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ana iurther, that he urges and requests his
trends to unite on General TAYLOR as their
Sand'date for the Presidency. We have
but little doubt from the movements now be.
ing made, that the hero Of Palo Alto and
Resaca de la Palma, of Monterey and
Buena ,:a Vista will be our next President.
We. give as much of another story, from
the Flag. Us we have room for ~ o.
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'"CAPTURE AND DEATH OF MEXICAN FAM
ATIc.-While at. Camargo that gallant Tex
ian officer, Col. Cook, first heard of the inhu-
man massacre near Ceralvo. He started
IN Immediate pursuit of the murderefs to
ram down ,retributive justice upon their
heads for their das1ardly conduct. He sue
.oeeded, in, capturing ONE Of Urreas off
GERS, whose fanaticism no doubt instgated
the; atrocities too revolving to decency and
humanity to be described. He was i'd
entitled as the murderer of Burns and was
seen,to ihahgle most horribly, with his own
shands, the dead bodies of the American team
sters Moved by the spirit of a demon, he at
3tempted, and would have murdered the
.grief-distracted daughtes of the unfortunate
, Burns; but for'the interference Of q! brother
.ficer in the same division After he was
bken and bound by thongs around his
wrists, he sprung, seized pistol which Col.
Cook had laid down, and fired at, and
tvounded him in the knee. Enra ged:for
fan instant he drew his sword, but his anger
melted away at the sight of the cords which
confined his arms, and he desis:ed from his
hasty purpose. He was then placed in a
wagon. with sick soldier, guarded by
file of men, and was thus conveyed until
they reached the spot where the massacre
had taken place. A halt was ordered until
the rites of burial could be performed. One
OF the company: who had lost brother in
the fight. stole, with his rifle, unperceivcd,
to the distance Of one hundred and fi(tv
yards from the wagon, where he secreted
himself behind a bush and waited until his
comrades left an open space between him
and the butcherer of his brother. when he
fred, and drove ball through his bosom.
The desperate man feeling that the thread
which bound him to life was cut, snatched
the gun OF the sick soldier and made an al
most superhuman effort to shoot one of the
guards, which he came within Il hairs
breadth of accomplishing.
VERA Cruz AND THE VoM1ro.-The
Washington correspondent Of the New
York Herald says:
Some Of the papers are alarming them
selves about the health of our troops who
will beieitto garrison Vera Cruz The appre-
hesssion that they will be carried off by the
vomlto is gratultous, as it is not intended to
garrison Vera Cruz. The garrison will be
in the Castle of San Juan de UIloa, which
is healthy, and which can always COM
mand the city. The headquarters will be
at tJalapa. Gen. Worth will probably take
and occupy Cordova, for the purpose of
guarding the Southern road from Puebla,
and detachment will defend the Natioal
Bridge across the river Antigua, over which
passes the road from Vera Cruz to Jalapa.
Jalara and Cerdova are both healthy. IF
Cordova be too much exposed, Orizaba,
twelve or fifteen miles further, might be
occupied. from this point, after the troops
shall be refreshed, Gen. Worth. if it be
deemed advisable, might conduc, his opera
tions against Puebla, while the command
! ing General might proceed to the reduction
OF Perote. AT the former place the forces
might be concentrated, and SO proceed to
the capital, where they will be Joined bv
Gen.. Taylor's division from San Luis Pc:
tosi. ~.
It will be seen that the approaches of
Vera Cruz being thus guarded, aud the
guns of the Castle constantly pointing into
it, no garrison will be required. The
squadron will be relieved from the tiresome
duty of keeping guard over the Castle,
and will have leisure to operate on other
rarts nf the coast II will thue .,eo.n, Ill
hazard Of the plague. The army will also
be- removed from its influence. These ar
rangements exhibit foresight and ge-
ment worthy the highest praise. ..i'
Lieut.. Col. Clay, who was killed at the
battle of Buena Vista, was the second son
of the great Kentuckian. His Oldest son,
Thomas H. Clay, resides on farm near
Lexington. Lieut.. Col. Clay was a gradu-
ate Of West Point, where hetook the first
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