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some time been growing slower and slow
er. Rifles have dropped from manv a
vigorous hand, now cold in death. while
Others cling To their weapons even in the
agnnies of dissolution. Ammunition tho
has been falling: one by one The muzzles
drop; the last rifle is loa ed and discharge
ed. and the Nexicans have gained the
wall. Proudly conspicuous in that aw
iul moment. Travis receives shot, stag.
gers, and falls. He dies not unavenged.
a Mexican officer rnshe- upon him. and
is about 10 plunge his sabre into the bo-
som of the fallen man, when. gathering
all his energ es for las, effort, he bathes
his own sword in the blood of his enemy,
and they die together.
In the mean time the battle has been
raging hot and thick. The Nexicans
falling before the storms of autumn. The
conflict becomes hand to hand Each
man struggles with his adversary. deal
ing blows with rifles, sabres. or whalrv-
er missile may be within reach. The
Texans are almos, buried beneath the
numbers Of their opponents. The earn
age has beer 80 terrible tina, the slain are
piled up in heaps. Death stares each
survivor in the face, bat sui he struggles
on. Crockett has been conspicuous in
The melee. " herever the blows fell hottest
and ihickes,. He has forced his way
over piles of The dead bodies nf his enc
mes and has reached the door of tie
chapel. Here he determines To make his
last stand. AT one glance Of his eye, he
saw that The fate of the Alamo rests upon
himself alone. Travis has fallen; Evans
is no more; Bowie expires upon bed OF
sickness. pierced to tie heart by a NeXi-
can bavonel; Bpnham fell before his eyes,
aud he finds himself the only living war-
nor Of the one hundrei and Sky three
who had been his comrades. Perhaps al
that moment the liie-houd creeps 10 his
heart bv natural impulse, but II Is only
tnr moment. HIS foes glare on hln
with the fprceness Of demons. and assault
! hm with blows from sabres, muskets,
| and pistols The strength III hundred
men seems concentrated III his SINGLE arm
"a he deals OUT death 10 his rancnrous
and unsparing s>sallants. Their bodies
have gown into rampant before him
| BIackened with fire aud smoke, besmear
ed with blood, aud reused into phtenzy
he stands like some fab!td god OF aniqnl
| IS. laughing 10 scorn the malice. and th'
power, and the fury .! his enemies
New fire flashes from his eve, aud new
yignr nerves his arm. On hi a--allsnt
rush, bn, il IS only upon certain death
They tall but their places are sui sup
Piled and 80 4nlrkIy the dead seemed I
rise up before him. like armed men iron
| The TEEN or Cad us Al length a DIAL
from distant rife pierces h!m III III
forehead: he falls back ward Ia the earll
III the streams of gore which curil'
around him No groan escapes his lp-
M cry "i agony gra'itie- the lmpIaca9l
ranror IL has eneuies: he dies. aud III
Alamo has fallen Il.
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WILLIAM l.. MARCY.
THe Ten Tribps.-The London leu

The Ten Tribes London Jew.
i.h Chronicle Of June 18th, contains a
ieurr from Jerusalem. The Jews in
England, with those III other lands. are TO
mite fnr The purpose Of searching for the
last tribes. A letter from The synagogue
authorizes Of Saphrth. treats Of impor-
llnt information a. To the Whereabouts OF
the ten tribes. who are supposed 10 con-
>ulute a powerful empire in the desert,
Astounding in wealth. ammunition, &C.;
are strictly religious, aud forbid the res
idence OF Foreigners among them, except
for lew days, and al the paymen, Of an
enormous tax They however receive
Jews, treating them as brethren. A union
of Jews of different nations are to go on
a mission. though it Involves The travel Of
months through the deserts.
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A Kno,cing Oae.--'Mr Brown said
a constable To this ubiquitous parsonage
the ether day. 'how many cows do you
own
sWhy do you a-k!' was The query.
because | wish to levy on them.' was
the prompt rejoindrr.
We'll, let me see,' said Mr. B.~sbstract-
edly. how many cows does The law ais
low me!'
Two replied the constable.
Two said M b, with good naiured
establishment. We'll. If the law allows
me Two. wish j, would make haste aud
send the other along, as I have MT 6nf
one'
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Ue fred that Chap.-A few day:

