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SATURDAY MORXIXH, JULY 31, 1847
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FROM G EX. SCOTT-S DIVISIOX.
The news from Gen. Scott's division of the army,
as given in the New Orleans papers, if so confused
and contradictory, that we scarcely know what t"0
think of it. As regards the prospects of peace, we
give the views expressed by the editor of the Bee, as
; they seem to have been carefully formed, after an ex-
amination of all that was received on the subject.
"On the one hand we have the Sun of Anahuac,
giving a circumstantial account of the appointment
of commissioners to open negotiations for peace,
and furnishing names and dates to substantiate its
declarations. On the other, we have correspondents
from Tampico who write that persons who left the
city of Mexico four days after the rumored appoint-
ment of commissioners, had heard nothing of the
matter while in the capital, and did not believe a
word of it to he true. Again, the fragments of a let-
ter, sent on by private express, and partially pieced
together, after itaving been torn up by guerftieros,
announce that as late as the 11th July, peace nego-
tiations in some form were pending. It is further to
be observed that at this period Gen. Scott w as still
quietly encamped in Puebla. As the commander in
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Arrival ok Troops.—The following ollicers and
commands arrived at the Brasos, from New Orleans,
on Wednesday, on the steamship Telegraph, and I chief had been strengthened by the arrival ot a con-
nti the. river to Mier vesterdav. ou board, the sideruble force uuder Gen. Pillow on the 8th, it is
parsed up the river to Mier yesterday, oh board, the
steamer J. E. Roberts:—Brig. Gen. Lane, of Indiana
Volunteers; Col. 11. M. Kchols, commanding 13th
U. S.' Infantry; Capt. J. W. tfice and Lieut. Hall,
Co. E. 13th Infantry ; Lieut. Davis, with a detach-
ment of Company F , 13th Infantry , Oapt. W uliaee,
with a detachment ol Indiana volunteers, and ano-
ther detachment of Indiana volunteers, othcers and
men not recollected. These troops are all in line
health ami spirits, and eager tor the conflict.
The Dragoons.— The buttaliion of dragoons, at
this place, ender command of Col. Butler, was com-
pleted on Wednesday last by the arrival of an ad-
ditional company. The article in onr last, relative
to these troops, was made to convey an impression
not designed. The note from Uen. Hopping to Col.
Davenport, suggesting the propriety of sending up
the river a company of mounted men to perform
scouting service, was endorsed by that officer and
handed to Col. Butler, who expressed the opinion
that it would he better to send one of the detachcd
companies to Gen.H. tor that duty, and ac cordingly
the Ohio mounted company was despatched. The
dragoons are under excellent drill and discipline, and
cannot fail to delight the eyo of the old hero of the
chasms.
Our forces in Mkxico.—The following may lie
re!itd dpon as nearly the correct number, and the
disposition, of the troops under our two Generals in
Mexico :
Under Gen. Scott, at Puebla, 8,500
With Cadwrjlader, 1,500
" Pillow, 2,500
" Pierce, 4,000—16,500
Under Taylor: Buena Vista,
Monterrey,
Cerralvo,
Upper Rio Grande,
Lower Grande,
2,900
750
'260
3,500
1,000-
-9,010
25,510
inconceivable that he should have declined commen-
cing a forward movement, unless we suppose him
determined to await at Puobla the result of the over-
tures for peace. When it is remembered that the
army under Gen. Scott, reinforced as it has been by
the forces under Pillow, amounts to fully eleven
thousand men, and has been prepared for weeks to
begin the march to thecapitol at a moment's warn-
ing; and when we bear in mind the known sagacity
and energy of Scott, and the fact that delay encour-
ages the enemy and gives him time to complete his
defensive works, we are compelled to conclude that
nothing but a reasonable expectation for peace pres
vents the commander in chief from pressing onward
to the capitol.
"Comparing and collating all the information re-
ceived from various sources, we are inclined to think
that some step has beer, taken by the Mexican gov-
ernment lavorable to the prospective conclusion of a
treaty. W hether commissioners have really been
appointed, and whether the names t'umisned by the
Sun of Ananuac, are those of the representatives of
-Mexico, are subjects of conjecture, and which the
future alone will contradict or confirm."
Lieutenant Whipple, acting adjutant of the 9tJi
infantry, was lassoed by u small party of guerillos
on the 10th instant, when retiring from the cemetry,
within four hundred yards of the walls of the city of
Vera Cruz. They were pursued by the Americans,
who could not overtake them. The chaparral has
been searched for miles around, but his body could
not be found.
Capt. Willium Duff, of the 3d dragoons, died of
vomito at Vera Cruz, on the afternoon of the 16th
instant.
Considerable fever prevails in Commodore Perry's
squadron. One of its victims is Lieut. Jas. L. Par-
ker, one of the heroes of the Creole exploit, under
the walls of San Juan d'Ulua.
