r p . , lks per annum in advance fer",^1"ntg s rtedat^lpersqtiarefortliefiret ir each subsequent insertion t-'^urt r ni higher r trip of the washington fbom the •• i xion london june 10 1 it w york in lhe washington lhe * states mail steamer lor europe at ' p m and were compelled to remain ; - al sandy hook lor lhe n'de to rise . ,; ci -- lhe bar .',..,, drew iwenly-one feet of water and reached southampton were drawing „ feel six inches having burnt in lhe ■ ' i(],vs out nearly 70 i tons of coal ...,:. m anchor al 1 o'clock yesterday britannia which ailed from iio ..',.. hadartived al liverpool ihir n tie day previous lo ,;, . \\ ashington became very crank i ul tntic on the next trip i , in three hundred ions of coal n she lef new . ork i ke her safe and slow this no uilt too sharp and one deck di ck musl he taken off or she ' i ■ ri i niiient i equires ol a i md she will cross from one tol ne than lhe liverpool huai-.b thai lhe two in si steamers <•!■ mpetition are a failure but it isl ... iruiii the lime when the floors werel ho knew pointed to the result a-l i'he washington was built oul sailing ship to turn to windward i : have heen built as a baltimore i nol draw for sea over eighiceiil ith of beam she should have i feet less hold ; il her depth of holdl then she should be eight to ten ll-cil i i now l'.iirly engaged in ihe contest i r kngland ; both governments have | ith noble liberality and if the i lafayette cannot far distance i • hen others shall the samel ., ami steam engine makers whol ishiiigton can it'leli lo them i wilh all that we require i i luxury was enjoyed by the i - in i!m washington from n york i hewill all may feel secure i'.l ocean his prudence placed one | ludin-i fifty ions of pig iron iu the ship i situation would have been i greal novelty lo build al as lo require halasling audi .. much water lo pass out ofour no i irbor at all times it is how i can only be altered by razeeing now built in neather and no head winds — i red a succession of gales we i heen oui ot coal when two ibitds i ulantic and this with two hundred i vhould nol have been vnvl we find in " the yankee ring in reference to the prinei-l ton in the rifle which is sol american weapon that all i iciid its principle of ac-l jipv.oi.s wlio are very expert i"l rifle know nothing of tbel which it operates and wntildl asked why a grooved bar-l taws a ball truer than a smooth bore i i .'■ firsl place no bullet is or can hcl i'ctly spherical one side is al-l ! the other and the hall.1 m tin right line oil however bard it may be tol illy practice dcmou-l the same smooth bore immo-l i twice loaded with the samel same powder and withl mould will notl m both in the same spot at tln-l -' i i female screw whieli iriven ball a rotary mo-l he bullet or rather thei rves with one twist of the serew.^j revolution corrects the orxu-.^b i three motions in a rifle halll rward the spiral and thei . caused by the power of gra-^b " a title ot thirty to the pound dropsl 1 nlwut a foot in a hundred yards.^h ted therefore to meet tbisl ■ on leaving the barrel tbel iove tbe line of sight eoiitiii - in n parabolic curve till iti fhe point of intersection isl nvented the rifle is unknown ltsl bwas known to the north amer liaiis before the discovery of tbel it.—thcir arrows are leathered i fwd move precisely in the inan-1 ( uuragi . — a servant girl re-l l«>r her fearless disposition laidl tt she would go into a cliarnel-l with a light and btingm ci a dead man's skull accord-h • appointed time she went butl r*°n with whom she made the bet i * before and hid himself in thei hen be beard her descend audi p skull he called out in a hol-l iu voice " leave me my head l • instead of displaying symptoms ror fright very coolly laid if down i well there it is then audi ..;•' pother upon which the voice i d " leave me my head !" but the i v,'*1 ' observing it wus the samel i called before answered in i zj^nb-y dialect nae.nae friend i a"a twa beads v london paper m k^uon ullellier the city authori-l llmjo r v,1'e slloulj subscribe fori sto • k in »*» nashville and l h railro«d having been submit-l ste0!61 of tl,:it ci,.v was decided ■ timing majority in favor ofi 2 a tl llie vote sto°j stock 724,1 jsl-ij i ar-,n«jority in favor of taking ni|"k unction of the legisla-i vhn e j*ce8sary before the corpor the carolina watchman bruner & james ) v,l',l .>-.. ji 11 ■ - c " a check cpo.v all vorr traitors dr proprietors \ rcleks do this am liberty s sa*e - ) "*^ series or i harrison ( number 15 op tolumb iy salisbury 3v c thursdayt august 12 1s47 ihkival of till v.4klll.