The North-Carolina standard., 1847-09-22

officer fed iDaheamost scowardly manner thein-
fantrY goi mixed MP wilh the cavalry and also Aed
and the route of all was complete and most dsas-
trous Salas says that Gen Valencia ran off at
the commencement Of the>fghI; that he does not
Know what has become of him, and for this reason
has felt himself called upon make report. S3ch
is the account given by his Exceency Gen. Sr.
Don |. Mariana de Salas, of the defeat at Conire-
ras-one OF the most brilliant victories achieved
by arms since the commencement of the war;
brilliant and most important for the great results
produced with so little loss on our side, and for
which Gen. Smith, as well as Col. Riley, and the
othe officers engaged in it, are receiving The un-
qualified appreciation oc the enii:e army. ,ac1
Gen: Salas himself acknowledges that in this
self Gems Mendoza. BIanco and Gracia were
wounded and taken prisoners, in addition to list
of oveE100 other T-oficers-cooneIs captains? &C.,
who were either killed. wounded; or are now in
our hands. And here let me mention one fact in
relation to the after battle of Churubusco, which
will show how near Gen. Scott, was capturing the
entire Mexican, army. AT the time General Worth
was pressing upon the tete de paint, Gen. ,Twiggs
upon the church, aud Generals Shields and Pierce
upon the hacienda farther on, the commander-ip-
chief ordered Major Sumner 10 take command of
the Rifles, and by cjrcuitous march toTeach the
road tbetweehjthe enemy and the city. Nothing
but the daring impetuosiy of our men il front pre-
vented this plan from succeeding-had the Mexi-
cans held out or our own soldiers held off ten min
utes longer, the enemy would bave been in bag as
were, and killed or captured TO man. Santa An
ma might perhaps have escaped, as he has pecu-
liar way OF his own !; but he could not have taken
even the remnant of army with him. ="
Mexican mail was captured by party Of dra-
goons on The 22d inst, on its way from the city
Morelia. II contained a multitude Of letters dated
the 2lst, the, day after the great battles and
they gave vivid and at the same time most dole
fol accounts of their terrible and defeat.
Some Of The writers lay the blame on Santa Anna
Valencia, some on sa"ra Anna, Valencia, and all
the officers, while others say that Santa Anna
Valencia and all the officers and soldiers are utter
ly worthless. The latter writers are more COM
prehensive and probably nearer the mark. Many
OF the letters are exceeding ly rich. One loving
husband writes 10 his wife. whom he calls angel:
and "idol," and his ardored chulitd," and tells
her not 10 occasion herself any uneasiBess about
his safety as he does not intend TO expose himself
Another officer comes even palmer he tells
his beloved Rosa thai he thought of her when the |
balls were 1ving. and ran! The capture Of these |
LETTERS is valuable in more ways than one-they !
give much information regards the strength and
plans of the enemy, and freely and frankly ack
nowledge that they have been defeated and utterly
disorganized The number Of Santa a ona's grand
army is put down al from 80 10 35, 900, and nearly
all of them took part in the battles of the 20th.
The commissioners on the part of the Mexican
Government TO listen to oveTiures Of peace are
Gems. Mora Villami and Jose joachim de Her
rera, the latter Formerly President and now military
Of Mexico. His character, as all our
readers know, Is that Of honest but weak man.
formerly Minisler of Finance, WAS also appointed
on rhe commission, but refused TO serve. He is
known TO be warmly in favor of peace, probably
from interest. The commissioners on the part Of
Mexico with MF.TFlst, il IS said are TO hold their
fest meeting this afternoon, at some place this
may be mistaken, but my humble opinion is
that there are three nfuenCes now at work in the
city OF Mexico TO bring about peace. The first
and foremost is Santa Anna himself, sick and tired
OF The war, and seeing nothing IN its continuance
iYfet ruI Tbol
second Is Mclntosh, Thornton and Co. the latter |
gentleman secretary of legation. attache 10 the /
English minister, and bo,h representing English
interests. The third and an ah-powerful pieresr !
il is, is American gold Of which Santa Anna and |
some Of his friends are known 10 be exceedingly |
fond, and 10 handle which they will stop at moth
ing Thornton, during the illness of Mr.. Bank
head, does the talking the English side-McIn-
tosh acts as banker and general agent. MOI one
OF these men cares any more for the honor or cred
il of The Government Of Mexico than :hey do for
that Of the Tongo Islands-self is al The bottom
of alt. and Santa Anna is the most selfish man Of
he lot. On our own side we have faro influences
II work the first is Gen. Scott, hampered and II
Iand-bOuDd by his own Government and anxious P
o bring about a peace, because he believes a "
naj jority of his counuYmen warmly in favor of u
I and The second is Mt Trisr, coyetouS, as aay c.
nan in his position would be, of The distinction so al
important deed as The making peace must give a
im Opposed to these influence is proud but
owardy set of Mexican military dema2ogueS-a
and of leeches who have lost all caste bI still ST
etain species Of hold upon the people, and then o.
lere is the great body of The people themselves. n
1ho know not themselves what they want but III
rho are hoodw linked and led by the demagogues. di
ANITA Anna has no friends but he has power, and a,
lat suits him just as wel-perhaps better. Now H.,
il the influences enumerated above are to be used -
bring about peace, but how they win succeed 'e
q matter Of coniuncture.. suppose that the Ip
eans should not be rejected that the ends are lz
aimed. .', H-.f .. ...Hns i.E4 p. .. nc
The trial of the deserters-the celebrated bartal-
r q. d.:
fair will terminate one but those on the cour in
artial can say. strong influence is at work n hi
vor Of the prisoners. In the first place all the al
exican ladies in this town. La Seynora Cayelano "a
ubio among the number, have signed warm r.
uton ~ their favor which has been sent to Gen. -
;ot The lady whose name have given is the NJ nt
fe of the rich Rubio, who has IA country house VI
re in Tacubaya. s.. The English, and perhaps by
me Of the other foreign ministers, have also in7l D.
rested themselves in behalf of the scoundrelx. fu
ght here state that the celebrated flag of the in
eign battalion was capturedbv The 14th infantry =
ached to Gen. Pillows division. The banner is r
green silk, and on one side is harb, surmount-I
by The Mexican coat Of arms, with 4 scroll ON =
lich is painIed =" Libertdd par iaaEepublican0 g,
ericanQn Underneath the harp is the mott of5 h
Erin 90 Brdgh Z" Ga the other side is ed
nlins Of badly executed figure made to repre- 8,
nt 81. Patrick, in his left hand kew. and in his ~
hit crook or staff resting upon sernanto tn -,
meath is painted -" San Patricio.n' TO Iheir -.
dt be it spoken, the Irish in our ar nv are loud w
+ IN fdenouncing the miserable Sretches who 80
ght and killed so many under this flag 4 know ~
what disposition will be made cof them obu1 asl e.
rdly person has been punished for an offence -,
nmltted against our own army since It has bIe