocauso we find that mr.jr political men ofotlier parties accuse usof wishing to interfero .with Slavery in the States unconslitulionally. This is a grtat mistoko. Like Gov. Seward, we believe ihat "Slavery is the great evil of ihe ago"; and we would exert all constiiutional efforts for its removal from our country: but we would not have Congresa aMsume a power over the institution in the States which ha3 neverbeon conferred upon it.Legkrdemain- or. how to get ▲ WHOLE SuiT OF ClOTIIES INTO A JuNK Bottle. - Every time you fee! liko taking a 'horn,' drop the price of a ' nipper ' into the bottle, and take a glass of pure cold water. Repeat this until the boltle is full, then break it, and carry the contenfs to a good lailor ; and within the spacc of a month you will find yourself cncased in a new suit of clothes, without any trouble or expense to yoursc!f. The same can be done wiih hats, boots. &c. We have known a cart lod of wood and a barrel of flourto be transmogrifíed in the same manner. It ih now alleged that our national dobt on the 30th of June, 1848, will be seventy seven millions of dollars. Mr. Niles only estimated it at sixty mUr lions.