The Sun of Anahuac, of the 13th instant, an-
nounces, announces from advices just then from the
city of Mexico, that the war party there was grow-
ing weaker and weaker every day, although still
clamoring for fortifications. So indigent, however,
was the treasury, so general the poverty in Mexico,
that, at the end of three months' labor, the defences
, about the city were insufficient to resist an attack
2d Mississippi Regiment.-We learn, by the | frorn any regular body of troops.
politeness of a clever correspondent belonging to j Gen Alvarez, who, as it was generally known,
had proceeded to the capitol to assist in its defencej
this regiment, at Satfitlo, that its Colonel, Reuben 1
Davis, has resigned his command and gone home,
being so advised by his physicians. Our correspon-
dent further writes that the Virginia, North Caiolina
and Major Chevallie's Texas troops, are all in fine
health, and good plight for an onward march.
Later from Vera Crdz.—The U. S. steam
propeller, II ashing ton, Capt. Pratt, arrived at the
Brasos on the 27ih, three days and a half from Vera
Cruz, and thirty hours from Tampico. We are in-
debted to Capt. P. for a file of the Sun cf Anahuac,
had made a retrograde movement to the south, in
consequence of a disagreement with Gen. Canalizo.
The correspondent of the Picayune writing from
Vera Cruz on the 16th, says that an express from
Gen. Scott (a Mexican) while on his way fr6m Pue-
bla to Vera Cruz, was murdered a few days previous
near Jalapa. The guerillas report that he fought
desperately, and before he fell killed two of their
number. Our own express rider arrived in Vera
| Cruz on the morning of the 16th inst. without his
LATE FROM THE CITY OF MEXICO.
The N. O. Courier of the 23d inst. gives dates from
the city of Mexico as late as the 12th inst., from
which we extract the following news:
On the 10th, the members of the Mexican Con-
gress present had refused by a majority of 1 vote,
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OREGOX.
By a late arrival at Mew York, dates from Oregon
were received as late as the 10th December. A let
ter from J. Q.uinn Thornton, which gives a sad ac-
count of the emigrants by the southern route, whom
Mr. Thornton had left in the Umpqua mountains—
to declare a recess, in expectation of a sufficient: "suffering beyond any thing known." Relief *as
number to commence business, and to take into con- j despatched to them, but it was feared many would
sideration ihe American proposals for peace. The 1 perish before it readied them.
Sun of Anahuac says that Congress must either re-- ' l ^e Spectator speaks in high terms of the navi.
solve that negotiations shall be opened with Gen. gation of the Columbia river—says the channel
Scott, or authorize the government to do so. It is
not within the ordinary powers of Congress to enter
directly upon a negotiation, and therefore it is prob-
able they will give fall authority to the executive
to act in this affair.
According to an article iri the Monitor Republicano
of the 11th, there was a rupture between Santa
Ana and Canalizo—but they met together and were
reconciled, and Canalizo was to have an important
post in the capital.
The Monitor of the 12th contradicts, in very posi-
tive terms, the rumor that Santa Ana was to be ap-
pointed dictator, and ascribes it to the enemies of
Santa Ana and of the country.
The Republicano of the 12th says that Gen. Scott
will not very soon march upon the capital.
It is a sign of confidence that peace will be made,
that the farmers have commenced their labors in the
fields, and 300 carts loaded with seeds had proceed-
ed from Mexico to Tiaxala, and the same quantity
was going to Atlixis.
1 he iMonitor of the 11th notices a letter staling
that the people of Tlascala had applied to General
Scott for troops to fuelp in driving away a leader na-
med Portillo, whose oppressions had become intoler-
able.
The Mexican Clergt.—So much, says the ed-
itor of the New York ^un, has been said about the
position and sentiments ol" this rich and influential
body, that we think it not out of place to give the
results of our own observations, whtn in their capi-
tal and among them. The bishops and higher grades
of clergy are generly eminent for their learning, pu-
rity of private character and devotion to the interests
of the church. Their revenues are large, and so are
the demands upon them, for their vast church posses-
sions, of which we hear so much, are the funds of a getiatorof peace with the Mexican Republic.
(TCUflt llHIIiLlV 4\f t. I. 1 I . ' I . t
great number of charitable and educatioual estab-
lishments. It is for this reason the mass always rise
to defend the church property, when it is attacked
by the government. The monks and friars are not
of the same moral grade with the curates and secu-
lar clergy, who have the charge of congregations,
and on the cloistered orders, if any where, must fall
the principal reproach of idle and irregular lives.—
both wide and deep, and that nothing but ignorance
or bad management could occasion accidents to
sels either going in or coming out.
