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" LONG MAY IT WAVE O'fiR THE I.AND OF THE FREE AMI) THE HOMK OF THE BRAYE."
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Vol. II.
MATAMOROS, DECEMBER 1, 1847.
No 154.
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THE AMERICAN FLAG
is published Wednesdays and Saturdays, near
the corner of Bravo and Abasolo streets, in the
building known the "Casa de Steambote," by
I. N. FLEESON and J. R. PALMER.
TERMS.
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Ulme—payable invariably in advance
would have had a fair excuse before the
world for listening in earnest to the pro-
posals of peace? But the stnallness of our
force was but an incentive to fresh exertions
Tli'P'g
derstood. At the Belen gate, while General j the Mexican army and nation. rl'he docu-
Terres was manfully battling with General j raent is dated on ihe lt)th inst., at Huemantla,
Quitman, he commanded the reserve, and his i and is the same thing over and over. In-
prudence entirely overcoming his valor, he I consistency .does not effect one's political
on the part of the Mexicans, and the coin- j withdrew his command at double quick time, j standing iu the least in this country, therefore
plete victories achieved by that force have himself leading the retreat, and long before , Santa Anna can resign and reassume power
but added to the false pride of their leaders, the strife of contest had reached him. When with every revolution of the sun, and not a
in so far as the matter of coming to amicable j he was first released, it was shrewdly observ- j whit does he lose by it in the estimation of
terms is concerned. Even the party in favor j ed by Gen. Worth that if he could do no his people. In our country there is no credit
length charged in proportion
those of grc
Correspondence of the New Orleans Picayune.
LETTERS FROM THE J1RMY.
City of Mexico, Oct, 21, lS-i"
sure, no one proposes any scheme or oflers start the first in the retreat ani take others
any aid for carrying on the war; on the along with him—and the sequel proves that
other hand, we hear of no one coming out j he was correct. What influence he may now
■ and advocating peace. Cut off ail the taxes; j have remains to be seen, but he has ceitainly
^ ' .t 'mi i' . i destioy all the resources of revenue; shut up j made out a prettv strong case against the le-
1 he) may w a ley HI a Kju < every avenue through which a dollar finds its | gal claims of Pena y Pena to the Presidential
climate o < cxico its c e.u s lies, (t ig t i VVay i rito t Jje Mexican treasury: make thejehair. He admits tfeat he is the oldest Judge
ful tempeidture, etc., etc — ut give^ me t le , waf ^ ^ ^ serjous|y fejt) by the rjch ; tell j of the Supreme Court, but contends that some
legions o t e ou< r i lssusippi, a tei a thpm that our objects are peace or a conquest, important form has been neglected in the
has been said and sung. If one has the . . . J
IMS 5 and prove to them our ability to achieve the ; piemises.
latter, and we shall soon have peace, or lam | By letters received from Guadelajara we
much mistaken. The world cannot say but j learn that the earthquake of the 2d inst. was
that we have exercised the full measure of! severely felt in that vicinity, 'l'he town of
forbearance in our past efforts to bring about j Ocotlan was almost entirely destroyed, and
an amicable adjustment, and cannot blame us1 Colima also suffered great damage. A letter
least tendency to complaints of a rheumatic
natuie, this climate, so diy and so closing to
every pore, will be sure to bring them out.
1 say bring them out, in this I am really all
wrong. They all develope themselves here-
utmost vigor permitted by the laws of na- by the curate of one of the villages, says that
tioris,
away with fort) horse powei, but as for dri jn future we proseeute the war with the [sent to the Bishop of Guadelajara, written
vmg them out that is another matter. Ihe ' 1 • - r J
thermometer at 100 would be a luxury, while
any countless number of musquitoes, with a
climate to match, would be a positive relief
An officer told me yesterday that he would
give two months' pay for the mere privilege
of being permitted to "wood" and '• fire up"
on a Mississippi steamer—the exercise and
One word about the Spanish company at
El National—the great Santa Anna theatre,
They have produced a grand scenic drama.
