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. sr.. . t T events in TeXas; and that until this was dona tho suspendud diplomatic intercourse coujd not be restored, and a rt-bitting Aiin- t v isier ricnipoienuary , ue tunuueu. t V" Why our Government should have tn .-J .u. .L :". bo carried. oo by residing Envoy fEx traordioary and Minister' Plenipotentiary -ia not understood. The questions at issue might have been discussed and acttlrd as esilyi fully and satisfactorily, by Com umissioners appointed for that special pur. , pose, as by rssidingjMinistcrs or Envoys ' it is well known thai whin diplomatic re . Utions have ' been, superseded by W'fj '. L'-'r -' I l .. treaties 01 reacu . imvn oee ui a tvcrsally 'negotiated, by Commissioners appointed for that special purpose,' , who re , personally amply protec.eJ by the law f nations, but who are not received as resident Minislern nil after tho Paace has restored thq ordinary diplomat in tercourse. I nus the treaty of Peace of 1783. bntween Prance and Copland, was H; negotiated and concluded M PrU by British Commissioner,' whoi? wero ( not ud milted at resident Envoys oT Mnis- . tr..-J -' W- -s The only distinction which can posi'bly be made1 between tho lw, cases is, that --: -there was .not as yet actual , war br)ieq ' Mexico ,and the United r State9.?jKitvtlp v 'aunexattgn of Texas wa9 no ordinary oc- y currence.?- 11 was a most cur actor un provoked aggression: a deep and . most ' offensive injury; in fact, a. declaration of ' war, if Mexico had accepted it os sucli. la lieu of this, that country had only re. "sorted to-Si suspension of tho ordinary diplomatic relations. I: would seem as it - our Government had considered this as aa act of unparalleled audacity, which Mexico must b Compelled to retract before negotiations fur iho arrangement of listing difficulties could take place; ns an insult la the nation, which must compel it ! assert its just rights and to avenge its tnjurtd honor. General llerrera was not mistaken in hia ntirniatioa. His "Jvernment was 4tverset in the Utter end of the month of December, 1845, and fell into the hunds ol - those ho had duomineo J Jiiin - fur hu v'iV.Z listened to overtures of an arrangement ol the difficulties between tho two nations. . When Mexico felt iis inability to contend iih the United Slates, and, instead of considering the annexation of Tex is to bo, a it really was, tantamount to a declara tion of war, only suspended the ordinary diplomatic relations between the two coun tries, its Government, if -directed by wise counsels, and not impeded by popular k irritation, should at once, since it had already agreed to recognize tho indepen- ' dence of Texts, have entered into it negotiation with the United States. At that time there would have been no intrinsic difficulty in -making a final arrangement founded on an unconditional recognition ol Texas, within. its legitimate boundaries. "Popular feeling;-and tho ambition of con tending military leaders preventod that peaceable termination of those unfortunate distensions. "J ;v Vet, whini Mexico rcfusod to receive ,tUr Slidell as" an Envoy Extraordinary ;n,dj! .Minister Plenipotentiary,' the United ' jBt.n,iei siiooldTtavo Temambeftd 4hat we .had cUnftni'Hd- anlact acknowledged, as Well by the practical IW of n itions s by Tyiinion sene and common justice, to be mtamount to a declaration of war. and ney vhould have waited with patience, till he feelings i x'ciled by our own conduct (HUl euuiioea..- . 'jfJeneral Toylorhn'd been instructed by the War Department ns early as May 23, 1845, to cnoXo tho forces under his com round to be pui into a pusiiion where ilx'V JVtii(It('iMol 'f iHlilly "-endlfifl iwntly net. in defence of Texiw, in the event that ii should become necessary or proper to em ploy thm for lint p-.irpose. I'.y subsercienl instruction, and after ;lio ';eoplo of Tex ns had accepted ihe proposition of onnnxa tion, ho was directed to select and occupy a position, to repel iovusion, as near the boundary 4jne, the RioJrnnd.fj, as prudence would dictate; and that, with' this vTev7 a part of his forcent least, should bo west of ihe river Nueei's. It wos certainly th duty of tho , President to protect Texa against invasion from ih6 niomcnt it had been antiexeu to -the United States; and, ns that republic was in 'actual posacitsion of Corpus Clirisii, wlrch was. tho posi tion selected 'by "General Taylor, there was nothing, in ihu-pmijion he h id taken , w-henuveof anv dingfr ot actual hostiii tics.. ' - - . But -our Government seems to have considered the,, refusal on the.'ptrt of Mox. ico "-to receive Mr.