The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-18 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

We gave on Saturday a summary of the news by
the Britannia, arrived at Liverpool.
An account of the battles of the 19th and 20th of
August by the Mexican General ::alas, second in
command, had been forwarded by the American consul
at Havannah. It may not be uninteresting. It shows
that Valencia disappeared from the field of battle at the
commencement of the action on the 20th, when the
hardest fighting took place. The account is addressed
to M. Maria de Sandoval, Minister of War, and dated
August 24 :
must Eacellent Sir On the 19th instant, about 12 or I o'clock,
p.m., tbe,enenay appeared an if with the intention to Attacking the
position occupied by thin army on the bciah, of comeenia. to the
moment we begun a very steady tire of artillery and musketry, epee
ere no the enemy presentid himself in the varin,t• suing ens.
tamed by our troops, and we •uoceeded In etoppos him in mewed
places, until night put an end to the lighting, in which eil
the clamored this army gave pronto of their gallantry and the Eli.
Finn with which they alio Mud their lima in the defence of ger
nationality ; lout on the morning of the 20th-thanks to the had mil.
lion we occupied, and the careleeamera paid In the movements of se
enemy to surround as -we were routed in all directions by more thm
6,000 men -the 3,000 infantry that were placed m one point, which
was surrounded. When I observed the disperAion of our foe P, I tried
WI I 1:011U1 to stop it, and crying " Victory for Neaten," at the same
time that the bugle mounded for slaughter, I ...uceseded in stopping is
for a moment, and ordered Gen. Lam AnaAt dsic Toropin to dams
with his CMEUMI; but thin chief, instead of °trains my eider,
fied cowardly, and the cavalry following his example, tram-
pled on the infantre, and matributiall to the complete rout of it.
It would appear ridiculous to mate any recommendations of those
who have been permit in an unfortunate battle ; however, I sonnet
help mentiAnng to your excellency that I am gerfectiy sauitled of the
gallantry and tenacity with which the chiefs and often, of the several
mew tried, even in the midst of disorder, to reunite their forces to
resist the enemy, who WWI hotly pUrRUIIK M. conduct ea.
served by them, preferring to be made prisoners la fore &Lyndon*
their soldiers, will alwaya dothem honour ; and an thi., I think, they
are emitted to the consideration of the supreme government, enl the
gratitude of their fellowAeiticene. Ills excellency the virnrostider.in-
chief, Dori Gabriel Valencia, disappeared from arnosg.t WI at the
commencement of the action of the 20th and 1, not knowing
his whereabouts, bare thought it my duty to older. mar
excellency, accompanying a list of the chiefs and Oleo& who era
prisoners in this city; another, of those who mile wounded be
~nn Angel, and of those known to have been killed ; Air.ther list of
those made prisoner" In the action of Chamber:in--all of which I
have the honour of manifesting to your excellency far yeas intelli-
gence, praying that, on communicating the above to his Excellen7
the President, you will iilease manifest to him the total lildigCle< in
which the itriione e them/44(0, ea, having teat everything, and
the American general having given orders that they hem IMULia,.! by
the inhabitant of this cite, which is dedroyel, they must perish in
misery if their government dxsi not supply them with what thee art
entitled to, and which their actual situation awl the well-serving
conduct that has distinguished them energetically
Just. NiAUI,O SALA,
The following from Santa Fe is from the St. Louis
Union :

