The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-14 00:00:00

Oar intelligence from Vera Craz is to the Bth of
August.
The following is the invitation addressed to Santa
Anna, published in El Indicador of Vera Cruz, of
August 6 :
" CITE or MEXICO, Aro. 4, 1846.
" LIBERATING REPUBLICAN ARMY.—In the morning of
this day almost the whole of the garrison of this capital, who
are at this moment under the orders of the undersigned and
of General D. Juan Morale, occupying the citadel, declared
against the government, and will soon be in possession of the
Whole city, as the troops who remain under the orders of
Generals Bravo and Paredes are insipifiant, and are
extremely disaffected, and almost in union with us • for it
cannot long be concealed (coin any good Mexican that the
ho :y cause which we defend is the cause of the people and of
nauosal independence. In the name of thee, then, we
invite your Excellency—and rely confidently on your sin-
cere patriotism—immediately to second an enterptise so

noble', and give thus a daj of glory to the country, to
which you have rendered so many terrines. It is, be-
yot.d all doubt, certain that the cause which we defend
will speedily triumph, not only because the govern-
ment (so called) may be said to be already overthrown,
but because the whole nation is in commotion, and resolved
to vanquish those who wig% to sacrifice it. The triumphs
obtained by our arms in Guadalaxara, and the pronuncsa-
mersto of the whole department of Vera Cruz, attest this
truth ; and, for the complete information of your Excellency,
it only remains for me to state to you that the valiant Gene-
rals Landero and Peres declared themselves in the city of
Vera Cruz on the list ult., inviting, through a commission,
the illustrious General Santa Anna to come and place him-
self immediately at the head of the army sustaining the
national independence and liberties, in conformity with the
plan which we have proclaimed, and of which I herewith
transmit copies to your Excellency. The enthusiasm among
the united people and army cannot be greater ;
officers, and men of all classes of society, arc presenting
themselves to us by hundreds. We congratulate ourselves,
in the name of the nation, which will soon be able to show
its gratitude to its worthy servants. God and liberty.
J. MARIANO DE SALMI.
" VALENTIN GOMEd FARIAS.

" To his Excellency tttt Con;;;ls;tErertand
of the department of Vera Cruz."

The Indicador observes :
According to the documents which we insert with the
greatest satisfaction, the pronunciantento took place in the
capital of the republic on the 4th instant, as was agreed upon
by those patriots who had on the preceding day received
intelligence of the declaration of the garrison hate. On the
departure of the express which brought this intelligence, so
gratifying, very few troops remained with Generals Bravo
and Paredes, and those were already in agreement with their
oompaninns, who, under General Sales y Morales, occupied
the citadel and part of the city, which they would soon
occupy entirely.
The garrison of Vera Cruz made the following de-
claration against the Mexican government and in
favour of Santa Anna :

At a meeting of the Oeneral.in-Chief and officers of the
of the Bth regiment quartered in the heroic city of Vera
Cruz, to take into considera!ion the calamitous state to
which the Republic has arrived, and t) seek the most imme-
diate remedy to place it in a career of prosperity, &c. It
was resolved to adopt the plan of the 20th of May, pronounced
by the military garrison at Guadalaxara, with the following
amendments : _ _ _ _ _ _ .

" 1. All those who may have been banished for political
opinions since the year 1821, are invited to return to the
republic and co-operate in the present movement.
• 2. By this the circumstance of the war with the United
States are to be considered as in nowise changed ; but it is for
the Congress which will assemble to determine relative
thereto, and for the Mexicans to obey their resolutions.
" 3. A general invitation is proffered to all those in this
Department who may have taken up arms against the exist-
ing order of government, to unite in this plan, which has fur
its object the public weal alone.
" 4. As His Excellency Oen. Don Antonio Lopez Santa
Anna had the glory to establish the republic, whatever may
have been his errors, he wasa firm supporter of public liherty
and national honour—for this we proclaim him leader of this
great enterprise.
" Signed by the officers generally."

A New York paper of the 31st inst. says:—
As yet no effect hay been as ertalued from the pacific
overtures made by the American Government to Mexico, of
which the details were communicated by the last packet.
The power of the President under the Constitution, to treat
with Mexico, is ample and perfect; but there is 6orne doubt
whether the terms he may be prepared to offer will meet
with any consideration from the Mexican Government."
The latest papers from the city of Mexico state,
that Paredes was to set out ou the 31st of July for the
army, General bravo assuming the Presidency ad
interim.
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Paredes has issued a de,:rce on the 26th of July, in
conformity with a resolution of the Congress, one item
of which directed the issue of letters of marque against
the commerce of the United States. Another decree
had been issued, opening the following ports to
foreign commerce during the continuance of the
blockade :—Alvarado, Tuapan, Goatzacoalcos, Soto la
Marina and Tecolata on the Gulf, and Manzanillo on
the Pacific.

The New Orleans Picayune of the 18th instant
says:
" The news received in the city of Mexico from the frontier
was such as to drive the government almost to despair. On
the 27th of July a courier arrived, announcing the departure
of 8,000 American troops from Camargo for Monterey.
General Armijo, about the same time, sent word that 8,000
Americans bad come down upon New Mexico. And, to crown
the whole, a dispatch was received from the British Minister
at Washington, which quenched every hope of receiving aid
from England. Gen. Mejia, who had taken the command of
the army which followed Aristal to Linares, had established
his head quarters at Montery. Gen. Paredes was to direct
his march thither, for which purpose he was to leave the
city of Mexico on the 31st of July—making a detour, how-
ever, to look after the city of Guadalajara. The last b,i-
gade composing the division to be under the President's
command left the capital on the 28th of July. It was
2,000 strong, and had several pieces of artillery. This
brigade, like those which left the capital before it,
was perfectly equipped. All these troops, with two or
three thousand expected from Guadalajara, united to those
under Mejia, it was thought would give Paredes a force at
Monterey of from 12,000 to 15,000 men. His long delay in
the capital is attributed to his solicitude that his army
should be equipped and provided in every particular. The
Secretary of War announced to Congress, on the 23d July,
that all the troops of Chihuahua and Zacatecas had marched
to the aid of General Armijo, so that General Kearney may
yet find an enemy to dispute the conquest of Santa Fe or
New Mexico."
Nothing has yet been learned of the reception by
the Mexican government of the American proposition
to negotiate for peace. The effect of the probable
success of the Santa Anna movement is a subject of
much speculation. It is thought by some that the
2,000,000 dollars asked for by the President was to be
used with Santa Anna in such a way aa to render him
instrumental in effecting a pacific settlement of the
difficulties, whilst others aver that the temper of the
Mexican and his own inveterate hostility to the United
States, discourage the idea that he would lend himself