The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-22 00:00:00

MEXICO.

(From the Mexican Gazette.)
DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR AND MARINE-

CENTRAL SECTION.

ARMY OF OPERATION.—MOST EXCELLENT SlR—The
most Excellent Senor President, General-in-Chief of this
army, advanced on the lath instant from Hold-fort, on the
left bank of the Rio Brazos, to operate upon the enemy,
taking with him 700 men chosen from the divisions, with
one six-pounder, leaving on the right bank of the fiver, op-
posite to Hold-fort, the remainder of tile troops commanded
by his Excellency in person. I arrived there on the 16th ;
General Ramirez Sesma gave up the command to me, and
I remained encamped, agreeably to the orders which
his Excellency had left on marching. These troops
were beaten on the 2l st in the neighbourhood of New
Washington, a little in advance of Harrisburgh. In
consequence, I collected the troops which were dis-
persed in various directions ; and having to incorpo-
rate my forces with those under the command of Generals
Gaona and Urrea, having also to determine on a base of
operations, because his Excellency had not laid down any,
I came to place myself on the bank of the Rio Colorado,
where I could receive the necessary supplies, and announce
to your Excellency this]unfortunate event, as well as re-or-
ganize the troops, in order to renew our military operations.
Will your Excellency be pleased to make this known to his
Excellency the Interim President, manifesting, at the same
time, the sentiments which animate me, as well as the wor-
thy soldiers who accompany me ? I repeat to your Excel-
lency my high consideration, &c.

and liberty. Habitation of Madame Pauli, five
leagues from the Rio Brazos, April 25, 1806.

(Signed) "‘ VICENT E FILISOLA.
" To his Excellency the Secretary of War, &c.

" MOST EXCELLENT SIR—I have this day received from
his Excellency the President, Don Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna, the official and private communications which I
transmit herewith to your Excellency. According to my
duty, and having already commenced my movements for
the advantageous disposition of the forces generally, as
indicated to your Excellency in my note of the 25th in-
stant ; for that reason, and also for those assigned by his
Excellency General Santa Anna, I have replied to him as
follows :

[This despatch is also signed by General Filisola, and
dated at the Arroyo of San Bernardo, the 28th April,
1836. 'We transpose the arrangement of the inelcsures,
in order to introduce General Santa Anna's letters before
General Filisola's answer, which he incorporates as a part
of his dispatch to the Secretary of War, &c. in Mexico.]

1. General Santa Anna to General Filisola, dated at
the Camp of San Jacinto, April 22, 1836 :
" MOST EXCELLENT SlR.—The small division under
my immediate command having yesterday afternoon sus-
tained an unfortunate encounter, the result is, that I am
here a prisoner of war among the enemy. Having regard
to every possible consideration in that respect, I give notice
to your Excellency to order General Gaona to counter-
march towards Bejar, and there to wait till further orders,
in the same manner as your Excellency is to do, with the
troops under your command, and to give notice also to
General Urrca to retire with his division to Guadalupe
Victoria, because a temporary armistice has been agreed on
with General Houstoun, during which some negotiations
may be arranged for causing an entire cessation of the war.
" For the maintenance of the army, which is henceforth
to remain under the command of your Excellency, you can
dispose of the supplies arrived at Matamoros, and the pro-
visions which ought to be in store at that place and at
Victoria, as also the 200,000 dollars which ought to be in
the military chest, and which were brought from Beiar.
" I hope that your Excellency will without fail comply
with these arrangements, and advise me in answer that you
have actually commenced carrying them into effect.—God
and liberty, &c. (Signed)
" ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA."

2. Private letter from General Santa Anna to General
Filisola, dated Paso de San Jacinto, 25th April (three days
later than the foregoing.
" MY ESTEEMED FRIEND AND COMRADE—As I am
not to remain for any time here, and you are to retire into
the interior, I entreat you to send me my personal baggage,
and that of our comrade Almonte, that of Castrillon, that
of our comrade Nunez, and a case belonging to my secre-
tary Senor Caro, which was placed in the hall together
with mine, taking care that a person in your confidence
shall come with the muleteers, conductors, and guide who
is to accompany them to this camp, and to send by him the
inclosed safe conduct, in order that they may meet with no
disaster on the way. You will order the other baggage of
the Chiefs and Officers, to be carried back with the army,
in order that the respective owners may in due time receive
their own.

" I recommend to you, above all things, to comply with
my official orders in regard to the retiring of the troops,
because you will thereby contribute to the safety of the pri-
soners, and in particular to that of your affectionate friend
and comrade, &c. &c. (Signed)
" ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA."

3. General Filisola's answer to Santa Anna, dated 28th
April, and incorporated in his public dispatch, as already
mentioned :

----;k0; EXCELLENT SIR—As soon as I received intelli-
gence from some officers and dispersed troops, of the un-
fortunate encounter which your Excellency communicates
in your note of the 22d instant, I directed such movements
as I deemed convenient for the concentration of the army.
and having carried them into effect, I marched towards this
flank, in order, when disembarrassed of some useless and
cumbrous stores, to commence anew the movement upon
the enemy ; but paying more attention to that communica-
tion from your Excellency, to the circumstances stated
therein, and des s ir i
wellg to
as g
a
proof of my consideration for
your for tlose prisoners whom you person, n
men-
tion, I shall now repass the Colorado, and shall discontinue
hostilities, so long as the enemy shall give no cause for re-
suming them.
The Generals Gaona, Urrea, and Ramirez Sesma, with
their divisions, are re-united with me, as above indicated.
Your Excellency knows well the disposable forces with which
could operate, reinforced by these divisions, and conse-
quently you know that I cease from hostilities, at the
peril of my own responsibility to the Supreme Govern-
ment, solely, I repeat, from the consideration due to your
Excellency's person, and to the peace of the Republic ;
but in return, I desire to know as well that your person
and those of other prisoners shall be entirely respected,
as those are of several of the enemy who are in my
power. Discontinuing hostilities, as I say to your Ex-
cellency, property also shall be respected ; only the
smallest quantity necessary for the army shall be taken,

and if the owners shall appear, they shall be pa d
religiously, as they would have been all along if, y
had not abandoned and destroyed the greater part of
their habitations. That some small wooden houses have
been burnt, has excited my indignation, and that of the
General who are under my command. That act, committed
by some of those vagabonds who are to be fouorl in all
armies, called our attention to such a degree that; in con-
sequence, we had imposed the pain of death on any who
who should be guilty of a repetition of it, and that oven
before the receipt of your Excellency's communication.
" As your Excellency informs me that an armistice has
been agreed to with General Houstoun, and you do not
apprize me of the bases thereof, General l)on Adrian
Woll goes herewith, in order to learn the particulars, so
that the conditions may be.complied with on our part ; and
also that he require their fulfilment on the part of the
enemy. The said General shall remain to obey all that
your Excellency requires in your said note, and I have the
greatest satisfaction in reiterating my respect and considera-
tion," &c.

The dispatch then concludes by requesting the Secretary
of War and Marine to lay the whole before his Excellency
the interim President of the Republic, for his superior con-
sideration and consequent orders to the army.