U'e feel that Chap.-A few days
ago, geatieman(!) came into our sane
um and took of his hat, aud picked up a
piece of manuscript. and commenced
reading closely We reached over and
took letter out of his hat. nntolded and
commenced reading il. He was 50 busy
that he did not discover how we were
paving him in his own com. onui we
asked him what was II his correspondent
was wiring 10 him about a woman
why. look here. squire. SAYS he. YOU
surely are no, reading my private letters!
Certainly, sir. said we, You are reading
our private manuscripts He was pla-
gued-begged us not To merton IN
name. promised to do so no more, an'
we quit even --Exciiange.
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Three fish for Diner.-A Liverpool
paper Tells this story as having It's origin
ia an American eating hnn~e. II Is good
one. happen where II might: =
Now, waiter, What's 10 pay! wafer.
Let me see. sir: what have YOU hah.
sir' Dnpr.-Ihrse fish. Wafer - w
L. brouyh, M tco. think. sir Diner
No. three; hal two mackereis' AND
one smell!
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THE BURNING; OF TIE TRUXTON
Ny DEAR SIR:--i am very sure Won will
no, refuse insertion for tie following ex
tracts from nv frien and pari-hloner.
Commander Engle. 1t is well known
that when the report If The disaster to The
Fruxton reached the Commodore. at Vera
Cruz, he despatched the Princeton TO her
relief. The portions which follow are
Of such lively interest, and reflect such
honor on the service, that venture To cx-
cept them from the writer's general re-
quest not 10 publish his letter. OF that
true eloquence of naure-which feels;
and therefore mikes feel have mel,
with but few such examples. Nv ex-
tracts commence with his arrival al the
bar. Very truly, Your friend.
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Faithfully yours.
WILLIAM L.aMARCY.

N. B. Don't do the thing up too
brown. We must make this war last.
and should you capture regiment or two,
YOU must let them 90 again to reinforce
Saltlllo; a strong hold, out of which we
expect to make great deal Of capital
The investment OF Monterey ought to last
You at least for a session Of Congress.
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From the n. Y. "Yankcc Doodle"
POSTSc UlpT.
10 official CORES ondcnce

no. The Secretary of War to Cen Taylor.
WASHINGTON Sept LIST.
DEAR ZACH. Tile first Of September
l. come, when YOU know the old Marshall
said that even we might be able 10 move.
Bui no wagons. no supplies. You must
q ahead though. even if the army have 10
liGi themselves by the seats Of their
breeches;-if they tear. charge the mend.
ing TO the Government. Subsist YOUR
men upon The spnls. first paying for Them,
when you gel in the enemy's country.
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No. 2.--Gen. Taylor to tie Secretary Of War.
MONTEREY, Sept. 81,
Sir Got your letter. Marched upon
and took this place before | read post
script. Finished that while the enemy
was talking about capiIulation, and adj
miued him TO terms accordingly. Wait
further orders
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Respectfully yours.
Z TAYLOR.

No. 3 The Secretary Of War to Gen. Taylor.
WAsHiNGroN, Oct Is.
DEAR Zach. You're brick. Cap
tain Eann has just pnnied up your dis.
patch. You are too quick for US. but we
are glad Won did not chew up the Mexican
army completely. We don't hear word
from Santa Anna. and we fear the snob
has chis,eled US. Can give you no in
sirnrt'ons as yet. But yon mast clap
stopper on the impailence OF your boys
I'LL Santa Anna has time 10 strengthen
SaItl!o. Faithfully yours,
WILLIAM l.. MARCY.
N. r. VOW nra done wi,h iha Wings
il YOU conquer Mexico. They swear
that Santa Anna will make The best expe-
dieucy candidate for The Presidency, in
case Of annexation.
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A THRILLING SCENE.

We take pleasure in transferring The
following letter communicated by Bishop
Doane. giving thrilling account of an
achievement by Jersevman:
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The New York herald., 1846-03-03

