Headquarters Of The Army

Vero Cruz, Mnrch 29, 1847. Sir : The flag of tlie United Stales oí America floats Iriumphantly over the wnllsoftlie city and the castle of San Juan d'Ulloa. Ourtroops have garrisoned both sincc 10 o'clock. It is now noon. Fïrig. Gen. Worlh is in command of the two places. Articlesof capitulntion wcresigncd and exchanged, at a Inte hour, night befo re last. I endoso a copy of the document. I have heretofbre roported the principal inciclents of the siege up o the 25th nst. Nothingof stnking interest oecurred till early in the morning of tlic next day, when I roceived overiures from General Landero, on whom General Morales had devolved the principal eommnnd. A terrible storm of wind and snnd made it difïïcult lo communiente with the city and impossible to refer te Commodore Perry. I was obliged to entertain the proposition alone, orto continuo the fi reupon a pkce that had shown a disposition to surrender, for the loss of a day, or pcrhnps scveral, could not ba permTMed. The accompanying papers wi.'l show the proceedings Qnd rcsults. Yesterdny,after the norther had abated. nnd the cominissioners appointed by me early the morning before, had ngain met those appoinied by General Landero, Commodore Perry sent ashore his second in command, Capt. Aulick, as a commissioner on the pait of the navy. Aliho' not included n rny specific arrangement made with the Mexican commander, I did not hesitaie, with proper courtesy, to desira that Capt. Áulick might be duly ntrodnced and aüowed to particípate in the diseussions and acts of the commissioners who had been rcciprocally accrediled. - Henee the preamble to his signalure. - The original American commiscioners were Brevet. Brig Gen. Worth, lirig. Gen. Pillow nnd Col. Totten. Four more able and judicious officers could Dot have beer. desireii. I have time to add but little more. - The remaining details of the sfegP, the co-operntion of the U. S. squadron, successively under the command of Commodore Conncr and Perry, the admirable conduel of li:e vhole army - rogularsand voluntoers-I should be happy to dweil upon as thcy deserve ; - bul the steamer Princeton, with Commodore Conner on board, is under way, and I have commenced organizing an advnnce in the interior. This may be deluyeJ a few days, waiting the arrival of additional means of transportation. In the meantime, a joint operalion, by land anl waier, will be made upon Alvarado. No lateral expedition, however, shall interfere with tho grand movement towanls the capital. In consideration of the great services of Col. Totten in llie seige ihat has just terminated most successf'ully, nnd the importunce of his presence at Washington, at the head of the engineer bureau, I entrust lilis despatch to his personal care, and beg to commend him to the ven favorable consideration of the depnrtment. I have the honor to rernain, sir, with high respect, your most obedient servant, W1NF1ELD SCOTT. Ilon. W'm. L. Marcy, Secretary of War. During the siego at Vera Cruz, a bomb feil througli :lie roof of the Governor's pa'sce killing a lady nnd her two children, who were seated noar t lio parlor door. The door gave wiiy 4: the furniture in the room was destroyed. The number of vvomen and chiïdren nnd otlier non-combatanlí. in tlie city ; ba3 been greatly overrated by the press. The whole number in the citv did not probably exceed 1500, and Ihe number killed did not probably exceed 200. The killed and woumlod nmong the combatants in the city was said to be hT ty-eight. There was but one gun fircd at the ensile, and no one was injured in it. The city and castle ere enlirely wilhout provisions, but there was a largo quantity of arnmunition, powder, balls, and shells, both in tlie cautie ami city. Col. Cushing, of Massaelmsetts, on hls arrival ot New Orleans, was greoterl with a slipper, at which the usual amount of patriotic gas was expended. Accounts fi-om the ciiy of ft'exico represent it as in a horrible condition, exposed to destruotion from the conflicts of contending parties and bodies. Santa Anna has writlen to the leade.-s to secure a suspension of hosiilitics, and he was about repairing tliither in person. A Mexican paper givcs Hie íollowing asa proposition lately mado lo Mexico by the United States, through tlio Senior AtlncliR : A commission shall be named to arrange tlie conditions. This commission shall bo composed of Benton and Buchanan, and one memfoer of Congres, and two Mexican commissionors. The eommissioners shall asseiriblo wlienever Ihe government of Mexico shall nppoint. The United Stnlcs demand the parallel of 20 degrees of lntilude from the Gull' of Mexico to the Pacific, as the (fividing lina. The Uniled States will pay $15,000 in cnsh for the trrritory occupied, solcmnly engaging not to exact or claim any expenses of the war. Their expenses aro estimaled at aboul 813,000,000, consequently Ihe Uniled States con-ider they would pay $28,000.000 for the lerritory described. The United State guarnntee that it will never consent that anv territory shall be annexed to ihe America Union. It equally gun ran teeg the fovereign'y of Mexico, especia] ly her territory aoutli of ihe parallel of 20 degrees. The United States will place 10,000 men, infantry and cavalry, npon the line, to prevent smug-gling and the incursión of the Indians. The U. S. engage to adjust all disputes about old claims, the territory ceded, foroign claims, &c. An alliance offensive and defensivo shall besigned bet ween the United Stntes and Mexico to repel all European inter vention in the affiiirs of bolh. The Union says Ihe President will ïmmediately cali about 0000 more volunteer troops into the service. They are principally intended to fill the places of volunteers whose time is aboul to expire. These troops are intended to strengthen three'divisions of our nrmy in the directivo of iho Rio Grande, Santa Fe, and a column of Vera Cruz. 05a A prospectus is circulating tbr the publication of a paper to be calleil ''The Homesiead," to be issued in Salo'm, Obio. " lts lending object will bo lo advocate inalienable homosteads, that families rnay nut bc dispossessed of their bornes wiiliout '.lioir own consent. It wül also advocate thfi relinqui.shment of tlie claims of the General and State Governments to the unoccupied landsin liinited nmoun's to actual settiefs, logether, witli the aboütion of all monopolies and practices wliich oppréss labor, nnd enable the speculntor and non-producer to live upon the toil of the laborar wiiluait giving him an equivalent for bis eamings. " lis objects in the m;in, ai-p good ; and it will have a great field of usefulness before it.