The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-18

FURTHER MEXICAN INTELLIGENCE.
From the N. O. Picayune, Nov H.
Ii has before been said that Santa Anna ordered
General Ampudia TO retire from Monterey and re-
treat upon Saltillo paper Of the Sd ult., OF the
CITY Of Mexico, has the following; General Santa
Anna 6resa this disaster and the night before his
departure from the capital he had presentiment
that he should not arrive at Queretaro without re-
oeiying lamentable accounts, For this reason ne
had sent instructions to General Ampudia that he
should retire to Saltilo, terrifying the pass OF Los
Muertos." This would seem TO settle the question,
which we have oten heard discussed, as 10 Inc ac-
| euraey Of the report received from Monterey ,hat
Ampudia exceeded his instructions. His conduct
will be submitted TO a council OF war. Genera
Arista is in the city Of Mexico, also awaiting an
examination into his military operations The
war is very destructive 10 Mexican military repu-
taons
We have already said that the Mexieans were
making digent preparations for the defence OF Vera
Cruz. The garrison of Che citadel has been in
creased and troops marching into the town rom
various points in the interior One OF The last ohcaI
| acts of Gen, Landero, before he was succeeded by
Gen. Morales as captain-genera OF Vera Cruz, was
declare the city in a state of siege, thus subecung
it to martial law. Another measure was to exempt
from all duty such articles as rice, maze butter
&c, which may be necessary 10 enable The castle
and city 10 stand a siege.
To raise money for the war, the supreme govern
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sums to be contributed by them monthly, but leaV~
ing the details To be arranged by the municipal an-
| thorities, &c. We have q report of committee
or inia in Vera Cruz in which the following assess
| ment is recommended at great length; the Guy
| proper is set down for $500 month Then tho
citizens are divided into six classes The first Is
composed Of twenty-four citizens, who are 10 pay
| $50 month aplece the second of sixteen citizens,
| $50 month apiece; and so ON down TO 81 month
| apiece. The sum total thus To be raised IN Vera
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/ this a model OF the manner IN which Mexico ~
providing resources of money. The same course -
pursued In the other cities and departments
The government organ Of the 81 ulL announced
that on the morning Of the day previous, General
Salas assembled some of the wealthy citizens OF
the capital and addressed them upon the necessities
Of the government, and suggested various remedies
II was finally determined TO make an assessment oil
900 upon fifty gentlemen, which should oe al
yanced to the government IN the shape OF loan. IL
was carried with signs of enthusiasm, and although
the money not actually paid in, II was deemed
TO be securely and profuse thanks are shoWSrea up
on the fifty capitalists who thus came forward.
In Chihuahua, Governor Trias is said to be melt
ing up the bells Of the churches TO make cannon Tor
the defence Of the city. The greatest lamentations
are heard that the people cannot be provided with
the arms which they eager to take up against
the invaders. In all our papers, we do notsee men
ZION made of Gen Wool's invasion. 1t is from the
north that they anticipate the descent OF The ava
anche. ...
In the capital popular clubs have been formed, to
= which influential members Of the government b.
: long. They meet nightly aud talk over public Of
n fairs and keep alive each others patriotism, an ora
tor being appointed for each night. A chief end OF
hese clubs is to produce fusion OF parties by
bringing the leaders into apparent union The lines
are drawn between the puros aud the moderodos Ihe
former are the republican ederaiss; the latter con-
servatives. Gomez Farias appears TO be the organ
Of the former, and his party is decidedly in the as
cendant. These party divisions do not show them
selves out OF the capital. .....u
II The New Orleans Courier says: ...w
: "The Picayune Of this morning contains fur
ther extracts from Mexican papers, relative to the
preparations making in that country to continue the
war. But we nothing like general rising of the
notwithstanding like the zeal that would ami
, mate brave nation whose soil invGdnd, whose
very existence is threatened. The people are kent
, in ignorance of the real state Of affairs, and the
grossest falsehoods circulated scSRer'ing the
| coHbats that have taken place. Tho people are
filled with hatred for the Americans, but they show
it merely by words. Santa Anna left the capital
with less than 5000 troops, and the greater part Of
these were irreguars, and not to be depended on.
In two three weeks after tie sound of war was
first heard in New Orleans, upwards of six thou
sand enrolled, embodied and ready to
march. Santa Anna, going forth to meet the in
vader Of the republic, from the capital, which con-
tans fifty per cent more people than New Orleans,
could not muster three thousand, after all his APP
, peaIs to the patriotism of his countrymen. We
venture to say that, under similar circumstance, the
Z chief of our country would be embarrassed with
the multitude of willing hearts and strong arms that
would press around him, and as the case actually
was, the only difficulty would be to get rid of super
huous numbers with good grace" ~. ....
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