-Slidell us n reside n't Envoy of the United States, ns ncci ssari'y lending to war.. The Secretary of Sine,, in his letter to Mr. Sildell. of Jjiiuary, 28, 1845, says:. "Should itio Mexican Uovern-l meiiTJinuUyj-clueMrecciveyuu , i tie .cup j of (orbearancewil them hava neen- ex hau.sfcd. . Noihiiig can renUUUutiaRetnsTVjftlhe 29th ul.t.nn hia way tiXirn.l the redress of-the inj inrs to oUr;.citizi-n, and theinults to our Governmnnt, into our uwh hamlii." And w"ain, "nii-ulil the lexicon G;rvttrmVWl finally--rtfase-t receive yoo,l1irh demand passports from iho roper authority and return to the Uriitei i?tate! It will then become the duty. the Preslnent jo submit the whole case l Congress and call upon tho nation to assert-its j isl rights, and avenge its injured ,horjof.. iVitUtlietwmn onjen in view, ma ooc rotary Wnr did, by tii letter dated J mtmry 13, 1840, instruct General Taylor "lo advance and occupy, with ihe troop's 'iinJrrldy. command, p itions on or near the cast, bink ofiho Rio del Norte.... .It is prVsumed Point Isabel will bo consider ed by jku an elig ble pbsition. This poiml or. some one near it, and points opposite ; M tamoras and Mier, and in tho vicinitj -Vf Lu&a, are suggested for - your con sidcratlon......Should yoa ottcuQpt to rx- t-rcise tho right which the United, StMes hnv in eonTmon wi'h Mnxjco, to the free iir.vig itun f tin's i iivt'r,"it,.is.pr.bible that Mcxfco would .'in:crnoe'rcsi2tarcc. . You 1 will not B'.tcmpUo enforce this right with, out further instructions.... It is not design. ed, in our present., relations with Meiico, that you should treat her os an enemy; nut, should : she assume that character by a declaration. of . war.' or any open act of hostility toward ns, you will not act merely on the delemuver u your relative msaus enablo you to do otherwise." i. The Administration was jherefore o opinion that thii military occupation of the territory in question was not an net ot hositility toward Mexico, or ' treating her as an enemy. Now I do ever, without fear of contradiction, that whenever territory claimed by two powers is, and has been for a length of time m possession of one of them, if the others should inviide and lake possession of it . by a military force, such an act Is an open act of hostility according to the acknowledged and practic al Inw ol nations... In this caso ihe law of nations." only recognize a clear and positive fact. J The sequel is-well known, General Taylor, with his troops, left Corpus Christi, j.March .8 to 1 llh; 1840, .and eulered the desert which separates that place irom tne vicinity of the del Norte. On Vhe 2Ut he was chesmped three miles soush of the Arroyo. . or L',,'tf Colorado, hnvyig by the route he took marched J 35 miles, aad t being nearly north of Natamoras tlbool met a putty of irregutuy Mexican cavalry, who informed him that they had perempto ry orders; if he passed' the river', Jo fire upon his troops, and that it would be con sideration of war. The river wa howevea crossed without a single shot having been fired. In a proclamation issued on the 12th, General Mejia, win commanded the forces of the Department oTamaulipas, asserts, that the limits of Texas ore certain and recognized, and never had extended beyond the river Nueces, that the cabinet of the United States coveted ihe regions on Iho left bank of the Rio Bravo, and that tho American army was now advan cing to lake possession of a largo portion of Tamaulipas. ,On the 24th March, General Taylor reached a point-onlhe route from Mat.imoras to Point Isabe eighteen miles . from the former, and ten from tho latter place,' where a deputation sent him a lormal Protest of the Prelect of the Northern District of Tamaulipas, de- during, in behalf of the district, that they never will consent-to separate themselves from the Mexican Republic,.. and to unite themselves with the United blates. On thel2ih of April, th Mexican General, Ampudia, required General Taylor to break up his camp -within twenty-four hours, and to retire to