The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-24 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

The foll..wing are extracts m the American pap, rs
brouLitt the Great Bri-ain

The Union pra,ssys to have some knowledge cone, rn•
ing the plan of the intended cmnnaign against Mexico.
of which it does not give the details, but which will
authorise the belief that the war will be pushed with
the utmost rigour. It adds that General Taylor will
soon advance into the enemy's country. and that it w uld
not be surprised " to bear of his reaching Monterey,
about 130 miles from Matamoras, about the commence-
ment of the table land, at no distant day."
Congress proce.-dings are interesting. In the Senate,
on the 3d, Mr. Dix, from the Committee on*Commore,,
reported the Bill from the House to allow drawb,ck un
goods imported from he British North American pro-
vinces for re-exportation, without amendment. and re
commendtd its p issage. General Ganies, in the south.
having ca led without authorit) f.ir volunteers, a re-ailu
ti. ,u was inin.alueed by Mr. Cass, t, brln2; th.. u•urp
lion before Congress. The House of Repr(senta:ives
had been occupied by discussing the Supplem.-btary
War Bill. _ _ _

A spirited discussion ensued, and elicited the expres-
sion of a hope from Mr. Webster, that the boundary
would be settled between the two Governments before
the close of this session of Congress. The discussion on
the 2d presented no feature of note, and ultimately the
Bill was referred to the Judicial Committee. An im-
pression prevailud that Mr. Pakenham had received in-
structions to make a new offer ; but no disclosures had
been made by the Executive.
The Oregon question still continued to attract discus-
sion in Congress. In the Senate, on the Ist instant,
Mr. Sevier. from the Committee on the Indian Affairs,
reported a Bill to regulate intercourse between the
United States and the various Indian tribes of Oregon.
The Oregon Jurisdiction then came up, and Mr. Cass
replied, denying that the treaty of Utrecht established
the 49th parallel the boundary to the Pacific.
The Committees on the Webster and Ingersoll case
have closed their labours, and will probably report in a
short period.
LETTER FROM T E ARMY.—We learn by the southern
mail of yesterday afternoon, that the steamer Telegraph
arrived at New Orleans on the 27th inst.. from Point
Isabel, and brings the following intelligence :
On the 17th instant a detachment of 300 regulars and
350 volunteers, proceeded to Barita and took possession
of it, and established a military depOt.
On the night of the 19th, an express arrived from
General Taylor, stating that he ha'l crossed the Rio
Grande, and taken the city of Matamoros without, oppo-
sition, the Mexicansbaving fled the city. The nexicans,
from the last accounts, were deserting their ranks in
battalions. _ _

Two regiments, uith the exception of about 350,
having marched a few days previous, were stationed at
Brazos Point, awaiting the orders of Gemral Taylor,
and it was th,mght they would leave on the 20th, for
Matamoras. via the old Barka road. Those who were
wounded in the action of the Bth and 9th, are at Point
Isabel, and were recovering.
All our accounts represent the Mexicans as having
fought on the Bth and 9th with a courage and despe-
ration which would have reflected credit upon the troops
of any nation.
They were nearly in a state of starvation, end had
been promised the, ample supplies of the American camp,
in case they would secure the victory. They met the
charge of our trupps mentally, and stood the destructive
fire that was poured in upon them without giving nay.
until their works were encumbered with the dead and
wounded.

