Southern shield., 1847-01-09

tHe Othei Pui SueIS. HItef long anu St were ride, the Sergeant was at last overta ken, in the road, on foot, his horse havin foundered. He was immediately arreste and searched, and OH his person was foun the sum Of two hundred dollars, which fac gave strong, if not conclusive, proof of hi guilt When he was taken back to th Fort, private was sent to inform Lieu
 T--of the capture. The private met tn Lieutenant returning, a few miles from tn Fort, when he informed him that the thie had been arrested. The Lieutenant exhib ted some little confusion at the annouce nent, but expressed his qualification at th arrest. As he felt greatly relieved by th information communicated. he remarked [, the private that he would take a bye-patl ard ride over to a grocery in the neighbor hood to buy some presents for the men. II the meantime he ordered the soldier to re turn immediately to the Fort Accordingly they parted, taking opposite courses. Lieut. T-never returned to the Fort, nor wa; he ever afterwards seen in the United States. His relatives and friends all believ own hand or by that of some of the desper ate characters who hang upon our frontier
 The Sergeant was brought up for exam inadon. The damning proofs were exhbi ted to him; the money, his flight. &c., hi: only reply was, "where is my accuser- bring him before me and you shall set which is the thief" But Lieutenant T. couh not be found The Sergeant then confessed that he had been bribed by Lieu tenant T-to desert and take upon him selfthe infamy which justly belongs to the Lieutenant himself, who was defaulter to the Government, and wished to cover his crime by the alleged robbery of the Ser geanl That he had given him two hundred dollars and horse, to fly from the Fort, which after a severe conflict with con science, he at last consented to do, but that before he had gone many miles his horse hraixa Aa,rh and ho th..e o.-ot-tal-a n and arrested.
 There were few persons who would be- Iieve this ingenious story Of the Sergeant, and the fact that he had committed a seri- ous crime, though perhaps not the one he was charged with, prevented the few who believed his story, from interfering in his behalf He was accordingly delivered over to the officers of justice, and after a fair trial was found guilty and sent to the Penientiary for seven years, where he now is.
 On the first of October last, as the first division of the Mexican army was marching out of the city, the force of Gen Worth was drawn up in line to salute them. One of the officers of the-infantry, who was standing in front of his company, observed as he thought, familr face in the Mexican ranks-it was that of Colonel of one of their Regiments. As the Mexican force halted for the rear to come up, the Amer ican officer left his post, and having looked up an old brother officer, both approached the Mexican officer, and closely observed him. As soon as the Mexicans eye fel upon the faces of the two Americans, he was observed to grow deadly pale, and to pull his cap over his eyes and turn away But the Americans had seen enough to satisfy them that the Mexican Colonel was no other than the renegade Lieutenan T-, for whose crime poor man now suffers the infamy of imprisonment m the pententiary of Missouri. An inspection o the Mexican military roll, and inquiry among the Mexican officers, confirmed the truth of the personal observation of ou officers.
 We understand that this evidence will be laid before the Executive for the purpose of obtaining a communication ot the punish ment or the unfortunate Sergeant, the victim of the infamous treachery and viii lany of this base officer, who, to the crime of having disgraced his country's uniform and betrayed its confidence, adds the eter nal infamy of the parricide and the traitor
 A WEARY YJoURNEY.-The Copper liar Dor Mail leaves Green Bay once month and is carried the whole distance by mai on foot For some two hundred and fifty miles of the route, there is not habitatlor except perhaps, a few Indian wigwams, an the mail carrier, who in addition to the mai carries two weeks food. besides an aXt two blankets, and cooking and eating utter sils. There is no road or trail, and at hl first trip the carrier takes an Indian guldt and "blazes" the way, so that he can kee the track on the other trips The dlstanc is over three hundred miles, and the Gree Bay Advocate states that 1t takes about tw weeks to go through If the Carrier taken sick, or is lost on his journey. he alone in the wilderness, far out of the feac of human aid, and the non-arrlval at tf appointed time will be the only annouhc ment of his death There are few ma routs in the world, the service of which
 so ardous as this, and few kinds of serVlt requirng the same nerve and courage man 10 undertake it.