The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-10-09

killed and wounded, but he could trace the
report TO no authentic source.
Another passenger estimated Gen. SCOTS
loss AT ONE QUARTER to ONE THIRD of his
Army!
There are n great many contradictory re-
ports relative to Gen. SCOTS position, but the
opinion is that he and his army are safe.
There were large numbers of American
troops ut Vera Cruz, and the city was filled
with supplies.
Another letter states that Gen. Worth was
dangerously wounded.
The Mexican loss, in killed and wounded,
was $500.
Up to the 10Th ult., it is also stated that
our troops held one half tho city of Mexico,
and the MeNicans the other half.
The battle was still going on.
THE PROPOSITIONS OF PEACE.
The letters say that Mr. Trist's propositions
were in substance: That the citizens of the
United States would not claim from Mexico
for damages occasioued,by this wax IhNt tho
United States would have the privilege OF
establishing two factories in Upper Calitor-
nia:and that the Mexican Government could,
after that time, if it choose,reneW this article
of the Treaty. This was not accepted.
Then Mr. Trisl, unclothing himself of his
| official power, remarked 10 the Mexican
| Commissioners that he thought 1t would he
better for Mexico to cedc the whole OF Up
per California to the II. $. for which Govern
ment would pay Sl5 or S20,00O,OO0. This
would probably have been agreed upon,h the
following article had met with the assent of
the Mexcans, that the Texas Boundary Line
would run along from the mouth of the RIo
Grande. This last proposition was reJected;
the Mexcaus would not yield one inch of
around the other side of the Nucccs.
Mr. I'rist then asked for forty eight days
time to consider, as he said he was not au-
thorized to accept such proposition, but the
MoXcans replied that they would give bG!
five days and no more.
The n. Y. Tribune gives the substance of
the propositions as follows:
Mexico says $50 far as we can gather eve
will surrender all claim TO Texas and you
shall evucuate our territory this side of and
the two nations shall mutually pass receipts
ior.all past damages and grievances and be
! friends rs of old."-"No," is the answer on
| the part of this country; ''you shall cede us,
| in addition to Texas, all that portion of Tam
nulipas, Chihuahua, and New Mexico which
lies east ofthe Rio Grandc, and sell us Cali
! fornia beside, and with it all your country
north ofthe River ella lin lat. 33 l-2l for
some Fifteen or Twenty Millions of Dollars
else there will be no 'Peace."-Which side
has made the ilirest offer? What right have
Santa Anna & Co. to sell the free natives of
Northern and Eastern Mexico TO n nation
their very souls abhor? What right have we
to govern the New MeXicans and Calitorninns
by virtue of any such transfer? As TO the
Western boundary of Texas The Me%icahs
fno,c full well that it runs through tie valley
0fthe hucccs: and, though Gen. Scott has
the sharpcst sword and can beat them on the
field of battle, he cannot by twenty victories
annihilate the truth that Texas never did eX-
tend to the Rio Grandc and in honesty never
! will stand nations.
grounds of difference their deadly conflict
has been renewed
Later.
The New York papers have the annexed
additional items:
One account states that Generals Worth,
Pillow and p. +. Smith have been killed.
The Mexican government seized 100000
sent by commercial house 10 Gen. SCOTS
army
! A Mexican account says that bombshell
fell among the American ammunition waG-
ons, exploding four of them, blowing up 300
men, including Gen. Worth
Another account says that in the battle OF
the Sth, the Americans lost 81 officers, among
them Gen Pillow.
BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH TO THE
BOSTON ATLAS.
New YoRK, Tuesday, Oct. 5.
leans, with one hundred released American
prisoners from Tampico. Eighteen Ameri-
cans are reported to have been killed near the
National Bridge, where there were said to
he 1900 guerillus. Fears were entertained
for the safety Of iicnderson's squad; he had
not Joined Ma jor Laily. The gueriilus were
: determined to intercept all communications,
Lieut.. Prcdra, aid 10 LA Vega, had escaped,
, and left New Orleans for Havana.
, The Washington Union, of Monday night,
publishes nine columns of official corrcspon-
dence relating to the terms of the proposed
treaty. The Union thinks that Generals Pill
low, Smith and Worth are neither of them
killed.
) The GUERILLAs. The only explanation
of the remarkable fact, that no official de-
spatches have been received from Gen. Scott
since he left Puebla, is that his communicu-
tons have been cut off'by the gucriilas which
line the roads from Mexico to Vera Cruz. A
letter from an officer III the army, published
in the National lntclligencer, dated Puebla,
! Sept. 10Th, says:
"All of Gen. SCOTS Expresses from the
Capital TO Puebla have been cut off, except
= ing one which arrived yesterday, bringing the
) only otlicia intelligence received since Gen.
: Scott left Puebla The Express mani came
to me and reported that he left Mexico on
the Sth,but had been robbed of his despatch
cans for the last three weeks. Major Lally,
with 100 men, is surrounded at Jalapa and
cannot get out. The whole country swarms
with guerillas."
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