Washington telegraph., 1847-01-20
From The \, 0. Mercury Of tic sta.
LATER FROM THE GULF SQUAD.
RON
GArTunE Ul LAGUAA.

eAtiuEg or LA6uNA.
The Ganipeecly schooner Amalie, {
prize iaken hy the u. $. steamer allsss
sfpI, oil AlYafado, on tho 2llh ut. Is com.
ihg up IN ehifge OF iassel Midsh pnau
barbour oI lhe Mississippi, aud prize
crew.
The Amali1 brings s,gefal days later
Intelligence l.em the squadron, aud we are
nleltsd t. Passed MidshIpnau Barbour,
ana tie Ghiet Engineer hnal. Wha also
eam9 aa the AmaIlo, lJr The following in.
'eresiing particulars.
Cum. Perry arrived at Lasuaa an the
2a'h uIl., With The s,campls mississippi,
Vixen helfel and Bonita, AMI landed lae
'ame day aud Io3k MAE Aun4ted pnual, ul
/ powder, igsir1f ed iiheen cauuuu, anl DIS
aim ahnnI li.y so.d,ofs, although lhey
Affected Il e layumby dspused IA tan
cause al llr eampeathIius. ihe Gamar,
aehaaa had declared themselves ealliep
les if1m 'ieAiea, and bad ,en hiee Gun
IN ssiaue6a tn the schooner ssllnip To
Commodore GanueG "a, Auun k.zluln, -
feqlrsi hih Ia dts,st iom .any h1sliie
measures agaIal iucusn, UNI Commits,
siuueta ea4l ai sent 10 The Government Of
Tue tniled slaifs, o. obtain la fteasn.
Ilun ii the independence uI lbe sais.-
heae nann.Hs5uurr sieii lnIuu LI41fan On
He 2aahi faieiun, but The result oI taeif
Conference viii GommoJlr, CoMef Is net
known.
Ne azfsl N learn that rufsef Andrew
u, gfazHf. Il the Mississippi VS. Iasg
hon oa baafd lie NAcu, entering Lagaua.
lie aas II the Hgsils o. tde seszaI. assisl.
M IA pI!alIn. hef, as lh, hleatY oi tue
p.1. 4 IakIean tie mal Nh1 Wis pilui.
lns he iiuAloa when she waa las. Al lux.
am va susfeaItdi the vessel sifng
heavy luIeh H. iaal bis hold AMI lei IN taa
Dr. L, an a=ls Instantly killed. Iie sas
buried WI military huuuts IN lus Geme.
itry u lhe lifl.sh Coa,ul al LHg ma.
Passed. allashipman Flagond iofmeff
ui The |. :. s. hoonsr Flint, int naa attach.
cd Ia the John Adams, prdurnad aiual
daring HkHIaIl about lhrn weeks IN -
H. sesseI nas blaeAaiing keia G.a. and
Ola daTs Z it, hr took buaI and e.gh'
mfn, ~ iaHiiisa aars, loWed aaaaHd Iae
castle q saa z4aa ir .l.la, aHied en-.
tered lha WaIeF battery ani eKamasd II;
iLea faWed % al again, went uaasf tie
anWhlilEa IN naia a .aHuush ftenunl.
'siu c ii tai PauL lu rApo1 has
posei i'm msn may be auifi .fam b as
al nsa, M sii-s4.p.nan fitzgerald as
ceaaIntI Il, as rraauHaH. tint Inc
~aief bal.efs may be eafp iatea.
Tue Anai5 Was taken eft Aaalp
tusaiaef Nia IHa Spanish big laHs=ia.
bun saiias lHob tha. port iar da#aaa.--
lomHelHa r-H4 eu bis ulHn n AHlaa
ilssnda from Iasuna vfhihs " ziRHi,
boxed MI IaHlssn aHi AlfaHaa aud
tounl TN ibs Qualifications I'll baih f.aees
have hen irpsialaul muya slnuslaeard
since 1h+} We alt3e.rd blythe l5adl "a.
A lslas-pihfIr wru, about ajul "|P',
ami At A'ylui, about iOJl. N1Wtl.
stAnI,ug lrsc iunndAb.c piepA..i.'os, iDr
general Impression is, lna. C'nuoi'9c
CyGuer w,ll soon attack tho place.
Ga tue arrival of Gen. Ia Vega At NrJa
Cruz, on the 5.h; ali lbr pdsaaefs ia the
hands OF the enemy Wrur released. il is
nov a.cenaIprd iht bui eleven ui ilr crew
Of The brig somcf, drIbed To lbe miln land
when she was wrecked, aad mot sixteen, a'
Was lrst stated. Audshipmaa kolgsr,
was at Ncm Cruz. lie hid brcn lrIrd by
the civil and military uihunll' as a sPy,
ana bad bren acquitted hy ihr iugnsr. ult
found gui.l bj lie latter. l. was Ug.ic'".i,
hgwe,rr, Hat IAr m.,u favorable vti1id
would p,vlil and llal be would be iiIrr.
alrd.
The Amaiio sailed fom AH'nl Lzlrlo
on the 2gh, and led the following vessels
there; iriglic kauian, (.lag rmP.l Store.
ship, Rr.iri, Steamer runr,tln, schouHels
Pelila, MaAonr,l, aud Ia purba' and tie
ioIowin. merchant yC-rl..--mI1lr J'.h
Bames. bas. AiImsa, Garnet, Chnchiiil,
schooner prlra, anI a schooner, name un'
AuuWn. The 5i.sas,ippt, with Cnn' fr''
q on blari. sitrd "a The same i'm iu'
Norfolk va liasunh. She goes To N"r.
fox TO repair, uni H,.l return IN sh"H
time lo lac Gut
The John Adam. was b,ocaaiins Ncn
Cruz; the llcl.anr nni Bonita, labaseoi
and d, l..auai the Vixen aud Peifcl were
lci Lloykld,ng.
NJ. Word clm'i 10 take ciarga OF ihc
prize crcw, whici ARE To e. 10 frnac1'a
aal thofo await uriri.. lae health oi 90"
squAiIon wa. good.
MRXlco-pEACG on WAR.--lbc New
York Inbuaa su.s.-ttiflte ad'iafs from
ihc Gud reliable sources 10 VI Ashingiun
assure us that lae Executive yruow mraiales
the app1ininsul.oIa High Commissioner TO