The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-16 00:00:00

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CANT VISAS BUENA VISTA, Pelt 23, 1847.—Ezoallent
81r,—After two days of battle, in which the enemy, with a
force of 2,000 to 9,000 men, and twenty-six pieces of artil-
lery, lust five of his positions, three piec s of artillery, and
two flags, I have determined to go back to Ague Nueva to
provide myself with provisions, not having a single biscuit or
a grain of rice left. Thanks to the position occupied'
by the enemy, he hat not been completely beaten, but he
left on the field about 2000 dead. Both armies have been
cut to pieces, but the trophies of war will give you en idea
on which side has b• en the advantage. We have struggled
with hunger and thirst during forty hours, and if we can
provide ourselves with provisions we will go again to charge
the enemy. T'de soldiers under my command have done
their duty and covered the honour of the Mexican nation
wit's glory: the enemy has seen that neither his advan-
tageous posi'don, nor the broken nature of the ground, nor
the rigour the season (for it has been raining during the
action) co uld prevent the terrible charge with the bayonet,
which left him terrified. SANTA ANNA.

Act ording to the accounts in the New Orleans
Pier !pine, the American loss was 700 killed and
we anded.

With regard to Vera Cruz, the latest account was
an unaccredited rumour that the Secretary of State
at Washington had received a letter from the United
States Consul at Havannah, informing him that the
castle of San Juan d'Ulloa, and the city of Vera Cruz,
had surrendered to the first summons of Gen. Scott
and Commodore Perry. Rumours had previously
been in circulation that the Mexicans had evacuated
Vera Cruz, after first blowing up the castle.
The truth of this report is much to be doubted. At
the date of the latest accounts from Lobos, the expe-
dition had not riled; nay, it was said a part of the
troops had been ordered off to reinforce Generall
Taylor.
At Mexico there had been a revolution. The
clergy and the national guard had combined ; Gomez
Farm had been deposed from the vice-presidency ;
and General Salsa, a devoted partisan of Santa Anna,
installed in his place. Santa Anna was continued in
command of the army.
Negotiations were in progrer between the
Mexican government and the moneyed men of'
Mexico for the raising of a loan. The whole amount
was to be a hundred millions of dollars, payable at
intervals of six months in instalments of ten millions.
The church (to save its lands) was to guarantee pay-
ment of the interest of so much of the loan as should
amount to three years' interest of the whole, at such
times as government should ell upon it.
At Washington, on the 24th of March, it was
stated that the U.S. government had resolved to call
out and send off immediately to Mexico as many
of the troops to be raised by each state as could be
got together without waiting for the completion of the
contingents. The statement had not been repeated ;
and no other later version had been published. It is
obvious, however, that the state of the public mind
throughout the states, with regard to Mexico and the
war, is feverish and fidgety.
Despatches from Santa Fe bring intelligence of a
massacre in New Mexico. There has been, it
stated, an extensive Mexican insurrection at Taos.
All the Spaniards who evinced any sympathy with
the American cause had been compelled to escape.
Governor Bent, Stephen Lee, acting-sheriff, General
Elliot Lee, Henry Seal, and twenty Americans were
killed, and their families despoiled. The chief al-
cade was also killed. This all occurred on the 17th
January. The insurrection had made formidable
head and the disaffection was rapidly spreading. The
insurrectionists were sending expresses out all over
the country to raise assistance. The number engaged
in the outbreak at Taos was about six hundred. They
were using every argument to incite the Indians to
hostilities, and were making preparations to take pos-
session of Santa Fe. The Americans at Santa Fe had
only about 500 effective men there; the rest were on
the sick list, or had left to join Colonel Doniphan.
A further account qualifies this intelligence : " The
insurrection seems not to have been general, or at
least not generally destructive, as the Americans at
Taos are the only ones positively said to have been
destroyed. Trouble was feared at Santa Fe, where
were only about 400 men to guard the place."
The domestic news brought by the Hibersia is
unimportant. General Taylor is spoken of as the
next president ; Maryland has prepared to pay the
interest on the debt, and there is very little political
excitement abroad. The condition of the country is
most prosperous. The surplus stock of breadstuffis
is flowing towards the shipping ports, and the
farmers. stimulated by demand, arc greatly extend-
ing their cultivation. The wheat does not look well,
but it is calculated that the ground devoted to the
growing of Indian corn will be increased fully one-
half. The value of the exports of breadstuff. since
September, to England and Ireland, is, at Liverpool
prices, equal to 5,500,0001., and there is as much
more contracted for. Freights were falling, but
prices were steady. The rate of exchange was still
against this country. The canals were expected to
open in a few weeks.
The advice% from Canada are interesting. An im-
portant correspondence had been passed between the
Montreal Board of Trade and the inspector-general,
relative to the question whether the suspension of the
navigation laws, as regards England, Gould be ex-
tended to Canada, so that foreign vessels might go to
Montreal and take in bread-stuffs. The inspector-
general replied, that any vessel so doing would be
liable to seizure.