Tetals. 80. $97o, ,9o3 $40, $50 ae4o 500
The increase in the gross receipts Of the Mohawk and
Hudson Company in ls45, compared with 1884, was ao
per cent; Utica and Schenectady 2s per cent; New
York, Harlem and Albany 20 per cent? and in the Long
island a2 per cent The increase In the receipts Of the
other roads falls below these rates.
The railroads Of this State soon at this rate OF
incres productive and profitable as those of
any Of the New England States Our railroads are not
all finished and those from which we expect the largest
revenue. viii not be completed for tine, although
progressing a. rapidly possible. We mean the New
York, Harlem and Albany, end the New York and Erie
The first named will not be completed to Albany short Of
another year, and the receipts the twenty-five miles
in operation, show that when finished through must
be one Of the most important and profitable roads in the
country At the rate Of receipts for every twenty
five miles Of the road the gross income annually would
be about one million Of dollars. The New York and
Erie Railroad will not be completed to Dunkirk short
ofthree to nve years The receipts Of y three miles
about ninth Of the whole ne in lsa5 amount 70
than one hun red and Ave thousand dollars
at which rate, entire length. they would amount
to nearly million and quarter Of dollars per an.
mum. The increase in the gross receipts Of the Long
Island Railroad Company for is4s compared with ls44
shows ami increase than four times larger than in
any other company and Is almost unprecedented in the
history Of railroads in this country
We annex statement exhibiting the net receipts of
ths railroads Of New England for the past three years:
NET INCOME THE New ENGLAND RAmRoAps
The New York herald., 1846-03-03
LlfESY NYELLIGENCE By YHE nAIIs.

FAILURE OF THE MAILs.-No mail arrived south
of Newark, New Jersey. last evening-neither did
the northern or eastern mails get in. There are
now no less than four mails due from, and south Of
Washington City; and, as that city is the great
focus to which all eyes directed for news, rela
tive TO the interests and general affairs of the Union,
any interruption in the regular daily receipt Of intel
iigence thereirom, casts & shadow CT anxiety upon
ths lace OF every class OF society. The snow storm
which was experienced in this city, during Saturday
night and Sunday, commenced in Washington,
on Friday evening, and extended as far east a.
Massachusetts. The snow was not 80 deep, yet il
was very light, and drtted more than any Of the pro-
vious falls this season-in many places, few miles
from the city, we learn the drift is from ten to
twelve feet deep; consequently, the roads were al
most wholly impossible, and the running Of cars on
the railroads, was out of the question. 1t is
probable that the intensity Of the cold weather,
within the last two days, has rendered the crossing
Of the Delaware impossible, as we are informed
that that stream was nearly blocked by ice when
the train of cars left on Saturday afternoon since
which time, we have had nothing from Philadel-
phia. Should any Of the mails be received during
this forenoon, we will give whatever news they
may contain, IN our evening edition.
The New York herald., 1846-03-03
ss7s,z2o i,t5s,l,c i,7as,S9

tG922o l,<5e,i0 1,Ta3, $50
Tho net receipts Of the Norwich and Worcester road
were for eleven months, and Of the Taunton after the
purchase Of new engines new depot, &C. and on the
Western, exclusive Of interest The least productive
road in New England in operation 10 the Housstonic,
which has not yet paid the first dividend and the next
70 the Norwich and Worcester The railways Of New
England, as general thing. much productive
than those Of this stass but our impression that the
increase IN the receipts Of the roads Of New York.
much greater than In those Of New England which
must umstely give the roads Of this state the ascend
sncy.
The increase in the number Of railway lines, in every
section evidence Of the growing prosperity Of the
country ct large The advent Of ralroads has enabled
cities to expand and spread over greater surface than
when the old system Of highways and horse travel vas
ioniy IN existence Our lines ofraroads w In time be-
lines Of dwellings factories and warsbouse, ite
THE streets and roads Of cities and villages The ncreas
ed facility for conducting business and he reuc.;on =,
time in the transportation Of merchandise betvesn Az,
tsnt points, augmenss trade more rapidly than ever an.
sicipsted
Ths annexed report, made BY the Boston and Level,
The New York herald., 1846-03-03
CAUTION,

lanes 8 MAsON's SPANISH BLACKING LABEL
a COuNTERFEITED -Shppers, Merchants, and the
public generally sceps,a~.d g pu,ehsss or use MAsoN4
full requested to examine hs LABELS Of Backing BoIss,
and il the Of JAMES 3. MAsLN 10 therson,
psa's5 The name and location eny :.ssrsd % concern
posing their confidence in fs' of Mason Bckpg; the
style and form of the and lettering the ing and
color OF the paper, have all been copied OBSERVE thar
Masons lhalsnEs Blsclng labelled Spanish Tor
American market
TO PREVENT FRAUD for the future Jas. 3 M,sou will
place his signature the labels OF boz Of Becking
pared by him. without which genuine His opg
Renee manufacture. the extent and variety Of his ma
chnery and other facilities afford him advantages
other blackg Manufacturer the United States
Orders for BACKING and WRITING INK, Of the best
quality furnished promptly aud to extent, by
JAMES 3. MASON,
mi 2w eodsrc 1872 North Third street.
The New York herald., 1846-03-03
HERALD JOB PRINTING OFFICE,
NnGaaur

