Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1847-12-30
From the Londcn Chronicale, Nov. 70.
THE ENGLISH VIEW or THE
CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF
MEXICO.

hehlCo Ny Tue ldSt packet from view
York, is made up for by the unusually
precise and definite information whlci
had previously arrived by the West India
mail. Ii is needless for us to recapituIate
:he facts detailed in the letter OF our Mex.
can correspondent, which appeared N our
columns Of Tuesday, and in the not less
interesting one, by another eyewitness,
Of the occupation of the Mexican capital
which we present to our readers this morn.
ing. General Scott is at length in quiet
possession Of the object of all his maueu-
vres, but with force reduced to two
thirds of the number with which he left
Puebla
The Mexican armies, on the "rh'r
hand, appear to be in a state OF utter DIS,
organization; and the ruling powers
President, Congress. Executive, Peace
Commissioners, aud all-are scattered To
The four winds OF heaven. The Yankee
commander in.chef may repose in the
halls of Montezuma as long as may be
greeahIe 10 him, aud then take his depar.
ture in what direction he will. But long
time may elapse before he will meet with
any thing in the shape of a government
with which to renew negotiations for that
peace which every succeeding victory
seems at once TO render more DIES irable
to the conqnerors, and more difficult to
obtain from the vanqnished.
After all, ifa cessali"n "f the most ano-
malous war is now farther off than ever,
General Scott ought in fairness to la, the
blame on The course which he has followed
whether, in full accordance with his so.
her judgement, or in mere submission to
instructions received from Washington. it
is impossible TO say. By capturing and
partly destroying the city Of Mexico, he
has himself overthrown the principal por-
ton of the rather precarious foundation on
which the central authority Of the Mexican
Federation rested. II peace was his main
object, it would surely have been SCUM
der policy, whatever else nigh: I've seized
on or devastated To have left the seat of
The government and The legislature alto
gciher intaci-permltling as many as pos.
-ibIe of the vealhier classes, who were
driven ont of the other states, TO take
refuge there.
The peace party within the walls would
thus have been constantly increasing its
numbers, and might at length have pos.
-essed itself of the supreme authority, aud
have concluded peace which would
have had all the requisite Legitimacy, and
have afforded the invaders "IerabIy valid
title to the territory that might have been
conceded to them. If something Of this
sort did not enter into the original designs
of the Washington Cabinet, we mus, con-
TESS ourselves unable to understand with
what object Santa Anna was restored to
power, if not by the direct furlherance, al
least by the connivance, of the Anglo
American authorities. There are certain.
" considerable grounds for the allegation
tina; there was at the commencement of
The war some sort of collision between
Santa Anna and the government of the
United States. We do not profess per-
fec,ly to understand the pros and cons of
this very intricate affair. The following
view Of il, by the ablest statesman in A.
merica, will be interesting at the present
moment.
1t is from speech delivered by Mr.
Webster during the recent session OF the
Massachusetts State Conventions; it forms
in itself brief, aud, in the main, W. be-
lieve, an accurate summary ol the origin.
prclexls, and progress of a war which it
is an honor to the great party OF which
Mr. Webster Is the leader, tina, they never
approved Of
With these forclble statements of Mr.
Webster, we leave the subject for the pre-
sent. We are glad to see thai the feel.
ings Of the party which Mr. Webster re-
presents, are so decidedly hostile TO this
most preposlerous aud Improbable con-
test. There is yet time Gnr the honest
portion OF The American statesmen to come
to the rescue of the constitution Of their
country-a constitution which few years
Of Presidential wars, and the preponder-
ance of the slave.holdiug interests by The
annexation Of new slave states, would ser.
iou,ly mperl, it not inevitably and incur.
ably destroy.
DEATH OF Dr. FELIX MENnEIssonN-
BARTHoLDy The death of this dstin-
guished musician and composer took place
at Leipsic, on the 4h November, after a
short illness This las, of the great Ger
man musicians was only in his 39Ih year.
when his imperishabe Iahors were termi-
mated forever. His health has been for
some time declining, and he had retired
TO lnlerlachen, in Switzerland, during the
summer months, without receiving relief
Upon his return to Lelpsic, the cerebral
affection with which he was afflicted
proved fatal, and, like Mozart, he was
snatched from the scene of his lahors be-
fore he had exhausted the fnlness of life;
his brief career has, however, terminated
in its brightest glory.
In Leipsic the greatest grief prevailed,
and all kinds Of funeral honors were paid
to The memory Of the Departed. NJ. Men.
deIssohr Bartholdy was born at Berlin on
the 81 Of February, 1909 He was grand
son Of the iluslrious philosopher Mende
lssobp. and son of the celebrated archRo.