Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-31

Among the pdsscnseiS VI MY 80"
leans. were Gen. Pillow and staff, Gen.
Towson. Gen. Cushing and staff, Col.
Belknap, Col. Childs, Col. Duncan, Col
Whithers, and large number Of officers.
So desperate at one time was thought
the chance of bringing together a quorum
of Congress, that the President had deter
mined to exclude the States Of New Mex
leo, chihuahua and Yucatan in estimating
the representation, so that a smaller num-
Der may constitute a quorum. Suisse
uuent events led him to believe that aquo-
rum could be obtained, and the President
reconsidered his determination.
The letters Of our correspondent are to
the latest date; we annex them:
Special Correspondence of the Picayune.
CRY OF Mexico, April 26, l848.
Gen. Pillow left here on Sunday, the
Odd instant, with an escort Of Louisiana
Mounted Men, under command Of Capts.
Fairchild and Ker. The night before he
left he was serenaded by the splendid
hand of the I'd Infantry, and the next
morning large number of officers accom-
panied him some distance on the road
The Court Of Inquiry left on the oath.
In my last letter l stated that Gen. But
Ter was to review the volunteers in the
city on the 23d inst! The review was far
more extensive than | was informed it
would be, and came off on the plain 'front.'
ing Moline del Rey. The divisions of
Gems. Worth aud Pillow, the former con-
sisting Of five regiments Of Infantry Of the
old line, squadron Of horses, and Col.
Duncan's battery, now commanded by
Lieut.. Hunt, and the latter of the six reg
iments of Kentucky, Tennessee, and In
diana volunteers, were reviewed, and the
line, when extended, was over mile in
length. This is the largest review that
has been had during the war, and all pres
ent confessed it was the most magnificent
military display they had ever beheld. A
melancholy interest was added to the spec
tacle, by the display Of the torn and bat.
tered colors Of the 4th, 9th and 9th regi-
ments Of infantry, as they marched by the
General-in-chief. On the Oath, the fine
division of Gen. Smith was reviewed by
the General-in-chief, and its vancouver
ing elected the admiration Of every mill
tary man present. These reviews were
in anticipation Of the possibility of for
ward movement being soon required; and
you will perceive by the enclosed general
order, that the inspection of all the troops
in and about the city is ordered on the 5Oth
inst.
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF MExIco,)
[Orders 75] Mexico, April "a '48
1.-The troops in the city of Mexico,
at San Angel, Tacubaya, Chapultepec and
Moline del Rey, will be mustered and in
spected on the Both inst.
The regular troops will be mustered by
their respective regimental commanders
detached companies by company COM
manders; the volunteers at San Angel, by
such staff officers at Major Gen. Patter-
sons headquarters as he may designate;
the Sd and 4th regiments of Kentucky vol
nnteers, in the city, by Brevet Major R.
Z. Buchanan, acting Inspector General,
and Capt. E. R. S. Candy, Assistant
Adjutant General, respectively; the Sd
and 4th Regiments Tennessee, and 9th
Indiana Volunteers, at Moline del Rev,
by Capts. A Cady, 9th Infantry, W.Chap-
man, 9th Infantry, and B. Alvord, 4th In
fantry, respectively. ...q..; a.
The several officers designated to mus.
ter the troops will refer all cases on which
they may desire information, to Lieut..
Col. Hitchcock, acting Inspector General,
and receive his instruction accordingly.
The duplicate master roll will be for
warded by the inspectors to the Adjutant
General U. S. army, and the ssmaster and
pay rolf for the pay department to Pay
master A. D. Steuart.
2Paymaster A. D. Steuart and lst
Lieut.. P. V. Hagner are announcedas the
chief Of the pay and ordnance departments
with the army, respectively. All orders
relative to their departments given by
Them in the name and by the authority Of
the commanding general, will be obeyed
and respected accordingly.
by order Of Major Gen. Butler.
L: THOMAS, Asst Adj't General.
The letter Of your Queretaro cores
pondent, Of the 23d inst, which / send
you, Is full ofinterest, and some Of his in
formation is important. The extracts from
me message Of Rosa to the members Of
congress now at Queretaro, show that
fena y Pena, fully realizes the dangerous
position Of the nationality of the country,
Should the treaty not be ratified in season
and also shows an energetic determine
mon TO spare no effort to bring about peace.
The passage in the conclusion of the mes
sage quoted by your correspondent, in
which Rosa says-"and in order not "
incur the terrible responsibility Of losing
IN. !! nationality Of the country, the Execu-
NV will dictate extraordinary measures,
which he never would have adopted if
circums tances were not SO very difficult
and dangerous"-I presume refers to the
intention of the President to decree that,
IN consequence of the condition of Yucca
Tan, and other States, arising from the war,
a certain number (less than the constitu-
,lonal quorum, 1t is probable that he will