New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-23
American Prisoners In Meyico-Probable Adj
vance of gen. scott.


From the New Orleans Picayune 18th.
We have az last direct accounts from the Amen
can prisoners IN Mexico. which enable Us 70 clear
up the contradictory rumOrs we have had IN rela-
ton 20 them. Letters were received here yester
dav from Mai Gaines by his brother 4. l.. Gaines
dated in the City Of Mexico, the Goth Of June with
the use of which we have been favored. IL ap-
pears from them that the rank and file OF the pn
soners have been released and sent % Iamplco
These were doubtless the individuals az hueJut4a,
rs mentioned in our last The officers had not been
released on the Goth OF June. Wegive the greater
part of Mai Gaines letters which II Will be seen,
throw great light on Gen. SCOTS movements as
well as upon the fate OF the American prisoners.
Cry OF MEXICO June %, 1917
DEAR SIR: | am very sorry that have It not in
nv power to advise you of release from bondage.
T1s execrable Government In violation Of repeated
promises and solemn engagement entered into with
Gen TAYLOR the day after the battle OF Buena Vista,
stils detans prisoners Of war
On the 81 inst. received note from the Government
10 present myself at the Castle of Santiago, our late
prison and there receive the final determination OF the
authorities In At the Castle we were informed
that exchanged and that we should depart the
next day for TampicO-ths officers only, without the
menand directed 10 60 10 the palace, received our
Instructions expense money &C. &c preparatory 70 our
departure. AT the palace we were told 10 CAL the next
day aud on the next day were informed that they
were without means 10 send US and that could not
90 Thus were our hopes blasted, after having made
all necessary preparation part for the trip.
reason assigned known 10 be mete suoterfuge.
and turned out that four days aterward our
hundred and seventy In number were sent OIL 70 the
tame place without our knowledge when required a
much larger than II would have required 20 send
the officers Indeed II would have taken very small
additional 10 have sent ua with them and that We
would cheeriuly have paid Ourselves BY sending on
the men without nONedge they were subjected -
great suffering and Inconvenience long road 10 Tam
picO without the preparation necessary IN The way OF
clothing shoes sc which were then in fact being fur
nished them The why the officers were not
allowed - accompany them remains 20 be seen.
since that time (the 4tb) have heard hotnng from
this internal Government If Government II may be call
ed but today have received an assurance from Gen.
Scott iha, Immediately upon his arrival in the vicinity
of the city which will surely be within twelve days he
will make a peremptory demand for II ptN be
plied ,sifh think. You may therefore look for
early In August.
Gen. Scout assured has made every possible Of
fort 10 procure enlargement but 10 purpose His
approach to this city Will certainly take place Ia %yery
sken and pfPs PIsPS5aoy 10 m0yns are all
with force sufficient 70 accomplish hsousos
have received letters from the states except one
from A. X since my captivity that the world as 10
me may be said 20 be dramatically sealed up
Here follow passages OF a nature altogether private
aud domestic. and the letter concludes as follows
have now the most positive Information OF Gen.
SCOTS readiness this Capital within the next
three or four days. He will have An easy conquest
Nv intercourse with Gen. Worth is frequent By his
generous conduct toward he has endesred himself
10 me for lie. Your AiecuOnhte bfothet. 49,
JNO P GAINES
We regard these remarks Of Maj. Gaines upon
the movements of Gen. Scott as OF the utmost IN
terest He is cool and cautious gentleman, guard
ed in what he SAYS or writes, AND must have strong
grounds for the Judgment he expresses as 10 the
Mexican means Of defence. We confess that our
opinion as 70 the degree Of resistance Gen scott
will encounter from the MeXlcans has been modi
fed by this letter but that Gen. Scott would
promptly and thoroughly fog the MeNicans when
he met them. We have never doubted. ms letter
confirms the expectation of our era Cruz cores
popdeut and of the editors in the City Of Mexico,
that Gen Scott would advance from Puebla about
the last of June We look eagerly Tor farther arri-
walls from Vera Cruz.
