Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-06-25

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not avoWed 1Ieis confined in Santiago Ilal-
teiolco.
Gen. Ampudia has been directed to await
further orders at Cuernayaca. What suspl-
cious thing he has done or contemplated we
are not informed.
Gen Valencia and Gen. Salas were ordered
TO leave the city of Mexico on the oath ult.,
for the city of San Luis Potosi, to take COM
mand of the army of the North.
The accounts we find in the Mexican pa
pers of the disaffection in Zacatecas, confirm
those we published few days since The
official paper of the State publishes wrong re-
presentations made against Santa Anna and IN
favor of the Ameficans-Gen. SCOTS mani
festo among the latter. This latter document
is also given in all the papers OF the capital.
Gen. Arista has refused to resume his mill
tary functions until his conduct should be
investigated by a military tribunal. He de-
mands that his trial may take place at once,
in order that he may take part III the defence
of the country.
The Legislature of Durango voted Tor Senior
D. Francisco Elloriaga for President. upon
the first ballot, Elloriaga received SIX votes,
Santa Anna four, Herrera one, PedraZa one,
and Angel Trias one. Upon the second ballot,
Elloriaga received otes and Santa Anna
six. Eiioriaga was the former Governor OF
the State, and it will be recollected ran Santa
| Anna hard for the Provisional Presidency, IN
the last election by Congress.
The State of Tamaulipas has voted for Gen.
Almonte for the Presidency, and Zacatecas for
Senior Jose Maria Lafragua.
The Legislature of Oajaca (Which has been
denounced by the revolutionary power in that
State,) voted for Gen. Herrera. The new Le-
gislature voted for Gen Santa Anna for Presi-
dent
If this last vote be allowed to Gen. Herrera,
the result of the election so far will stand thus
Gen. Herrera 4 votes, Angel Trias votes,
Senior Ocampo vote, Senior Ellorlaga vote,
Gen. Almonte vote, and Senior 'Lafragua l
vote Give the vote of Oajaca to Gen. Santa
Anna, and you have the seventh candidate for
the unenviable station of President of Mexico.
FROM THE ARMY OF GEN'L TAYLOR.
From the Brazos, by the arrival of the Tel
egraph, our news is later.
From the Flag of the 9TH inst, we learn that
Col. Doniphan, with portion OF his command,
passed down the Rio Grande on the 9Th inst.
The Flag thus speaks of them:
The unshorn boards and goat and deer skin
clothes of many of them, reminded us of de-
scriptions we have read of the inhabitants OF
some of the countries of the Russian empire
They stopped in town couple of hours
COL Doniphan is stout, rough featured, good
natured looking sort of man. He brought
along with him Clark's battery, and ten pieces
of cannon captured at Sacramento. The sick
&c., forty or fifty wagons, with several hun
dred mules, were turned over to the quarter
master.
private belonging to this command fel
off the steamboat on the 5th instant, and was
drowned.
Capt. Garland's company of Rangers has
been dismissed at Matamoras, some difficulty
about mastering them into the service having
occurred.
The volunteers are returning from Gen. Tay
lor with great rapidity Ere this he is lef
, without any of the volunteers who foug ht un
der him at Buena Vista.
: The Massachusetts volunteer put in prison
, for killing man who refused him whiskey
has made his escape One of his companion
t has killed woman in Matamoras for the SAINT
: offence. The Flag loudly denounces thes
outrages.
| A private in the 1st Indiana Regiment is al
so denounced for a brutal assault upon Mr.
Slip, an aged French silversmith, with whom
: he had slight difficulty
} Brig Gen. Hopping has arrived in Matamo
t ras, and occupies Gen. Cushings former quar-
e tiers there.
/ By Lieut. Tidball, of the Sd Ohio Regiment
, the editors of the Flag learn that a short tim
: since party of about one hundred Camanches
G in all the panoply of war, came suddenly a
e cross small party of volunteers, who wer
: chopping wood in the neighborhood of Par
D ras. Instead of fight, as was naturally ex
+ pected, the Indians gave tokens Of peace, an
0 stated that the game they were after wer
Mexicans. They partially escorted the volun
s teers into town, to whom they seemed niue
0 attached. Lieut. T is on his way home.