The Washington eorrespOndsnt Of she N. Y
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The Washington corrssp0ndsnf of the N. Y, s'Globs" writes sa.Fp rs ~rv er

 !" Painful rlmors have for some days pre-. vailed in town as to the cowardly conduct ot one of the Indiana Regiments of Volunieers.- Fot the honor of our country. and in order that the Spartan band engaged in the bloody contest in that pass, called by Santa Anna n second Thefmspyln. might all share in the glery of . brilliant success. every patriot could heartily desire that these rumors should prove to be without foundation. Such however, is not the case. At the Adjutant Generals office is m order of General Taylor, issued after the battle, characterized by his ususual laconic and effcc> live style, which shows that the legions ot San. Ca Anna were. in fact. routed by about three to the Colonel, aud about fifty men, who stood by him, the whole Regiment alluded to lied inglo- fiously in the direction of Saltillo, and never halted or looked hack until they reached that sown. The Colonel and his fifty adherents joi- ned Col. Jeff. Davis's Mississippi Regiment. and gallantly fought throughout the desperate conflict After the battle. Col. Davis and his Regiment voted a splendid rife to the Colonel as a salvo to his wounded feelings. on account of the disgraeeful and cowardly conduct oi his command, fn the midst of the flight of this regiment, Majar Dix [brother of yeur Sena,or1 rushed among the reneesdes, seized their ban. ner, and implored them not to disgra> @ the A. merican name. or tarnish the brilliant luster of American valor-but all in vain. for not do- zen were prevailed upon to return to the field. The fact of this desertion by whole regiment, renders the achievement of Gen. Taylor, at Buena Vista. still more glorious and wonderful than it has yet been universally conceded to have been."