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 < Sin heavy 6Slb. guns were landed and placed in batissy within 500 yds. of the city. oiicered and manned by our Navy boys, and, yesterday, soon aiier daylight, those Navy boys opened their fire. ard siss aaiss cf vesa Cruz erumbied heneash their smashing discharges. Capt. Mex Ksn1ie, of bsig Soners ndtoriety, had one gun. and lieuis. H. InEersoIl, & 8. Lee, Chaflss Remedy, o. H. Perry, A. s. Bald- win, had each gun; and the army boys do say, that, # ever guns did smashing work, ours did that business on yesterday, and kent it up for upward of four hours, and then only stopped for want of ammunition. Only two shot were unexpsnded when 1 was cap sized hy confusion from round shot.
 sThe blue of Alvarado is wiped away, and again inc Navy bFsaiks free and inspirea healthGally. feel my self man in it's whole sense. The Navy batteFy,' as Perry calls it.. Maliban battery by the Engineer, Capt Robert Lee.-has reduced the city to a mass of ruins. 4 battery of five guns, which played incessanily upon mine, with remafk- able accuracy. we succeeded tn silencins, ex- ceps two guas, and the shot bsfore my lest, cut of his fsg-staf, and down came . ilana- ting gay fiag. which my gallant companions salnscd with an anglo saxon shout Of Truly hearty toue. A proud day wss it for the navy, and it was just such an occasion ss we have been yea,ning for. Every we'll wisher of the Navy felt that something of this sor. was of much importance.
 .The city has hoissed white flag, and, have no doubt will capitnlate shortly.
 .Ffiday, 26fh.--s The white leg from the city, which followed thsexhibition of one upon ihe walls, was to request sus- pension of hostilities until the dead should be buried, for which cessation of fire for four hours were granted. During the past night, the fire opened again, and this obsiiua.e and deiuded race witnessed the total destruc- ton of their city without prospect Of gain. i very much question whether ii would not now be better to breach the defences and assault them.
 s..Sssday, 28ik, meridian.--Well, my bro thes, the stars and stripes now wave upon the fortress of Juan de rlloa, and upon the city of Vera Cruz Yesterday, the capitula- ton wss agreed upon. The Moutezumas endeavored to march out with the honors of war, but Scott told them promptly that an unconditional surrender was. the only terms, and they very sensibly accepted them. The brave Morales, the commander of the castle, dissen,ed, when they deposed him and ap- pointed man for the purpose. After ail, the six Naval guns have achieved the vic- tory, and it is 60 acknowledged by the Army. Hurra for the navy, again! Our battery, it is said, destroyed 900 people, the day they opened, and they chiefly soldiers in the sev- eral works. The city presents the most awful spectacle that can be imagined. We 20 to Alvarado next
 FROM OUR VOLUNTEERS.
 The following is from an officer of the Arkansssl regiment of Mounted Gunmen, who participated in the bat.le of Buena Vista:
 CAMP TAYLOR, MExIco,
 March 4, l847.
 DEAR WoopRuFF-I would have written to you before this, but have been prevented by crowd Of business
 Before this reaches you, you will have heard of the battle of Buena Vista, and per haps. all the particulars, touching those eventful days-the 22d and 23d of February They were days that were big with events. There was s.aked upon the result the fate of thousands--the reputation of two, might say three, of the greatest generals of lki. day.
 Gen. Scorr has been ruined; as he should have been, by our success; SANTA ANNA has failed, and, of course, he goes down; TAr- LoR is again, as he always has been, trump hant, and of course he Is, and should be viewed as he General of the age.
 It was a desperate fight. There was in our ranks nothing but indomitable courage, 10 oppose to Mexican numbers and discipline, for the Mexican soldiers are the best drilled men that ever beheld.
 Our number was four thousand eight hua- dred; the Mexicans had actually in the fight, twenty-one thousand, and nineteen Generals. Their force were all troops of the line--our's all Holunieers. From this. you see that the battle of Buena Vista was volunteer fight
 Ou. killed was 250, wounded 400. most of them badly. On the side of the Mexicans, their killed was from 1900 to 200O, and wounded and missing 4000. Thus decreas- ing their effective numbers GOOD.
 The light began about three o'clock on the evening of the 2Sd, and ended at sun down on the evening of the 23d. All this time, and longer, our men and officers were under arms.
 This is the battle that is to Dc placed side by side with Waserloo, and # lam not mach mistaken, the results will justify this elassi- 6casion. thiak peace will be the result; and proof conclusive will be furnished to the world, that American arms mnst aiways be triumphant, whether regulars or vofaaieers.
 We lost many valuable lives. Amongst the number were Co.'s. YELL, HARDIN of Illinois, and McKEE and CLAY of Ky; Capt PORTER, and dozen other Captains. But the death of none who fell on that bloody field, is more universally regretted than that