THIS Establishment supplied with every material neces.
sary fer the prompt neat and economical execution Of
every description Of Book Work. whether Latn, Fench
Italian Or Spanish works. The attention Of authors
correct reading they rely ample justice
IN the production Of their respective publications.
THE JOB OFFICE,
- The most ertenstre in this city,
furnished with every description of Type suited Show
Bills for Theatres Concerts Museums Lectures Public
Meetngs oT for any other purpose, where the largest de-
scrlpton Of Printing required Also, Programmes Crcu
lar Letten Bill Heads, kue Work, Law Jobs, and every
KIND OF work required for mercantile other branches The
where all Bills worked colos will be beautifully
ipRn, where all orders will he receiyed. q
The New York herald., 1846-03-03
LECTURE ON OREGON

MIR. CHARLES sAxION. Of Oregon City, who left shs
Mountains to Missouri horseback with three compe
Mons, has been requested OF the OF New
York deliver lecture .h,t cou,try Tuesaay evening"
the Sd Of March Cro'on Hall on the corner Of the
invited TO attend.
The Lecture will commence at O'Clock. Tickets Is
be had the Croon Hall the New York Herald
Office the Of Nassau and Fulton street, the oce
OF the Globe 25 Fulton John Anderson Co o. No
Walls and at Bramhall Co.'S No. s2sk Broadway.
ltrh
The New York herald., 1846-03-03
MESMERISM.

MESMEKISM.
nR. DODS will deliver course Of FOUR LECTukES
- the Citizens Of New York. the Philosophy Of Mes
erism the present week. in CLINTON HALL, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday Evenings March 3d.
5h aud 7 Dr. Dods will explain the Of the wonderful
the philosophy OF Clarvoyance
and the connecting link between mind and matter.
He will dwell Spirit its substance aud powers and on
the Infinite Spirit his creating energy and out Of what SUB
worlds created and will show thst there no M
the Mesmerc and produce brilliant and wonder
ful experiments in Osra ism Magnetism and also In Mes
meYism.
The Lectures will commences each evening At precisely
O'Clock. Admission rs cents. mz NNM
The New York herald., 1846-03-03

Monday, March 2-6 p. M.
There was slight very slight Improvement to day
IN the stock market Tho sales not very large.
Long Island went up per cent; vicksburg, Ii Harlem,
/; Norwich and Worcester, /; Reading, Pennsylva.
MIA SIS declined per cent Canton, Morris Canal,
ILLINOIS & Ohio 6's, closed firm at Saturdays prices.
At the second board there a slight panic in the
stock market and prices for of the fancies fell of
several per cent.
The exports Of merchandise from this port to foreign
ports. for February, ls45, compared with the
ponding month in 1884, we're a annexed -
COMMERCE OF THE Pohr OF New Yosx, FEE. ls44
Domestic Mdse. FOREIGN Mdss Total.
= re oruary, ls44. :. Sl 265,24s s7.279 l,s52,522
seofuary, lsas.. i,c7s.asa l7.,6os l.s4o,s4s
Excess, Feb ls4s. 4O7 800 1924 4ss, ,aas
OF the exports of February, Isa5 $685. 2s7 were to
Great Britain and British dependencies
king total Of sOO7 900 to Great Britain and depen-
denciss out of aggregate export of s45-eav
ing but $sSs 2a5 for shipment to all other places OF the
exports to Great Britain and dependencies $3.50 sos
was In domestic merchandise. Among the exports to
Great Brainwer 25 barrels of -four III 500 bush.
els corn; 270 barrels Indian meal and 900 pounds
cheese The Indian corn chiefly exported to Cork
As some of our city papers at this time eeming
whcotton statistics and 1t Is demonstrated az clear
a. mui by prints, that cannot have crop Of
over 900 bales excluding Texas 0i0 900 bales
ncsudn8 the lexas as tables are put Tor
ward, framed to demonstrate that beyond all doubt
I've will merely ask, of the complers simple ques-
ton Why does the comparison Of receipts stop sud
denly with the crop of ls,O AZ Why did not include
the crop Of 1885, 407 Wopresume the crop Of 1885,
10 entirely upsets THAR argument, and shows how lit
tie the early comparative receipts have to do with the
entire CROP that it has been left out It must be borne
mind that the receipts Of cotton of the crop of $780,
a. compared with the dates of the succeeding FIVE
seasons show that h amount then in ports
million of bales-say about 10000 bales-when the
crop Of that season proved to be 2,l7so0O bsles-so
taking that season guide, receipts this year
already 1880 900 bales dates from each port
ssths crop Of 1882 40. may yet look fer 100000
bales with much reason This is apparent in the ia.
bic of cotton statistics prepared by with much labor
for our steamer edition on Saturday.
The returns Of the several railroad companies of this
stae made to the Secretary OF State for the past year.
Qs45ws have compared with those Of the two previous
The average increase in the gross receipts
amounts to about twenty i've per cent.
The New York herald., 1846-03-03