The Legislature convened on the 1st December
and organized by the election of A. L. Lovejoy
Speaker. The Governor's messuge was received
A bill creating the office of "Territorial Recorder''
was passed, and Mr. Thtophilus McGruder was
elected to perform the duties of that office.
The Spectator call3 upon the Legislature to malw
haste and adjourn, observing that its cost is li|tv
dollars a day to the Territory, and that the public
debt is already .i000 dollars, and increasing.
The project of a rail road to the Pacific seems to
excite interest in Oregon. The Spectator urges the
Legislature to take some action upon the subject.
It suggests also that Congress be asked for a steam
tug to operate at the mouth of the Columbia.
A Mr. Lippincolt, from New York, an emigrant
from Iowa and one from Mississippi, were killed on
the southern route by the Klarnet Indians.
The Spectator calls foudly for the establishment
of public schools. The directors of the Printing
Association had resolved to print 2000 copies of
Webster's Spelling Book.
On the 4th of November an extra from the office
of the Spectator stirred up the patriotism of the Ore-
gonians with tidings of Gen. Taylor's victories over
Arista at Palo Alto and Ilesaea. The only piece of
ordnance owned by the Territory, a 12 pounder, wns
mounted on the rocks and a salute of twentv-one
guns fired under the direction of the Mayor, .Mr.
Lovejoy.
Mr. Trist is getting some hard blows concerning
his ability and general propriety of character to fulfil
the important trust upon which he is sent, as arte-
He
was formerly Consul in Havana, and had some difii-
culty there with a saucy English Consul, about an
American ship. The correspondence at the time
was published, arid is now revived. He was also
accused by an English authority at the Cape de
Verde Islands, in relation to vessels said to be Ame-
rican, and by fraudulent sales obtaining Spanish pa-
pers at the islands, in order to sail under two colors,
some of the stories told by travelers, of priests with ,hat they might prosecute the slave trade with more
families, of gambling,drunkenness, <$-c. may be true,
but by far the greater port are wilful falsehoods, it
may be witty, but certainly it is neither honest or
manly for the traveler to repay the most generous
hospitality by publishing vulgar surmises on the hab-
its of a kind host, as positive facts. The heads of
the Mexican clergy undoubtedly wish fur peace, as
it is evident to them that the war brings nothing but
misery and disgrace upon the great body of the ria- j unf'er ®en. Garay. The particulars have all been
tion. The country priests, less acquainted than j Siven4»n our paper. The officers who accompanied
th«se of the capital with the corrupt oppression of Itlie expedition award great credit to Col. De Eussy,
their soldier despots, would still lipid out for the iH- i ^or 'll8 s'i'" ant* ffallant conduct throughout the
tegrity of Mexico, if they saw a ray of hope. They whole engagement. In a poatcript to on order ot
safety. The way in which Mr. Trist treated those
gentlemen was very grevious to them—particularly
as England was troubled at that time with the extra-
ordinary ambition of exercising a sort of hidi con^
stable authority over the police of the seas.
The Tampico Sentinel contains Col. De Rush's
official account of his engagement with the Mexicans,
are generally good, peaceful, home-abiding men,
and will finally preach submission to the American
power, when they are convinced that it will tend to
the happiness and tranquility of their Hocks. All
the moral force and respectability of the eountsy
side with the clergy, and oppose the military, who
Col Gates, it is stated that the prisoners of Major
Gaines's detachment have been removed from Hue-
utla to a village one hundred and eighty mil^s from
Tampico. Col. Gates communicates the fact of the
detention of these prisoners to Gen. Scott.
The health of Tampico continued good; in the
have reduccd the country to its present state, and j Louisiana regiment there had been but three deaths
, n ■ , r , . letters, severely wounded. He tame by the route i W1" g00n be seen that this force will array itself1 m l^e 'ast f°ur months
and a copy ol the T ampico Sentinel of the 25th. i r ' .. , , , , , ! :„ f,„„, „f „ ,, . . . , -----
Tt l v r* . t • , , °' Onziba, and when six leagues from that place jln la*°ro! a stable government under the Stars of
Ihe Vera Cruz papers have nothing later Irom Gen. ,' , c ... * . . *
1 was attacked by five guerilleros and captured. I hey Ittlc Union.
Scott. The Americans in that city are receiving |
their news from Puebla via New Orleans.