ihe othor bmk of the Nueces river, and notified him that, if ho insisted in remaining upon tho soil of tho Department of Tamaulipas, it would clearly result that arms alone must decide thu question; in which case,v he declared thai the Mexicans woutd recept' the war to which ihey had been provoked. On ihe 24thof April, General Arista "arrived at Malamoras,- and on the same-1 day informed General Taylor, that he considered hostil ities commencedf-and would prosecute them. On tho same day, a party of sixty three American dragoons," who bad been sent some distance up the left bank of the river; becanw ngiged-whh a very ; large force of the enemy," and after a short affair, in whioh about sixteen - were-killcd -or wounded, were surrounded and compelled to surrender, : There facts were laid be fore Congress by the President in his Messuge of H'h of .M-iy, ConflvdrJ next week . . Letters from the City of Mexico. ( Sjitcial Corretpandtnce ,of the Picayune.) Mexico1, Nov. 4, 1847. Thero has been a successful revolution inOij ica. The object of it wos to pul down the present State Government and reinstule tho one put out in February last. After six or seven hours' fighting, the au. lh nities yielded to the iqsurgenti, surren dered rho Govcrntnent into theit hands, and tranquility wa restored Among the killed was D n N. Carballo, a young Mex ican officer, who distinguished himself in the battle ofMolino did Rey. The disturbances in Goaniijuattt still continue. The insurgents of Xichu, alter committing nil kinds of exccs-sei, had the Government Iroops besieged, and it was thought the latter would surrender. A trty ol'lhc State militia,' numbering 100 rrfl'fHtiA-Guaiiajuita i orrThiT2th olt. , to put down iho iiUUfgrnts, wlio'je foitu is Mid to cxcecd"4U0 men. LI Progreso as Vr'ts rhat the Governor intends visHin the dilfeiout towns of the State forho pur jne of exciting tho spirit.if, peace, which he has already commenced to revive; bul some people insinuate Mhat ihe objfct of this mission is to aw: how much money tfae-j be raked Iroih the citizens lor tins pur Gen. Ampudia arrived hrSarr Lgnis Pd4iahdf if gwUylheaJuninjator helJ up lees?), : whit her ito had been ordered by ihe Government. Gen. Urres, ;he-commanding general of the Eastern Interior States, is ot I ula do Tamaulipas. Gaoalos is principal com- nnnder ol ihe line from Linares to .Mata- moras A serious difficulty occurred last "night at a house near tho Alameda, between a oarir of the 8th lolantrv and somq'Mexi cao.r,'.in which ,une or two of our soldiers werq killed, i he patrol was prompMy on the spot and succeeded in arresting the Tinleaders. But ono Mexican was killed ' - ' C.C. , ' Mxxico, Dec. 3, 1841 Day before yesterday Gen. Scott and suite visited lhe; Archbishop in full dress, ainllBdny that predate returned ihe corn n!iieht. and remained in the General's niinrtcrs for1 some time From tho tono of the. journals I should puf'e that Pj redes i looked upon with a strong degree ot suspicion uy uie wesican p(:Oi)l(.;. He hrts issued a manifesto from Tulancin o, hia.prescnt residence, occom. . 1 panted by a physician' certificate lofiiis illness some ol the papers Having ' accu ted him of "pUying pohsom." E"More. liaho, in noticing his address, apejfka of him in the following terms: A general who ought to have been engaged in de. fending his country from foreign invasion, and has turned hia back and his ariin upon her, la unworthy of being employed by any administration. What security can such a man offer to the nation, he himself being the main cause of her present troubles None because he who has fuiles" to do his duty once will fail a hundred times." This language or these sentiment, is held by nearly all the prominent journals of the Republic. : At the election in 0.ijaca, Get. Ilerera received the vote for the Presidency, and Srs. Ortegoza and Quinmea forlSenators. J Santa Anna has sent a note to Querela- ro.' in'which he mentions iho names of 3uito a number of Mexican officer who eserted from the army near Puebla In one regiment (the. Hussars) no less than twenty lour' commissioned officers are re ported .absent, nino of whom deserted their colors. ' . ' You will rscolloct that some doys ago a lot of mules were stolerj . from the garita of San Cosmo, ahd that a party oT dragr oontatartnd in pursuit