The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-03

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been much elatsd at this incidsntshs governor exto
ing 1t .. an act OF great pst.0s,m ana the os.i news
full fsll kinds ofinveetive against the Americans
Thess letters contain three newspapers-two Of The
and the other the "Is Of Vera Cruz of the 10TH In
the Spanish.
GABRIEL vALENc1A's PROCLAMATION TO THE cITI-
zENs OF MEXICO.
From the Sun of Anahuac Of Sept IL
We publish on the side OF paper printed in Span
ish the whole proclamation OF Valencia; but - Of
little interest to tho public that 1t indeed does not do
serve TRANSLATION II any one has read Santa Annas
proclamation he already knows the contents OF Vaen
cas II amounts to the same thing except that instead
Of taking any blame to himself he Santa Anna
He says that the first day he victorious but was
loft destitute Of oil that was necessary to continue Its
dersd him t. leave position which protected the city;
and that II the latter had Joined him, victory
tain for tho Mexicans; that Santa Anna only
miles from him. but that he remained still; that II he
had left the position which he had taken the only alter
native left to the Mexican army would have been to re-
On the morning the 10TH Valencia says that he left
San Angel and marched to Pasisrns, where he took
stropg position and waited for hs American forces who
srrv.d In front Of him mt IL O'Clock that he imms
diaely sent Of his sauants to Gen Santa Anna 80
.d.ise him orh &c O'Clock the Americans advanced
in front Of his ambuscadss and The action commenced
He then sent express to Gen Francisco Per~s who
At short distance m his position with O0O men,
md who had been instructed to come to his assistance
when needed hut he answered by Gen. p that he
could not act with ut Santa Annals orders. The &C
ton vigorous In front, (continues he) and We
sHcceedsd In repulsng the enemy from sntrench-
msnt which was In their power immsdstsy In front OF
our works
The action " now we'll engaged, and the enemy COM
msnced moving towards rear taking. at the same
tims Tsspan the rspche Of Aoxado, and the small
terry OF Fix p-c-s artillery in that directions the Isl
battalion also directed to harass them In nAnK
Santa Anna; but he like the adjutant had before de-
patched, Rodriguez Miranda and Arrietrs GOULD not
return because the enemy had taken the town o. DAN
Geronimo and the rancho Of Auf aldo
Vxlencia then says he ord-Ied GEN Torrejou tn
charge the with thrss regiments OF cavalry
and four pieces Of artillery but desperate was tn
drs Of the American infantry that the MexcanS ~er-
obliged to retreat, leaving Geu Frontera dead on the
a-id; that at o'clock, Santa Anna, with 5000 men,
made his appear snce Of the Americans that
thinking this general would attack the enemy In the
with one piece of artillery 400 cavalry, accompanied
by Colonel Fsrro with one battaion but It seems that
this extraordinary movement was not crowned with the
which Valencia expected it would be- and this be
again says, was Santa Annals fault because he had
attacked the Americans the Mexican arms would Ger.
