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From lhe Philadelphia North Amer tcan.

 Letter from an officer on board ihe steamship Princeton. s..-.

 Of Balze, April 2l.

 My Dear Brother :-Here we are on our way home. To morrow, the ship will, Tn all probability arrive at Pensacola, :, stay there few days to repair and take in coal, and then away to Philadelphia to land Com. Conner, who is passenger, and from thence to New York. have seen the siege of Vera Cruz, and was present at the surrender of 4O00 Mexican soldiers.

 Tho ceremony took place on large plain outside the walls; it was very i'm, posing sight

 The common soldiers seemed very in different, but the officers appeared sor- row(ul and mortified. They were poor y dressed, some with old white hats, and some with black ones, not having, proba- bly,, seen dollar for months.

 The bombardmcnt lasted three days and half. The city was greatly injured, the shells and round shot striking all ever the town.

 One part near small battery of five guns, which fought most gallanlly, was entirely destroyed, anl from the stencil in the neighborhood, ii is 10 be feared that the bodies of very many poor wo. men and children are buried in the ru- ns

 The fire from this battery was truly extraordinary, the balls and shells struck the works in which the Srnmcn and off, cers of the navy were fighting, with al most the precision ofrifls sh ooting.

 have heard Col. To,tcn say that he has never seen such superb gun practice as was displayed by tha Mcxicans. They were obliged to surrender for tho wnnt of provisions, the soldiers not having an oun>e of food left, either in the city or castle, and 10 save the beautiful town from utter destruction, it being comman. ded by the high ground in tha rear. occu- pied by our troops.

 1 I was in the Governors palace. fine building, occupying one side of the Plaza, in which Gen Scott had his head guar ters, and was looking into very hand> some room, where it Was evident shell had slrack, when T Mexican genllc,nln came up and offered 10 show m3 eyer sAo house.

 followed him, and directly we cama 10 what had evidently been d superb roo n but then almost entirely torn to pieces i; he pointed 10 a plac0 beside tho door which was blown out. "There," liA he sat a lady ard her two children they wcro al killed by the shell which has wrought lhe iajury you sec.

 Al the Mexican battery which fought so we'll when the flag staff was shot away. an officer tore the flag from ihs remnan; of the staff. jumped upon the parapet, and held il in his hand, until he him<c1t was shot down., This was .denc three 1 times. r.sa ef rsssr.1t 44