" l'he Tyrant of Astracan. or the Magician
of Servan,'* and in a style we have never seen
attendant opening of the pores he thought aPP,oac'led. it is Ml of tricks, magic, en-
would be a relief to him. i cimntment. processions, oriental dancing, sud-
The latest advices from Queretaro would ■ ^en chan£es' b'lie deviltry, and v. hat not;
make it appear that there are not enough S thecosiumcs are r,'ch and most appropriate,
members of congress in attendance to forma !a there is a clock-v\ork nicety of ariange-
quortim. There has been ample time for a ! mP"1 111 al1, °[ ll,fi s,aS° arrangement such
sufficient number to assemble, but they do not ias 15raiely been equalled, ihe immense
come forward. Many oi them evidently jslze llle, ^tabhshment gives them ample
have no confidence in themselves nor in each ist'c,P° 'ol 'lie production of spectacles of this
other-no hope for their cour,try—riothou-ht; descnPtl0n-and wel1 h:18 l[l° empressar.o or
of being able to restore her lost honour i ™naSc! jm/,roved every means at his hands,
even pieserve her nationality, and hence they ( allege has won additional laurels and
keep aloof. They see that no front can be ! ?a,n' d nfw admires ^ her amiable pcrsona-
opposed to the Americans, and hence do not. l'on °' c'1:irncl( 1 this P'fiCe>
care about being in at the death. Mean- Oct. 22.—Affairs do not seem to go on
while, to make matters worse, it is said that altogether as smoothly as they might in Qjie-
Santa Anna has promulgated another rnani- retaro. Sr. Don. Jose Guadalupe Perdigon
festo, announcing his intention to hold on to j Garay, member of Congress, colouel of the
the office of President in defiance of the re-| battalion of Lagos, and brigadier general by
cent renunciation, and in the same document j brevet—if 1 have omitted any of his titles, 1
lie denies Pena y Peria the privilege of scat- j beg his pardon—has come eut with a docu-
ing himself quietly in the executive chair— , ment denying that Pefia v Pena is entitled to
in plain terms, he refuses to recognize him, his seal as President. Me contends, in the
and with the intention of ^assuming himself first place, that by some omission on the part
the power of Chief Magistrate. Some even | of the sovereign constituent Congress he is
go so far as to say that S anta Anna has pass-1 not legally the Chief Justice of the Supreme
ed this city in the direction of Queretaro to ; Court of the Republic, and hence has no con-
assume his former station. I cannot credit:stitutiorial right to the Presidency; and se-
al these reports, although there is no such condly, he argues that from his lack of ener-
tning as prophecy nig what such a man as gv and character, ho is positively disqualified
this tyrant may do. . for holding the office of Chief Magistracy in
1 he most gratifying intelligence brought | the present sorrowful and troublous state ol
by the last arrival from the United States, is, j tin- country. Asa political writer, Garay
that our
while some two thousand persons had gath
ered about the ruins they looked up and saw
the crucified Saviour in a cloud, his image
remained clearly visible for fu 1 half an hour,
and that during that time the awe stricken
fell upon their knees and worshipped. Such
is one of the nonsensical impositions palmed
off upon the superstitious and benighted in-
habitants of this unfortunate land.
Torres, the proprietor of El Monitor Re-
publicano, has got himself into a scrape from
which he will hardly escape without a severe
thrashing. Pursuing his meddling propen-
sities, he, a day or two since, came out with
a short article, in the Polyanthus style, some-
thing like the following:
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"A certain young Mexican lady, of a fro-
licsome disposition and romantic inclinations
—a good singer—and who, since the arri-
val of tiie Americans at San Angel, has be-
come familiar with an officer of that army,
will soon be annexed, like Texas, and passed
over to American dominion. The censure
of the fair sex among her own people has
fallen heavily upon her."
This is nothing more than a sneaking and
most contemptible fling at it highly respecta-
ble and most talented young lady, the daugh-
ter of a Mexican officer, and against whom
there is not the least breath of suspicion.—
The object of Torres is lo prevent all inter-
course between the first families of the citv
and our officers, and for his pains ho will
get most severely punished.
