Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-08-05

I the route Of Orizaba, and when SIX leagues
I from thai place he was attacked by i've gtier-
riIleros and captured.
They took from him bis letters and inflicted
seven severe wounds upon him with poluafa
( and leet him for dead. Had he not played
\ possom little he thinks they would certainly
/ have finished him. After they had ieit him
I he found business letter 10 our agents IN
I Vera Cruz. torn into fragments near him.
7 lie gathered up most Of the pieces and iook
them safe to Vera Cruz. Our correspondent
writes that after putting the pieces together as
well as he could he could make out tue follow
ing items: !,
Gen. Pillows division arrived al Puebla on
the 9Th, all web. The American army would
march on to the city Of Mexico TO certainty
if peace were not soon made. We never
supposed there was any doubt about tins. +
The postscript dated the ! lth inst. says that
peace was the order OF the day. The writer,
placed no faith in the prospect; be considered
that Santa Annals sole object was to gam
time principle Of general policy with the
Mexicans, especially with the great man.
Our correspondent writes that a large part
Of the command OF Gen. Pierce left on the
18th. The general was expected TO get oil
the evening Of the 10Th. Our letters say moth
lilM JDtus ttit lBItt EOtiEttfu at 3fodShhA
Bridge to oppose our advance. Gen. Pierce
had been III but had recovered from his a tack.
The Governor of Vera Cruz had received
such information as led him TO suppose an at
tack would be made upon the city as soon
as Gen. Pierce left, and precautions had been
taken TO defend the place General orders
were issued for every citizen 10 enroll himself
under Capt. Tibbilts and hold himself in read
mess for any emergency.
Lieut. j. l.. Parker, ofthe navy, died on the
18th inst, on board the steam-frigate Mlsss-
sppi. Lieut.. Parker was saved from the So
mers, was severely wounded at Tuspan, was
al the capture Of Tabasco, and had been a
mongst the foremost in almost every enter
prise undertaken by the navy. He was noble,
brave and generous, and beloved by all who
knew him.
A Vera Cruz letter in the New Orleans
Times, written on the 10th instant, says
man came in town last night, who states that
he saw Lieut. Whipple, two days ago, at
village some miles fom Mede.ln. lie says
he is well and well treated
am sorry TO hear that there is good deal
Of fever in Com. Perry's Squadron, and that
one Of its victims is the gallant Lieut.. Jas. l..
Parker one of the heroes of the Creole exploit
under the walls of San Juan d'Ullea. have
known Mr.. Parker for many years, and can
speak of him from authority.
The New Orleans National, speaking Of
Col. DERussY's escape, says
Sixteen Of the Louisiana volunteers are
known to be killed. sixteen Of the other regl-
ments lost or missing, total 81. Killed on the
Mexican side III. The first fire OF the Loui-
sana troops killed 33 men; so say the Mexi-
cans.
Col. De Russy has covered himself with
glory in making so good retreat. as he was
surrounded by 700 or 800 Mexieans all the
time.
They got within 50 miles of the prisoners,
but il was no go, the Mexlcans outnumbered
them, and the troops about here are Of the
Tampico kind, and the best in Mexico
We clip the following from the New Or
leans Commercial Times. A notice Of a sim
liar kind appears in other papers of that city,
bat it is almost needless 10 say that no credit
whatever if attached 10 the statements to the
letter published in The "Patra.,'
Important Discoyeries---the Three Mil
lion in operation.
There is a strange letter in the last number
of the Spanish paper, the Patria, published
in this city, from a correspondent in Havana,
headed by the above striking words. The
writer who dates the communication the 10th
July. states that. as he is assured. an indivld
ua OF responsibility had just left Havana for
Vera Cruz, intending 10 proceed Immediately
to the city of Mexico.
His mission is of the utmost importance
and if he arrives in time, he will save he Mex
lean nation. With this introduction, the cor
respondent informs the editors that the ennis
sary in question is gone TO Mexico for thep ur-
pose Of making Santa Anna acquainted with
an important discovery which had Just been
made, and which was TO the following effect
The Consul General of the United States,
General Campbell, at Havana, had been in
constant communication with the Government
at Washington, and Gen, Scott The des-
patches received by him by the last English
Steamer (rom Vera Cruz, we presume, were
Of great importance. Although authentic in
formation hereon Is particularly confined to
the Consul General and his clerks, it was gen
orally credited in Havana, particularly in
commercial circle, that the dispatches treated
of nothing more nor less than the employment
of the S., 100000 entrusted 10 Mr. Polk, by
the Congress of the United States, and which
were now TO be used for the purpose of corrup-
The names of Arista, Ampudia, Almonte,
Canalizo. and Rejon were quoted as those
who had been bought with American money.
Basadre, G.. de la CortIna, and Lombardini
are said TO be ncouuptible.
The former will do all they can to procure
peace, or at least. as long as the war lasts to
favor the Americans, sc. That such per
son, as the emissary above described, has left
Havana for Vera Cruz is, says the Patria's
correspondent. positive; and other crcum-
stances, such as his taking papers from the
Mexican Consulate, Sc, combine to invest
the present account of the object of his Jour
ney with an airof authenticity and truth
some at Havana believe that peace has been
agreed on, aud that the traitors, in pretended
disgust, will quit their country to go TO Cuba,
there to enjoy their ill-gained treasure Por-
tenluous affair
ResuscItation of the Drowned.
Deaths nv drOwnino are very sreoupnt ma