RIcHELIEU.

TALK ABOUT PEACE-STATE OF

 THINGS IN THE ARMY.

 Corrcsp0ndenre oTthe .N7rUu1A Putty fiyprf3spy
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. WASHINGTON. Dec. Is l6l6.

 An officer of the army informs me that the plan IS not to send one civilian merely to the theatre of war in Mexico, for which capacity 1 mentioned that Mir Benton had been spo- ken of, but that is in serious contemplation to conytitute board of commissioners, three Tn humber, who are to proceed with the army and enforce treaty with Mexico. This otfl- cer, who is recently from he scene oi action, gives it as his opinion that there will be but one more battle before the conclusion of peace

 H. .ls, represents that great illwill and :aI'h heAyt.5 .5uraing exist between the volun- ,ecrs auA regulais, and that the former think t.'i have beaA i9vidionsly excluded from &C., | ,e participation in the campaign wherever U was possible to give the latter preference His lps 'rip.ion O. the havoc which disease and pes,ience have wrought upon our forcss. nn lh> Rio lirande IS melancholy indeed Not ] 'ss tlan fifteen hundred have been buried between thai point and Camargo and some idea of the prvalion suffered may be derived from single fact which he related, viz. that he had seen man. who at home might have commanded he possession of $s2O,0 ,000, wrap ped in his blanket and thrust into the earth like dog

 Verify the fnE force of the oriental benedic. ton" May you die among your kindted"- must have rushed to the hearts of many of these poor fellows. lfgroans and blood could be weighed, if mortal agony admitted Of com