The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-09

Everyth M On Mr. Kendall goes through 10 his paper
Of course, and Whatever comes to Col Wilson or is
tended for ths government does not transpire here
Tbs Qusrtsrnlastsr's office is in building, the Mex
Treasury Department. which is within few feet Of
the waters Of the Gulf and directly fronting the castle
substantially built Of this coral rock and succeed or
cemsnted in and outside The gateway, or Enbrada"
headgives ingress and egress 70 the Mole and water
and the city The floors Of this building all of flag
marble The other end of the building is occupied BY
the Governor aud the collector of duties. The wide
steps to the second story Of white marble The win
dows are very large and defended BY heavy copper graf
could not be house placed to be more
this in hot climate The breeze bowsin the whole
day, and frequently 80 strong that you must have q
pound weight every piece Of paper you lay downor 1t
is off man wear clothing in this building all the
there is danger of being too In May and the
first part of June 1t rather hot but since the
of the latter month the rain has fallen almost nightly,
and the air has been much cooler than before.
The quartermaster Major Smith Is very sick though
not IN nope s ne
Capt Pummer Of the LIST Infantry Is acting at present
This is probably the most i'm portant quartermastsrs
post in the campaign and there Is enough business FOR
half dozen of them, and yet there has been but one
acting quartermaster here since bombai dment and
he Of course liable to be SICK in the present case,
and no regularly authorized quartermaser to I'LL the
post
THE PEACE NEWS.
From the NJ o. Picayuue, July 30
Having no news Of Importance Of our own yesterday
in turning to the columns Of contemporaries to
counter in good nsighbors Of the Times
tions" Another Severe Battle with the .Guerias."
These and other swelling captions pregnant with pro-
ss nS s9
ton. We sought quiet and sat down to the
perusal of our contemporary az to feast
The first sentence however, in the body OF the Times
dspeed all our hopes and revealed the utter bar
Of the banquet they had set forth with such
@No inrelicence direct from the city of Mexico or
from Pueba, traceabe to any authentic source,
had reached Vera Cruz since the date of our last ad
vices"
The whole truth il revealed in this sentence for
though went twice diligently through two columns
ing purporting be authentic definite the above
The only confirmation of the Failure of Peace Nego-
h.ac confessedy pure speculation, and allusion to
letter which had not come to hand" written the
I7th So much for the failure Of peace negotiations
Our next search after sAnother Severe Battle
we maintained for a length of time. We totally
unable to find the account unless conveyed In the
following paragraph of the Sun Of anahuac Of the 92d
Two hundred men who left this city after the train
which left few days attacked few miles from
defeated"
Translated from N. o. La Patria 3Oth July
The Vera Cruz correspondent of La Paria, Ell Jaro-
cha under date 22d u states that according to his in
formation nothing said in the city OF Mexico about
the assembage Of Congress- and he did not anticipate
that such assembage would take place, because it would
be to Santa Annals interest that it should in fact
many who know Santa Anna thoroughly are Of opinion
that wishes to prevent meeting and in case Scott
does not attack the capital he win out and say,
by means of one of his usual mancstoes that seeing
the impossbty of assembling the sovereign National
Congress by exerons that have been made he has
lin incorporate in it the life death Of the
tion) named consulting junta of eminent citizens to
consider the last despatch from the Washington cabi
net OF this juuta of eminent citizens will i'm
plicitly fellow Santa Annals Wishes and he does not
wish for war, let him say what he pleasesfor Buena
VISTA Cerro Gordo &c., show the entire world the extent
of his cowardoe.n
Fl Jarocho does not seem to think that there is much
to be feared from the guerllas attacking Vera Cruz
NEWS FROM THE RIO aRANDE.
[From the New Orleans Picayune, July 30.]
The schooner Sarah Churchman, Capt Erickson,
arrived yesterday from the Brazos having sailed thence
on the 23d inst. By her We have Matamoras Flag Of
the ast Instant four days later than the number pre-
The ship Edgar Capt Smith, also arrived yesterday
from the Braaos having sailed on the oath inst THIS
regulars from New York to the Brazos
Quite the interesting news in the Flag is the fol-
lowing in relation to attack upon traln wnlcn was
partially successful =
The last arrival from Camargo brings account of
recent attack by the Mexicans, supposed to be de-
tached party Of Urreas troops upon train on its way
to Monterey The wagon train was attended by small
escort and following in the rear were some sixty OF
eighty pack mules, freighted with goods belonging to
merchants of Matamoras. The train attacked near
Marin, and the assault directed against the rear
with view of cutting off the pack mules in which the
Mexcans completely successful-al the mules with
their packs were captured by them. considerable
$4,000 worth of dry goods and quantity of tobacco
The principal loss Is sustained by Mr. Tarniver of
the most respectable merchants OF VINO loses
upwards OF $4,000 in dry goods Mr. kpgsbury was the
of the tobacco.
The following items are all from the Flag:-.
The Tenth Infantry left Monday last in the steam
Mckee, Col. Hunt and j. Il. Roberts. They go to
Mer there to remain until called to field of greater
under Brig Gen Hopping forming school Of instruc-
ton which has been established ut that place. Lieut.
Edward Hsrte formerly connected with the press in the
United States has been appointed regimenta quarter
master and acting commssary of subsistence by Colonel
Temple, making the list of the staff officers complete
The regiment has been drilled regularly during its So
jour- here and it has conducted with propriety
and given less annoyance to citizens than regiment
that has been stationed here. We are sorry to lose
them.
ThelFourh Ohio Volunteers nave arrived here and
encamped the lake taking the position recently
occupied by the 10th infantry. They commanded
by Col Charles H. Brough formerly editor Of the Gin,
cinnai Enquirer The other field and staff officers
MIR. Werner of Dayton, lieutenant colonel; VIM. b.
Young, of Hamilton, major; Lieut. Kessler adjutant.
The regiment numbers upwards Of nine hundred men
and enjoying excellent healthbut one death mas &C.
regiment with its lieutenant colonel and adjutant, are
Germans who have made the United States the country
of their adoption.
MIR NJ L. Fulton Of this place. hos shown several
letters from f. B. Lundy and f. Monthly, who
near San Carlos by party of Mexcans under Carvajal
These letters dated LA Marina, July 4th' and
state that they taken prisoners the day previ
ous by Col Carvaal who has treated them with great
kindness them that they would be released
upon proper evidence being furnished that they
not in the employ Of the United States Government.
They awaiting the order Of General Urea, whose
headquarters was at Tua. Mr.. Lundy has sent note
the British Consul at this place stating that he is
Canadian by BIRTH and has become citizen Of
the United States. We understand from Mr.. Fulton
that he engaged In connection with Mr. Lundy in
the purchase of mules for the purpose of taking them to
Louisiana that Mons. Monthly and Don Carlos
employed by them to assist in driving inn mules OBJ
tanned the Interior and the party proceeded be-
San
they compelled to pay this side of that town.
AFFAIRS IN TAMPICo.
The transport schooner Velasco, Captain Decker
arrived at New Orleans the 29th ut from Tampico
whence she sailed the 22d inst
Captain Martin NJ. Moore of the 18th infantry, died
on board the Velasco the 25th inst Of yellow fever
His remains were committed to the sea. Capt Moore
was from Pennsylvania we believe
Tan aico 10 ha