The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-11-14

hattie. tha! Bob was in IL One more an
ecdote. |, is said when the tennessee reg
.iment got within such distance OF The Tor
tress that ,heil ire could be made eifeciuA
they were told 10 fire and hll--then ="
choree-on --on. Let the brave follow me
exclaimed Col. Campbell. The whole reg
iment responded 10 the call; and when they
cot within fifty yards of the breast-works
the impemosiy of the charge became io'
ho, rot the enemy, SO they put spurs K
2ozluoule and fed
Il British Officer on The MeTicaH
Wrr.--"r7 following letter, copied
+ ,m .ne Montreal GJzette, is under
stood to b, from the pen Of an experle''
ced military, commander in The British
service:
70 .he Eiitor # the Monlreol Ga
zeUc-5ir: 1.-The American press, ,whIeb
exgIt4 in The privilege, rather American
than dlgni6ed, of making il possible, IL
own government ap?ear contemplate,
has succeeded in bewildering The Mex
cans, by its crude and ridiculous con
lectures on the desigus of The war su
thol,ies, as completely as it hes bewil
,dered its own couolrymen, lhe service
done the sssie' has beeO most patriotic.
Instead, however, Of being involved
in daily changing votiex OF pueriIt
perplexiles, as it has pleased these pa
peis 10 represent, the government, hav.
ing feeble foe 10 deal with, commene-
UuV"''.'---r--- ~" 1'e~O'ss PioE
OF operation, and has pursued them with
undertaking regularly; nor was there
but one possibility that could csose de
'vis'ien. In The catalogue Of corlingen-
cies, there was a possibility that some
party in Mexico nigh, receive General
Tsylsr with open arms, as an insltu-
-menl for elevalng il 10 supreme power
The enthusiastic Mr.. Bancroft, Of til,
Navy department, may have given il
very little credit and The result has prov
ed that ii was worthy Of rome al all,
The orr ginal design has therefore gone
steadily forward, which was simply 2
succession Of invasion, or attacks on the
Vank' o. Mexico, each Of which cuts
OF her ,erFilsry, a, csrtain parable l.,
and paralyzes her authority 10 lheNorth
Of il. For lhe West 'Alak,' CT coast
the fleet stationed in the Pacific wss
quite sufficient .-and Col. Sevenson'r
regiments, which has gono AROUND IL
garrison the posts 10 be maintained, is 3
stronger force than the Mexicshs ever
had al their place OF des,ina'ion.
1t is singular that anything should sp
pear in print SO supremely silly as lhf
idea of Gen. Wool and Gen. Kcarney
marching 10 The city Of Mexico, ,h,
journey being some two thousand mileI
with all their supplies 10 be brought lha'
distance in wagons, through an enc,
my's county; and lnsuGersble silly are
the continued reports Of 'arge bodies O.
Mexican troops either in California, o,
the Northern departments, or fshoul,
expected for ii is we'll known lbs
Capt. Ere aonl, Of the U, s, ,opogroph,
ical engineers, has explored, and coniiA.
aeS to explore the country through re
the PScihc, in every direction, with t
de'aehment Cf thy dragocns, whici
have thus lar been sufficient 10 resist al
the 'armies' TO be found there.
The fist movement (notio order o
time, but geographically, } is that otGrn
Kssrney, who with Q 2,7OO men, has pro
ceeded west from Missouri 10 SAINT. Fe
600 miles souEn # American loonJary
at AZ degrees. His command will
maintain possession oE his very Lbers
slice tf'CaIiorOia, part may be pushee