The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-05-10
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gentlemen named camo hero IN ;mnorant business con
nected with the service :. 1''' WV
We have berpre exnressed the dean reeret that ou,d
be felt by the nation II the rcspnat;an of Gen worth
He has conerrcd nstre mon or Nv his dsnrnish
cd services in Florida and elsewhere and the country
who were 10 sustain tha no,onol fam should onr din
culties it'll Mexico terminate in omen war But he fell
himself consrained to nnrsmc the Course he did in con
sequence Of recent Of the executive pon the
subj Of rank His resignation was not rendered unit
had passed Alter was rendered he remained for some
DAYS in camp as nrvaa ;nd;vnai nor aid he leave Sc
long nd there rohah;l;tv that h;e services in
! connrencv could hc rendered ava;labje
Gen Worth led the advance of the army across from
bsns eh1 10 and ho h win ms Rn
Grando within 35O wards III the Mexican batteries II
was the flag of his own regiment-the 9Th inisntry--
which he had brought with Rim from Florida and was
the first American ensign hoisted by the army west Of
the Nueces and strange to saw It is the only one with
AZ matter of curiosity not without general interest
we have placed in another column an account of con.
ycrsaton held between General Worth and Cen Vega,
mander in chief and Cen Worth representing General
raylor We received from at the
| in its accuracy
THE BLOCKADE OF THE RIO GRAspE.-We learned
last evening that formal protests had been made before
the British Consul by the English houses which had
shipped cargoes on board the schooners Equity and Flo
ridian for Matamoras which were turned back by the
United States brig Lawrence of the mouth of the Rio
| Grunde
| MINUTES OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN BRtc GEN w. J.
WORTH, UrIrrp STATES ARMY. AND GIN. RoMuLo VEGA
| OF THE MEXICAN ARMY-HELp on THE RIGHT BANK OF
white nag on the left bank OF the Rio Grande, boa,
with two otcers-reprcsented as cavalry oficers-wh
an same who appeared at the crossing
tho Colcrado--and n fourth person crossed from the
| right bank Of the river
| Ii was stated through an interprcter-Mr MITCHELL
sent bv h;s cnmmandnp General With desnaches to the
commanding General at Matamoras and TO the civil
Aer ~ he above the
Nexcan nar recrosscd III. liver ~ rcnort N The
nendrg aroral NJ Waamoras and rctnrn WITH his renIv
70 o nota f - tha Anr; au on,I =, Matamoras
with an IN the hack in PENCIL was deliver
ca TO the Mexican oicer ne replied that ne snoud
| corr.. ) ,-a. 1sor Wnrths. rnmari IN rarl,, :
ON the return Of the same partv Gen Meia sent word
That n tha con.rd;ng Gnnaral ~ tha Asr;can forces
wished cnnfaranca with The commanj;nc rcneral Of
the Mexican forces, if would readily be- acce5e3 to hut
AZ Junior to The Commanding General on the mart Of the
Amsr;can ,roors had rcnnescJ confsrnca fen Malta
could not entertan such proposon but that an ofcer
~ corra.ond;nn ranL and nos;,;nn i; the Mex;can
forces would be ready to receive any sent
W zen a. ,h,, a.. r.,o,;, ~ a.. r.r,;.
m;,anprcbenJed thew ,unno,ing that conference Was
requested this was Corrected and was re.
terated that Cen Worth wa, merely the bearer Of des
matches With authority IN relate ver,ail certa;n mat
ters If intere,t n h. comm,nd;ng General AZ Naa
moras. " ' No.'''s - 'i''
with he pewarI that ,b;s was msr. os form
which should not be pcrmitted TO nterferc with any
rclstons nou ex;st;ry b.ween the tue
Tha Ma~;c.n ,ar.,so roor"s..d - ~ suht haL .na
after abort absence rctnrned STATING that cenaral Rn
mmIo vaca womid rece;xa s:nrorai H,orth ~ tS ;h,
hank &c H. r;y.rthe ,cr ..Ian." CO. % .h 'v
tion of anv On which G.n.rI xvsh ;rt,
have Ia m,ake from II = command;nr 1:.nar,I YIN s'
General Worth then crossed thee rvar ac.ourar.d
nv Lieut. sm;tf a,ddc.camn I;ents Wa,rmdar fnaas
and Blake All ached 10 his staff togeher With lieut.
Knowor rs interpreter On arriving at the right bank
Of the rvcr General worth was received NV Den Vcga
with becoming courtesy and respect and 10
the authortics Of Matamoras in the person
Of the Licencado Casares On the Mexican part were
present General Vega the Licencisdo Casares two Off
cers-reprcs cavalry officers an interpreter with
a person named Juan N Cara Official de Defensores
General that he was the bearer Of from
the commanding General of the American forces to Gen
Mejia and to the civil authorities Of Matamoras writ
Vega desiring to know its contents it was carefully read
and translated into French by Lieutenant Knowl.
ton and afterwards into Spanish sy the Mos-
been directed to receive such communications as Gen
Worth might present from his commanding General i.
bart Of The Mcsean territory Tamaupas was Consider
| ed as an act of war.
Gen. WonrH-"I am we'll aware that some Of the Mex.
lean people consider it an aggressive act but interrupted
by the Mexican Interpreter and after slight
Of the international question ON the part General Vega
General Worth repeated the above remark adding that
il was not 30 considered by his government: that the
army had been ordered there by his government and
there would remain; whether rightfuy or otherwise
vernments Gen Vega still disposed to argue tho me-
rits OF the case was told by General Worth that he
| came to state facts not to argue themr
Cen Worth then stated that he had been with de
spatchcs from his commanding General to Gen. Mca
that Mca had refused receive it from him per
sonally adding, with emphasis and some degree o.
ing read it merely as act Of courtesy to Gen. Vega
that, in addition to the written despatch to Gen Mca
authorized to express verbally the sentiments with
commanding General proposed to carry the
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