The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-29


Meanwhile, see the report of the proceedings in
Congress in another column.
News from Mexico.
We yesterday received SEINE very interesting
intelligence from Mexico and the Army of Occu.
patton. Our advices from Vera Cruz are to the
14th inst, and Were brought to Pensacola in the
steam frgate Princeton.
1t appears that there was no attack made on
San Juan d'Ulloa by our squadron on the 10th
inst, foohshly reported would I g the
case; but instead thereof there had been Skin
mish or two between portion of the feet and
several hundred Mexicans on shore. Eleven
'Mexicans were killed, and one American wound
cd in two days skirmshing Besides this, the
Americans had cut out one or two small Mexican
vessels.
This is the gist of the news relating to the squa-
dron from Vera Cruz.
The most important piece OF intelligence from
thearmy is the proclamation of General Taylor
10 the Mexicans, preparatory to throwing his
troops forward TO Camargo and Monterey. This
proclamation is characteristic Of "Od Rough
and Ready" and cannot fail to have powerful
effect on the Mexican people. Ii is brief, Gle lrly
written, full of meaning and strikes at the vulne-
rable points of the Mexicans, in style that seems
to belong exclusively to General Taylor.
On the outside of this days Herald will be found
the details of the news.
LIE REVENUE SERvIcE-Irs VALUK.-There is
little known, generally, of the value of our
revenue establishment. The cutters that are en-
Ployed in this service, and stationed at intervals
along our seaboard cost il must be acknowledged
considerable sum to our government, and on
ibis account have been jealousy looked after by
our ultra-economists. But all have agreed that it
ga necessary expense-a burden that must be
borne.
Now it is generally supposed that the comman-
der OF revenue cutter with thirty to fifty hands on
board, has other duty to attend to, than merely
TO look after smuggling and smugglers, which
duty is looked upon sort of sinecure.-
This supposition is very wide of the truth. In
the revenue laws of the United States, it is not
only the duty of our officers to protect our COM
merce from contrabandists, but also to assist and
relieve all distressed vessels that may be found
upon our coasts. Their orders are to cruise in
sun and snow, in heat and cold, by day and by
night, to give relief to the suffering sailor This is a
duty which, upon examination, we will find to be
even paramount to the mere prevention of SNUG
CLING The immense number of marine disas-
coasts, render it duty of the highest importance,
as well as danger, and too much credit cannot be
gwen to those who cleverly perform it,
If we take the journal of any one of our re-
venue schooners, and ascertain the amount, in life
and property, which she has been the means of
saving in single year, we will find that it would
far-a hundred times-overbalance the mere cost
of her own services.
L..
with glance at the books of the cutter Jackson,
stationed upon the Sound, and the Narragansett
Bay and he has been informed by her very eff
cent commander, Lieut.. Cornell. that, during the
past year, he has afforded relief and assistance TO
over two hundred vessels in distress Many of
these vessels, with their valuable cargoes but for
his timely assistance, would have been totally
lost, with large number of brave and valuable
ssamen. Who, then, will say that, independent
OF the consideration of smuggling, the revenue
establishment is not of the highest value to our
commerce
But there is another good point about our reve.
nue. service. Previous to the breaking out of the
present war; our cutters filed by able and
effective seamen. At the call for sailors to man
our ships-of-war, there was, in all other coun-
tries, on similar occasions, difficulty in procuring
the rRRt SORT Oh men. Ihls difficulty was con-
sderaby lessened by the supply of seamen that
were promptly taken from the revenue service:
which, IN its turn, was promptly filed up bv a
new set, partly Of landsmen, and partly of sailors
belonging to the merchant service
tits but few months since the crews of III.
revenue cutters drafted into the regular ser.
vice, and yet their successors are already sufh-
ciently well drilled, to become, at any moment,
efficient hands on board regular man-of.war.
Thus, we have in our revenue service, not
only preventive TO contrabandism on our coasts,
but prompt assistant to our distressed merchant
vessels. as well a naval school, training up a
class Of seamen that will always be valuable in
the sudden emergency of war.
AFFAIRS IN VESRzuELA.--We have received a
copy of Ell Liberal, published at Caracas, of the
9th June. The only additional items received
:, are the following -
The province had been greatly troubled by the
depreda'ions Of band of robbers, numbering
about forty men, under the captancy of Pedro