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few Gehef1ls wU1fd have HasakdeSi ne ae- ton of Buena Vista: ss few would have fought the battle ~ Resaca. In the lasi bat lie, as n the 5ornsey, sss stsderstnnd that the determination Of the General was nos sccon- ded lly ihe officers next him in command. 7, Nc. Is t true thai few Generals wosla have hnsaided the haiiDn, but sIsere are few. very few, Generals hke Gen. Taylor. and there are fewer still in whom the people Piaes such unlimited confidence. tfis bows would follow him willingly to the hottest regions Tei discovered, above and heIost .s,e earth. But the sentiment, that his desermin- ation was not seconded hy the oficers next nm, must be an error, and might imply that there was sOnie nsisnnsleFsEandina between him and those next Him iss rank, particularly his second in commaud---Gen Wool. The greatest unaninsity prevailed; l myself know that Gen. Wool, Col. Churchill and osherr. of the higher officers, perfectly coincided with Gen. Taylor; whilst the Younger gen. tiemen were iH sapanFess as tnishs le ex0er- ted, from the reasonable prospect that the Lord would take to hImself some of the

 .ssnior Majors" and give them their promo ton.

 There were ihree opinions on a choice of ground for lists: ! think Gen. Bn.ler had pre- ierreti point close b SalliIlo; Gen. Wool Selected Buena Vista; whilst the Old Un lancied gorge leading from Agua Nueva towsfds Incarnaiion--a heavenly spot for a small crowd o-meet large one, but another pass led 10 our gear, l;hrosgh which Santa Anna afterwards marched his cavalry,) and we should have been twenty -one miles from our supplies I thought he left 1t with re- lnclance, perhaps from natural dislike to anything like retreat or perhaps from an apprehension of the moral effect fetrogade movement might have on men.

 After the skirmish os the 22d, he rode to his camp near town, to look after Minon, who had got round with large body of cavalry. Next morning. . little after the ball opened, he hoi;ed out and found all right as he expected: he gave his directions from some of the heights, and watched the movements of the different corps, which were at times quite gloomy, and when a dearly-bought victory al length perched on our standard, the veterans met, embraced and mutually congratulated each other, Gen.

 Taylor complimenting Gen. Wool in the most gntiying terms on the handsome man. ner in which the latter had discharged the arduous duties entrusted to him.

 cannot tell what were the feelings ofihe

 two gentlemen at the time, but hhe scene

 brought to my mind my school-boy days,

 when ] read of Eagland's third great Edward

 watching from height, while his gallsnt son

 decided the destinies of France and Cressy. .Mayck g. I'm of on scout, thank Pro

 yidence; fl get back alive, pll have story

 for you. G.H.r.