bf jhpynrnuder Tbey did not mcceeJ (iroVoiakAtj them, but oo their way they fell in with ar.d cop iuTeJlome tweTityiancersy-whom they brought to this city. The Governor! of the Stato of Mexico, in a recent address to the ayuntamicn'.o, says that these men were a part of tho rurul guard, organized for the purpose of keeping tho loads' be--t ween Mexico, and Toluca fice from rob bers, and requests the ayuntimicnto to so licit their release from Gen. Scott. C. C. Mexico, November To day Capt. Sunderson, of the Mounted Rifles, discovered tlie whole uparatus and machinery which hod been used in easting cannon near Molino del Rey. They have been sought after a great deal, and their. Jdiscoveryreflects a, great deal of credit on the gallant captain. This afternoon, about 5 o'clock, a gren. scr was whipped in the olnzx He had! attempted to kill oho of "our soldiers, and was sentenced to receive one hundred lash es twenty five on every Man lay for one month. Nearly ten thousand Mexicans were in the plaza, and as soon m b the whip ping commenced they began to throw stohes. About a dozen of our dragoons, however, chared upon tho mob, when they dispersed in all directions. The grea ser was then whipped and tajten buck to the guard house. There was one or two rows last night, which resulted in the death one or two soldiers and some thirteen or. fourteen Mexicans. . C. C. Mexico, Nov. 10. Yesterday aficrnoon tho4th,5th and 6th Infantry paraded in tho principal plaza. A rumor had gone abroad that snothor Mexican was to be whipped, arid there was a large assemblage of leperos, lad rones and the usual assortment of women and children. The parade served one purpose at all events. It displayed to the eyes of the aatonlshed Mexicans ihe higbaiuie ol discipline to which our troops have arri ved. In fact the clean7hetBppearonce of our men . and iho perfect manner in which they went through their evolutions was extremely gratifying to all Americans present7and the niorp so as they wero a ware that many of the men were new re cruits. Our army is probably now in a more pcrfect state of discipline than it ever was before. The men are regu!arly dull ed every morning and evening, and the eflets" "are rvtdem- f 4hiiCTiuipr1;ij.dap.. pcarancJ und in the diminution of thtj.J sick list. No papers c:mc through from Quereta. ro last evening, but El Monitor has a letter from there bringing nws decidedly favor able to'peacc. The proceedings of Con. greas, as reported in tho letter, arc some what confused, but it is evident ti'.it the Moderates with ihe co-operation of a few Puros, have. achieved a signil triumph. The anti peace propositions of Sr. Oiero wero rejected. Sanor Rosa made on exposition of the state of affair when Penay Pena was call, ed to the head of the Government, and the means ho had employed in the direction of affairs, which was well received by the ati dnori. Seno.r..Eiirdigjji i, one ol'Santt An- na s most, violent partisans, catled lot u secret session, lo enable hirb to "-bring n charge of high'treason against the Minister, of War, Mora.' EOJoniior publishes or dors Irom Rosa, addressed to the Secreta. ries of Congress, requesting them to give IK possible preference to this subject, as the honor and Uiicrest of the nation de manded that therihisier should be nun- Iqjiifamy If -he is innrtenot. Pyrdigon HC-T cuses Mora of collusion ' with Uen. oout, to surrender the country lo the Americans, Senor Li zo made a proposition th'rt the speeches bri Otero's anti peace propositions should be published for the purpose of showing the people that they were trj-et-cd not because congress wanted lo ced more of Texasbut because it was opposed to ceding one inch of that territory. But this wis pronounced by Otero a complete falsehood, for the reason that if a portion of Congress-had rejected his propositions for the cause attributed, another portion, no jpss considerable, had voted against fpi frorji a motive of an opposite character.r These propositions were defeated by mjre Ifhan a two' thirrj vote. "Tho Moderates claim the result of this deb ite as a splen. did triumph, and one very unexpected. The correspondenl of El Monitor thinks the' Governmept will have nothing to pre vent it from concluding a peace upon terms advantageous to tho nation. This treaty; he siys, will. not be