Washington telegraph., 1846-09-02
From the N. o. Bulletin, Of august %.
FROM MEXICO AND HAVANA.

and from Vera Cruz of the lst instant. re.
ceived there by the British mail steamer
Dee. The inhabitants and the army at
Vera Cruz, including the garrison of San
Juan de UllOai declared in lavor of SANTA
ANNA, on the day the steamer left; and we
learn from Capt. Delvaille, that Santa Anna
hearing this, LEFT Havana on the steamer
AIontezuma, at 10 o'clock on the evening
ofthe Ssh, with passport to depart on her
for Vera Cruz. The British mail steamer
for Vera Cruz left at o'clock that day.
and il was rumored that the Montezuma
was to put him on board of her at sea.
The following is a translation of the De.
claration ofthe army at Vera Cruz, which
is signed by the officers:
The undersigned generals, chiefs, and
officers of The garrisons of the heroic city
OF Vera Cruz and San Juan d'Ulloa, as
sembled at the barracks of the slh regi-
ment, with the view of taking into consid-
Grafton the present unfortunate condition Of
the Republic, and to devise the best means
to rescue it from that condition and place it
on the path to prosperity, believing that the
chief cause of the mnurnfIl discord, which
exists, is the want of fundamental law
freely dictated for the nation, a nation
which has shown its abhorren' e of a
monarchical system of government and its
anxiety for the establishment OF govern.
rlent having its origin in the popular will,
and not in military dicialion; aud idrther
believing that the present government
has not acted with fidelity to the na
lion, but on the contrary, has performed lis
functions in an oppressive manner, and
convoked an assembly not authorized by
the popular will, for The purpose OF plotting
the establishment Of a monarchy; and that
it has neglected the defence ortne national
territory. and abandoned 10 its fate the dlvi-
sion OF the army, entrusted with The de
fence ofthe frontier; they consider the fur
Their continuance Of such government as
ruinous to the Republic, and that now,
more than ever, il Is necessary TO tighten
the bonds Of onion which have been lOOs-
ened by our misl6riuacs AMI cast aside pri-
vate opinions. Therefore they agree to The
plan proclaimed by the people aud the gar.
Tison ofthe city cfGuadalalara. on the 2Oih
OF May, ultiino, up 10 lis nith. ar,ical inclu-
sively, with the following additional:
1t. All persons imprisoned or binishcd
for political causes from 1921 to this date,
shall be liberated, OF may return to the re
public, and are invited to cooperate il the
defence ofthe present Plan.
p. By ii, the circumstances Of war
which exist between this Republic and the
Unl,el States OF the North, are not chang
ed, the meeting Of The Congress which Is
to take place, will act on this question, and
Mexican citizens viii obey their resOlu-
toms.
81. Al those who may have taken arms
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vued tu assist in this plan tie only object
OF which is to secuIs the public welfare /;
the same invitation = extended TO all au
thorities, both civil a.ld military, Of al the
departments.
4h. As the Exmo. Sr. general ID. An
ToNIo LoPEz DG SANTA ANNA had the
glory 10 found the Republic, and whatever
his errors may have been, has always been
the strongest supper; ot The public liber-
ties, and of the integrity of the National
territory. the garrison Proclaiins said EXmo.
ST.. General, the Chief in this great under
taking."
The names of Generals LANDEKo and
PEREZ, head the sgnatures 10 this declara-
ton.
Santa Annals portrait was carried IN trI-
umph through the streets, in the midst oi a
great enthusiasm. i,
The government troops under General
Alvarez had been surprised and destroyed
bv he revolutionary forces in GuadaiaJara.
Gen. Alvarez himself, the Captain OF the
British mail steamer says, was kiiled, and
letters from Mexico, corrobeTate his stale
ment. although ths Mexican papers are
silent on the subject.
On the lOth Of Ply, an engagement took
place. between the government troops ana
n narfv under Torres and Pi'Zozin, within
t,To Irarues of Nexcala, which resulted in
the complete defeat OF the latter, with loss
Of IL killed and 7 prisoners.
Gen. Bravo, the Vice President elect,
sent in his resignation on the 10Th, assign
irg as a reason fer doing 50, feeble health;
Congress, howev sr, refused to accept his
resiSnaiion as Paiedes was about to leave
n take command # the army, and he was
sworn into office ON the 25;h.
Severald DEGREES. had been issued by the
Government, ordering measures to be taken
f5r the raising of, means to carry on the
war, and providing that the public and gov
ernment funds be appropriated for that Pur-
pose. Military preparations were also
making ON a pretty extensive scale. Orders
had been issued ljr the formation OF new
militia regiments, and TO have several re-
qiments in the city Of Mexico, of both
cavalry and infantry, in readiness to march
It CNh th, t~Af