The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-06-09
From the Now Orleans Commercial Times June
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM
MEXICO.

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VERA CRUZ BLOCKADED-THE pow.
Frs OF AMERICAN CONSULS ANNULLED-
RIOR OF THE COUNTRY-EFFORTS OF
THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO SUSTAIN
THE WAR &c.
BY the Barque Thealus, Capt Mnrrell, from
Vera Cruz, arrived here last evening, we received
papers by her from the city of Mexico, to the 9Th
and from vera Cruz TO the time of her de parure
She sailed on the 29h inst. We learn verbally
from Capt. Nj. that tho u. S. eteam iripate Mis-
sissipp arrived at Vera Cruz on the I7,h, with
The news Of the battles Of the 9Th ond 9th inst
Care was taken to keep it from the Mexcans,
though II Is thought the fact of their defeat might
have leaked out and did leak out The Mississ-
ppl and Falmouth had blockaksd the mort of We
re Cruz. Orders had been received from tho city
of Mexico directing all Americans to leave Vera
Cruz by the Oath inst.
Mr.. Diamond, the Consul. was preparing to go
on board of one of the U. S. vessels of War. IL
was generally thought that the American vessels
left in port, the barque Louisiana and the brig
| Helen Mcleod, would be seized by the Next
cans. The contractor of supplies for the Ameri-
can squadron had been forbidden by the Vera
Cruz authorities to furnish them with more.
The barque Thealus was boarded off the harbcr
OF Vera Cruz by the U. S. sloop Falmouth and
took letter bag from her. The brig Petersburg
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We have been permitted TO make the f,llowino
extracts from letter received by highly res
pecta6e Mexican house in this city.
VERA CRUz, May 10, 1916.
circular has been issued by the Government,
stating that all the American Consuls cease i'm
medlately from being recognized, and ordering all
American citizens to embc8k, or retire into the
interior within eight days. The United States
steamship Mississippi yesterday ordered off n YES
sci from the port, but she came in during the
night, thus proving the port to be blockaded, at
least 20 National vessels, step which has mate
rally compromised tho American vessels in the
haroor, and we are very much afraid that we shall
not De allowed to despatch the Thealus
The government 10 making every effort to car
~ out the war with success. and has replenished
the treasury by carrying through some very strong
measures.
The Castle of San Juan de Ulloa and the CITY
are in brilliant state of defence, and would re
quire very strong force to be sent if an attack
were mediteted.
The Republicano. of the city of Mexico, con-
tans an article against the Government in which
1t animadverts upon the actual state of the coun-
try, attacked as it is by strong enemy, and with
prospect Of local revolution. That paper AYERS
that, in case Of any revolution, the troops now
engaged in repellng the enemy would be ordered
to act in support of either party or the other
claiming local supremacy. Az proof of the
discipline and manner in which the Mexican
troops are treated by their officers, we will men.
ton the case of soldier named Vablo Carols,
who. for some derection of duty, was most cru.
ely whipped and then sent to dungeon under
ground, where. from the nature of his wounds,
gangrene. ensued in the absence of medical care,
and he died in six days afterwards. His body
was IN such mangled state that he died on his
knees, not being able to lie down.
Don Jose Marie Goyen has been named Go
vernon of Chuhua. in the department of Sonora.
The Apacha Indians have attacked The town of
Oputo, where they killed 80 Mexicans, the In
dams stealing every thing they could lay their
hands upon. These Apachas are uniformed in a
blue cloth frock coat with red facings, and pan,a-
looms of the same stuff, with caps, and they are
armed with rifles. The whole department was
In dreadful state of misery and considerations
Several robberies, on large scale, have lately
been committed in the City of Mexico and its
neighborhood.
In speaking Of tho American army, a despatch
from the Mexican commandant Of the engineers at
MatamoIas says that the American army is not
more than four thousand strong, and is in state
of Generalization there is no union among them
Without any desire for glory, its officers are good
but then there are many of them who have come
10 fight against their will. If we have no local
revolution, this American army will either captu-
late or be entirely defeated in twenty days.
The exports from Vera Cruz in the month of
April amounted to s24I 1856, of which sl95, ICY
was in specie.
The Republicano of the 9Th says that the in
tenion Of The government was to send their war
steamships. the Guadaloupe and Montezuma, to
the Havana, TO be sold at auction on arriving at
the latter port. The steamers were TO leave,
the Mexican flag. and fire salute. The Mcxi-
can sailors refused TO sail in them under these
conditions. and the steamers were TO leave the
river Alvarado, where they had been laid up in
ordinary under the British flag, command by a
British officer.
Nothing positive was known Of this arrange
men', but the Disrio. (oficiaD neither endorsed
nor coniradicted Tho report on the 18th.
AS we before stated, our dates from the capital
are the Diario Of the 18th inst. The DiaTo Of
the 9th and 10Th, hints that the lamsnted Col.
Cross came TO his death by the hands Of a Msxi-
can.
Here the desptach closed, from what cause
We know not.
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