\<l.to eleven days later from england ! tho washington arrived al her dock in n york at i j o'clock friday she left soutbamp ion on lhe lolh bui her coal was so had that she put hack and did nol sail iiii the l.jih the coal destroyed two furnace bars which were not injured on her passage out a coin miltee ofthe passengers testified lo his fact from lhe london herald ol the loth and the times ofthe 1 1 the commercial adver tiser lakes some interesting particulars so far as we can form au opinion says the commercial from the papers before us/it ap pears that there was some ratber unfavorable weather afier the departure oflhe steamer of lhe 5th of july but that its aspeel was improv ed previous to the leaving ot iha washington the herald ofthe 15th says : tlie weather and the crops — the magnifi cent weather of the past week has done won ders for vegetation generally wiih the mer cury ranging from 71 to 80 deg an almost cloudless sky and continuous sunshine from sun rise io mi ci ihe crops are progressing toward maturity with a rapidity seldom to be witness ed iu this kingdom the wheat is blossoming under the most fa vorable auspices — and though on some of the poor lands the crops look thin and somewhat ragged the ears are large and well formed ; and should we lie blessed wilh a continuance of the present weather we should say that ta king il whole breadth of ihe land sown and striking an average the yield will turn out very large the london standard publishes a reasona ble letter irom bickington barnstable statin that lhe potato disease had appeared seriously in that parish and a large sandy district near lhe sea the people are taking up the crop and putting them in a dry earth for the season before the tuber is affected others are strew ing slacked lime over the ground and leaves this may arrest its progress but al present the symptoms are very alarming the steamer cambria arrived at liverpool on the 13th reference is made in the times oflhe 14th lo the discovery of the new planet the partic nlais of which were given iu ihat paper of the i3lh the discovery was made ly mr ilencke of dresden maurice power has been returned to parlia ment from the county ol cork to fill the seat vacated by the death of daniel o'connell france the trial of mr teste a peer and forme i minister for gross official corruption in con junction with jen cubieres continued loab sorb attention aud the most extraordinary facts had been developed on thursday morning 13th inst the pub lic was startled by a statement that the previ ous evening mr teste had attempted to com mit suicide the following is from lhe nation al : " between eight and nine o'clock last evening an explosion was heard iu one of tbe chambers iu the prison oflhe luxembourg occupied by the accused parlies in lhe affair oflhe guuhen ans mines the attendants immediately rush ed in and it was found ihat mr teste had at lemped to commit suicide he had placed a pistol in his inoulh and pulled lhe trigger ; but the pistol missed lire he then placed a se cond pistol close to his heart and tiled ; but he had pressed the weapon with such tbtce a gainst the part that the ball did not enter and tell to lhe ground no wound was indicted aud lhe only trace of the explosion was a black mark lioin the powder on the flannel waistcoat and lhe skin it was remarked ihat the dis charge of the second pislol produced a severe contusion and a violent swelling and that it was with great difficulty mr teste could be in duced io submit to have the contusion dressed " this account writes our correspondent '• is unhappily true but what adds to the hor ror ot the circumstance is lhal mr teste's son is suspected of having supplied his father wilh lhe pistols the contusion was dressed a keeper placed over lhe unfortunate man tiie report of monday's proceedings has explain ed the cause of mr teste's despair we cannot here give a full statement of lhe case suffice it to say a madame pellapra produced from her husband's papers which were verilied by official accounts complete ev idence of mr teste's having received about 100,000 francs from gen cubieres through m pelipra the next day the chancellor called on m renouard the reporter of lhe commission to read a letter he had received from mr teste that morning it was as follows : '* m le chan celier the incidents of yesterday's hearing ah low no room for contradiction farther discus sion becomes useless i accept all that the court may choose to do in my absence tor my appearance is henceforth ol no necessity un less indeed it should judge right to constrain my appearance by force 1 respect its authori ty and shall resign myself to it the greffier ot lhe chamber read a report oflhe huissier to the effect that m teste had refused to accompany me to the bar of the court he said that his presence was useless : that he could not combat the facts produced a gainst him ; and that he dearly expiated lhe one sole act of weakness of his whole life the procureur general rose and said ihe tri al is at an end there was no longer any need to inquire into facts or to discuss ihem the confession ol m teste put an end to the debate and at the same time exposed the plot got up by parmentier his task was over — that of the court com menced m baroehe spoke as council tor gen gu hie res m paillet the eminent advocate gave place to a young colleague in defence of m teste the proceeding were expected to ter minate lhe same evening spain madrid papers of june 1 represented ihat general apprehensions oflhe movements of lhe montemolinisls were beginning lo be held — the eco del comcrcio says thai letters irom pampeluna speak in positive terms ofacariisls rising under tbe general direction of elio the onanists bad by iheir mancbinations spread great agitation through navarre a military conspiracy had it was said been discovered at tafolla ofa french character london corn trade july 5 to 10 ihere has been rather more firmness in the corn market since lhe sailing of the britan nia ; and were it not for lhe splendid weather which prevails no doubt speculators would pro bal.lv make a more determined and successful effort to maintain higher prices foreign wheat met wilh little attention but here was less pressuie than might have been expo.