RJaj. Smith, Quarter Master at VeraCruz, was at j
the point, of death when the W. left, of vomito.— I
Maj. \v ilson, 1st Infantry, was taken down the S
took from him his letters, and inflicted seven severe j
wounds upon him with a poinard, and left him for 1
dead. Had he not played possum a little he thinks
T he Comanches.—By the Austin Democrat we
learn that a large number of those Indians held a
Hats' Regiment.—This regiment has been duly
organised and mustered into service at Austin. Tbe
indomitable Jack was elected Colonel and P. R
Bell Lieutenant Colonel. 1 his latter gentleman
they certainly would have finished him. After they j war ,fance at 'he San Saban Springs, a short time j was aid to Gen. Houston, at the battle of >san J®'
0m Mr. Kendall J p'ncc» aru* wcre preparing for a foray npon the Mex- cinto,
had left, he found a business letter from I\
morning .she left. The fever is reported to be assu- to his a„ents in Verii CruZ) Iorn into fragment?. By I icans.
ining a milder form.
putting the pieces together the following items were
Gen. Pierce had left the day before the W., with j |n1de out--'-Gen Pillow's^division arrived at P.7e- ! u GuBERN'ATf;RIAL-~If the PC0P,C of Texas do not
| made out. uen. i mow s division arrived at l ne- j have lhcir gubernatorja| chair we|| fi!|ed) af{er thfi
a force of 2500 men. The day alter he left, filing j ya on ,t,e Sth, all well.'-
was hoard in the direction of the National Bridge,
but nothing definite was known.
Capt. Sttgreaves and Lieut. McGiil, came passen-
gers in the V.., in charge of about 50 men.
The Mobile Morals states that Mr. llilliard, a
whig candidate 1 .r congress in Alabama, in a late
speech, declared himself m favor ol free trade. Arid
Ihe American army will I , , ,
c.. r ■ present occupant vacates it, it will not be for a lack
march to the city of Mexico to a certainty if peace is ! . r , , „
„ . . , ",, , of applicants from whom to choose. By the Austin
not soon made. Peace is the order of the dav." I ... , , , , „ ,
^ . ... . D... ... - .' , Democrat we see that no less than five candidates
Cadwallader and Pillow had been attacked at La ! . , . , _ _
... , . , . j .u a- are a'ready in the field, enlightening the Texans on
Hoya, but they completely routed the enemy, suffer- B h
in
<r no loss.
matters of state policy, and urging their peculiar fit-
ness for the office, viz: Hon. Isaac Van Zandti
Health of Vera Cruz.—The following shows
the number of deaths which occurred in Vera Cruz
in £'> doing furnished conclusive proof that he had j from the 1st to the 12th instant:
either turned democrat or fool—perhaps bolfa. Americans, f>6
Mexicans, 3i
and is, in no sense, inferior to his superior.
Col. Hays has been ordered to report himself to ben.
Taylor. A part of the regiment w ill be detained for
ranging service on the Rio Grande.
Q.. M. Hunt.—Somebody has been writing IettP'3
to Washington City about quarter master Hunt, at
New Orleans. He was ordered to repair to
federal city and give an account of his stewards'"!1.
This order was revoked, and Col. II. challenged his
accuser thro' the New Orleans papers to make l,,rr!
Msj. i.iward ebster, of the Massachusetts re-1 r„, ,• •> ,,.n| . f, Vr v . r
_. ., ; Other foreigners, •>—IO«>, and Uen. W. C. x oung are spoken of.
gi merit o! volunteers, is now at AtarshfiplH \i»ea ! " ' ... I b '
, . , '< Of the above number ■iO died of vellnw fever, as' —-
Jrle is graou nly regaining Ins iieaith. !
— ; | follows ;
-Samuel W.! Soldiers,
Gen. N. II. Darnell, Hon. J. J. Robinson, of the self and charges known fo the public. Since the"
eastern part of the state, Gen. Wood, of the middle ' he has again been summoned to appear before hi?
section, and Dr. Miller, upon the Brasos. Col. A 'masters.
C. Horion is also a candidate. For the office of j
Lieutenant Governor, Col. Reiley, Gen. Tarrant) '
Appointment b* tut. Pp.esibent.-
Rutherfbrr!, of Arkansas, to be Superintendent of i Quartermaster's Department and other
Indian Affairs in the west, in place of William Arm- j Americans,
strong, deceased.
| Mexicans,
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5—19
The Louisiana boys, under Col. Dj Russy, in their
march from tha hordes of tr acherous Mexicans
who swarmed around them, sacked several stores in
a village they passed through, by way of indemnify- !'n£ depart 'or the R:o Grando to
irgthtmselvcs for the robbery of their p"i»ck mules-i P»>'or.
Lt. Horace H. Howe has been elected Cap'® n 0
; On. C., Massachusetts regiment. He is we"
| v:ng ihis promotion. It has afforded his fricnos
j no trifling gratification.
The Mobile liprald says there are more than ^
hundred volunteers now at Port Mellenrv, prep
reinforce Ge»
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Fleeson, Isaac Neville & Palmer, J. R. American Flag. (Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico), Vol. 2, No. 120, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1847, newspaper, July 31, 1847; Matamoros, Mexico. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth478941/m1/2/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.