submitted to ihe'.pre. sent Congress, whiah closes , its session jiV December, apd probibly will ba dissolved before that time by its own dissension, but ' . y '' : , : . - J .. ' to another yet to be chosen. , j r , Mexico, Nov. 12, 147. Therejias been an emute of a serious na ture in Guanajuato. . In tho viilogs of bt- tao, on the 7th, the troops of .Oovernor Arrellano arrested tw.p priesls wno were endeavoring to get up o pronutieiamenlo in favor bf placing Gon. Busiamente at the head of the army, of continuing the war until tho invaders were exterminated, and of declaring any man a Irui.or who should entertain any propositions -of peace withfhu United Siaum. The people resisted the arrost and a fight ensued, which resulted in six of the citizens being killed . and fif teen or sixteen wounjed. Iho soldiers finally succeeded in bringing the priests, liodr into Guanajuala. Ihepcoyio were in a irreat state of excitement, and cries ol "Death to tho Governor" were heard on all sides. El Progreso, published nt Guanttjuaia, is down upon thn Governor with treat violence. ioncluding his article bv fiooing that the same matchless vaor and hctivitv disnluved bv..the troops of .. ( rf r , Gov. Arrelluuo in charging upon unarmed Mexicans may be displayed ugaTnut the Yankees when they meet them. A short lime 820 a Doner was storied in this city entitled the 'Judio Errante.' In his second number, ihe editor wrote t violent nriicfo against the American army Yesterday it mado its atlpearanco It) i skeleton form, containing a notice., from Gov. Smith cautioniiig the editor against using such language a .second-time, upon which the latter comments and s.ivs thai if he cunnot speak ns hn wishes he-ivill not speak nt all, and notifies his readers that this is the last appearance of tho 'Wun- uering Jew. L,. U - Mexico, Nov,? Threo propositions have been passed to a first reading in Congress the first, that in tho event of the city of Qucretaro being threatened with an invasion by tho Amer- icanarmy, tho Congress shall to the cityof Aguasculleiites; second, ihal the Uovern'meiil shall listen to no proposi tiois of peace so tong 83 the invading for ces w not evacuate 'he national territory which ihey occupy, and cease to blockade the ports of the republic; third, the same Government, under its strictest responsi bility, shall -'dicta to. such measures' nnd piojects ns will bo sulhcienlon its part to carry on tho war. . Tho corresoondenco bctwen Gen. Scott and the Archbishop ol Mexico, on'the sub ject of the release of the Mexican prisoners, is verv interest in";. Tho latter usks the favor of their liberation on the ground that itieir lutmaes are sutlcrtng in consequence of their conhneiik nt. lie says the ulkc- '.ion and rcsneci hielr General Seoii I always shown to the holy church, of which he is the head. jo this city, emboldens him to make this request, and instances the lib eration of ihe Fre nch prisoners by Abdel Kader through ihe mediation of tho Arch- bishop of A reel. The general replies at some length, ci ting tho casus of the prisoners taken" at Vera Cruz and (Jerro Uordo, who wero Iiberaled oinhetrnarolf-ahd had after wards taken up arms against tho AmerK cotis; that while at Puebla he asked the liberation of the American prisoners taken on tho Rio Grand e, ho were to have b'.-eii c'xchan&ttd by, '-agreement between S.inta Annu nod Gen. Taylor, but that an eva sive reply Imviiigbeen returned another oomiuuiiicatiun was sent on the 26:h of July, the only response lo which was found in ihe' palace, afterGen Scott had entered thocitv. folded, sealed and directed to him under dale ef August. Gen. Scott concludes by saying that if the- Archbish op will Irjve the gorfdness to appoint some dignitary of tho chinch to visit these ift'en und explain to tltcm that prisoners of Avar nfi der ihe j-p-pn folo-r iiway auuLiI fuufld. fighting against the suno bi:Iligrrcnt be fore' being duly exchanged; and that if this dignilary 'gives also a solemn admonition ol the church agninst the violation of their oaths, he will give them their liberty un der its sacred authority.' I he orcho sliop, in a .subsequent per sonal interview with the commander in chief, cited lo him tiq decree .of the Mex ican Government, which prohibited all Mexicans from EHviii their paroles not to fi-'ht noainst iho Americans, nnd tho rc sponsib lity which he would incur if the Supreme (joverninent should disapprove iho step, and thus tho matter stands at pre sent.