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shall take the earliest opportunity of forwarding a correct list
of the casualties of the day.
' " I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant
" Z. TAYLOR,
" Major-General U. S. A. commanding.
" The Adj.-Gen. of the army, Washington, D.C."
(Translation.)
" Summons of Santa Anna to General Taylor.

" You are surrounded by twenty thousand men, and can-
not, in any human probability, avoid suffering a rout, and
being cut to pieces with your troops; but as you deserve
consideration and particular esteem, I wish to save you from
a catastrophe, and for that purpose give you this notice,
-in order that you may surrender at discretion, under the
assurance that you will be treated with the consideration
belonging to the Mexican character, to which end you will
be granted an hour's time to make up your mind, to com-
mence from the moment when my flag of truce arrives in
your camp. .
•" With this. view, I assure you of my particular con-
sideration.

" God and Liberty. Camp at Encantada, February 22d,
1847. "ANT. LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.

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" To Gen. Z. Taylor, commanding the forces of the United
States."

" Head-quarters, Army of Occupation, near Buena
Vista, Feb. 22, 1847.

" Sir,—ln reply to your note of this date, summoning me
to surrender my forces at discretion, I beg leave to say that
I decline acceding to your request.
" With high respect, I am your obedient servant,
" Z. TAYLOR.
" Maj.-General U. S. A. commanding.
" Senor Gen. D. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna,
Commander-in-Chief, La Encantada."

" Head-quarters, Army of Occupation,
Saltillo, Feb. 25, 1847.
• " Sir,—l have respectfully to report that the main Mexi-
can force is yet at Agua Nueva. Our troops hold the positions
which they have so well defended, and are prepared to re-
ceive the enemy, sheuld he venture another attack.
" An arrangement has been made with General Santa
Anna for an exchange of prisoners, by which we shall re-
ceive all, or nearly all, of those captured from us at different
times, besides the few taken in the action of the 23d. Our
wounded, as well as those of the Mexicans which have fallen
into our hands, have been removed to this place, and are
rendered comfortable.
" Our loss in the recent action, se far as ascertained,
amounts _to 264 killed, 450 wounded, and- 26 missing. One
comro44l,4l4,Xentucky cavalry is not included in this
statertiett; Its easualities not being yet reported. I respect-
fully enclose a list of the commissioned officers killed and
wounded, embracing many names of the highest merit.
" I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
" Z. TAYLOR,
" Major-General U. S. A. commanding.
" The Adj.-Gen. of the Army, Washington, D.C."

" Head-quarters Army of Occupation,
Agua Nueva, March 1, 1847.

"Sir,--I have the honour to report, that the troops of my
command occupied their original camp at this place on the
27th of February, the last of the Mexican- army leaving the
morning of that day in the direction of San Luis. It is as-
certained that the enemy is in full retreat, and in a very dis-
organised condition ; the men deserting and dying of starva-
tion in great numbers. I dispatch a command this day as far
as Encarnation to harass his rear, and secure whatever mili-
tary supplies may be found there.
" From the statement of Mexican officers, particularly of
the medical staff left to succour the wounded, there seems no
doubt that their loss in the recent action is moderately esti-
mated at 1,500, and may reach 2,000 men, killed and
wounded, besides 2,000 or 3,000 deserters. Many officers of
rank were lost. I enclose, a list of the names of our own
killed and wounded, made as complete as practicable at this
time. One Regiment (Kentucky cavalry) is not included,
its return not being rendered.
" The enemy ha't fully reckoned upon our total rout, and
had made arrangements to intercept our retreat, and cut off
the army, stationing for that purpose corps of cavalry• not
only immediately in our rear, but even below Monterey. I
regret to report that they succeeded near the village of
Marin in destroying a train pf supplies, and killing a con-
siderable number of the escort and teamsters. Colonel
Morgan, 2d Ohio regiment, on his march from Cerralvo to
Monterey, was infested with the Mexican cavalry, with
which he had several rencontres, but finally dispersed them
with small loss on his own part. Capt. Graham, A.Q.11., vo-
lunteer service, was mortally wounded in one of these af-
fairs. I have no doubt that the defeat of the main army at
Buena Vista will secure our line of communication from
further interruption, but I still propose in a few days to change
my head-quarters to Monterey, with a view to make such
further arrangements as may be necessary in that quarter.
" The dispositions made to harass our rear, vindicate the
policy and necessity of defending a position in front of Sal-
tillo, where a defeat has thrown the enemy far back into
the interior. No result so decisive could have been obtained
by holding Monterey, and our communications would have
been constantly in jeopardy.
"I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
" Z. TAYLOR.
" Major-Gen. United States Army commanding.
"The Adjutant-General of the Army, Washington, D.C.

