The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-01-05
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TIE New Orleans papers of tie losA'
contain extracts from the Havana papers
Of b. ,evs from Mexico, received ny
he steamer Clyde. ii thai Pofi. We
CORY from the \. O. Mercury az Ioi-
Fr,uds and peculatians in The admins
.r,gon Of Inc finances are limited at by.
f5e a7pers and several persons. Parliea.
is4v leroy T'amariz, are accused OF be-
mo gaiDy oflhem. Almonte, immediate
Is CT taking charge of the finances, issued
IN order 10 stop all payments from the
Treaenrv. but she order was scarcely Is
sped before il was eountermanded, OWING
6oubtless 70 seeing its effects upon the
pnhlie credit. Santa Anna is SAID TO be
m.-h dissatisfied with the management Of
ihe finances.
sonor Adame has been elected Govern
o. of fhe State Of san LDis Potosi, which
rss,ps 10 afford much satisfaction. Salas
Issued a decree on the 2ist, declaring al
gools entered through towns in the pos
session Of the American army contrabaRd,
aaaajtting the entry Of goods at no GUS
ION house nearer TO the American lines
than 20 miles, and if not entered wiibin
a month, declaring them to be forfeited.
There are accounts from the Pacific to
the llth. bu1 no further than the arrival
o. the sloop Of war Cyane, OF the port
Of Guvan.as, and her b~lockading II, and
fbe statement OF a letter writer that The
biockade Of M azatIan was conducted in so
loose \ manner that vessels entered and
departed with immunity, we find nothing
new.
From the New Orleans Bulletin.
On the sist Nov, a brig and merchant
pscke., part of the prizes captured at
Tobasco. were wrecked near Alvarado,
and Of nine Americans or board, 0 were
drowned and 4 saved.
The uosi exaggerated accounts are pub
{ished in tie city of Mexico, as to the sit
uat.on of Gen. Taylor's army. One let
ter SAYS = whole brigade OF 1000 men
with their arms, &c. had gone over 10 the
Mcxicans, and that from desertion and
the raTages of-the typhus fever, Gen. Tay-
Tor had refreated from Saltillo 10 Monte
rev, and had asked a cessation Of HOSTILE
ties from Santa Anna!!!
The f3liowing letter appears in the
Monitor OF 2sth November:-
San LUIS De PoTosI, 18th Nov.
The Invaders are very near on rs
Yesterday they entered Saiullo and must
now also be IN Tampieo, because the cor
respondenca which shonld to-day have
gone 10 those points, has been cut off By
order Of Gen. Santa Anna. Who knows
what will be cur fate! However, we
have about %. O0 men, with 80 twenty
four Founders, and a fuil supply Of am
rDunition of ali kinds, which is almost IN
crejitsbie, but having seen il myself,
leaves no doubt. on my mind. There
ere 900 blaeksmiths ard carpenters work
lng for The army, and besides the men
there are 1900 country women working
on The Publications, which is very salts
factory, as it shows the enthusiasm and
good wall which animates the people,
In one store there has beensold 10000
daggeEs, bought by the country people,
both men and womcn-in every direction
WI see them making %laDces. sharpening
swords ard fixing firearms and o.hcr
warlike arrangements. and we are all get
ting accustomed 10 the din Of arms.