The correspondent of the St. Louis Republican, writing from Santa Fe, Aug. 12, 1846, says, "I regret to say, nearly the whole territory has been subject to violence, outrage, and oppression, by the volunteer soldiery against all alike without distinction."
When we reflect how extensively Mexico has been traversed by our troops, we cannot doubt that a prodigious amount of property has been most wantonly destroyed. We are told by one of the letters describing a Mexican defeat, " Captain Morier followed up his advantage with decision, pursued the enemy, and devastated the valley of the Moro, burning everything in his path. The people, terrified, fled to the mountains where death in the shape of starvation awaits them." " Between Metamoras and Monterey," says another, " nearly all the ranches and towns are destroved,"
General Scott, when about marching from Jalapa, upon Mexico, issued an order which is a singular illus- tration of military morality. He tells his army that it can no longer receive supplies from Vera Cruz, but must trust for them to the resources of tho country— that the people must be paid for provisions, or " they will with- hold, conceal,