From The War

An an-ival at St. Louis from Sania Fe, wilh advices to the 27th of May stales that inslructions have bepn received from the War Dopartmcnt at U'nshington, dire.:tc-d to the (. oionel commanding in Santa Fp, in which it wes annöunced that the Presdent had refused to sanelion any of the acts of Gen. IOnrne sof;ir us they COnfer any rlghts on citizens of New Mexico as citizens of the United States, and the ofTicer coininanding was instructed not to permit the execution of any law recognizing such rights. Whereupon Col. Priee released Antonio Maria Trajillo, recently convicted of treasoD ogainst Lhe govemment of the United States. The military mob rit Santa Fo were snid lo be growing uiore and more lawless and Insubordínate every day. A Cincinati primer, w riting from ;lew Orleans, says: "Charley, I have scen somc awful sights since I last saw you. We were in Vera Cruz, nbout a rcionth or six weeks, which gave us a good opporlunity of fecoing whnt was doing. There are in tle City of Vera Cruz, about eleven hundred Amcricans, and out of that numbcr seven ; dred are in the Hospital. Tl.eir disenses, are yellow [ever, vomito, and chvonic dysentery. In nearly every inslance they prove fatal. n board tho Sieamer in which we came to lhe States, eight human frames were consigned to the blue deep. 1 have not timo to give you a description of the suffering of the Americans, in that God-fursaken country. Il in a vcry greal country" A errespondont of the New Orlcans Delta, writing froin Puebla, under date of the 12 uit. ,siys: "Our who'.e army is on drill overv day; ! the troops on parade look os hcallhy and strong as it is possible for men to be, although we have a considerable number on the sick report - principally feverand j ngue - no doubt brought on by a sudJen j changa of climate and too frequent use of fruit. "Wlmn we look coolly at this cxpelilion, and carcfully weigh our jiosilion, at first sight it Iiioki somewhat. hazaráoiis. Wiïh a forcé of not over 8,000 men, all told, we are penetrating lhe hom-t ofa; thickly popled country; ocicupying their principal ooat city; two of tiie largest fofts on the North American continent - San Juan flnd Pérotè; two oitie- ir. the in ' terior - one with a poptllíitíon of 30,000 and the olhor 60,000, and are now with - in ninety miles of the capital, which contains upwards of 200,000 human Leings; wilhin thrce months have f.juglit two gi-eal and important battles, and in the course of five or six weeks wül fighl another still greater and more important than either of the former. But wilh the Ainerfcan army 'ihpre is no such word a? fail.' The ability of our offijers and the disci pline and bravery of our men is a gun ranty of suceess. With (hem to succerd is but to nttemit. Whoreser the army goos there is a líñwspnper published. "Afler whf t has passed - the dangers they have braved, and those they know they havo shrtly to encounter - our army ent, drink, and sleep as ihough :o greal event had orwa-s nbout to take place. [mniediatèly nfter, or 'shorily preceiing a battle, tliey go tr ohurch, visil the theatre, circus, buil fights, &c. with r.s tntidi noncha'ance BSthough thoy were liv'ngin their own peaceuil and quiet homes in the United States, and it was a regular every day aíThir. Ask any man in the army, from '.lie Geueral-in.cliief down to the private, whnt wil! be the result of the next battle, and he wil! nnswer 'we'll ! whip them.' Teil liim there are 50,000 men to fight us at Mexico, and he wil] reply, 'It makps no dilTerence, 5,000 or 50,000 - the more cannon they have the more they have to surrender, and the more men they have the more we will kil!.' With such an impression ai this in the nrmy, how can we be defealed?" A correspondent of a St. Louis paper gives iucidentally gropliic descriptions of the horrors consequent on a state of war. We extract a few sentences: "The Castle of Perote, nexl to that of San Juan de Uüoa; is lhe strongest foriification in Mexico. It is, however, in a most filthy condiüon, and the stek are dijing out oí tho hospita! in large. numbcr s daihj. Disease is making far grealer havoc omong our farces than is the enrmij. Perote is a most mi-crnble li.tle p'ace even for Mexico, thongh the country thnt surrounds it is picturesque and grand in the extreme. The valley of Peroio is a very fcrtilesoil, and tlio fiulds of corn, barley, and wheat are immcnsely extensive. Upon the whole, it is more generally cultivated than any other section of Mexico, for the same extent, over which I have pussed." "Among tho 18 prisoners laken by us, on the 20lh instai.t, at La Iloya, were two Germans, deserten from our army. There are fbur otliors among tho guonllas that 1 regret we could not liave secured. The doom of the two cáptured will be that ofntraitor's drath. Among the Mexic.'ins taken, were three men of influenco and wealth. One of them was an extensive coflee dealer, and lias a large cofieo planlation in lhe vicinily of Jalapa, lie had been treated with lhe greatest kindness by lliearmy while garrisoning Jalapa, and the Cornmissnry ofSubsistence, Lieut. Blair, had paid him severnl thousand dollars for coíTce ami otlier anieles purchased ofliimfor the use of the nrmy. He always profc.iscd tb greatcst friendship for tho Americana, received a great many favorsat their hands, which he reciprocaled by seüing us prnporty at the highest rales up to the last day we were 'm Jalapf, and then haslcr.ed to tho fastnesses of tha Perote Mountains, where hejoined a guerilla party to rob the train and cut tho throats ef every American thcy could lay hands on. I hope lic will be hung "sans ceremonie." Another of those taken was a'so from Jalapa, and was at once recognized, bv a number of our men and officers, as a clerk in a siore at that place. A tliird, who had a very genteel appearance, ma n'ained he was a Professor in the College of Jalapa. - IIow he carne to bo out in ilie Mouutains of Perote among gueiiüas, is a question. lieing a literary character, however, I suppose he was Btudying natural philosophy. 