Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-01-12
Late Intelligence from Mexieo.

OF which we give tUil details below:
The E1Gst important of the news is the
accoaats given OF the active preparations
by the Mexicans in San Luis--the amount
aid character Of their force-and their
news of the condition and intentions of
our army. Of course, many of the state
ments published in the Mexican journals
are ridiculously false and absurd--such
as the dcsertion Of a whole brigade ofour
army, the destruction in our ranks by the
typhus fever, &c.
The Ell Locomotor ufthe 23ih alt states
that on The night of the 25th boat from
the squadron entered tire port and set the
national schooner Creolla on fire. She
was at anchor under the mooring of San
Juan de Ulloa. Ell Locomotor complains
of the want ofyigilance on the part of the
commander of San Juan de Ulloa on this
occasion.
According TO the same paper, a schoon-
er and brig, anchored off Anton Lzardo,
were wrecked on the oath uit. Said yes
sells wero two of those captursd at Tabas-
co, and they were manned by nine Amer
lean sailors, OF whom five were drowned,
and the other four were picked up on the
coast and taken to Vera Cruz on the 18th.
The commander of the detachment at
Anton Lizardo was on the beach after the
gale commenced, in order to afford assis
lance to the men on board the vessels
The brig was totally lost, and the schooner
is ashore but in good order.
Ell Indicator of the 29ih November,
states that on the evening of the 2sth four
large boats, belonging to the U. s. man.
Oi-war stationed at Isle Verde, came near
the fort on the side of Don Miguels bat
tory. Their object seemed to be to take
three or four large Mexican boats which
were fastened near the aforesaid battery.
rs soon as the sentinel on the aforesaid
battery saw the boats he informed his
comrades, and boat was despatched
from tho fort, filled with armed men, to
watch the approaching lighters. When
the Mexican beat came near those Of the
enemy, the latter drew off and fired two
musket shots. On hearing the report
two guns with shells were fired from the
fort at the American boats, which retired
Immediately. Whether they sustained
any damage or not is not known. The
Mexican boat returned to the fort unin-
.jured. From the city two guns were
likewise fired, as sign Of alarm, the cit.
liens believing that an engagement had
taken place between the fort and the fleet.
Gen. Sa4as published decree on the
2lst, prohibiting the introduction Of such
goods as should be imported through the
ports in possession of the North Amer
cans.
According to correspondents writing
from San Luis de Potosi to several of the
Mexican journals, it appears that Santa
Anna had $4,000 men at that place, viz:
$4,000 infantry, of regulars; 5000 cav
airy, we'll armed and mounted and TO-
OO0 cosSacks, armed with swords and
lnnces. Besides there were 80 pieces of
artillery, none smaller than "a, Founders
Some 500 men and about 1000 women
wore constantly terrifying tho place, &
from 200 to 800 men in fitting out arms,
&c.
Besides the $4,000 men at San Luis de
Potosi, it is said that Generals Valencia,
Cortezar, and Pacheco, were at the Vale
Of San Francisco with 5000 men, who
could not find places to be lodged in at San
Luis. Also another division, which will
number nearly 5000 men, was organizing
at lula These troops, they say, are
destined to attack the Americans at Tam.
pico.
From the Locomotor of Nov. 28th we
extract the following letter
SAN LUIS PorosI, Nov. IA, 1916.
Dear Compadre and Bro,her:-You
may imagine how we feel here with the
approach Of the invaders. They took
Sa.tillo yesterday, and they must also be
in Tampico, as the mail for tia: place
was stopped yesterday by order of Santa
Anna. God knows what our fate will be,
notwithstanding that we have $4,000 men,
90 pieces Of artillery, from 24-pounders
downward, very good ones, and stock of
powder and balls of all sizes, which is al.
most Incredible. There are at work in
the arsenal every day 300 smiths and
carpenters, 500 men at work in the forti.
RcatioDs, and about 1000 women from
The towns Of Santiago and Tlascala, who
work with the greatest enthusiasm, they
tako the bricks from their own ho uses to
briBg there. In one of the shops there
were sold TO women and men over |, 900
knives. Everywhere you see them ma
king lanccs, repairing guns and every kind
of war tools.
FL niario do la Marino of tie 18th inst.
publishes an extract of a letter dated Vera
Cruz, lst December, in which it is said
that the mail sent by the British Minister
Tor the Clyde brought the news that an
extraordinary express had arrived at Mex
leo on the morning of the ooh, from San
Luis Potosi. stating that brigade of near
~ 1910 American soldiers had arrived