Democratic banner., 1847-10-04
LATE FROM HAVANA.
From the New Orleans P~icayune Of the 18th

lJ SSSSANoy
iof the 10th inst.
The royal mail steamer Teviot arrived al
Havana on the 9Th inst, from Vera Cruz.
with $ll5,5O0 in specie, and with about
twenty passengers. Her accounts from
the city of Mexico, are to the same date
which we have given from the city-the
29th of August. We have looked through
the account published in the Havana papers
of the actions of ContreIss, &C., but We
find therein but little, or rather nothing,
which is new to us. The various move
ments of Gen. Valencia, up to the time of
This disgraceful flight, are taken from the
official documents which accompanied SAM
ia Annals denunciation of him. These we
have before read and mentioned. The
cowardice of Torrejon, in command of the
cavalry, is duly commemorated. The diff
ference between Santa Anna and Valencia
is narrated in faithful terms, and Santa
lAnna's account of the retreat upon the city
lof Mexico, after Contreras was carried, is
given in his own words.
The private correspondence of the Dia-
rio de la Marina represent tina THE Mexican
Government had some difficulty in inducing
any one to accept the office of commission
ers, but the commissioners we have before
named. Gen. Herrera, Gen. Moray Viii
lamil and Senores Comic and Aristain were
Engaged on the 18th Of August in negotia-
ting. According to some accounts, if Gen.
Santa Anna did not obtain fair terms, and
!such as would save the national honor, the
war would be continued. Others said that
peace would be made at all hazards. In
regard to this, however, the editor of the Di-
ario says that there are two notable letters
from Mexico touching on the matter. One
of them declared that Congress would not
consent to convene in the capital, but offer
ed to meet in Queretero, from which fears
were entertained that it was their design to
disapprove of any treaty which might be
made. This view Of their probable action
was confirmed by the fact that the Exeeu-
tive, by his own confession, did not possess
the power to make a peace. And further
more, says the Diario, there were many gen.
cral officers in Mexico at the last dates who
declared that they would resign, or, which
is the same thing, abandon Santa Anna if a
treaty should be concluded. From all
which it would follow that the position of
the President was extremely critical.
On the other hand, accounts from Quer-
etero and other States agree that there is a
league among eight Of the States to resist
Ito the last ext entity; that even should the
city of Mexico succumb, not an inch OF
territory sought by the United State should
be conquered. The editor Of the Diarii
then draws the conclusion from all he Can
learn that it was altogether probable that
even should a peace be concluded it would
not put an end to hostilitics, and that Pare
DIES would not fail to sustain hostilities.-
However this may be, We are not the less
solicitous that Gen. Scott should succeed in
forming some kind oftreaty with Santa An
mas government, which treaty will be the
more valuable should it receive the sane
Ition of Congress. Give us but this treaty,
and the Mexicans may well be allowed to
wrangle among themselves as to the propri-
ETY. of it. 1t will be quite an easy matter
for the United Stacs to hold their own un-
der it.
We write the above upon reading the de-
tails of the news from Mexico given by the
Diario Immediately upon the arrival of the
English steamer. In a subsequent number
of the paper the editor enters into a more
critical examination of the news and gives
the following digested summary Of the re-
%lsults:
The Americans under the command OF
Gen. Scott arrived in the immediate vicin.
ity of Mexico a little before the middle of
august. The Mexican troops who left the
capital to observe their movements, and to
cut off their retreat in case they should
make a decisive attack upon any one of the
points of defence, had no encounter with
the Americans before the 10th, on which
day Gen. Valencia, contrary to the orders
of the commandment chef, offered them
battle, and apparently not without advanta'
ge, on the evening of that day, but wa.
completely overwhelmed the following day
Gen. Santa Anna, in immediate coE.m man,
of the auxiliary forces which lift tie capita
to assist Gen. Valencia, succeeded il
! checking the Americans and preveptin,
their entrance into the city of Mexico tn
same day. Gen. Scot having propose,
to Santa Anna en- arinistice, the latter &C
cePted it, the American troops being sta
toned within cannon shot of the city, an,
the Mexican troops inside the city-the lat
Ter BERG the principal position Of the arm
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