-ied considering lhe extent of the supply the lop price for flour was put down to 60s per sack and oilier qualities recorded in pro portion good brands ot american being offered at 34s lo 36 per bariel on the 7lh lhe trade exhibited more firm ness and millers paid the prices of the pre.vi ous market day for the extremely small quan tities purchased by them to supply the imme diate wants there is a small demand for the best brands of^american flour by the bakers at from 34 to 37s per barrel being according to weight and quality considerably lower than 65s per sack for town made flour its value at ihe present prices of tho best samples of english wheat london corn exchange june 14 the accounts irom all parts of the kingdom continue to give very favorable reports of the progress made by lhe growing grain crops to maturily at lhe same time we must remark that the complaints of blight and red gum are on the in crease and though these accounts are probably exaggerated still we fear ihat the yield of wheat may not prove as plentiful as could be wished at all lhe markets held since monday prices of wheat have tended upwards ; indeed the rise in some instances has been important and no where less than 2s to 3s per quarter the cause of the advance has been lhe inadequacy of the supply to meet lhe consumptive demand lhe deliverers from the growers having nearly ceased the business in flour was not of much iin portance but the late advance on american was well mainlained harley beans peas and indian corn were but little inquired for and quotations of these arli i cles remained much the same as in the begin i ning of lie week h liverpool corn market july 13 i at our corn exchange this morning there i was a good attendance of lhe trade and large i show of samples of all kinds of grain flour <\ l fresh arrived there was a moderate retail i trade for wheat at about the prices of friday,^b which were 2d and 3d per 70 lbs dearer thanh those of his day week flour met slow saleh it 27s 36s 6d and 36s per barrel fur wes-m ern canal and other kind in proportion h indian corn was dull and ls to 2s per 1-;>i bs cheaper indian corn meal was sold ath 20s 6d per bbl the weather continues vervm wtirm h liverpool cotton markets ■ week e.\dini july 9 the past week has been one ol quietness al-h though during the early part the sales were la r_re;^b yet altogether a general tone of dullness li i-h prevailed and we close the week with a decline of 1-2j per lb on all american descriptions i cotto:v — the market was firm to-day — h sales : 6,000 bales 1,090 for export and j.oooh on speculation : new orleans 0,1 lo 8 ; uu.v-b ed georgia otj to 7 ; surats j lo 6 there has been a good demand tor cuiion^b to-day and were well sustained loss of tin jamestown i we heard yesterday with much regret,^b the melancholy news of the loss of t lie h sloop-of-war jamestown and probably al large portion of her officers and crew — i she sailed trom boston for norfolk mil thursday of last week under the com-m mind of lieut thatcher to complete hcrh equipments for a cruise on the const of i africa she wns lost it is stated on capem henry and the following from the xor-h folk herald would seem to confirm thei report : h herald office norfolk ) i july 29—2 i m j ■ the united stales sloop-nf-ioar a/w.v-h ttiwii on shore — the schooner yolante.h capt mathias arrived this morning iromh new york reports having seen on wed-h nesday about 1 p m sixty miles north-h east ot cape henry a sloop-of-war noh doubt the jamestown on her way fruml boston to this port aground on chinquote-h age shoal while iu sight she appeared h to have worked over the shoal hut soonl after was observed to be again thumping i as if on a bar as there is an east wind to-day with every appearance of it blow h ing heavily outside the capes fears arel entertained for her safety government i has no steamer here of its own of sulli-l cient power to ro to her relief andtherel is no one in private hands to be had fori love or money i range of the hearer in the united slates — i in silliman's journal for may is a eomuiunica-l lion from s b buckley in which he says ofl the range of the beaver : " in de kay's z:>olo.l ry of lhe slate of new york it is eneneouslyl stated that lhe most southern limit ofthe beaverl within the i'uited stales is the northern part otl the state of new york there were beaverl livin among the mountains of north carolina in the vear 1s42 where mr b saw trees new-l ly cut down by them and he was informed by li guide that he had