taipy have been trium and the determination Of
the 5000 men ~ho attacked him necessarily followed
He further adds that instead OF doing what patriot
ism and honor ought to have dictated Santa
Anna remained cold spectator to the destruction OF
his valiant army Of the north Night then came on,
and Santa Anna retired from the mountain where he
I'd taken position, and sent sdjutant Rsmto to
MIN (Yalepcs to advise him of Santa Annals wish to
hoda conference with him. But his answer was, that
no conference could be held until Santa Anna had at
tackled the Americans as he ought do in the rear
At O'Clock the night another from Santa
Anna arrived bringing an order from him (Santa Anna
to retreat during the night and abandon the artillery
a. (sad hey the Mexican army would certainly be de-
feated the day II the order not obeyed Dur
ing that night Valencia continued receiving informa
ton achievements coming to the aid Of the
Americans by roads almost mpracticable and he says
that had Santa Anna remained instead OF retiring to
San Angel, he would certainly have cut tho enemy to
pieces; that after consulting with other generals he
(Vslenca) to the conclusion to remain where he
was as defeated, 1t would be more honorable to
him than retreat and in the first CASE the respon
sibiy and ignominy would fall upon tho general who
had been cold spectator Of his run and the defeat
On the morning Of the Goth August which, according
to Valencia ought to have been Of the most glorious
the Mexican arms, the American columns were seen
moving In several directions to attack him on all
sides He sent Gen. Mendoza, with strong force, to
Joined the main body The whole line then attack
ed and much loss sustained that he was obliged TO
order retreat but to effect this It was necessary 70
pass through San Geronimo and Anzalo, which he did,
but With immense loss He then remained at distance
with Generals saas Torrejon, Banco and Jauresu TO
protect the fugvea The latter general wss wounded
in the head lie then RETIRED TO join the majority Of bis
forces who had now joined those Of Santa Anna and
have the satisfaction Of saving that two regiments re-
ceived him with loud cheers: but wishing to avoid
disagreeable interview with Santa Anna he went to
Cuatimalpa, where he found the battalion Of Guiana
uato and that of San Luis under the command OF Gen
Romero. He says 1t his wish that these two bat
Chat Of Guansjuato) marched to that place. as the
other refused to be commanded BY Santa Anna
can be proved by the testimony the adutauts whom
he sent Santa Anna and that OF more than twenty
thousand friends and enemies
In the Sun Of 0nGhtdc Of the 10th September, we ma
the which publish from the Mobile Tribune
,rtra, with tho following additional paragraphs -
We regret to learn that soldier named William
Pierce belonging to the I'd Illinois regiment
camped short distance outside the walls Of this place
Was on Yesterday badly wounded In the left arm
70 render smputation NECESSARY HI was conveyed to
The general hospital Of this city and the operation per.
by Surgeon Porter United States army, assisted
r-,taA n Enrn Dnof and
surgeon Miller Of the Illinois regiment We under.
that it is not known positively by whom the wound
was inflicted, wheth by one of the enemy In ambus
ade or ,ome one II his fellow. soldiers in their hunting
excursions In the CHAP rsl-a pra tce highly cupabe
dsnperou and by far of too squsnt occurrences IN
the coity of camps. and which, In more than one
nsarcs has been productive Of like melancholy results
Tho first regiment of Infantry will have regmental
drill we told this evening" at half past O'Clock
We un ierstand that Gen Lombardini's proclamation
received here yesterday We did not tee IT, but we
suppose 1t to be like al the other Mexican
We compelled oonfue ourselves to the the fol-
lowing TRANSACTIONS for this evening from the Iris OF the
10th
From the Arco Iris OF Vera Cruz. Sept l6
Prot IF hc ,presemtaiU,s ot the states of Mtrico
jail co. and Zacaecas tohis ,reeeney the President
od interim IF the Rerubiic
the 10Th Of this month had agreed to suspend their
meetings in the capital. Under these circumstances
undersigned have to day learned that the Minister
Of Foreign Affairs yesterday summoned the deputies for
the purpose Of discussing an arrangement with the In
'adiug army, and that there was a meeting but Lot
enough to constitute quorum.
The undersigned deem IL their duty to declare, that
Existing In the city OF Mexico would not
allow the Legislative body he necessary freedom in Its
discussions and Deliberations If should assemble IN that
city AID that it would not compurt wi the dignity OF
the kepubl that its Representatives should berate
there on this This opinion Is the as that
which the oneres' itself entertained When under less
pressing circumstances passed decree for removing
it's sessions &c Qaeretaro-a decree which was not iu
filled 10 ts other provisions owing to unlawful proceed
pgs which not secret and which resulted IN de-
imitation not to repair to that city.
absolutely beyond doubt that any arrange
m.nt which may be made with regard to external rea-
tons without the ratification Of Congress, WILL besides
being indecent under existing circumstance being
trey null being UNCONSTITUTIONAL and will bring him
by whom 1t be made within tbs case Of treason de-
by article 9th Of the law of 10th April the under
signed are willing repair to the city OF Queretaro
your excellency shall issue tho necessary sum
mons to them for that place
The undersigned protest before the whole nation, and
particularly before the States of Mexico Jalsco and "
their constituents that this resolution their
part which, the proceedings Congress referred to-