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The News from Mexico.

The News from Mexico.
Dispatches have been received from our squadron OF
Vera Cruz Along with these Letters journah have been
transmitted. from which tho following have been
made. What besoed people thess Before the bat
tie Ampudia boosted that should be defeated, and
Of troops would be lef Of tho Of
the Rio Grande. And since tho hexicans were driven
from Monterey, they misrepresenting every hng-ms
king our loss be 50O-and say 3000-and
stating that they left behind them only about pieces OF
artillery, not fit for Private letters from vers Cruz
however appreeang the depth OF the blow they have
t.ned-Monerey being considered OF the strongest
places In tho world, &c.
Aiew numbers Of the Locomotor OF Vera Cruz. tho
9th OF October inclusive, have been received the Navy
department The intelligence Of the capture OF Monterey
Is copied from othsr papers. with few comments.
The following IL tho proclamation OF Gen Salas, tho
loss OF Monterey:
Mexcan.. government established .gaia. tho will Of
the nation interested In conecaing from events which
are disastrous to IL above ALL when the responsibility their
occurrence must fall upon the government A government
whose sentiments and than those of
the nation, and which has emanatod from tho movement
by which threw oil its oPpressors has need conceal
anything from IT, Tor the nation itself combat for its
Preservation and for its honor.
M,Siesns! Monterey has fallen. Il no, enough to
defy DEATH valiant fellow. did for four
days; 10 do moro, defy want In every
shape, and the insufcency OF means Of resistance The
intention OF the enemy to occupy the whole republic
iies but the governments determined to triumph or per-
ish with the republic. Partial disasters Of no impor
tancc the Spanish nation suffered much moro In the space
OF six and the result Of her heroic corts and the CO.
operation OF all her that the bones OF half mil
lion OF unjust invaders wniien the fields Of tho Peninsula
Shall we become unworthy OF independence by not show
ing ourselves worthy OF our fahersi That ndepen
denee achieved by alone only after years Of con
saney; and II Is not possible that organized nation
should show less strength than its oppressed sons such as
our hrst leaders
Mexicans The time act has come Will Won suffer
your population to be decmated, sending IL to perish By
handsfull the frontier, to-day, another To-
and to perish less by the enemies balls than by neglect
The government will exert all its power in the defence Of
rights, but has right expect that or in
active contemplation shall be the recompense of il.
plan OF operations; for the nation will prefer that not one
stone should be left another, rather than behod its
sovereignty its rights and Its temples ampled under foot
The invncble general called by place himself at the
mead OF the troops resolved not TO survive the dshonor
OF his country.
Will il be less sol No. Our blood and our property
will be the sacrifice that ODER up; and when YOU are in
the full enjoyment Of the rights which YOU claimed 40
not doubt OF your cooperation, and with will snatch
from fortune complete victory which in the end will en-
sure TO US existence and honor.
JOSE MARIANA DE SAIAs
MEIIco. Sept. 30, 1876.
The Republican, OF the LIST Of October saws,
The disagrecable intelligence which arrived yesterday
from the northern frontier, and which copy in contn.
uanon from the Diaro del Gobieno perhaps the preude
OF still more disastrous news, which will put the
OF Mexcsns the No effort can be too grs,, when
the object TO defend our lives, honor and our indie
pendence. No who feels all the force of the word
country will fail experience the utmost Indignation
against this eacherous enemy. who has dreamed of lord
ing over our territory: barbarous undertaking which he
u %.
rslos lives.
1t asserted tina, the terms of capulaon agreed upon
by General AmPudia stipulated for the withdrawal of the
Mexican troops with all their supplies and equipment Tor
the purpose OF taking at Salto, and that the General
was reduced TO this necessity after four days the
firing.
I'VE shall always lament ha, in this matter no atlantic,
was paid TO the advice Of General Santa Anna who be-
sought the government send orders our army 10 with
draw from Monterey, place which could not be defended
any event on account OF Its being by
We shall, on this occasion. repeat what have already
said the war must be carried against the Americans as
the Spanards in this century waed against the French
by the system OF guerhs capable Of destroying the most
numerous and best organized army The establishment Of
the national guard should be devoted the practice of the
system In any other the republic il lost The artl
ey OF the North Americans very much superior 10 ours
and we must counternc that powerful element BY calling
into play oil the of which history
reasons has taught the efficacy Shall these lessons be
lost upon Mexico Are deficient in the natural
instinct Of avoiding death 2"
No menuon is made in those papers Of Santa Anna ex
cepl that he had been i'll with constipation from
which he had recovered and that after he learned the
'ue OF Monterey he wrote several letters his friends
mndng them OF his advice the government to withdraw
the troops from Monterey.
II mentioned IN Of the papers, some indication
OF pubic spirit that the dealers in pugue kind of beerl i'm
inc city OF Mexico had requested the Government TO dou
DE The tax on that article which would yield il an increase
OF revenue, in the capital, Of thousand dollars day.
The most exaggerated statements are made of the lo,
sustained by our troops Monterey one account estma
ting IL at three thousand.