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'en q this, - yeu nay have bard iisn lo,hs,
soufees. ARISES from sbs fact Ik.t ne Gosesn.
neni has failed q, send 90 shs foress Gen. Tar.
'iof snPesssd, q ssppIy ne place Or The ReEi-
seats vhess tern 81 service has expired, snd
rhssrs alsssdy reaehisg :hsif bones. These Re-
einssis have ses al pssad .htossk Ibis p!see.
directly from he field spos which ,hs, gained
% mach glory and We have hare cnIy six con-
pasiss q our ReSimsbi. shd % ssIsiIls he 70.
naindsr sad the "a Mnsissippi. . supply their
rlses. The Massachusetts Reeimsst i s,ilI in
ssrrison q Mslsnorss, ssd 81 ihs isn ssu Re-
sinsnis 0es. =. i 10 havs bal thres. Thus
you may see hat The Adminiaranon are dsser-
nissd y sOntinue heir persses,iop 81 The gar.
worn yslsfss. vho. b. biz uspsrrsIlsled success
% ihs blsedy fields Of Pslo Alto. Rssses de Ia
Palms, nss,ersy sad Raspa yhn. Asd saved
ihsn from disgrscs-and ysI lhey seem deter.
mined 10 disgrace ihensslses 10 The eyes Of The
World, BY attempting 70 place obstacles ln the
Psth Of glory which the cid here has opened for
himself. q the pOint Of lie sword Bat how
signsl viii be their fsiiurc hou over shslu,iqg
thsir defslt and diseon6lurs, which viii sink
Them 10 lAe Lowest depths Or shaRe and ieno-
ninyi a slern is aov gathering in The Polili-
cal hsareps which will sweep then from sIisl-
shrs, and serve as a warning 10 other Adminis-
t1siioDs, never to follow 10 their ps.h. lii.noi
the frai instance 10 the history u our country,
% IN attempt 10 tear the Issrss from The brow
Of one who had devoled years OF bis life 10 wins
ming Them. The Father Of his couutry could
not escape the sacrilegiouf attempts Dfihe mis-
.etesni', who. jealous Of hisN fame, would
hsys supplsntsd him in the favor Of his coun-
irymes. But 40 overriding ProvideDes pro-
teeied him % The Geld Of battle, for wise pur-
poser, andIhs shafts Of malice which were point.
re sShls fame fell h.InIes, Al hi, feet; and his
eoSairrsnen. grateful for ,hs services he had
tsndered them from ,buoyanI youth 70 hoarJ old
sse, elsya,sd him, By scclams,iop. Il position
above The monsrehs Of Europe. So mote j, be.
How similar the position now occupied by
"old Rough snd Ready" The Adnioiatratiou
haying discovered thar b IS ibour,o supplanl
lhsm in the affections Of ihs Ametiesn people,
% everything calculated "a slepIhip in his ca.
reer OF glory. They wishdraw ifteh him he
flower Of his army, under The belief lha. lher.by
be would b. compelled to stand on the dsfen-
siys a SsltiIloi and on The veryI daJ thai they
were placing over his head fSvorite pet, as
Lieutenant General, he was sighting lhe snsmy
under their great champion, and Weaving FOR
himself another wreath, from shiih his enc.
mics may 10 vain attempt TO pluck sssingls
leaf.
4, Busua Vista viii stand alone 10 he battles
which will grace The history o. eur eounhy.-
The ba,lls OF Marathon alone fptsisAss 4 con-
irsgt with IT, The proudes, andlbes: irooPs or
Mexico, under their, greatest lssdsr. twenty
thousand IN number, ast before esr gallant a.
NJ Of fsur thousand, and no, le.s We thousand
Of them were made 10 Bile the duii. Bur while
ss i.joies over the dsfsst Of eur enemy, let 5s
not fetgelthe gallant dead whoss bravery ac-
eompli.hsd the signal victory We have to
mourn The los,. Of Hareip, Mckee. Clay, Yen,
Lincoln, apd, osAs, sseis seisi,s. sh.es blood
vaterel The Geld Of Bashs yis,sl They now
sleep the endless sleep Of death: bu, ihsy are
not forgotten . gralsfal nation win cherish their
memory, and their brilliis, aseds ,upoa the
bloody field viii Hume the pages Of lEsir coup-
try's history. "A nations ,ssrs witlbssprinkle, &
retain in perennial freshness The sod which Gov.
srs heir ashes! They we're hesvsry soul snd
embodiment. Of ehivslry, and beloved by ALL
Of zach j. may truly be said in The words OF the
Poet
''None knew thee but TO lsvs thea,
None named thee but 10 praise"
Peace 10 their sshesi
4 is difficult 10 say when We win Advance 70
Buspa Vista, bu, 10 all probability II viii not BE-
many DAYS, ere we take up The line Of march.
We sill BE then in the advance, and whenever
a march shall b made npon The very hrmida.
bic city Of San Luis De ooiosi We will Of course
lead. Our future movements viii depsDi en-
,rsIy upon the sdmiDis,fation, . Cfs; Taylor
viii net risk fghi with less ths1 siE lheusund
trooPs, with a least twenty pieces Of artillery.
He had already planned his sdvanes. and az
peeled to lsays Sal,illo with SIX Or eight thee.
,and troops and twenty six pieces. with I've
mcrsars, when much % BIZ, metlifestion be
learned hat nearly ell TIE troops had been or
isrsd 10 Vera cfsz. ne srpscled to have lefi
about ihis time. He will new bsesmpsIlsd 10
postpone his march until fall, aud then il win
be truly an awful undertaking, o. the cauniry
Ihroogh which ue are sspPs:led 10 pals will
probably Be covered with snev, being very
high
lfsar We viii lose him altogether, % Il Is
aid be will srPly for leave Of absence, and re-
urn home, being disgusled win the couns The
ADMINISTRATION are pursuing ioysfds him. and
believing that there will Sc no farther use for
lin here. Should he lsays, Geh. Wool viii
,ommand. and although he msy Dot hass the
,spuis,ion 81 Old Rough and Ready, yet he is
'ssarded s vsry able genera /, and has the
'onddsnee Of the troops under his,. having be.
lavsd mos, gallsstly in The late bst,ls. !:
You spssk Of having an early pssess here
" sspsci nsihing Of Ne kindi bit lo1g and
rsubIesoms var. | an becoming fsnd 81 the
'oua,ry and he slei,snes, md ysrie,y which
! soldiers life prsssnls, and | nu5i esnfsss hal
Do no, feel any anxiety for - sasIy. isrniua-
ion ;sf hostillties, nstuiihslsnding lie priys-
ierssp5 hsrdships We are eompsllsd e lnder-
"a .n1 La ~, tall van fk.f nnna - =, fhslS wha