1 trust he wíl! receive a lesson in hanging philosophy that he, as well os his associales, will profit by. We nre taking them all on 1o hrad-quarters, where, iflke views andcelinga of the enlire army are covsulted, they will ai once be shot or hung." "The evening previous to our attempting to furce our way throttgli the pass in the mountains, Col. Wynkoop, who is in command at this place and the castle of Perote, hearing of tho enemy that had postei thomselves at La Hoya wiih a iew of cutting off the train, left at 8 o'clock in the evening wilh the greater part of the lst Pennsylvania regiment and Capt. YValker's comp.iny of mounted n fiemen. They were ehgaged with tlie guenllas on this side of ihe pass, from eleven o'clock that night up to the time we got throngh nex; morning and did most excellent service. They drove the enemy for spveral miles back from the road, and humt evry ran-.ko in their route, leeming desolate the ivhole country over which they passer!. On our reaching La-; Vigas, a erelty and flourishingl'ttle town, it was found that the dwellings were entirely doserted by tlie Mexicana, and was satisfnctorüy n?cerlained that they had dentilïed themelves with the guerilias. With the consent of the commanding general, the torch was opplied to the buildings, and in a few momenis the entre lown was onc universal scène of confl'igragalion. Every building in il, numbcrivg belwcen eiglity and one hundred, was deslroyedby firc. - the only one tint urw (parad being the nent linie Cntholii Church lint adorned lh! town. IksiIilary appearance among the smnulilering ruins of the town, created sensations better imaginad tlian describe."!; and the rampleset in ihis instanre, it is gi-raily 10 be hoped, will hnve the eiTecl of j-e-=lmining the ennmy in future n thir murderouscourse of warfare." Th ree rogulnrs nnd one volunteer soldier were whipped,had their head slmved, and wora dnnnnifd out of ihe service, recenlly at Jalapa. Charles II. VVatson, in the firsl Artiï'ery, was recently called on lo ply the Insh, which he positively refusrd to do.giving as his renson that the deed wns abhorrent to bis icelings. - Wat son was cpurt-martialed, and fined two monlh's pny, and foiiy-eight hours spliinry imprisonment for his disobediencp. A wri'er in the Mobile Advcrtiser, not nn enemy to the war, gives the following shocking narrative : " Some scènes that wc occnsionally witness liere would shock the moráis of any robber in Ihe States. A few days ago, ut at Dightfall, a Mexican carne running into the hnspilnl, crying most piteously, and making all sorts of gesticulations. We followed him to h3 house, when a sight shocking to beholJ burst ii pon us. On the door was lying a Mexican, pierced in tlie breast by a ball, from which the blood was rushinc fónh holding his head was his weeping wife, and weeping around were his little children. He had beon shot by a discharged rolunleer, bacause he refused, for gold, to barier away the virtue of hisdaughter, a boautü'ul girl, who stood by, her beautiftil huir dishevelled, and great drops of grief coursing down her olive cheeks. - The deiii'in who commi'.ted this deed is vet undiscovered." Tho papers have published the names of Mexiian Commissioners appointed lo treat of peace; but the news is not confirmcd. Gen. Pillow has arrived at Puebla. At the latest dates, Sco't had not commenccd his march for Mexico. Tho Orleans airived at Tampico on the 15th, where the Captain was informed by Col. Gates of the departure of Col. UeUussey up the rivcr, with 120 men, Baltimoreans, in search of some Mexcan prisoners who had been released. - He had landed 00 miles above; and, when rear Iluejulta, l,e was surrounded by 1200 or 1500 Mexicans. . fie with much difffculty cut his way through ihem, and roturned te tlie river, where he a vaited reinforcements. Col. Gates despatched the Orleans back to Vera Cruz, with a requisition on Governor Wilson for four companies of inlantry to be sent up the river to Col. DeRusey, and 100 men to tnke the place of those who had been sent ofT with him.
When. the Orleans arrived at Vera Cruz, on the IGt'i, the cily was in a state ofgreat excitement in consequence of the newsjust received. Gen. Pierce had encamped ten miles from the city; when scouts carne ly, and reported that theic was a lirge Mextcan force at tho National Bridge, marching towards Vera Cruz. Everylliing vas immedia tely made ready fur an expeded attack; and the s!i pjing was removed from between the city and the ensilo. Gen, Pierce returned to the c .ty.and took there hinti an additional force of 700 men, and commenceJ his march to meet the enemy. The requisition of Col. Gates eould not, therefore, be complied with; hu! Cól. VVilson despatched twenty-five marines on the Orleans on her return lo Tampico. where she aniveit on the I8lH, and found tliat Col. D.-Russey's det,-.chment liad returned towards Huejatla, and, when in a narrow pass, wero again suriounded by the same body of Mexicans, who commenced a heavy fire upon them from all directior.s. Tbey, however.all (led to the chapparal, after the discharge of six or eight rounds of grape shot from the Aïnericani'. Col. DjRussey then commenceJ his return march for the rivcr, which, after an interval of some days of conlinuous[fighting,!ic reauhed,with a loss, in the whole time of 20 men killed and woundeJ, two miss:ng, and twenty horses anJ sixty pack mtiles. The Sun of Anahuac, of the ] 3ih. says that a private express from Puebla brings intelligence of the arrival of Geus. Cadwallader and Pülow, with iheir trains, at Perote. They had been ailackfid a! Lahayo ; but had completcly rouled the enemy with a small los on ihe American side.