seen the beaver this was in haywood county a few miles fro ml waynesville on lhe big pigeon river a wild rough region abounding in grand scenery and rarely visited by man being lillle known even to the hunters i from the new york express the distress felt by the polk presses lest the whigs take up general taylor lor the presidency continues and increas es they are so anxious for the fame and good reputation of the old soldier that one can scarcely help commiserating their sufferings if he i.s to be of " no party be can't be democratic thev own : nor can he be4 whig they add however clearlv facts and results may show that what is the reverse of * democratic now-a-davs is - whig the position in which general tavlor would wish to come before his country men as a candidate for the chief magis tracy seems to us clear not only fromhis published letters but from the great va riety of second-hand testimony which we have irom his friends relatives and camp companions that he has been and is a whig that he was opposed to the an nexation of texas and is for reasons that swayed his mind in that case opposed to the extension of our territory by conquest that he thought the war should have been avoided and ought now to be ended hy fixing upon the lines we intend to stand v ar things as clear as anything can be ln the historv ofa pubiic ,£,,„. the famous letter to gen gaw.s>whjchtha distinguished gentleman made jblic t save bis military reputation from the at tacks made upon it after the armistice at monterey pore or less proves all these things to say nothing of that irresistible mass of incidental testimony which we are daily having from the best authorities in the country and in the camp but gen eral taylor does not wish to be a mere party candidate he does not wish to feel bound to eli'ect on the 1th of march 18 is a thorough and utter revolution in every ollice at bis disposal such as now under ther unhappy precedents general jackson set for us every pledged party-elected can didate finds bimself under tbe necessity of bringing about he wishes to restore the distribution of the patronage ofthe gov ernment to tbe old mode of disposing of it under general washington that in so doin he would throw thousands of scamps out of ollice and put honest men in and that he would give whigs their share of tbe honors and emoluments we have not a doubt — but he does not wish to be in the position that general harbi son found himself the pledged candidate only ofa party and therefore in honor bound to give all tbe spoils to that party we confess that much as we should love to see our long proscribed party friends io i lull possession of what they have so long i been excluded from for patriotism's sake i and the true honor of the country we i should rather see general taylor thus i come into ollice than have him come in i harried and be-ridden as gen harrison i was as things now stand then with the i lights before us at present we could not i hesitate one instant in preferring general i taylor to the whole battalion of casses i w rights bentons ttid out in genus who i ion and other papets tear dread n,i t i i i ' ' ment nf 1 trcm over the move tn 1 c mris"'s in tavlors behalf anon they will succeed in mustering up mizt wepa him jforp m dable „ appearance m that they rais words and no.se i command ivi thou a betw n a v h t '_? c°mmand " itll("'t i e?-nr 1 nf°0hf'v these leaders who si well c,ac-vv ni '° if know sucbamanasgener h j ' t v have d p^-tbat under him the offices and emoluments ofthe country will go where character repnta ion and qualification command and that therefore theirs is a hopeless chance and hence from sell-interest as well as irom their instinctive hatred of hi«b-nii„d ed honorable and independent men thev will oppose general taylor's nomination in every manner and form well then as we now understand the character and principles of general tavlor with him or president and a whig congress to back him i the pure and palmv davs of general washington would be restored the washington correspondent of the new york journal of commerce writing of er date of the 24th ultimo says : vvhe administration take a decided part 3£t0r f mr trist in the diliiculty betwpjnv1 ma-v be ktt h occurred between him and gen scoll it has ben broadly intimated that tbe secretary of state is ready and desirous to give publicity to general scot^tr respondent and it is asserted that it w i be ound to be more for gen scott than his hasty plate of soup there is now no authority competent to call lor the correspondence but it will appear when congress meets i have accurate information as to the character in which mr trist went to mex ico and the object of sending him jt had been urged by the mexican government tbat we sent a minister plenipotentiary m the person of mr slidell when it had been agreed that we shouid send only a commissioner there was also a law of the late session making an appropriation for the renewal of diplomatic intercourse opening a negotiation with mexico when ever she should consent to enter upon ne gotiations mr trist was sent as a qua si commissionncr with