The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-26

We have seen letter from the Point, Qsabe, J
written on the 18th instant, which furnishes few
additional interesting items Of news connected with
Gen. Taylor's gallant action of the sth. With
the permission Of the gentleman to whom it was
addressed we here present our readers with con
densed synopsis ofiA contents;
Captain Mays squadron, ordered by the gener-
al al all risk TO silence the battery Threatening N
snatch the victory from u.s. consisted OF some seven
~ Dragons. or these, in tho charge, one officer
and nine men were killed, and ten were wounded
Iwenty-elght OF their horses were also killed, and
eleven were wounded The loss sustained in this
gallant affair is alone proof Of the daring intrepid
~ OF the squadron engaged; whose loader, May
oy-the-oy, cleared the enemy's breastwork ten
yards in advance Of his troop. He was mounted
on ms fayorlte old charger, Tom, (wounded in this
anair well known 10 many officers Of the army as
having borne him successfully through numerous
nights and skirmishes in the Florida compaigas.
ihis, believe, was the horse on which he led the
Sharge on The camp Of Phillip, the head chief Of the
oemnoies, on which occasion it will be recollected
that Capt Chen Lieutenant) May knocked down
and secured the chief in the act Of raising his rife
TO shoot him.
..Gen. Vega, who in this affair became prisoner
to Capt May, 10 said TO be one Of the brayest and
most accomplished officers Oft the Mexican army"
Well did this young and ardent officer carry out
the seonie order Of Gen. Taylor, to which he made
the reply 30 characteristic of the soldier "Sr, -
said the general, "you must take that battery. -
Men" said the captain in reply, 1--WE must take
that battery. Followw
THE NATIONAL FAIR.
The Fair has been much crowded for seyeral DAVIS.
II has drawn multitude Of strangers to Washing.
ton. We visited it for the first time to-day, and
spent more than two hours, very agreeably, in sec
ing the many curious and ingenious machines and
manufactures which it exhibited. We left il GER
tainly with strong impression Of the ingenuity of
our eounuymen; but we were not satisfied, that
where there Is so much ingenuity in the construction
OF labor-sayng machines, would not develop itself
and direct its energies in the most useful and produc
uveemPloyments, without all this artificial protection
Wes many beautiful fabrics which do not receive
any great protection from any high duties. Many
specimens Of goods were exhibited, which are said
10 be veSy cheap, and even lower than the foreign
manufactures. Can they, therefore, now require
protection Whilst, therefore, we were delighted
with many things that we saw in this spacious
repository, yet we frankly confess that we wen, in
hereto TO the tariff faith, and we returned, we fear
as great hereto ever. We shall avail our
selves Of the descriptions which have boon sent
forth in other journals, Of the variety Of beautiful
manufactures which appear in this exhibition, in
order to give general coup d'eA of IN c fair.
We repeat, however, that our convictions arc I'M
shaken, unchanged But we shall prefer to give the
critical views Of the subject from the pen of another
observer For this purpose we shall lay before our
readers tomorrow the first number OF "The pub
lie exhibition OF the protected labor Of the United
States"