The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1847-03-06

OF tha Americans. DURING lDe monlh.
ofJANary lht approaches 70 Vep C'uE
on hsrcad to ihe ioltsio'wete slteNslhF
ened BY battery OF heavy guns.
Through hs same well Informed gem
tlemsa from whom we lesgo This fact we
eie confirmed 10 ogr belief erpresstdi
above 90 10 the deslpelioa OF The 'Coops
ta the city sod cssIie. He write. 4
do not see how 1t is possibls 10 iotoduce
any more troops with aoy prospect Of
feed ,g them
A MeKicsn Joarosi of the 2sh, gives
the followinG 'ccouri Of sn eogseemen'i
with par, Of the commsnd o! General
Kescusy, who is si The head OF the Nor
thsro New MexcsO expedition, ou'
OF which pgob.bly rose lhs Tepor, Of the
battle 81 Chtushus. 4
GA the a5 h OF December Senoi Coyl,
, Il was al II Pssso, si ths head ol $50
reeuIafs, who, sdded 10 ,hc pasenos, OF
tooops taissd neH FL Passo, exceeded
1000 IN number. The Americana were
al Done Ans, 400 strong. They ed
vsaeed Upon EI Psssc. Cuy,ti prepaf'|
cd to Gght them, bot the evening bel
yves 20 set forth on HE march he was
seized VITA vioienl brain fever, which
rendered him helpless. a'he commsnd
devolyed uponV idsl who possessed linle
militsry skili, snd expected 10 surround
and destroy the .fmericans like so many
rabiis. He pushed forward 500 csval-
Try uuder 'Ospi. Aolony Posce,of whicit
one halHwere pssenos. The hmeri1
.eaas demanded ps,ley, which was de.
MED, sad the Ggh, Immediately cotn'
-meased. Ponce charged a4ne head Of
his cavalry, bo, iiysio, ss he wss woun>
.ded 10 the fr& onset. yusl thea thePa-
senos tun, eod threw sash dieorder ioto
tho whole that oil took took 10 fight,
lesvinK howi'zer 10 the hands OF the
4Amerlcso', bot Carrying of three other
4r,ieces. Ydsi fe.ured with oil speed
TO Gsrriz Il, forty leagues from FL Pssso.
The los. on each side was nol knowa or
q. a., ~ ha An
'icsns took possession OF HI passo, with
600 cavalry and 400 infantry. The
csvs'ry Immediately started in pursuit
of he runswsys, sod shhough IL was
not knowa At Chihuahaa on the al OF
,Janua,y that they had overlslea them
it was thought likely they would Se'
possession Of two wstous which were
.io the rssr with the psrk, as we'll ss oI
thirty mea who escorted them.
A letter from Msz,llsn, dated the
.liih OF gAa., is published. Gov. Cas-.
tro was thea 10 that city. Ex ID.
.P.o Pco was ia. Gusymas Both were
asking men aud money TO recover the
sCaii(orniss They boast indeed, that
we have not foot hold on The land; that
with only 60 men 40 s'tsmp' by 700 A
anericans to take Los Aogelos.had been
successfully repuised.
A project has been issued in Ms.at
ian Of dtcisCiog Santa sfona dictator
This drew from him GO immediate dec
-lsratioo that as he did not aspive 10 tht
Presidency, lie would use ell his force
TO pot dowa a0y movement in Sonort
or any other s ate, which should threat
en 10 knd!e political commolion. III,
istes, dates from San Luis polosi are Il
the Goth uli. The army had DOT tiel
-maved, hut the Vera Cruz Indie itor o
the 8 lat ut, thinks ,hst IL had done 81
subsequently, beiog ensbled 10 do go by
the funds raised by theSlate oiS3n Luis
The Law sQthorizlng the seizure o
Sifteeu millions Of property boiongo.
10 the Church, promises 10 be c Gest
letter. Tue property consists aimos
wholly o'real estate 10 ditierent cities o
the republic. Even IL the law of Con
gress be enforced, il is esidths, no on,
will ad9snee money unoa The propert,
SO seized, much less purchase it. tn,
whole body Q. ihe clergy had protested