powers to act as commissioner when mexico should give her consent as provided for bv law the mission came within the law and at the same time avoided the objections that mexico had made to the reception oi anv functionary but a commissioner but none of the governments state or central in mexico have been or are wil ling to enter into negotiations for peace : and mr trist will therefore 1 presume return to his die in the state depart ment and general scott will be reinfor ced are paraded before us as his opponents general tavlor has promised by ami by when the war is over a general expo sition of the principles upon which he would administer the government of the country if elected if these principles are conservative — if they are constitu tional — if they arc whig — and whig they mustbe.it constitutionally conserva tive we shall find no diliiculty in uniting the whig party in his favor the few abolitionists in the whig party who think more of slavery than the constitution and who in their rabid pursuit of one idea have only that one may rebel because general taylor is a slaveholder as henry clay was — but wilh 7,fn taylor as a candidate their votes will not be missed whereas with mr clay alas their de tection was our ruin in new york devotion to the principles of the con stitution with an honest heart and a sound lead is all that the great body of the whigs require of general taylor under such a devotion the veto power will be exercised only in extreme cases for which that august prerogative was alone re served — never in cases of mere expedi ency unless manifest error or great care lessness of legislation appear harbor bill and river bills will not be stealthily pocketed but to the chosen representa tives of the people judgment upon such matters will he left in short the popu lar voice as expressed through the con gress will be the constitutional voice — and not let the will pleasure or sic volo sic jubeo of general taylor under such a president with the overwhelming pop ularity that he would have a whig con gress might once more right the govern ment as they partially righted it in 1842 — nay go further and put tbe constitu tion on the old washington track whence twenty or thirty years of jackson \ an buren and polk mis government could not drive it again our whig readers need not have any apprehension that any great body of the polk party will give their support to gen eral taylor their leaders nearly all by their votes in congress on the monterey capitulation and on the lieutenant gen eral question are committed against him the rank and file of their party will swell our ranks and we ought to welcome them — but the leaders as they speak and indicate through the washington union the albany argus and atlas the new york evening post the richmond en • tbe same correspondent in anothi r letter under date of july 26th says : at the moment when the war bill pas sed in may 1 > lo a democratic s nator remarked that the war would be a very short one — that it would not last longi r than a month mr calhoun replied — ' : will last three years and cost us a :. dred millions 1 bave reason to know that mr cal boun's opinion is unchanged — that be con siders the war as merely begun ami the lengthening train of its evils ns having been scarcely yet manifested the views of the administration and its friends have undergone a great change in consequence of tie obstinate refusal ol the mexicans to make peace the sev eral members ot the administration do not like it is said to speak of the object they have been as ignorant as any man in the whole country and stiil an so as to all that respects the chances of the ter mination of the war 1 taring the late and lon_r continued crv of ' peace peace — the members ofthe administration did not u nite in the effort to delude the public they were at a lo what to think of the prospect of peace and were more inclin ed to ask the opinions <-' others than to give anv of their own on the subject they deem peace as hopeless now and will of course look about to find some person on whom to lay the blai::e of a fail ure to procure it they have seized up on gen scott — his dilatoriiu-ss in march ing on the city of mexico and his delay in sending forward mr buchannan's let ter that mr buchanan's letter writ ten on the loth of april was not trans mitted to the mexican government on the isth of the same month is the only fault that the ' l nion proposes to find with gen scott this is the only distinct charge although intimations are strongly made ihat gen scott has refused to move with out an adequa'e force and has written several more silly letters while the union alleges that peace would have been made if gen scott had done bis duty in forwarding the despatch es a month before he received them — that is ' immediately after the battle of cerro gordo — some other apologists for the administration impute the whole blame to mr trist i learn that the secretary of state exempts mr trist from censure and blames general scott for not having m^l",,h^-pr;,,^'r^-p--hiic g^wrtira^b^h^^olcer jhefnct is.thnt all this is an after thought on the