It is now certain that a train is to be sent
down to Vera Cruz in the course of the co-
ming week, and it is also certain that Gen.
Shields and many other wounded and disa-
bled officers, besides Maj. Gaines and party,
will accompany it on tlv-ir way home. Ma-
government is to reinforce this line has some stand in 2"—as a military man, he is, r , ,, , , , . ,
of nnni-tt; ,. l j .. ' ■ , i it . . ii ".ii , n y o f the" outsiders, who nave been with
l'i unci nnnna strnn.rlrr nrrtcrcnlo f no honcinfh nil pnnfmnnt Hp rnrrilYin r»ii*vi nt i '
the army all summer, unable to get away,
U the idea of once
operations strongly, and prosecute the beneath all contempt. He commanded at
war with vigor. This is as it should be, and | San Antonio ori the memorable 20th of Au- . _
'Verv true lover of his country should rejoice ' gust, and was captured in his attempt to es- 111 I" ! <cf,uT'!s. .
at the cheering ir,t« lligence, l),™,,W.h„fli v.LnfC.n Worth R.-nnri! m0lfi ,v vls,t,n8 lhe t'niled atates.
the
^ e Cluarter 15 cape by the division of Gen. Worth. Report:
'heusand men here in the capital, employ has it that his aid de-camp, finding that the
'0,000 more in keeping open the line to Ve- tide of battle was going against them, stole
IiG ruz. occupy Orizaba, and other flank po- the general's horse and toade good his own
sitioris with 5,000, or whatever force may be escape, a story entitled to some credit, ma
Oct. 2i.— As every one anticipated, and
as he most richly deserved, Terres yesterday
received a mest terrible cowhiding at the
an Is of one of our officers, and this, too,
merit, else how could a large portion of her
ruling men retain place and power as they
do. Santa Anna has some scheme in his
head, all for his own advancement, which he
will divulge only when everything is matu-
red. His friends are without doubt busy at
work at (iueretaro—secretly, yet industrious-
ly—and it certainly would not be strange if,
ere another month is ever, we should find
him at the new seat of government vested
with all his former powers. Pefia y Pena
is in no way qualified as a leader in ihe pre-
sent crisis of the country—Santa Anna, with
all his faults, is still the best man they have.
There is a rumor afloat, a mere rumor, to the
effect that some of the leading men, both in
this and other principal cities, are determined
to take hold of the peace question in earnest,
with the determination of carrying it out.—
If there happens to be the least tiuth in this
report, it may be put down as more than prob-
ble that the news of heavy reinforcements on
the way. combined with the fate which has
already befallen Puebla, have opened the
eyes of the nation to the absolute necessity
of coming to terms at once.
Oct. 27. Through the Mexican papers
we learn that a portion of the force recently
under the command of Santa Anna in the
neighborhood of Puebla, had reached Tula,
on the way to Queretaro, l he whole line
of march of this force has been one of rob-
bery arid rapine. The soldiers have literally
stolen everything they coveted in the smaller
towns and haciendas, the unfortunate inhab-
itants dreading their approach far more than
they would the advance of a division of the
very Yankees they have decried so much.
One great reason why the Mexican army is
kept together at all is the fact, that singly
the soldiers know they must starve, whilst
in a body they can rob their own countrymen
of at least enough to satisfy the cravings of
hunger. Never was there a nation so utter-
ly bankrupt in money, means and credit, as
is this miserable Mexico, and still many of
her citizens vapor and fume as though they
were of a countiy as rich in all resources as
ihe fabled land of antiquity, yet it. is doubtful
at this very time whether there is money
enough in the treasury at Queretaro to pay
the doorkeeper his last week's salary. Gen.