HoooI
The amounl1f profits divided during the past year is
being two dividends of four per cent EACH
During the past year. the Woburn Branch Railroad has
been completed and opened for public travel whole
cost including that OF depot buildings. is $45 622 IT,
The whole cost Of the road with tracks depots
engnes cars and appurtenances and including the Wo.
burn Branch, il 81 932 ,597 81.
reduction has been made in the passenger tariff dur
ing the past year. The price Is 65 cents for first
class passengers to Lowell and at the rate to way
stations. 80
The fare for passengers from Boston to Lowell in ls4s
was one dollar head the fare in 1885, was seventy
i've cents In ls4s, the net income from passengers at
one dollar each, was $sso29 3D. Last year. seventy
five cents each, It was $l2),ll2 u. Thus notwith.
standing the price was reduced twenty-five per cent
the income has increased about $37 0O0 The amount
received the past year. for merchandise between Bos
ton and Lowell, is about $4,000 greater than tho
amount received in s43. But with the increase of in
come there has been corresponding increase of expen
dture and Of the number Of miles with the various
trains The total expenditure in lsa3 $l0e 500 es
The total amount Of income, the same year. was
$277 ,Sl6 06.
The number Of miles by the passenger trains the
same year, was sSs44 merchandise trains, 44eS2 ;
miscellaneous, e.eso-total ls4,es2, Compare these
with the report published above and the difference 10
at once made apparent. The present year there has
been another reduction in the passenger fare and we
have doubt, the result will show fair gain over the
receipts of ls45
The New York herald., 1846-03-03
AIovemen b OF TravelIers.

Yesterdays regstries at the principal hotels, ind-
Gated more forcby the obstacles to communcar
uon than We have hitherto had to record at
this season of the year.
.AmERIcAs.Abrahsm Davies, virginia J. b. Mason,
Mississippi; J. Williams Tennessee.
AsToR-J. Bradier and c. s. Bogardus Boston; James
Morris, New York; W. Z. Ssdwitch, New Jersey; j. X.
Milnor, New York; A. Johnson, Maine; O. Edwards,
Philadelphs; Edward Davis, Philadslphis H. Whit.
ndge, New Bedford.
CIrr.-M Mack. Montreal; s. J. Jessup, Z. B. Ga.
!ussa, Benjamin Horp, 7 Cott and John B. Ward New
McCreery, New York; James Roy Troy.
faArKLS.-C.J J. Roome and H. McCune New York;
D. Reid, jr- New Orleans; g. B. Barre, Bridgeport; e
W. Jones, Boston.
GLosrLT Newton, Philadelphia; DR.. Hulli Maine; J.
HowARp.-W. @. Mattlebury, J. Murchsson, J. Will
liams. and - Fitzwillia North Carolina; Michael
McNight New York; H. Penheld, Rochester; J. Petit,
Long Island; r. w. Meredith South Carolina.
The New York herald., 1846-03-03
PRUNING GRAPE VINES.

PRUNING GRAPE VINES.
sff NOW is the proper Grape Vines. Persons
wanting their Vines we'll done by the most experienced
hand in the city will please leave their address for AS
will Be Immediately attended to- OF h. dwslling corner Of
mental Trees and Gardening work, done the most mode
terms. fiji st il sod*r
YV ROSE HILL sTABLEs 24th Street and Third
Avenue aud opposite Bulls Head. Just arrived aud
A for sale at the above Stables, about fifty Northern
and Western Hoses-among which eight pairs matched;
eight good road horses, and several 6ne farm and
shipping horses X. X. NORTHRUP,
lmsYe Ppopvietnr