Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-05-15

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together with six thousand men, and the rest OF
the army driven end routed, with the loss Of ev.
cry Thing ammunition, cannon, baggage end
baggage ,rsins, and nothing but the impossibli.
ty Of finding the road, which prevented our
Dragons from reaching their works, enabled
any Of Santa Aonas eraad army TO escape, in.
cuding his own ilustrious person.
Santa Anna's travelling cosch, with all his
papers, valuabIes, and even his wooden leg, has
fallen into our hand., together with all the mo.
ney belonging TO the army.
No one anticipated when aroused from hi.
bivouac this morning, such complete victory.
Five hundred will cover the total loss Of The
Americans IN killed and wounded had il not
been for the positive cowsrdce of Santa Anna.
who ran before the battle was half lost, it would
have been far greater. -.I ..tm'a.
No one con estimate the loss Of the Mexicans
They are scattered in huts BY the road eide and
in every direction. .'a .eHfFs1sat
Whist disposition will be made Of the prison.
ers 10 not yet known they msy be oil set at
liberty on parole, on account Of feeding them
and in order to accelerate the advance move.
ment OF the srmy. H FE
It wss General SCOTS intention to push on
towards the City of Mexico with oil haste.
! a.7a ilf HeHa.r sa Arm 18th.
! The route of the Meaicans last evening was
total and complete. The remains OF the army
were pursued to within miles Of Jalnpa by Gen.
Twiges, at which point they all dispersed, 80
that there was none TO follow
Santa Anna himself escaped by cutting a
cent coach, mounting him and subsequently ia.
king 10 the chappsrel. A service OF nsssive
silver, all his papers, money. and every thing
in the carriage, even his dinner, was cap p,ured
The Mexican loss upon the height was dread.
ful. the ground in places around wss covered
with the dead and wounded. Col. Patacio was
found there mor,slly wounded. Their loss on
the retreat was terribly severe; every by.pa,h
was s.rewn with the dead. Had our dragons
been able to reach them in season, all would
have been killed or cap,ured-Ssnta Anna
among them. .,.,.... ID.
Csnslcs with his noted lsncers, had the
prudence 10 vanish early Even up to ibis time
il is impossible to give anything like full
Mexican officers taken prisoners bad arrived 3,
Vera Cruz. Gen, Shields is severely, and il j.
feared mortally wounded.
Gen. Pillow was slightly wounded Will,
Sho ;6AsV hx,
La Vega.:.A number Of other American Officer
wounded. .s.l
:, EDITORIAL DiuNiry The editor Of The Lon
don Times IN remarking oo the late scandolou
, affairs Of the King OF Bavaria, Gays: ....
/. 1--WE cannot conclude our remarks wiihc,I
alluding to circumstances in ,hees proceeding
!. which really tend to compromise the chAracts
;. of our own peculiar craft. The last time III,
. King Louis appeared conspicuousy on the Eurt
pesn s,sge. was in the cspsc,y which he ha
:, Just assumed of sne journslist for his own ds
a minions. He is not only Bavarias monarch
,. but he is patentee and editor Of The State G'
!, sc,:e. and he should remember that he hss no
a double reputation to sustain. aH
Il For the sake Of bis new profession his Majes'
\. must be cautious. ifa king can do no wron,
., an editor can do . great deal. and we can sssu
., him that, he will nnd no such impuni,y accu
ded to him in his latter capacity strsdilion or
ID loyalty secure him in his former"
- OF course we have no right to interfere
,e European affairs, but we think that the Tim
and other leading Journals Of Europe shou
n. oust such fellow as King Leopold from Il
to editorial fraternity. BY striking his paper {
n. their exchange list II such characters
,;r crowned heads &c, into the editorial proftssio
RI. it's responsibility will be gone.
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10 A CURIOUS sCALcuLATIoM--Whut C. is b.llo,
The reply is Gerry simple; million times
"e million. This is quickly written, and quick
w. still pronounced. But no man 10 able to cou
os it. You count l60 or l70 a minu,si but
~ US even suppose that you 60 ss for as 200, th
90 .n hour will produce l2,OU0; day, 2ss,OO
NC and year, or S65 days tfor every four ye,
yoa may rest from counting, during leap yes
"s O5,l2O.OOO. Let Us suppose now. that Ada
~ at the beginning of his existence, had begun
y" count, had continued to do %, snd was COUNT
>, still would not even now, according 70
~. usually supposed age of our globe, have count
near enough. For to count billion. he wo'
- require e,5l2 years, - days, 8 hours and
10 minutes. according to the above rule. No
I'm. supposiuR we were TO allow the poor eoun
a. twelve bosrs daily for rest. eating. and sssP'