- ' . C C. - -Mexico. -Jiuv.:.l7 Senor Ahaya has nominated for Minis ter of Relations Don Manuel Pena y Pena, the late President, and of..J6.tice, Don Lu is de la Rosa, at present in charge of the Hacienda. Tint National Congress has decreed a vote .of thanks to Pena y Pena, for tho ser vices he rendered to tlie natiuh-whilo-in the iVesidi-niial chair. The jropositinn tntfWucelintson-- J - grcss-Jjy several Deputies, thattnejiLjyould t fist e to no propositiims of pence while our armies occupied their territory or our fleets blockaded their potts, was rejected on the ll3 h by a vote of 33 yeas to 88 nays. Aoayairj.bt.s. .maugural address besought his hearers not to forget "ThaTtlie standr ard of iho Mexicans had been pulled dow n by the Americans from the -National Pal ace; where it had been' placed by Iturbide with Ins own glorious hands." tMay ' not ;hi sentence bo ' -sig-nificant of his future course v I have just heard of "the arrival, a few minutes ago, of Wm. II. Polk, and Col." S.nyth, of Njw Orleans, the latter bearer of despatches from Washington. To Don Franciscj De P. Castro: The following printed ordjr-babeTr sent in English and Spanish along the lines for iho information .of all concerned. I like tbrp.xp res sive, straight - forward stylo in which (ien. Patterson Couches, his or. der tint refer to these people. lie un derstands ihein;. and they will be ubligVJ to "rise tarlv"'to circumvent him; ORDERS-Ao. II.-" , JIwPQtJAITKKS, VoLtwrtE DlVrStOJl '-. Jlnpa, Not. Ill, 1&47. J 1. The liberal policy heretofore pursued bv tho American officers in paying for all trespasses committtd by their troops, has, ihe major general regrets lo aay, mooceu a mosl paltry and dii-hopfst practice on the oarl of oome Mexicans wno-are a otsgraco to their nation, and who have availed themrj selves of the' disposition to do justice, lo seek out and present for' payment, claims nearly or entirely lalse. I Ins disnonesi und dishonorable praclie most be check edif riot stopped. . The commanding general will not require of his subordinates the unpleasant duty ol investigating claim's which ihe owners know to bo false, nnd when proven tube so, ihey admit thtiuhcic anont had made up an exaggerated ac count in the expectation of being beaten do w n. Therefore , hereaf ir uo . accou nt nrcseiited bv a Mexican for alleged dam. ages will bo paid .. unless presented and vouched for under outli ty tno ower oi the property, und until it lias been referred to competent persons for tliorougn exam ination. If it shall appear thai damages nrn claimed for moro uronrrtv than was taken, or that a higher value is, charged than the article is worth, no paymentwhai ever shall be made to tho claimant The (inverninenl of tho UuiH'd Slates and th generals in command in, Mexico have act ed with more liberality in this war than has ever been evinced" by uny other Govern ment or officers in similar- circumstances, and their tiborulity shull not be abused. 2Any person or persons claiming ex cessive damages from, or making lalse charges against the United States or ihe troops thereof, shull be brought before a military commission and promptly punish ed. 3. All persons found with American properly in their possession, not placed there by the American authorities will be looked upon as receivers of btolen goods, and shall be brought before a military com mission for pt'uinhineir; in uddilion to which they shall, upon conviction, pay n fine equal to five limes thu va'.uu of the property. I3y order of Major Gen. Patterson. Jalata, t M rxie7)-Nv--a 1 . Tho more we learn ol ihe character of Lieut. Colonel 'Ju-rn Climaco ReboUedo, thu capTivrrgTremlla chief, tho more im portant appears bis capture. Tho papers that were found in his trunk contain-a cor respondence between him und many citi zens and officers of note. There are sev eral letters from Santa Anna, which show thutsReholledo is a man of- some conse quence in the estimation of the Mcxcnn "overnmcnt. Tho following letter will not bo devoid of intei st: . Mexico, Aug. 4, 1847. My Juskcmed Friend. In rel uinn to what you h peak of inour letter of ihe 29lhult., I must assure you that it is lalse, absolutely- false all that has been said, unrj all that thcy'siill say about our Govern ment admitting the propositions of peace which the enemy' pretend to make us.