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"Soee nc from my friends.n-" Facing the foe and trying to rally his meu, he was killed withmany wounds -, the eulOgist of Col. Yell. And the Gazette thinks .'these simple words of . biother. .in-srns are worth all the ealogies which will ever be written by the peculiar guardians of his fame and reputation at home" This exPfes- sion is selected as the strongest out of letter ll ing half dozen columns of his paper, in just6ea- ton of bis assertion that his Buena Vista cores pondent did not nisrepresent Col Yell. or anf por ton of the Arkansas Regiment. In what light can this expression be viewed, but that Col. Tells reg imept vas in full retreat when oyertaken, and he, unsupported by bis men, slain by the enemy: 1t ad- mitsof no other rational meaning But what are the facts of the easel Has not every one who witness cd the fall of Col. Yell, borne ample testimony that he fell la chaTge apoL the enemies lines-rePul- sing the enemy' Aud. although his charge was fa- tai to himself t was successful for the eoun- try and whether his men, under his immediate command. were as well disciplined as others-this desperate and successful charge was the first indi cation during the day of change favorable to the aspect of affairs in the American lines.

 That letter charges neglect. from San Antonio last fall to the time of the battle, not only ,o Col Yell, but 10 nearly all of his officers. in not drilling or exercising his men; and, while it depores Col. Yell's death. holds him not only culpabie for the loss of his own life, but makes him responsible for all those who fell undsr his eommand-for, either his inability. or negligence in teaching his men tactics. production, regret the apparent necessity to tice the remarks of the Gazette. in justification of his correspondent but NC have doubt this mat ter will, in due time, be presented fairly before the pubic, who will be the best judges as to the pto- per style in which the brave dead should be eulo- glzed,