Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1847-12-15
lATEFn; THE CITY OFha1X;;CGl
ARRIVAL OF THE STEANSHII Ala
BdMA 49,

From the New Orleans Picayunc, Of the saith.
.2'rira' Of Col. Harney's 7aain a! Vera
C'NS-RetU''n Home q Gens. Quitmun
Shields, Cots. Harvey, Gar|and, IAd ott-
Organization Of The .fiericau Con-
gress-teporied Remoral Of the Gorern-
ment from Queretaro to .iore!id, &c. &c.
by the arrival last night of the steamship
Alabama, Capt. Windic, VIC have dates from
Vera Cruz to the !Uth, und from the city 81
Mexico to the 9Th instant, more than Il week
later than our previous advlces. The nows,
although not possessing any special import,
ancc, is still interesting, and VIC hasten to la y
it before our readers.
The steamship Galveston rallied from Vera
Cruz while the Ala bama, on the evening of the
18TH INST, 10 touch. we believe, at Tampico
The New Orleans was TO leave GU the morning
of tho l9tb, as was also the Gen. Butler. 4
number of officers on their way from the army,
as also portion Of the Encarnac on prisoners
--among them Ma or Gaines, Capts Heady
and Smith, Lieuts. Barbour and Churchill
will arrive in the course Of u few days by these
vessels. The following is u list of tho officers
who. have come over in the Alabama:
Maj Gen. Quitnan Brig. Gen. Shields, Surg.
Gen. Lawson; Gel. Earney, I'd Dragons; Col.
Garland, 18th Infantry; COL Andrews. Wolff
gcurs; Co.. Morgan, 18th infantry, Col. Ram
sey, llth Infantry; Col. Burnett, Y Vols
DR. llarney, Army; Lieu. Col Moore. Sd
Drag; Major Smith, Engineers; Major Wade,
Sd Artillery; Major Gwynn, 9Th Infantry, Mai
bonneville, 9TH Infantry; Major Lorng, Rifles;
Major Boriand, ark. Volunteers; or Ben.
nett, Puymaster y $ Army; Ma or Dykcman,
Volunteers; Capt Anderson, Sd artillery;
Capt Wayne, Asst @ NJ U Army; Captuin
Martin, do; Capt Jones. Rifles; Cart Mickey
n r. 81
Capt. kearney, LIST Dragons; Capt Mason,
Eng ineers Capt. Clay, KY. Cavalry Captain
Irwin, It'll Infantry; Captain Edwards, Volti-
gcurs; Lieut. Il Nj Davis, U s Army; Lieut.
Thorn, Top. Eng; Lieut. Newman, 9Th Inf;
Lieut. Williamson, Sd Inf; Lieut. Brodhcad
18th do; Lcal Potter, N Y Vols; 1t Swecny
do; 1t Roscncrantz, 5lh Inf; Lieut. Vernon,
Vollgeurs; Lieut. May, Rifles; Lieut. BcardsJy
oth Infantry Lieut. Nlac!uy, do; Lieut. Hen.
Erickson, 9Th Infantry; Lieut. johnson, do; 1t
llaskins, LIST Artillery; Lieut. Boynton, do.
Lieut. Johnson, 81 Artillery; Lieut. Judd, do
| Lieut. Thomas, do; Lieut. Graham, LIST Drag
Lieut. Shields, 14t Inf; Lieut. Calender, Ord
nance; Lieut. Moragnc, S C Volunteers; Lieut.
| k'ger, Volt'gaers; Lieut. Semmcs, Navy
Passed Midshipnlan Rogers. do; Dr. Graves
MIR Hammond, Postmaster, u Army; Messrs
George Wilkins Kendall, David B Pierce, Fl
Marks I l. Doughty, skrchficld, Gibbons
Watts, Foster. Edwards, and N C Davis.
Gen. Qultman leaves tho army in Mexiec
under the following order:
HEADQUARTERS or TIE ARMY,
Mexico, Oct. &c. lS47.
| Special Orders No. l46.-Muior General ]
A. Qultman, much distinguished for galIan
and efficient services, will proceed to tho U
states and report, in person or by letter, te
the Department of War
by command Of ior General Scott:
| II. l.. SCOTT, 4. A. A. @.
since the promotion of this gallant and pop
u,ar oh'cer from brigadier to ma or gcner
al no permanent division Of the army has beer
assigned him. BY request of the gcncral.n
Chief he took command of the volunts Ger dvi
sion during tho desperate struggle in the val
icy o. Mexico and how bravcly he acquitted
himself, the entire army knows. Although
holding the high and responsible office of Goy
crnor OIL Mexico, it was inquest ionabIy hi,
duty, as soon as possible, TO seek for orders
winch would permanently assign him to the
command of his proper division. This is the
purpose OF his return, al this time, TO the u
I nitod States. The bravo Gen. Shields. ever
in the thickest Of the fight, returns dis sal cd
from his wounds, to recruit his health and
gam strength; the same may be said OF Coils.
Garland, Morgan, and Burnett, Majors Wade
and Loring; Capts, Kcarny, Anderson, Irwin
McReynoids, Martin, and Mason, Licuts. Has.
Elm, Calender, Newman, Hcndrcksop. Pot.
Yer, oweeny. Kosencrantz, Graham. Morucnc.
beards'ey, Boynton, Shields. and Others
Llcuts. Judd and Thomas are Immediately Ia
| JON braggs battery. TO which they legitimate.
y belong. Col. Harncy, who has boon in g.
tive service from~lhe commencement Of IN.
war, and oven before, comes home to rccruj,
4 the same ma y hc - III sf ~ |, - y a.