-- Tho Government- bfts K'Hjy5 lbiugb.itl such a thing, nor is she ob'iged, by her sit uation, lo enter into such a compact. I am happy to hear that' those towns are so decidedly in favor ofiho continuation of ihe war. For my own pirt, 1 am resolved to sustain it nt all h.tziid-; lo tfl.-cl which I have nil the necessary eTTTneiiis" for the defence of t his capital, w hen it shall bo at lacked. I' or this reason you should con tradict nil thtit may bo said to the contrary, for there are rumors circulal ;d by iho i n cinies of our independence for the purpose ol rendering unpopular the Government, and protecting by these means the inva ders. The enemy will, I understand, mover from Puebla against this capital w-Hbm--4WdvsT.Jmd but thai they nro coming to seek flleir own oestruction, lor in our numerous army there reigns the greatest chthusi ism, ar.d the most vthement desire lo engage wiih r the enemy; and as I have oil the probabil ities of soon obtaining a victory, it is very necessary that ou and ull good patriots -in your part of thu. country should maintain iho public enthusiasm, and hold yourselves in readiness lo complete the d. I'e.ut of llie enemy, should ho commence his retreat. It gives me the gn.-u4esl' stitrfaciitu to hcarlr:m you of the injuics that havo been inflicted -by the guerrillas upon ihe lost A mericun train, and I hwoifrnrnoTrrrporiu nity has been neglccicd to do them itill greater harm. ' - I regrejjjinirofour ill health, as much from my personal esteem as'fi dm the fact that we cannol weU dispense ,with your important services. I nni, hmvever, happy' to hear lhaf the patriotic und val iant chief, Mr. . Mala, has succeeded you in comm.-Mid. I hope that you may soon recover your Health. In the mean time, lrcmain,ryour aflijclionote friend. ,A. L. DE-SANTA ANNA Lieut. Pol. Jpa.n CttMACo Rebolledu. " .s' , JitArA, Nov, 23, 1847. Tho wagon rriaiter Meeks, und team ster Dennis, were hung tu-day, in ihe large ,pluzi, ut 12 o'cloi k. About 3000 of Gen. Patterson's command were drawn up. .tuwjt,nessjhc.. execution, ond there must have been ot least sn equat" numner ot Mexicans, present. Meeks addresed the spectators after tho ropo whs placed a round hia neck, warning them to abstain from shedding blood as he had dtne it, and lamenting that he could n it havo met u different deaih. His remarks were sen sible. IIo threw liimsHf uoou the mcrcv of God, and was praying aloud when the drop fell. Dennis made no remark. The' were attended by a Mexicin pUs and iii torprcter. This morning two of the guer illa oflicers were taken iirisrnr. t.v fthat indefutigablo oflicer, AVynknop', were iriea oy uic military commission, now in session, found guilty, and senten sed to, be shot. They, wero accused (and confessed it,) of having violated their pa role ol- honor, by taking up arms against the Ujiiied Stsjes, in the guerrilla service. - .','' " -": .. .. ". v - Att hn shnl r In. morrow j nt npon-, LloUU A"V'n'ce'vTTliey rectived their "scntencoNMlh considerable firmnrss. Col.. Rebqllcdo atrdjIieCPptain-willlieta. ken lo Perote and .canhned until it can be ascertained from headquarters whither hey were paroled nnd exchonged or no!. They ore both fiiie-lookingmen. Thn co. lonel is a noble-ooking Vnan, and the citi. zona-and foreigners here say he has ntvrr been cruel in whts warlure against us Som of oor people think differently. Evening. ' lenvrnl rattcron and (Jul. Hughes have -had their-hands full this al, ternoon. 1 Since tho sentence of ('mrcm and Alcalde was made public, the above named officers, more particulary ihe gen- I k..a doc?!, ejirrnlindeil hv ihtk nni.titu lion of the'Town, imploring, for the paw;,i of tho condemned men. Gen. Lnndero, who so bravely commenced the dt fence of Vera Cruz, hasl)(xn1n7Tts''wh?irpTeF) nlcaldi s, citizens oMiigh standing, 1 nnd wonif n of nil grades. A mistress of Limit. Alcalde, a benuliTuI woman with a babe less ihaita'rnonih old, has been most elo quent in hor appeals to the general. A few nomonta since, some thirty women, inisF of them quite young and ..beautrlul, enme in anti eried'and knelty and implored, but thou&h they movcd-thajiheart of the gen. eral,hnd brought TTTEIT' lo his eye, ihey could not change the fate of tho condemn ed. It has been repealed fifty times to day by tho Mexicans, in extenuation, "that in this country it is not considered a crime to violate a parole of honor givjm by a priso ner of war."