now lies cold in the tomb. Mr. Root of Philadelphia and Mr. Van Loan of Washington, will also be pleased to accept my thanks,-the former for his excellent daguerreotype of Commodore Conner, and the latter for his spirited daguerreotypes of Lieutenant Colonel May and Brigadier General Shields. To other friends whom I am not at liberty to mention publicly, I am under still further obligations. Like all cotemporary biography, this work is liable to error from a variety of causes which it is unnecessary to point out. I hope it will be found generally accurate; and I shall always hold myself in readiness to correct any error which future research may discover. Pronunciation of Mexican Names, John R. Vinton, Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Colonel de Russy's Official Report of the Expedition to Huejutla, Documents found on the Battle Field of Buena Vista, Discharges from the Army, |