The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-24
MEXICAN FORCES ON THE Rio CRANpB
Massacre Of Mexicans by the Indians.
&C., &C., &c.


Our overland express came through Last n,gh, h,,.
Ing n the New Orleans DeIfa and pieax,u. - -
18th inst and the Mobile Tribune ofthe 18th inst wv
The Dsi,c OF the l5th announces the sudden dsn,..
on the I4th instant of Mrs Charlotte Caroins Johnso
consort Of His Excelenoy Isaac Johnson Governor Of
Louisiana.
The New Orleans Pieovune and Commercial 1y...
received on the l4th instant by special exprecs The
Presidents message and three days procssdngs oS Con-
gress The stormy weather has greatly dersnSsd ths
mails the South and we learn that our poniss hsvs
had hard times for some DAYS past having n man. ~
stanesr, to swim over the road
By correspondence from Pensacola OF the 18th In
port on that morning OF the u torssbn EIssto .
days and rsven hours from Vera Crus Dr. Bsrrinstnn
Mid.hpman Genet, Dallas warning Po1.n ana ~
teur, s. NJ arrived on the Eisctor She siso had On
board twenty three seamen for the hospital At Pen
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reported by this arrival that the next yssse Of
which may expected from Vera Crus viii be the
soop of Saratoga with Mr. Trst on board a. that
r,,r ,nr,r,', r,,s . ''".'' y, I'm
I, t From the tn New oIlesn. Delta Dec al
.ns following letter We wish It to be dis
Its sta, msnt. and take -h.svsr In the unh.p
sss wn.r mas broken out between our high on
bn ~ ~ hh ,or what It Is worth, emitting
'"oSe parts Vi +" "n'oh rehsct upon contemporary.
ri. .. .s,.. g. 4. VEN Csvz Dec 4, lsS7.
nth ult. The Mexican government had snno,nt.S
Peace Cor missioners rumor has IL that M rist
would listen their proposals and bear them 70 his
governmsDthe having been recalled, Is left without
Anoher train is on its way down to this civ s.oort.a
by the LIST Regt of Artillery Gov Wilson is soon TO be
recalled lie H. Ills Ia: been failure. s
The Mexicans regret his recall.
The British Minister yesterday for the CITY, with
an American escort He will be puzzled to And the
Mexican government, to which he IL accredited
A lamsntabe feeling pervadss the army At Mexico,
owing to jealoesies and hearburnings and malice
aud political pr.judices Gen scott has arrested Pillow
and Worth: The circumstances which led to this step
believed to be these Two letters emaustiuR from
the American camp published in the United States,
have been read by Gen. Scott In order published
and most bunglingly mp.ached the honor patriotism
and services OF the two generals who eulogsed
those letters One of the generals tPow) denies In
card published in Mexico the authorship Of the letter
attributed to his pen by Gen Scott The other general
(WorthS prefers charges against Scott and Scott ar
rests him for contempt. Gen Pillow was arrested be-
cause he appealed fro an opinion Of Scott requesting
the latter to transmit the appeal the Secretary Of
| War Scott refused in a hasty manner ; whsrsupon,
the former remarked, VI VIII do It, srn Then, or.
last dates.
The army Is excited and II We may Judge from what
we near AZ th's Distances more man mSssy OF sym
SAID that on Vslt 70 the theatre, by Cen Pillow an
s1n Q, ne received three
nearly cheeIs immealateiy AFTER when the audience
sss en.rs. or " en- h 1oks a. though
sam were hou drseed n the eyes Of the
..yy naine siolor army tha' mas earned for
''se'i INC n"n'e Oh inVihcioie'"
| AFFAIRS IN MEXICO
tragic affair took place in the village Of Msd.lyn ou
| the evening OF the 4th instant A detachment Of
American soldiers quartered there for the njshf
About II o'clock some OF them started for ball in the
village but with perfectly peeceable Intentions Some
OF the party AT the ball took ALARM
them black fellow gueriitero, went 10 the door
The American, immsdi.ts, trn.d ~ am ns,,1
six persons and wounding ten one Of whom died shoSt
| afterwards One Of the wounded was woman c,rsct
praise Ia bestowed on the American commsndsr A.
restraining his men They onIy gave ons dschsr,. ~
their guns The oursgeous act OF the black fellow II
| Is confess d, led to all the difficulty
The debate upon Senior oteros proposton TO r.sr.,n
the President sisnatipg any territory save Tsxas
il was % in favor Of H. and 40 against H. Consrs Sv
equally decisive vote had refused to pubsh the d.
bate upon It. FL Rasonsdsr says that the large vote
against it brought about by combination OF those
who oppose peace terms even though the Unitsd
States limit Texas alone With those
propose treat OF other territory besides Texss IL
will be recoscted that Otero declared time since
| Texas Some think this was ooncedine too muoh e,d
too iittls the union Of the two extremes de-
| feAted the proportion Wv
We have the reply Of the late President Psna pans
to Santa Auna demand upon him TO turn over To ths
latter the government 10 is brief and dirnined It Re-
terates that bis authority as President has bsen se
kpowed BY every State and by A strict com
,titutiona and then announces to him Ansyss cleo.
ton IL treats with contempt Santa Anra Complaints
against the and bids him apply to Conrrss
hold the Secretary War for the act on
removing Santa Anna from the Command Of the armv
The reply 10 made through nosa the former Secresrv
| Of State.
On the 9th Sr. PsrdiQon in secret session. accused
Mora Vilami the Secretary, of War Of high trsssou
Party Violence the regard Of the secretary for the
United States assigned AZ the causes Of this ACCUSE
ton It limited that the secretary was born ct Pen.
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Inc nave maze incurBlon into the State
San Luis Poos and approached very near the capital
FROM THE MO GRANDE
The steamer Ann Chsse, Capt Harrison, arrivedst
New Orleans on the atn inst from the brasos whence
she sailed on the ioh INST she lett Vera Cruz on the
2sth ult, ana touohed AZ lanpco BY this arrival we
have copy OF the Americsn reg, on the sth Inst
from NatsmorM
Patrick Dnny private In the loth Infantry was shot
recently while attempting TO run the guard with two
other sodieis.
The following paragrsh u from tho Flag OF the 9Th:
rum biobteTey rOau, rays tnet
several cart osds OF mercnandse were taken few days
since py Ioooerr' hesr rspsgsAss me gentlemen In
chsrgeo OF the Booos was In possession OF passport from
canses appears mat MS passports are but an In.
inherent hihu oi pree'u,on we iurther learn tnat
Cen Taylor let otaeIs r the 70 De protect
ed, and s,o"sa 70 sAr WIN tns trhns gong 70 moh-
terey Mso ina Zen w oo hsd ns.ea IN oIasr 20 the