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DrArn OF Mnoa RiDolTY.-The mail on Satur.
day brought us the melancholy intelligence Of the
death Of brave and meriiorious ollicer-brcyet
Mai. Ridgey. Ills death was caused by bis horse
iallingand throwing him against a rock, fraclufiug
bis skull Thus has fallen in the commencement,
Of brilliant career, brave and distinguished Of
ficer, who on the fields Of Palo Alto, Rcsuea de Ia
Palma, and Monterey, rendered eifcion, service
TO bis country, and won d name long to be re-
membered.


As a token Of respect TO his memory, our naliona
Gag was kept floating at half mast during the day