THE MEXICAN STEADIERS.—Captain Westbrook, of
the schooner F. A. Brown, arrived at Charleston on the
31st ultimo, from Havannah, reports that the two Mexi-
can steamers, Montezuma and Guadeloupe, had escaped
from Vera Cruz and arrived at Havannah, under Eng-
lish colours on the 24th, in six days. One of the com-
manders reported that there had not been any news re-
ceived at Vera Cruz of the battle of Matamoras, when
he sailed.
These vessels must have taken advantage, we pre-
sume, of the absence of our squadron from the offing of
Vera Cruz, as it is not probable they would have been
allowed to pass as English vessels, netwLdistauding the
flag. Such a mode of avoiding capture by an enemy
would be too easy, and would not certainly have impo,ed
upon any American naval commander.
These steamers may change:colours again in Havannah,
but they cannot, according to the usage of nations, re-
ceive any additions to their equipments or crew. We do
not think it possible they will venture forth as Mexican
cruizers, though the prizes be tempting.
MASSACRES IN TEXAS.—The following deplorable ac-
count of outrages in Texas is from the N. 0. Courier of
the 29th ult.
A letter from San Antonio de Bexar gives deplorable
accounts of murders and robberies committed upon the
people inhabiting the western frontier of Texas, by the
Camanchas and ILipans. Most of the able-bodied men
of the colonies of New Braunfels, Castroville, and Lake
Quani, having joined the army under General Taylor,
the savages, profiting by their absence, threw themselves
upon the old men, women, and children, burnt the houses,
the crops of corn, mutilated the dead bodies, violated the
%omen, and carried off a number of the children into
slavery.
The Commercial Association of German Princes who
Underteok to colonise the mountains of San Saba. have
not been successful in their plans. They directed a con-
voy of one hundred waggons
c.osoniimi‘t‘hiernouthtee
totowardsps tine
colony, which was attacked by the savages. The Ger
that two,i
man emigrants, after fighting desperately, were
over-
whelmed by numbers and oblieed to retreat,
o ?ng the
hind them a great number of killed and
fortunes
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hsaev,,algnei e waggons COllwts'ined the hole,
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iw...rytnitue,ll:nestmat:ll:etidt
return , ,e% ravages. A
will idterwat
strong body of soldiers should
lIAVANNAH.—The Charleston Courier of the
near the settlement--; to restrain these Indians.
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Courier
from Havannah.
Mexi-
can s!eatnerS, and th

sa) s
It was reported at Havannah that a demand bad
tnen made on the Bitamtu Goverumetit, by the builders

of these steamers, or by English merchants who advanced
the money, for payment, in default of which, their de-
livery was required, and that they were consequently
surrendered to their custody. This course was adopted
with the view, no doubt, of saving them from capture by
our squadron.
Santa Anna was still at Havannah, and seemed to be
, very indifferent as to what now happens in Mexico,
though he highly disapproved of the conduct of his. Go-.
vernment towards the United States.

The brig Joven Gregorio, from Campeachy, arrived
at Havannah, the 19th May, with dates to the 22d in-
clusive. An extra Congresss was held at Merida, the
22d of April—the first and principal object of this Con-
gress, was to be the organisation of the Peninsula of
Yucatan as an independent state.
The Captain-General of Cuba, Don Leopold O'Don-
nell, has received from the Queen the titles of Count of
Lucena and Viscount of Aliaga.
_ _ _

It.was believed at Havannra7h that there would be no
privateers fitted out to depredate on the commerce of
this country. _ _ _

The export of sugar from Cuayama, up to the 20th
May, was as follows :—to United States 6,906 hhds. ;
Europe, 2,249 do. ; British provinces, 950.
Captain Burt, of the brig Adeline, from Cienfuegos,
informs us that the planters say that in consequence of
so much wet weather, a great deal of their cane will be
destroyed.
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.—A member of the United
States Senate has written a letter to the Aid of the
Governor of Missouri, in which he makes the following
important statement concerning an intended military ex-
pedition to Santa Fe:—
WASHINGTON, May 14, 1846.
The morning papers will let you see that the state of
war was declared to exist yesterday, between the United
States and Mexico. Our first care in this sudden
change in our relations with that country was to
try and take care of our Santa Fe trade. For this
purpose, it will be proposed to the people of New
Mexico, Chihuahua, and the other internal provinces,
that they remain quiet and continue trading with us
as usual, upon which condition they shall be protected
in all their rights and be treated as friends. To
give effect to this proposition and to make sure at all
events, of protection to the persons and property of
our traders (besides the proclamation of the President
to that effect), Colonel Kearney will start immediately
with 300 Dragooni, to he followed, as quick as pos-
sible, by 1,000 Mounted Volunteers from Missouri, and
with authority to engage the services, if necessary,
of all the Americans in that part of the world. This
military movement will be to make sure of the main
object, to wit : peace and trade, to be secured peace-
ably if possible, forcibly if necessary. For unless they
accept these conditions, the country will have to be
taken possession of as a conquest. This, however,
e hope will not be necessary, as it will be so obviously
to the int, rest of the inhabitants of that part of Mexico,
(too far from the Central Government to have any effect
in general hostilities), to enjoy the benefit of peace and
trade, with the full protection of all their rights of per-
son, property, and religion.
This letter is said to be from a source entitled to the
most implic t confidence.
The Republican says, that a bearer of dispatches to
the Governor and Col. Kearney had arrived from Wash-
ington Books are opened at St.. Louis for a corps of
1,000 volunteers for this service. Several thousand, it is
said, could easily be raised. Volunteers are pouring in
from every portion of the State.
FROM THE WEST.—At Independerce Mo., on the
16th of May, according to a correspondent of the St.
Louis Republican, there were about 200 Mexican
traders on -their way from Santa Fe and Chihuahua,
to the East to purchase goods. They had with them
about 350.000 dollars in specie ; they had to make
forced marches part of the way, being greatly pressed
by Indian robbers. About 40 wagons had left. Inde
paadence, for Santa Fe, during the week. The trade
with that place s,-ems to b. but slightly interrupted, as
the inhabitants of the Northern Mexican departments
are said to be strongly in favour of its unbroken continu-
ance.