-. This should be remembered in future by our geherhld, and no nmrn prisoners set nt liberty on parole. I'.n :v effort has been made in behalf of the pn orfers that could p'or.siblv be t!u)iiht of--The hint has been tnroWn out that if th- men ard executed, iw Anieri.'.in rfilrrr. will in future be taken nlivu by the pm r rillaf. If my "memory serves me, nri-hi, the guerrillas have not been distinguished for acts of mercy in this res pert. Whr-.i they "took' to the road," they liijiis-e I ti e black fl-ig, nnd faithfully have they rc-p--. led this gloomy emblem of death w I'd i:; mercy. That nfllccrs of the regular M x ienn army who had been made-piisei er of war, ond released on their paiole f honor not to take up arms against us gi n during the war, should violate that sncrcJ pledge o fid join this' murderous band, nnd then compwio at so joit n -St-ntvr,? s that dashed upon these two is n-tnnii. ing;-cven. in this nation of liars. 0 w. Hughes, who convened the military r-. mission which tried the Aoiericnns w! i w,erc hung, to day, ns well nA the two ! . icuns who will Hie to-inorrvj nn.i i . approved the sentence in b othJi.es. ) r formed his tf6ty , nud nolhingfrnpie or and Gen. Patterson known Vs !; well lo sacrifice juslice nnd the diM- -nti his command to feelings of compas-n.n. Kldtiappera Abroad! Catch the Thief. There was qnito a sensaaion in our vil lage on Monday lust, cn'usc-d by the ap pearance of two stranrs, who had iu lhxiLj0Nsc8si"n a mulntto girl uhfiit Iwelvo years of oge, who, so id she was In r, ar.'i ih;it her mother wus a white wom-m. Tho pretended uwenrrs olfered h r. I"f sile, nnd represented thtmse'ves is hmili i rs-:n-!;iw, one liy-.lho ' name fVP'Senl .nrn Jic.ksn living in Georgia , and the o'te'r John Evans n-siiling in West Teilliessrr, and t!i:il t'.uy were selling the giil fur 'ttr- anion. Tho girl's statemrnt t-xciied tlie suspi cions of some of our mos'fworihy rniiin, that sheliad been kidnapped or stolen They therefore ntered into a private ond spperatc examination of the gi;l J icksun, and Evana, and soon become siitisfi d that she had been stolen from North Caro- nrrt,a,A ,i, mlT,u, I.TTc-im' through the forest north ol the village J icks'on when brought before :!ic mr'g istratu, stated thai his real niimo wes Jn seph S. Gibbs of Rutherford Coumy, N Caio'ina, and his companion iii crimf,. was named William Wilson of the sarrw place that the girl in their psoSsession u ihe daughter of Mrs. Searcy of that roan tv, tint they had taken her from th? ru ideiice ol one Mr. Brown with whomsl!' was living, on Thursday the 23 I fate t night, and'broughl her lo South ('aroi nt, w ith a view of making a Christmas sat uration. ,., ' Gibhs (alias) Jackson was corfluiittcd to Jail, to ttwuil his trial,- at the next General Sessions.' . Wilson (al7as) Evans madirhif escsp oj) foot, is about five feit ten inches lug". light complexion, and wears large wl.iskcn of a rec'ish pr sandy colour. s. - J. p 1 he friends of iusti?e and humanity, win o on'the look-but for him. Linrtntriu S. C. Herald Cewahe or Counterfeits A very grxaaLxifluriiejfe.iL-.S'jf) notb on--the' Cape Fear I3nk was palmed offin this) place oa Wednesdfiv last. ' The bill is totallvin!iit anv nlatn evor issued br that Bank, criuld no', escape detection any where, tl the slightest examination were made out. Ivich corner has XX; the border , of Hhs nght-hmd is unusually broad and blacliT" ""THeTrignrtte is a Jiocomaltvend train of Cars. Tho paper is thin and fight- When the rcmitm of the gallant Waik er were taken to Puebla, the botch of carp'nter ' made the cITin too small, whereupon Lt. Clinton, of Scott's compa ny, 1st Pa., off wiih hij uniform, rolled tfp his sli-tves, nnd mado him a cufTm him self. He is a carpenter, it is stated, imd i from .Mo) arm-rising or' Soulhwark, m Philadelphia. Lieut. Brei.se, of the same -company, who is a blacksmiih, totered siniihey and made the nails. The Wasfiington Corrc.-j'ondenl of th Baltimore Sun, states ;hat Mr. Colpi"h Senator from Georgia, Ins rengocd bi scat in tliat body.