The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-29

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places after all political power as we'll as military
and civil rule, has fed afterwards learned that the
Presdio was still garrison In name and that il had not
been wholly abandoned but the OF the oops
stationed there consisted Of than officer and
mer as he was absent and appeared least among the
foreigners, to be little known
thority. The only officer Yves the AlcaIds Who dwes
three miles of"
II must be acknowledged from the data furnished by
the foregoing American ocisl account that Yerba Bue
ma was very well chosen point whsreat Commodore
Of we Are od an ths OH maze h sum
an (aosent or nonexisting) commandsnt" the zone
ofhcer and one soldier" above mentioned II added by
mons was. informed. We imagine the result
must have been that silence which gives consent.
fortunately, Providence has ordered for years
that whatever suits US should also suit England. It
suited this powerful nation we'll during the LIBERAL"
;o o. s , darns that Of iS to cSncats
It suited France TO gain their hatred Thanks to this
the political outcas's who at these two distinct periods
had the good fortune to gain the shore Of England
those shores with abundant ~ mpsthes which great
ly allevated their conditlon. suited England well
ourselves that the of Don Carlos should sue
cumb and her valiant soldiers participated more than
| once in the dangers and glories ofour own.
issue victorious from the blow which destroyed in the
year ls43; and Espartero would not have fallen had
psndsncs Of our nation IN ali these capital points the
interest of Spain and England was synonomous, and
hers q, well as oursw opposed to that OF France To
Of the candidates. which the instinct Of spain has re-
PEELED, has trumphsd until II il rumorsd that
though in this the will of that nation is equivalent to
own. this match does net take place, twill be
been able conquer the repuEnance Of England
We know these mon and We know well enough how
counry But what hs Hou. ii
marriage scheme is not realized it is owing to the
influence Of foreign nation Spain will not be the
what matters it that in thwartng this match, England
may only propose to herself to weaken hinder the
Strengthening ofthe fatal influences which make Of our
country mere French colonyf It suits to expel
these ioAuelce ought not to perceive that it may
country not respected we ought to desire that those
who are ut its head may themselves compelled
spect the will OF another country which 10 conformabe
with that ofour own.
THE MEXICAN ARMY
(From the United Service Magazne)
The materials Of which the army ID compounded ore
whole stats The ranks filed up her with country
and Indians taken by force from their village homo
stsads with criminals let Loose from prison for the
purpose Twas told by Mexican Colonel Of a regiment
At Uuadalaxara that he had been obliged replace the
o mao ,ha ms CORDS to By
and paradng Thorn before him in order that might
select the finest and stouest among them to epensb his
ranks And when he had done he inquired their
Of punishment; many of them who had been condemned
10 the galleys for ten years had their punshmens
an army SO composed, and among KEEP, together by
no bonds Of discipline Difference for authority
must be exensive the rustic soldier takes his heels
the first opportunity and sets out on his return home
wards, while the paed criminal seeks companion
ship with the frs band Of fesbooters at hand and finds
hiding place in some rem ote quarter They longer
oicefea by gentlemen t,long to the respectable
anes in the country a. was the when Mexico
dependency OF SPAN but by individuals sprung from
the most degraded classes, by the common soldiers:
ignorance and abandoned habits in fact presen,
to be titles for commission The training given in what
is called the Schoolof War. which has been recently
transferred TO Chspultepec OF the most superficial de
tied to four Ave Dung who have received En-
ropean education. and few Spanish Generals and Field
ofcers no are not deficient IN military science, the Tor
are perpetualy warted by their
jealousy and the latter held in opprobrium for having
oetray ed the land Of their birth and borne
In spite OF all the Presidents exertions to the
military resources # the country he has not been able
20 raise the army to more than $4,000 men, majority
with English muskes Of the description 5000 are
CHARTERED in the capital; 1000 at Gusdasxsra and in
rexan frontier 500 in the South; 400 in the camp at
slapa AMI next the border Of Yucatan; 1000 in Vera
Cruz and in Juan de Ulloa and the remainder in
provinces generally single instance will show the
superabundance ofoficers The regimen usually con
sists Of two bat'aens, brigaded into division cou
manded by colonel, and each battalion has lieutenant
colonel and frequently colonel, though it docs not
muster above 800 and frequently more than 100
commanded by lieutenant colonel or chief of battalion
under whom are captain two 6rst and second leu
enants there s an officer to every four soldiers
yalry: there n not sousdron Of 6ftv horsas rh;.L 10
not six or seven oacers The whois oran.;, - s,;II
nv which could te brought into the e1d doe: not xca
birv nieces. mountainb.,,ar;ss h.sw go, r..
Coat. guns srt,acers pontoons ana hggagsSre;n. -
unite among the yes ineosni,c. nav sssrs $780,
,nv der but what IL ef America or Ena,;.h raI
The corns Of enpineers which T. snrsv ds.;an.h ,S
in mafeyi,t and srtiliarv consists ~ Resale; ~ roo
nan OF ua,amoras and connan, - -. $500 VI
,oes nv The rd;cnons nsms 81 az -. -, di ~ ~ncn
ia addition 10 the troops here enumerated I. mat nv
lita, wretchedy organized and equipped, and held in
Nv 49, ~ NV Pe"'
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH
I.om uo ais Consu'uuonneiJ
10Y Sou.iy wn.Sn esses humoer OF raliWsys