The New York herald., 1847-12-30

and their entire want Of control over any portion of the
lust a. Il did before that tbs oouutpV
flow into their hands usual and that any diver
sion of them for the support OF our troops insult
wrong committed on the nation, which they as the
rulers thereof bound to resent. In fact judging
from the tone of his decree would think that Rosa
intended to make personal matter Of the affair with
General Scott May not great portion of this feeling
arise at least far regards this city from the fact
that the Mexican authorities here have been permitted
the city In their hands They have the collection Of
the revenue including the odous acabss and the sole
control OF the police Of the city.
As far as the great of the inhabitants
csrned the only perceptibe difference to them s that
the American flag waving the palace the hated
uniform s seen in every street and they have not the
same license for plumber that they formerly had They
pay the taxes before the prices for food
and clothing before the tribunals for their
misdemeanors, brbe the judges and public officers
and are domineered by the same armed police In
to but motive-fsar Nothing can beat it into the
heads Of these people that do not fear them On the
contrary everything to impress them with this
belief and the first step in my opinion, towards con-
vincipg them that they are conquered would be to
abolish the Ayuntamiento, and form American
Gil which would at take charge of the and
police introduce system and regularity where
thing but confusion exists abolish the AcubAlA which
weighs so heavily on the poorer classes and In short
make q clean sweep, and commence anew. But enough
Of this for the present
Santa Anna has sent to Querstaro his report Of the
battles before this CITY, In which he Is said to down
upon some Of the officers particularly Bravo with
sharp stick" but this Is nothing As usual he
and throw all the blame ofaure upon his sub0rdnates
have not these documents but will endeavor to
bv an n.irsnt Mssic.n and ons vbo rom ii. nos;toy
doubtless correctly informed that the Mexican
ment had determined to send propositions to Washing
ton Tor to meet at Havana and arrange
the terms Of treaty Of peace and that these propos
tions had actually gone down by special courier, who
accompanied the train which left yesterday
Another paragraph In the Monitor of Yesterday states
that General Parsdes had had interview with Father
Jsrauta the notorious guerilla chief at Talancingo and
INT fhaa aid tator
tion of European powers in the affairs ofMexco From
this 1t will appear that Paredes has not abandoned his
Of Mexco in fact it is the prevailing opinion here that
was for this purpose he returned his
many prote.tations Of patriotism and devotion to the
cause OF his country He is viewed with disrust by all
parties and cannot command among the native Mexi-
cans, even decent corporals guard. He is backed,
however, by many foregners, among whom Is one Juan
de la Grana formerly Spanish consul at New York. and
correspondent ofthe New York Sun. This fellow has
al I sd
organ here comes out In long article protesting against
tue feeling which appears to have sprung up in the
states In favor OF the permanent occupation OF
MExIco, December l3, lsi7-A discovery was made
oity Some of the troops who arrived with Gen Pat
terson were quartered there and turning old
desk that left in of the found it contained
some fifteen thousand dollars In silver and gold This
LED TO further search, and in Of the cells large
quantity of clothing and ammunition found which
was removed to the qusrtermasters department
Abouts O'Clock saturday night Mr. Doyle, the En-
gsh Charge dAnairs, arrived from Vera Cruz in the
digence escorted by Captain Fairchid, Of the Louis
lana Rangers and about thirtysix men They brought
neither letters papers, however but last night the
English courier arrived with full budget. Captain
eand men on the road up here and that General Butler
would be in Pusbla yesterday Sunday with thou
SAND men. The Ohio regiment is enoamped at Rio
frlo under Col Irwin, together with company of II.
lno's Dragons, under Capt Little, numbering In all
about six hundred men. There companies of
the Ohio regiment there the other four being at Pueblo
This encampment is doubtless intended to be perma-
nent as the building themselves houses The
said to be excessively cold there The
Gems Scott Pillow, and Worth, received by the
British courier but have not yet read them Yester-
day was the anniversary Of the miraculous appearance
in common with twothrds Of the Americans here set
out to pay visit to her peculiar shrine the viii
lage OF Guadalupe, few miles froH here. The road,
which is beautiful one, lined tho city gate
the door Of the church with pedett ians equesrians
city appeared TO be on the road and approached
the church, the thropg became so dense that it
with difficulty we could proceed. Leaving ou horses in
the stable, we entered the plaza which had awnings
drawn aoros Its whole extent and entered the church
at about eleven O'Clock The ceremony of high
about being performed, and struck with tha sim
gulsr beauty Of the Interior different from that Of
any other church had seen in the republic 1t
painted white and richly though chastely decorated
said to be OF solid silver, though could not get close
enough to 1t to judge The organs OF which there
oian They had also, orchestra and set Of Ginning
bells, which harmonzed most beautifully together. The
church was hung all around with paintings Of the vir
gin OF Guadalupe but the original miraculous painting
was not visible After depostng trihing gratuity in
the box, We left the church and assembled the hill upon
which stands the original chapel which the virgin
manded to be built Upon reaching the summit, sight
burst upon US Of unequallsd splendor. The whole val
ley Of Mexico lay spread out like map before U.S. In
the distance lay the Hermosa cudad itself and could
plainly trace the route Of the American army from
Chaloo round. Immediately at feet lay the village
with living beings and the road the capital appeared
to be as thronged as when we came through About
half way up the hill stands singular monument, rep
reseniing the mast OF ship with the sals-mainsail
topsail and top-gaantsail, all full, built Of SUBJ
stantial stone and mortar To the right of the
church is a mineral spring, the waters of which
said to possess many medicinal qualities, and are
called aqua de Ia pirsin. tasted the water and in
point OF nastiness Blue Lick can't hold candle to 1t
forward to th> altar where they kissed somethingI
did not 60 near enough to see what Descending the
that could tempt Mexican appetite offered for
sale-pufgGr, anu composition Of meat aud chiils
forming the staple But do not let forget the dulcs
There were canded statues Of the Virgin in all her glory
the glory being represented by q streak Of yellow
around the head-and sugar in 30 many forms and
shspes that Nichols the great New Orleans
or, would have died of envy had hs seen them De.
cidedly, these people have ondness for and peculiar
ro a va s9, np sweet things AT about hatpsst
appeared to be undlminished I did not hear of spy
arays taking place. and the people appeared be very
quiet However, all lost handkerchefs but that
was looked upon as q matter of course have never
been in church in Mexico without having my pocket
plckeu
enclose you an order from Gen Scott issued o-dav
OF the most severe character about the guerrilla par
ties, who are said to be gathering In considerable
bers through the country. The concluding paragraph
appears to favor the idea that the post of Rio Frio will
bs permanent. There is absolutely from Que
retaro Cengress does not meet aud there rumor in
town that Santa Anna has been proclaimed Dictator
there but cannot trace it to any reliable Every
thing here appears to favor the belief that
will be shortly made for the interior What division OF
the army VIII take the lead, who 10 to command Vt,
cannot cay, bat Madame Rumor points to the gallant
smith, the hero Of Contrsrss as the msnder With
out doubt he would be an excellent man, but do
see now he can be spared from his post here His mod
Grafton, hrmuess and strict attention to business
endsared him to all the citizens native and fregn and
they would feel his oss most keenly Nous verrons.
DEC. ~ 4-Nothiog new this morning. The courier
goes Oh at eight o'clock aud send the morning papers
by him General Scott has issued another order dvid
ing ths army into brgades under the comm OF Gems
Smith, Cadwalader, and Col Riley
The following Is General Scott's order touching the
guerillas -
HEADaUARTERs or THE Army,
MESIco, Dec. l2, lSi7.