The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-03-27
From The N. Q. Tropic Of March II.
Later from Texas


llsPRIsoNMENT or THIS AMERICAN Consul.
The steamship Alabama, Captain Windle,
arrived yesterday, thirly-sx hours from Gal
weston, bringing Us Galveston papers of the
l4th. There lie nothing important in the
papers, but we learn verbally from CAPTAIN
Wlndle that he was advised BY the Captain
of the schooner Mary Shields, from Maiamo
ras, bound New York, which put into Gal.
weston in distress, on the 18th instant. that
the American Consul, Mr.. Schatzell. at Mat
amOras, had been imprisoned by the Mexican
authorities on charge of holding correspon>
dence with Gen. Taylor, and That the Mex- |
can, who carried the correspondence, had |
been SHOT A letter has also been received |
by mercantile house in this city giving
substantially the same statement. We give !
the following from the Corpus Christi Gaz>
cite, as found in the Galveston Civilian of
the l4th, for what It is worth:
MEXICAN RUMoRs.-We copy the follow
ing catalogue of reports from. and about
Mexico, from the Corpus Chisii Gazette. As
the Gazette says. these reports are mostly
founded upon doubtful authority, though the
best at hand. Some Of them may be wholly
true, aud others totally without foundation
They are all,perhaps, at best greatly colored
and exaggerated from the distant and i'm.
perfect sources through which they are de-
rived, and YET they all probobably have some
foundation in FACT, however slight it may BIZ
in most of the cases. However. the Gazette's
reservations are sufficient without any in
addition from US:
"IheFe are numerous reports which have
been brought in from towns on the Rio
Grand, within the last four days, for the truth
Of which we cannot answer-as they are
made by Mexcans, some of whom are known
TO be hostile TO the United States aud Tex
as. And we are bound to state, that in the
absence Of any official information on the
subject, we are induced to notice these re-
ports, simply because Mexicans who are
) friendly to the United States, and American ms
who have some knowledge of Mexican affairs
believe them to be SUBSTANTIALLY correct. We
give them without other confirmation, ard
: our readers must estimate their proper value
The substance is as follows: Il Is said
that there are now at or near Point Isabel
500 men under the command Of Generals
Meiia and Garc.a-that they are erecting
: breastwork and making other necessary pre-,
partitions for the defence of The place-lha
Is General Canales is al the Salt Lakes, al the
+ junction of the roads which lead from Mat
6 tamOras and ReEOSa TO San PatriciO on the
4 Neuces, about one third Of the distance from
a The former to tho latter place, with abOu
g 100 men under his command That Col
; SaVeTiego with 300 men had taken apositioT
9 on the Sol Colorado, about midway between
San Isabel and the Salt Lakes, where thu
/ road connecting those places crosses tn,
G river General Ampudia had been appointed
e by Paroles, commander in chef of the Arm
o of the North, and that he had left San Lui
IS de POlosi, and was expected 10 arrive on th
9 Rio Grande somewhere about the Ist o
: March. tits reported that he is making force,
Sc marches, aud has under his command iron
g three to four thousand troops. infantry, cav
q airy and artileFy.-lt is said that Gen. La We
$ ga had left Monterey for Comargo with 200i
men. aud was daily expected at the latte
e place, and it is also said be would join Gen
q, Canales at Salt Lakes. Il is also reporte,
/ opposite Point Isabel, some two or lhre
re weeks since. there was about 100 OF the com
e, mission party encamped on the MaiamoEo
ID road, two leagues from Point Islbel. Ii
lg reported that the object Of Mexican Cover
es ment in posting Generals Meja, Garcia, Can
'e ales, and Col. SaveFgo, on this side of th
Y RIO Grande, was simply 70 form case 70
Il negotiation with the United States, Showing
e. that they had military occupation Of the ter
n ritorg between the Neuccs and the Rio Gta
OF nde, and they had been forced TO retreat he
ID fore, or had been driven west from the Ri
+ GTande BY the advance Of the United Stale
{: Army. In this view Of the case, no 6ghtin
is anticipated. But it is also thought b
ID others, that the march Of the Generals Am
ne pndia and La Vega indicates adeleminatio
in the Mexican government TO reinforce lh
troops on this side Of The Rio Grande, wit
n, the view Of disputing the advance Of ID
American Army, and lhata battle will ensu
whenever and wherever the opposing force
meet each other. So far as regards th
movements of the Mexican troops these ar
the reports made By traders and travelled
ut from the t0wns on the northen frontier. A
rs We have before remarked, we cannot Eouc
he for their accuracy, but we believe in. Ii
possibility, and even probability OF their b
e ing substantially true. Should their truth I
50 falsehOod be confirmed shortly after our ia
ly per goes 70 press, an extra will be issued
90 announcing what we know 70 be facts.s 3.
s. A rumor Of another kind has fer the Ia.
- month been ii. general circulation in Mex
70 CO, Texas and the United States, siz-thi
the Noglhera siaiessof Mexico, consisting
Is Talnaulipas, Nuyeo Leon, Cor ahpila, an
J. portions bit Tie States Of Zacalecas aud Sa
Louis De Potosl, were aboulto declare the
IS. Independence Of Alexlco, aud like Yucata
re form ) seperale and independent natioi
he with 1 government modelled after that
- United States. We have hitherto restrain
s ed from making any dileci alInsjon 70 ID
q sniiectnDt BECAUSE We we're ienUfent Of j
+ sxialence, or of the entire plan upon whic
Il was proposed tocarFy 4 out, but becaus
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