South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-10-01
LATEST FROM MEXICO.

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mercsal housein Washington city.
VERA Cruz, Aug. 27.
| Our vessels of war at sea since o
| fortnight, to cruise against the Texan
pirates. The forced loans Of the Co
yerpment are extortea with great Sc
verify now, even from foreigners am
muni,iou provisions and clothing have
| been sent to Metamoras, and 1000
men are spoken Of t. join the party
stationed there. 1t seems Government,
is decided TO resume hostili,ies against
Texas. but we think with little chance
! of success.
! Business is extremity dull, and cop
per money at 20 per cent. discount In
Mexico. KISS ~5' =
Congress has just passed the follow
ing Law, (25th Angus, : TO prosecute,
apprehend and punish the forgars with
the utmost severity; to stop immedi-
ately all coinage Of copper money; to
reduce, annually, one. million Of the
1 same with part of the produce Of the
Patent taxes, and per cent. of impor.
| duties t..'..-- -. So
Postscript.-Since writing the a.
bove, we have been put in possession
Of our files Of the Censor, published in
Vera Cruz, up to the Goth ultimo, IN
clusively, by which we ara furnished
with dates from the capital five days
more recent than those preceding. Iii
| Welearn tina. great preparations are
made in Mexico by tie Minister Of
War to equip completely the army Of
operations against Texas. I'M,
News has been received in Mexico
tina, a pirate was cruising on the coast
of California, and that he had taken 2
prizes. Orders were consequently 81
ven TO equip and despatch immediately
the brjps Of war Santa Ana and Gene
ral Barragan.
| In the ncighborhood Of llascula, .
band of robbers have been defeated ;
thew number about 60 men. The chief
was wounded and taken prisoner. !.
/, was generally rumorea in Mexico
that the new communicating Chief iof
the army of operations against Texas
| would be either Don Anastasie Bussa-
mente or General Bravo. The former
has the best prospects of being named.
r1n,raoH. mao pt RaNiuarra
on yesterday week, and left there on
Saturday for Philadelphia. His en-
trance, we learn verbally and from the
papere. was nearly as triumphal as that
Of Lafayette. ao-i. '''s3'
- rfNsr Prwrur= of the Richmond
Enquirer has not yet seen the account in
which tho names of the NINE PAPERS
| are named as having Gonna ont in r,--n
| sylvunia for the General "wHo" this same
partisan once said, ''wAs roo MODEST
TO DO JUSTICE TO HIMSELF" we will
publish it for HIS special benefit.
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Information for the Richmond Enquirer.
o. The Somerset (Ohio) Post, Of Sat-
urduy last says 1t has been correctly as
certained that only about l65 Delegates
could be raised 10 the Van Buren, Com
vention held at Columbus on the 10th,
| At the Young Mems Harrison Conven7
ton which followed il on Tuesday last.
not less than 1000 were present M So
we go-hurrah for Harrison In our
next we shall be alb 10 to give the Procee-
ings or the particulars. Can any one yet
doubt which way Quo is going Net a
year ago she was considered the surest
State in the Union for Van Buren, Alas
for Van ifthis is his strongest hold, he
will be doubly distanced re
| 0F~ An effort is about to be made
in New Orleans, to put d stop to theat-
rIcal exhibitions on the Sabbath. Right.
! s=.@..sa r.;-g =
O. Butter was selling for forty
cents pousd 10 the Baltimore Market,
last week,
fF~ The amount of revenue that
accrued at the por. Of Boston during Au-
gust was 56o6.os3.
O. The editor of the Genius of
Liberty, Leesburg, was presented, few
days ago with two PEACHES, weighing
hall a pound each, land measuring nine
inches. and one eighth round. q
81 There are rs newspapers prin.