Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-07-29

adopted BY the Camanches.v The w,ra,h -
Gen Taylor al this preposterous ,n.nlsnca " ~
the hexIcans was described as ludicn,ns H. =,
we have never seen his reply Mn nov. W ~
! the Mexican papers lately received the ,rh,, n
correspondence IS given in Spanish fThaIe'
ter TO Gen. Taylor was from Gen NJ"
4 Villamil, and dated the 10Th Nav. tn -
ter is long and we have no idea Of tr,nsIa,;'.-
il, and the impotence of il was no, ~
exaggerated BY our correspondent VA"
The New Orleans Times Of the l5,h inc,
has the following intelligence. We do u,
see il mentioned in any other paper.
MOST IMPORTANT.
Again a Rejection of the Olive Branch.
MExIco DECLINES TREATING.
AT the moment when the Galveston was
leaving Vera Cruz. a courier. with the mail
from the capital, entered the city. bringing
dates to the 9Th instant. The principal item
Of intelligence brought from the city of Mex
co, IS oil momentous character, VIZ: The
Mexican Congress, with some difficulty, had
been brought together, and Mr.. Buchanan's
communication, containing the Presidents
overtures for peace, was laid before them.
/ Their decision was immediate, and TO the
effect that Mexico would listen 10 no terms for
peace. Gen. Scott left Puebla, at the head of
his army, for the capital, on the 30lh ull.--
We received this news from a passenger, and
have every reason 10 believe that il is auihen-
TIC.
STILL LATER NEWS FROM MEXICO.
| The New Orleans Times of the l9,h in
slant, received LAST night, has the following
paragraph:
As some Of our contemporaries affect to
doubt the correctness of the news from Mexi-
co, IN reference TO the rejection OF propositions
for peace, which we laid before our readers
exclusively on Thursday last. we have merely
to reitera.e that the account is reliably authen-
tic and that we have in our possession later
dates from the capital than those of the 30th
June, alluded TO on the arrival Of the Calves
Ton. A morning paper will discover by and
by that the news IS not call in my eye"
The editors of the New Orleans Times have
been favored with the following extract of
letter dated.
TABAsco, June so, IS47.
We have been far from tranquil ever since
the departure of Commodore Perry small
parties Of men having entered the Town at
night and fired upon the sentries.
This has led 70 the burning. the dav before
yesterday, oil about two hundred houses, at
me oack ana SCUM enc OF me city. BY or
Ier Yesterday reintorcements Of about ITO
marines and sailors were sent up by Com.
Perry from the bar, and this morning about
ZSO men nave gone OUT 70 my ana NEE. some
ba,hood and drive ,bem aw.v
The civ remains deserted and no business
At all doing. not single shop in the place be-
inc opened. aud all our usual supplies from
the neighborhood suspended. Weupdersiand
Com Perry has declared his intention to re-
tain possession of this city, unless he receives
orders 10 the contrary from the Government
in Washington.
Julv THE yesult of The expeditiop YES.
terdav appears To have been IN favor of The
Americans. bu, with loss of two men killed
in ambush and four wounded The Mexican
force waited for them in ambush at Tamulie,
bn, after about twenty minutes, firing retired
], 70 No, 70, known with what loss.
rpom rur oa,r.Ns Delta. uIy I6.
.rC upo., pIICN. vrSTA SAITH
.n,w
noN Bret
we nad the pleasure oi d cohVefsauon WIN
DIR. Johnson. of Gen. WOODS staff. who ar
"a !, ~ p.l,ro,,, o,on;n, hoc,,a lac, Al;
''eu ~ VIC '''n."o ''e"'ns '"9'
rect from Gems. WOOL ana laylors cemp'
having left Saliillo on the 9th June. DR..
Jahnson acted as an Aid If Gen Lime al Bue-
~. ~ ..,.ar.,,. ,,aaod h.r;,,
I'd ',s'a' anu was se'.'es "o1"'
been lanced and saored, ana o'hefwise SO IN
iured as to make his recovery almosta miracle.
DIR. Johnson reports thar Gen. Wool was
encamned ON The classic field of Buena Vista,
win ! farce Of 27oC men CONSISTING of the
virginia Mssissippi and North Carolina vol
nn,eers1 and Sherman,s Washington's and
Premises batteries
Cen TAYLOR Is still at his (avorite o ID camp
inc ground. the Walnut Springs, quietly
with mon and means 10 advance on San LUIS.
Gen. TAYLOR has with him the 18th regiment,
Bragg's battery, and two squadrons oil dra'
goons. o
Al Camafso, yen Iiopklns mas d ,o,p I. Sw
troops 81 'ne new iey'es. Aoou. we ,o.' ~,
zen wv, " ool 'ecelsea n9ace snat ~ H. and
eou' looV caVa'fy' ghaer I.ens. a' sdnanoad
M,hon, nau isi1 nraenua,a; anu TL;s rarN
w'.nin Say n'hes "a , Duena isa AZ d;.;p;n,