The correspondence referred to adds the following in
formation :

" The Oregon emilzran's have gone on in advance of
the Californians, to their great encampment on the
Kanzas river, about one hundred miles west of this.
The Californ:a emigrants held a meeting twenty-five
miles west of this place, on Indian Creek, and elected
their officers—.lol. Wm. Russell, ,:f Callaway was elected
their Captain. They have 141 men, 71 women
and 109 children, and 128 w.i2g.ins. 'Ex-Governor
Boggs. and Rev. James Dunleavy, of this county, arc
among them, with their families. There are many Ken-
tuckians with ,h. .m

" We had an al Arming fire in our town o • the night of
the 13th. ft hrok•• out in the large h!a••k_:mith shop and
waggon factory of John W. Modie, who was engaged in
making waggons expre-sly for the Mexican traders.
The flames soon caught the waggon-making shop of
Nicholas Heltzer. The loss is estimated at 7 000 dollars.
Modie had .contracts for furnishing wan.goris to the
traders amounting to at lea.,t, 10.000 dollars."
AN INDIAN WAR—The New Orleans Delta statt•s
that a Mr. Gardner, from the town of Sabine, in Texas,
brwght intelligence, received by express from the nor-
thern frontier, that the Cherolce, Indians have risen in
hostilities agai; st Texas. Orders had come for coa►pa-
nies of mounted m'ri to oppose them, and it is said .that
their movements have caused great excitement along the
frontier.

ThV Dcltz adds, by way of explanation, that these
Indians some years a.:O bought their lands from a New
York L• nd Company, paying for it 30,000 Mils. It is in
the far northern part of Texas, and the government .of
that country was always opposed to their settling there,
so that a full and unreserved friendship was never esta-
blished between the parties. On the breaking out of
hostiliti' a at the Rio Grande, the Cherokees offered their
services to Governor Henderson : not having full confi-
dence in their fealty, he refused to accept th,.ir services ;
and now it is believed that they take advantage Al' the
existing state of thing:—whether the Mexicans have in-
trigued and tampered with them is not known—to as-
sume towards the peop,e of Texas a hostile attitude.
A flare-up between the French man-of-war steamer
Tonnerre and the schooner Catherine, of New York.
On the morning of sailing, 19th of May, from St.
Jago. and within gun-shot of the Moro Castle, the Ca-
therine was near the French war-steamrr Tonnerre,
from St. Domingo, honed in. She passed at first con-
siderably out of hailing distance, and not much nearer
than she was to five or six other vt-s,els which had come
cwt in company. After she had run in about a mile and
received a pilot, being close to the Moro, she was ob-
served to back round and manmuvre some time, and at
intervals fired two guns.
She stood for the sea, came near, and h.dled her in the
following words :—" You d—d rascal hoist your flig."
The answer was, that orders giv,m in such insulting
language would not be obeyed. Other abusive phrases
followed, and threats rep,atedly made, that he would
fire into him unless it was imm( diately done. Her boat,
with a lieut: nant on board, was twice :eat on hoard with
a message, that unless the schooner set her flag, all the
force the steamer commanded would be used to make
her do it—that her commander had the power to sink
the schooner. An answer in writing, as follows, was
sent :

"To the Commander of the S:earner.—Sir : At the
first salutation you called me a damned racal, and until
you apologise for such insulting language I will not
hoist my flag. "Yours respectfully,
"A. SCOTT, Master of the schooner
Catherine, of New York.

" Off the Moro, May 19. 1846."
Abut one hour was thus passed. during which time
the steamer was laid across the schooner's bow, and got
foul, doing herself some damage—her commander in-
sisting on an unconditional obedience to his orders, the
captain and crew of the schooner upholding the captain
in his decision. The wind was very light from the east-
ward ; the schooner was kept on her course, goieg one.
or two knots, when after 'mutual exphinations the ob-
noxious words wt re recalled and an tip, ogy giVeit, then
separated.