Quitman had hardly taken possession of the
National Palace here before he was beset
by crowds of upholsterers, furniture dealers,
and other artisans, with requests for permis-
sion to remove the different articles with
which the apartments were furnished. They
proved incontestibly that they had received
no pay for them, it seems tiiat Santa Anna
and his efficers, so certain were they of de-
fending the city and defeating the Ameri-
cans, set to work refurnishing the palace in
most gorgeous sty le, in the early part of Ju-
ly, anticipating the pleasure of celebrating
necessary, and you then put down the g^er-! much as the illustrious commander of the in the Plataros, the Broadway of Mexi-1 their own victories and their national inde-
nllas entirely—one great step towards bring- valiant Lagos battalion was caught running! co. He skulked and hid for a day or two,; pendencc en the same day the ICtli Septem-
nig about a peace. The next step should be ; for dear life, and a sorry figure he cut in his but was finally caught by Lieut. Brooks,'' er> On that dayourown people were in
|° have a force sufficient to innreh to Quere- flight, for he is of a Falstaffian sue—fat,! one of the aids of Gen. Twiggs, and handled full possession, as conquerors of the Ilalls of
^fo, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi, and even greasy and most filthy withal, a mountain of as aforesaid. Lieut. B. was acquainted with : the Montezuma?, and all the hopes of a proud
guadelajara, giving the inhabitants a taste of ungainly flesh, unused to any such luxury as the young lady insulted, and -has thus dealt, ^vca'* anf' cowaidiy enemy weie dashed to
'full v|gors of war, as it is practised by a bath, while his habiliments had long been summary arid most just punishment upon thejl'ie or0,"ld- Still they will not talk ol peace
? . nations, and many will be much mista- strangers to the wash tub. When finally traducer. Torres is said to have been most j l)l]t o° 0,1 vaunting ol what they are to do
en if a speedy settlement of difficulties is caught he feigned sickness, and for the time instrumental in getting up the cowardly wa-1 tj10 Sam|' (>vcr- . 'ierenot 3 man nmon£
^ nought about. I have^aid before that some grains
" 'ns'gT'ificance of our force was a him A few „.v . . —
^ drawback in the way of an amicable glish friends of peace were mustering all th
could lav their sona
f c«i uu»u uciuic ur- , ,iaiiu0 upon, rerciigon <»nrav wa- released
Mexico with an army of 40.000 men unconditionally, I believe, although it w..
<dt0 i mber wou'd 1101 have been deem- at the time understood that n > bore rable ma:
•:lrgefor the magnitude of the rntrr- would aijain take up arms The history <,
hi me way ui ciii nmicciuie j £*imj '"ujuoui j" »><iv
twTp1' ^ 1)0 there that does not know , members of Congn ss they
fu 'r ,Ien" Scott had sat down before the hands upon, Perdigon <tar:
ol pity were bestowed upon gon row, and there are some who think that l'1cm u''io has got the courage or the charac-
A few days afterwards, when the En- he may now endeavor to inflame the frpcrux \tcr t0 como out 'or peace, or to collect and
to arts of violence in revenge of his ovrn per- j head an army for the national defence
injuries, lie has used every means,) Oct. 20.
... te~Tn'!l° i* 'here that does not know. I re- the armistice, and the fu; i! ■ eflo is at making l-<; h • wK' ••' ?cr:>t y :
birdh-L1' Wilh su°l1 a ,orce< there would peace, are old stories,but the after part taken
j iave been a gun tired, and theenemv f bv Cien. Garay may ho' be so generally «n-
An important ruinor is in cir-
ihe nio-i insiuious. to prevent the Mexican \ eulation—at least one that would be import-
ia.v-r i- -n vi -iiih1 ?!;<• theatres and other j ant in anv country where rumors do not so
he ,uuch abound as in this—to the following ef-
M tofore, fr". It is slated that there are letters in town
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tu>ernent.
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as df
ly a:.d aboveboard.
covcrtiy, not open- directed to influential Mexicans, conimunica-
tinrr as a fact that at a meeting of the leading
fan'.a Anna lias taken another farewell o!, men ol the country, nt Queretaro, it had been
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Fleeson, Isaac Neville & Palmer, J. R. American Flag. (Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico), Vol. 2, No. 154, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1847, newspaper, December 1, 1847; Matamoros, Mexico. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth478544/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.