TIE YANKEE ENTERPRIsE.-At a Celebration
in South Carolina the following toast Was offered
By James Fendn. South Carolina May rs henuiac-
tories speedily drive the Northern AbouousIs from tlelr
spindl-s to cOdfsh and whaling
Mr. FFNprN should know that 1t is matter OF very
little consequence 10 Northern men-pArucuisry 10
,ho.e living in Yankeedom proper-what branch OF
business they are driven 20. They are sure 10 sue
coed in ANYTHING South Carolina went Tor hiyh
Tariff when Massachusetts and Connecticut were op
posed 10 IT, they being head and ears 10 commerce
And South Carolina succeeded COD lines, hsrPoons
and merchantmen were transformed into spinning Jen
mics looms and wster-wheels Jack Tar dropped his
pes Jacket for mechanics spron aud instead OF pulling
he rome be pushed the shuttle snd became As eNperin
The one A. he bad been In the other and equally sue
cessfu If the old state Of things Is % be restored oy
the supreme fat OF SouthCarous 90 De H. Cocnsh ana
whales are not be despsed and II compelled 10 seek
Them Yankee industry will be sure h speedily transform
them into gold dust and silver dollars Only let al
kee know what he must do, and be VIII 90 a. u cneef
fully and dot well Albany Evening Journal
HOW TO RAISE GOOD Pork. Finally,
snples NAV MAKE Yankee picked pork sseeter
and fifty Der cent whittier than that Of cornied hogs
but n vow would have hams made into bacon not
interior 10 Westphaa and when hams are spoken Of
bacon is understood not pork-le the hogs according
to our observation, which ia some, have "oods
range :" let them the forest enjoying me
liberty cracking the beeehnut the Chestnut ana %
acorn shutting the pure air and sleeping IN ine upaInea
virgin earth OF the country, until the middle or Ast vi
November, let them be put up Just long enough %
increase and harden their lat with new Germ or yet
better corn meal with clean water and having tnrn ~
from IA 10 20 months old carried Them 70 from loV "
100 pounds some time before or about CHRISTMAS 'e'
their lives be taken not In wanionness OF Ses - ne
Destroy each other 10 but IN uniiment OF thr sP
noin,ad fate The ham Of hogs weighing from ~ ~
Ia will be from 10 70 IS pounds II was recotnnehued
he Col John TAYLOR. OF Caroline virginia, De "lo
so,,n,sa the land holders of the southern states 70
Ljnk and taught them that tney had business 10 De
st.siei and stake ia the Government - De cared iof
h. recommended that az the time Of putting up hoss
10 Autumn the plantation should Se sean =.
Thing in the shape OF hog little or pig except me
hrse3ins stock which not under ten ni'n1ns oiu
az II over that and carried through AhO'Hei Joai'
would not De worth iis cost . ,,-.t.
look Al the Census viii show Win wnai renN A7oio
correspoudence Indian Cora and hogs Jump together .
In the prod ucon Of these great staples oil NE 10
dian Corn and Pork, Tennessee lakes the IeAI We
NsvY0rk produces more thAn four 70 one over Ienhss
see in value Of orchard products The s"inisn
multitude" OF Tennessee eNcels that OF The great I'm
pre- state IS lo.0U over 9oOOOO
BasA1ls Of Corn. NEzbG Of Srtse.
T,,c.s.e - "a Q-6ls- 2gl66O7
Kentucky ....... 80 Al 10 23lOo0
Virginia ......... "a 5775sl ls91loo
49, IA CO. l44 2Ogg745
Ioaisna .... p l55Sc7 lO@3 u0c
49, c.roIina 23Sg3l63 l6i97l6
- W 10 W. a-6 lgUJ0o5
Bat IL a remarkable In the agricultural economy OF
Newyork that me number of Der swine much larger
than that OF other States in proportion TO the quAny
of lndisn Corn she produces, going 10 sno" inAt she
turns other resources into pork whiea In other yates
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