part ot tbis government and of those who for some reason otsher chose to assure the public upon alle-ed anthonry that mr tnst would makef rather had actually made a treat v of peace and that the treaty its pitied by mexico would be here in twenty days * ri,in!r mission bad reference to fhe hattleol cerrogordo xo more fight ng was expected afier the f of yera uuzand,,ec,s„e the intelligence of fe surrender of he castle was n..,.ived reon,h..]0rhol april and the presi dent believed ibis to be a suit ible occa sion to renew overtures of peace it wus k»own that santa anna's lorce at buena sta bad been destroyed and dispersed aini it was not anticipated that he would so soon after offer any resistance to gen scot besides santa anna who xvas in he capital celebrating his escape lyom the battle of buena vista was l hen deemed so formidable and unappeasable an enemy the time bad come when it was supposed he would from policv ful fil his promises ; and the tim had certain ly arrived when the temptation ofthe three millions was more likely to be pott nt with him than at any former lime the de feat of santa anna at buena vista and the fall of vera cruz were the occasion lor the overtures of peace it did not oc cur to our administration when the prop osition ofthe 15th of april was agreed up on that another licking would befal san ta anna three davs after and still less did they believe that another total route would lessen his disposition for peace or increase his means for earning on the war yet now we are gravely told bv tbe olticial organ that if we bad onlv offered peace to the mexican government before this terrible santa anna got back to the city of mexico from the heights of cerro gordo we would have procured it ! ! ne ver was there anything so preposterous after santa anna had lost one army at buena vista he was supposed to be wil ling to make peace but after he had another at cerro gordo he determined to prolong the war ! the more rational conclusion is from all that has taken place in mexico that there has never been a ny lair prospect of peace since the war began : that santa anna is powerless to make peace if he would ; that be iias been our best friend in mexico having betray ed army after army and stronghold alter stronghold into our hands ; that tbe cen sure ou general scott is but a lame ex cuse for not giving him means and men ; and that the allegation that if trist had been a little earlier or later be would have caught the mexican government in a humor for peace is intended onlv to co ver the reckless assertion that peace bad already been or was about to be made the rumor received here from the west that the mormons in california bad mu tinied aic is unfounded and was sug gested by some distrust of and enmity to the mormons which have followed that persecuted and growing sect to the shores of the pacific capt hetzell late of tbe qartermas ters bureau in this city died recently in mexico the intelligence was received yesterday general wool w e do not recollect art instance in which such gen ral judicious and dis criminating praise h is been bestowed up jii a subordinate officer as that which ii wool has received irom all ranks a til army for his cool intrepid and il con luct during th ; buena ista 1 . i ef from the n tion — being com i to go down to saltillo in the inter val between the engagements of tbe 22d md the 3l — aid out of respect for his military capacities confided to him it would seem a larger share in the distri bution of tbe forces and the preparation of the battle than usually falls to a sub irdinate otficer this confidence was bestowed and gen wool . is won for himsell a solid and enviable lame it will be borne in mind that the n of buena vista vas a ; i tied battle a regular face to face fight which i • ■'"/! hours — during ghtoi which lughter was terrific and the sti t a death grapple of < g i ts it lot only taxed that a l • courage ihe lesperate energy whi h be for storming parties and forlorn enterpris b but it called in requisition tl ng an 1 self-sustaining bravery which 1 tnger makes more intelligent to one self with eclat during ue jeed to fame thi gen wool did and whilst it is conceded that gen taylor a ipoe amongst men could have won that battle gen wool performed what any ne could who did . l bis comman ler-in chief i is grati fying lo observe in lhe official d the candor with which the .. ist ance of gen wool is acknowledged by gren taylor and the cordiality with which jen wool attests the eminent abilities of nis superior there is no effort on either fide to eulogize the language of each is lignifiedand soldier-like and its eloquence consists in its truth lt may be properto remark here that shortly alt r " of buena vista and whilst the incidents of the action were imperfect iv known we said in comment ing upon the hazard of g ving battle with such unequal fore „ tt results ot the victory th -.: — if we may take the opinions of mili tary men as a g 1 le in forming an opin ion in the premises few generals would have hazardi ! the action at buena vista as few would have fought the battle of resaca — picayune