At the destruction of the town
.of L. Pim, on the 6th .1 ily, letters
were (none: on some prisoners written by some of the kede, of the
late projected insurrection, giving a plan of their intenledoperenona.
These prisoners also stated that many of their men win, their arms
had gone to the town of Loqueste, to jain their leader, Caen. Gomalies.
r.oquesta lea town of conaiderable sire, and alminibly located for de-
fence; being situated on the San Merril river, sun... Mid by moue.
Mined an almost inacen.ible character. The miaow, stated gilt
Corky and hi' party were at, or near, Anton Chem, a frontier town
situated on the San Magid river, some fifteen or twenty miles below
Loquesta, !raring disco eel ^f the prisoners taken iit die rtorrning of
Lon Phis, by sending them to Santa re for trial, Mar, Edmond:am,
With the companies of Captains Horine and Holloway, and two pima
of artillery, stalled en the lath or Joly to the town of Anton Chem,
a distance of ab rut forty-fire miles. Upon the arr.t al of the force at
the latter place at daylight the following morning they found the
town deserted. And pursuing their march, and when within about
five mile. of the latter town, a lideskon, support ti by a spy, wav
captured by a scouting p .rte, who said that from eon to trepanned
Mexicans, water their leeders, fions,illes and Corte., were then in the
town of Lalonde. Upea their arrival on the brigic. c awn:incline a
view of the town, they discovered the enemy iti•Torsing In every
direction to the mountains. They however noreeeded at capturing
about fifty prirof,era. The enemy hod evidently made gloat prepara-
tion for defence, as their houses were gcnerallY barricaded and forti-
fied, and their goods and valuables either huh in the mountains or
buried.
The St. 'Alibi Republican of the 22nd ult. says that
Gen. Price, Dr. De Camp, United States army, and
others in advance of the volunteers whose term of ser-
vice in New Mexico had expired,arrived at Fort Lea-
.4nownortithhe olnnthheoflA7 tugh farsotm.
proceed Santa
ing b')TheaseyylemfluSandiesta
to M wo. When they took their departure all wan
quiet in New Mexico, then held by three companies of
United States dragoons, and three companies of volun-
teers, who had re-enlisted under Major Walker.
From the United States there is not much domestic
news. At a convention held at Springfield by the
whip of Massachusetts, for the nomination of candi-
dates for governor and lieutenant-governor, and for
other purposes, it was resolved that Georgic N. Briggs
and John Heed should be recommended to the electors
as the whig candidates for re-election to the respective
offices of governor and lieutenant-governor of this
commonwealth; and also that Daniel Webster, of
Massachusetts, be recommended to the favourable
consideration of the Whig National Convention as a
candidate for the office of president of the United
States.
At the whig state convention of New Jersey
strong resolutions were passed in opposition to the
annexation of any more territory, and describing the
calling in of the unknown and half civilised states of
Mexico, and the investing them with privileges equal
to or superior to their own, an infamous and almost
intolerable insult and outrage. In the whig state
convention of Michigan resolutions as strongly in
opposition to the present government were passed.
On the other hand, at the democratic convention held
on Sept. 22, in Worcester, no lees strong language WU
used on the occasion of choosing for the ca, didate far
the governorshin of Massachusetts General Cushing.
Col. Fremont had returned to Washington from
his visit to South Carolina.—General Kearny left
Washington for New York, on the 22nd ult., thence,
probably to St. Louis.— Gen. Armstrong, American
consul at Liverpool, who arrived in the last steamer,
was in Washington, and expected to return to Liver-
pool in a few days. A satisfactory arrangement
would probably be made by Major Hobbit, about the
rates on letters carried out by American steamers.
An English crew have been engaged and placed on
board the Key Ying junk,to navigate her to England,
in place of the Chinamen, who were at the Sailors'
Home.
The New Yark ITerabl introduces a digest of the
debts of the repudiating and delinquent states with
some strong remarks, and with a prophesy which the
European creditors would be extremely delighted to
find fulfilled:—
Several of the states having involved themselves deeper
than their resources would permit have become delinquent
in the payment of interest, while two or three have adopted
the dishonourable, disgraceful method of paying their dew,
interest anal all, by rank repudiation, which is nothintryine
or lens than swindling, legal swindling. 't his stain will disk
to these states long after they have acknowledged and PA
every fraction of these debts. We believe that every cent of
them will eventually be paid, principal and interest, fee they
will feel the infamy of repudiation grow stronger end stronger.
until it becomes insupportable.
There are four repudiating states in the Union—
Mississippi, Florida, Michigan, and Arkansas.
four states set down as" delinquents" are Nlaryland,
Louisiana, Indiana, and Illinois. The repudiating
states are also delinquents, as they repudiate part of
their debts and are delinquents on the balance.
Neither of the four designated the delinquent states
have repudiated, but have made arrangements for
resuming the payment of interest. The paying states
having large liabilities are-1. New York, with a debt,
at the close of the last fiscal year, Sept. 30, 1816, of
24,734,080 dole. ; the revenue for the year, 2,842,514
dole. ; and the expenditure, 2,013,004 dole. ;
a surplus of 827,510 dole. Of the net revenue from
tolls, 1,650,000 dole. must be applied to the sinking
fund providing for the extinguishment of the
public debt, according to the new constitution.
2. Pennsylvania, the debt of this state at the close
of the last fiscal year was 40,789,877 dole.: the re-
venue, 3,329,037 dole. ; and the expenditure, 3,524,261
dole. ; leaving a balance of only 4,793 dole. The tolls
from Dec. 1, 1846, to Sept. 1, 1847, were 1,211,373
dole., against 847,202 dole. for the corresponding r•
rind the previous year, showing in an increase in the
receipts for nine monthslBl7, of 361,171
1:1. This addition to the revenue of the state
will place the treasury in a very prosperous
condition, and put the payment of the intern:
on the debt beyond a contingency. 3. Obi°,
the debt of which was, at the close of its lad
fiscal year, Nov. 13, 1846, 19,246,002 dole-, the
revenue for the year 2,081,381 dole., and the ezpen•
diture 2,038,027 dole., leaving a balance of 43,357
dole. The income of the canals is included in this
revenue. The revenue of the cansle.--espeelally sp.
propviated to the paymet 1. of the annual interest Cal

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