Extract of a letter dated
" Saltillo, March 1, 1847.
" Our scouts° bring in word that Santa Anna has gone for
good, and that his whole infantry have dispersed. There is
no doubt of it. We shall not see him again on this line.
"To-day Colonel Warrens received a dispatch from the
governors, informing him that American commissioners
were now_ in the city of Mexico, and had written to the
Mexican Congress, saying that they were there to make an

honourable peace.
" The governor requested permission to return to Saltillo,
to assist in keeping order, and promising to comply with any
requisition made on him."
" DISPATCH OF COMMANDER CONNER.
"United States Ship Raritan, off Sacrificios,
March 10, 1847.
" Sir,—ln my last dispatch, dated on the 7th instant, I
informed the department of the arrival of Major-General
Scott at Anton Lizardo. Most of the transports, with troops
and the materiel of the army, having arrived about the
same time a speedy disembarkation was resolved upon, it
being quite important that we should effect a landing
before a norther should come on, as this would delay
us two or three days. After a joint reconnpissance, made
by the General and myself in the steamer Petrita, the beach
due west from Sacrificios, one of the points spoken of in my
previous letters, was selected as the most suitable for the
purpose. The anchorage near this place being extremely
contracted, it became necessary, in order to avid crowding
it with an undue number of vessels, to transfer most of the
troops to the vessels of war for transportation to Sacrificios.
Accordingly, on the morning of the 9th, at daylight, all
necessary preparations, such as launching and numbering
the boats, detailing officers, &c., having been previously
made, this transfer was commenced. The frigates received
on board between twenty-five and twenty-eight hundred
men each, with their arms and accoutrements, and the
sloops and smaller vessels numbers in proportion. This
part of the movement was completed very successfully
about eleven o'clock a.m., and a few minutes thereafter the
squadron under my command, accompanied by the com-
manding general, in the steam-ship Massachusetts, and such
of the transports as had been selected for the purpose, got
under way. The weather was very fine—indeed we could
not have been more favoured in this particular than we were.
\Ve had a fresh, and yet gentle breese from the south-east,
and a perfectly smooth sea. The passage to Sacrificios
occupied us between two and three hours. Each ship
came in and anchored without the slightest disorder
or confusion in the small space allotted to her—the
harbour being still very much crowded, notwithstand-
ing the number of transports we had left behind. The dis-
embarkation commenced on the instant. Whilst we were
transferring the troops from the ships to the surf-boats
(sixty-five in number), I direeted the steamers Spitfire and
Vixen and the five gun-boats to form in a line parallel with
and close to the beach, to cover the landing. This order was
promptly executed, and these small vessels, from the light-
ness of their draught, were enabled to take positions within
good grape range of the shore. As the boats severally re-
ceived their complements of troops, they assembled in a line
abreast, between the fleet and the gun-.boats; and when all
were ready they pulled in together, under the guidance of a
number of the officers of the •quadron, who had been detailed
for this purpose. General Worth commanded this, the first
line of the army, and had the satisfaction of forming his com-
mand on the beach and neighbouring heights just before
sunset. Four thousand five hundred men were thus
thrown on shore almost simultaneously. No enemy
appeared to offer us the slightest opposition. The
first line being landed, the boats in successive
trips relieved the men of war and transports of their remain-
ieg• troops, by ten o'clock, row. The whole army (save a
few straggling companies), consisting of upwards of ten thou-
sand men, were thus safely deposited on shore, without the
slightest accident of any kind. The officers and seamen
under my command vied with each other on this occasion
in a zealous and energetic performance of their duty. I
cannot but express to the department the great satisfac-
tion I have uerived from witnessing their etlorts
to contribute all in their power to the success of their more
fortunate brethren of the army. The weather still continu-
ing tine, to-day we are engaged in landing the artillery,
horses, provisions, and other material. T'-e steamer New
Orleans, with the Louisiana regiment of wimp eers, 800
strong, arrived most opportunely, at Anton Lizardo, just as
we had put ourselves i n motion. She joined us, and her
troops were landed with the rest. Another transport arrived
at this anchorage to-day. Her troops have also been landed.
General Scott has now with him upwards of eleven thousand
men. At his request, I permitted the marines of the squa-
dron, under Captain Edson, to join him, as a part of the 3d
regiment of artillery. The General-in-Chief landed this
morning, and the army put itself in motion at an early hour,
to form its lines around the city. There has been some dis-
tant firing of shot and shells from the town and castle upon
the tromps, as they advanced, but without result. lam still
of the opinion expressed in my previous communications, as
to the inability of the enemy to hold out for any length of
time. The castle has, at most, but four or five weeks' pro-
visions, and the town about enough to last for the same time.
I am, very respectfully, &c.
D. Connor, Commanding Home ;Squadron.
"Hon. J. Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, Washington."
TAKING THE CALIFORNIA.—The Diario di la liabanna of
the 13th inst. states, on the authority of a letter from Tepic
of the 11th of February, that an expedition of Americans
was about to attack the Pacific coast of Mexico, consisting
of 4,500 soldiers, and more than 1,000 sailors. Guaymas,
Mazatlan, and San Blas were indicated as the first points
of attack, after possession had been taken of both Cali-
nias.

SD.

North American Trust, Norwich and Worcester, and United
States Bank closed at prices current in the morning.
There appears to be an upward tendency to prices, and the
fancies will, without doubt, be favourably effected by
.the
improvement in the complexion of our rel,itions with Mexico ;
but whatever advance is created by the present appearance
of things, cannot but be temporary. A reaction must soon
take place, as the only true regulator of prices, the currency,
has experienced no material alteration. Several packets
have arrived within the past day or two, with cargoes con-
siderably larger than those which came in earlier in the
season. The payment of duties upon these goods in specie
will draw a large amount from the banks. It is true that
these packets have brought a large amount of specie, but
the banks get very little of it at present. It has to go through
the regular channels of trade before it finds its way into the
vaults of the banks.