Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-07-30
FROM MEXICO.
Fyom The Baltimore .4msricaa, July "a !
LATE FROM THE ARMY.

The steamship James l.. Day, Capt. GRrF
FIN. arrived at New Orleans on the evening Q
the 18th inst, from Braxos Santiago, having
sailed thence on "Wednesday the 18th instant
The news is four DAYS later, and OF some inter
est: especially so is the announcement that
deputation from the British Navy arrived a
Fort Polk. upon business with Gen. TAYLOR
calculated to excite curiosity and speculation
ssThe troops were being sent forward as ias
as the means Of transportation and the hgf
waters would allow. The Louisiana Volun
teers were being concentrated above Matamo
ras. The Washington and Col. DAKrS's Reg
iments were a short distance above that place
The Andrew Jackson Regiment left for Rey
nosa ON the 9th, and Col. DAVIS moved up the
river on the 10th instant. The TENNESSEE
Regiment relieved DAVIS command at Burta
ssMaors DIMmicK aud MoRRIs, Captain
1 BURKE, and Lieuts. Fremont and MAGRuDERi
! of the u. s. Army, came passengers in the Day
"An article in the American Flag, OF the
! 10th instant, informs us that broIls occasionally
/ break out amongst the Volunteers and Mexi.
cans, resulting in death. That paper states
that Gen TAYLOR uses every exertion to pre-
vent persons attached to the army from distur-
| bing the citizens Of Matamoras. The Mexi
can authorizes are urged to more attention in
keeping their citizens in order and dispensing
them when engaged in riotous proceedings
Some of CAYALEs' men are supposed TO be
lurking about Matamoras for purposes of IA
pine and murder.
"Consdering the leniencv shown by Gen
TAYLOR towards the captive city, in permit
ting the people TO pursue their wonted ayoca-
tons, and the courts OF law to administer jus
tee, il behooves the civil police to be diligent IN
suppressing disorders and sending away dan.
gerous persons. A young American soldier
was found near the Office of the American
Flag, on the 9th inst, with his throat dreadful
I ly cut and his heart pierced with several dag
ger wounds. The murderer has not been dis
covered.
''Ihe Rio Grande was yet rising the 10Th
IN several places about Ma,amoras it had over
| flowed its banks"
| "A correspondent of the Picayuhe writing
| from Fort Polk, under date of July IA, says -
"None or material changes since my last
i The rain, if any thing, has risen, completely
cutting off transportation BY land between this
and Ma,amoras- particularly at the several
ravines the other side Of Palo Alto, which APP
pears TO be the old bed offhe river, and through
which the water flows with quite rapid cur
rent and of considerable depth.
''Ihe high water has been of incredible in
ljury to the crops on the Rio Grande, some as
serting that even three-fourths of the cotton
and corn in the bottoms have been destroyed.
1t will not only go hard with these from hand
TO mouth people, whose only thought is oil the
day. but am fearful that it may occasion DIFF
fculty in giving Gen. TAYLOR the means o!
subsising his troops TO the extent he antlcIpa-
ted from the appearance of the corps short
while since Three weeks ago, when | wen,
down on the Aid to Ma;amoras, there never
was as good promise ofan abundant harv-
est, and all were cheerful; now the poor Mex
leans are stalking about waist deep in the corn
fields, the families have been driven oil to the
! high grounds. and every face shrouded in
gloom The war has been ofserviee, real ser
vice to the inhabitants on the Rio Grande, but
the freshet has ruined them.
"The last report is that the water is at q
stand, perhaps falling, having caused the re-
movai OF all the camps save one.
Troops continue TO arrive almost daily. and
soon afterwards move up and take posiuonup-
on the river near Burita. This 9TH Regiment
of Infantry has gone to Reynosa or Camargo.
''The weather, together with the inactivity
of the troops, has caused considerable sickness
among them. learn there are several hun
dred in hospital at Matamoras, and the meas
les has broken out in one of the camps.
"'Curiosity runs high 10 know the object
of visit of Two British naval officers to Gen.
TAYLOR. who arrived here in a vessel OF war
| from Tampico. Communication beng cut
off, they sent their dispatches by mail TO Their
Consul at Matamoras, TO be laid by him be-
fore the Consul General Nous re,1ons.
appearances indicate move of the army
into the interior as soon as the waters subside-
"Report says Gen. PAREDEs has senta pro-
clcmation TO the people OF Matamoras, calling
upon them TO treat our regulars with every
kindness and consideration, because of the I'M
pdrdlleled kindness and attention to his wound
ed, as well as prisoners and citizens. He takes
occasion to score the Texans. &c. If this be
true, it argues more favoraby than otherwise"
| The New Orleans papers of the 18th con-
tain advices from Mexico, received via Ha
wanna. of the same date as those already re-
ceved by an arrival at New York. Some ad.
ditional items Of interest are given, which we
subjoin. We take them from the Picayune !.
! "Shortly after the meeting of the Mexican
| Congress, that body proceeded to organize the
Executive power, by decree that it should
be deposited Professionally in a magistrate cleo
ted by plurality of the votes Of Congress and
that Vice President should be elected at the
same time to act in the absence OF the Presi
dent. This decree was passed on the 10th Of
June, and on the 18th the election was held.
Gen. PAREpEs was elected President, receiv-
ing 5S out of SO votes. Gen. BRAVO received
ID votes, and Gen. HERRERA votes. Gen.
BRAvo was then elected Vice President, recei-
ing AZ out of 81 votes. The highest opposing
candidate was ID. LUIS G. CUEvAs, who re-
ceived II votes.
Seen PAREpEs took the oaihs Of Office on
the 18th as Provisional President, and at the
same time pronounced another discourse, in
the most noble passage of which he expresses
his confidence THAI Congress will grant all the
supplies and make every effort necessary TO
defend the national cause He reviews at
length the wrongs which Mexico has endured
at the hands of the United States, and con-
cludes with desiring permission TO assume the
command of the army in the field. In the
absence OF Senior BusTAMENTE, who was i'll,
DIR. ID. LOUIS GoNzAGA presided over Con-
gress. He replied to the President in sub
stance, that every question of domestic policy
shrunk into insign6cance compared with the
invasion Of the country on the Rio Bravo;
that the Mexican who should think of aught
else than the injustice and treachery with
which their soil was trampled, and the neces-
sity of avenging their outraged honor, had no
right to claim share in their patriotic devotion.
SON tho 18th xxraS GRANTED 10 PA