The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-04-02
From the 81. Louis Daily Reseille OF March 81
LATE PROM MEXICO.
Highly lmPorin"t from General Cayior!.--
AWosher Revolution! .---Overihrsw Of
Pscsiacut Farins---Gemerai Sala. in


Resignation Of The Minister Of Fl
nance- Santa .7nna's friends SEM
into h9noro5Ie Eaiie-7roops order
Ell TO JIera Cruz joiasd roiM The IN
surgmis-7he Cal Jornia Regiment
-Neinchoiy Ners.
The sch "ncr lIomc Capt. Kcnncy, arrived
at y, Orleans, tom rampico. early ou the NOR
ming of the 10 h inst, having LEFT the litter place
Oh the Sth lust
The two must important features Of the news
by this arrival are. first. the retreat OF Gen Ts,.
Tor upon SalrlIo sui Monterey without gem
eral action and secondly, revolution in Mex
leo, with the expulsion Of Gomez Fariss from
power.
The news of the retreat of Gen. Taylor rests
cntirely upon Mexican reports. Mr.. Kendall
announces, in postscript to his Liter of the I h
inst, that Gen. Taylor had fallen back To 5 ,lilo
and Monterey without any action, aud This he
gives as the laIcs, aud most auh,nic intel
gence from Gen. rs division. The Mexican
papers, however, say that Santa Anna had GU
of his retreat by lntcrp"siue the forces Of Gen
Minon and Tcrrcj"n. As all that relates to Gen.
Tay lots presrht position is interesting, we will
briefly cond,nse the dilltent reports, both among
the mericans and Mexicans, from which IT will
be seen Their is little to appr,hend of danger To
his comman J. and that former reports of his bat
ties an .sscs are without foundation.
The editor Of The Ta.npico Scntine Of the 6 h
inst, says;
After the most diligen, inquiry-anl
our sources of information are emitted To
| full conflence-we learn that the result
of battle, which has probably becn
fought between the American and Next
can forces, is founded in anticipation up
on a letter from Santa Anna, dated the
l7Ih ult., and published in FL Iris Espa-
mol, Of The 2ith ult., and printed in the
city Of Mexico. Santa Anna in said let.
ter states that Gen. Taylor had enrench.
ed himself at Aqua Nueva with 5000
men and twenty pieces Of artillery. Ian
over eslimaIe) for the purpose of giving
him battle. lie advises his Government
that it is his intention to attack TAYLOR in
his position on the 2lst, when lie anIci-
pales the most decided success.
We have no doubt of tn rumors ,floa
being based upon the above facts. Now
by way Of the Brazos we have inlorma.
ton from the forces under Gen. Taylor
TO the 10Th ul,., and he was then on hi.
way 10 Monterey, having determined ic
abandon his inlrenchmenis at Aqua Nue.
va, and il is possible iha, Santa Anna was
in pursuit, and may have come up witt
the American forces in time to engage
them before they reach Monterey. From
some remarks Of the editor Of FL Iris Els
panol, this seems probable. lie stale.
that il was the intention of Santa Anna
to attack Gen. Taylor simultaneously il
iron. and rear, and Tor this purpose HI
had divided his infantry into three dIvis
ions, The frs, under pecho, the secon'
under Lombardine, and the third unde
Vasquez. In his remarks he states tia
the Mexican troops were marching upor
the American troops IN the hes, OF spirits
and with great enthusiasm. Santa Ann;
represents the same Thing to the Minisle
Of War; but, in letter dated the l6ll
ult., at Cedral, j! is stated tina, they
were in the worst of spiri,s-ihat many
had died on the route for want Of care
and because Of the extremely cold weat.l
er. A letter from Sal Luis Polosi, date,
the l7lh ult., confirms this latter state
mcn,. This letter also states that Ca
males had taken from the yankees" a
Mler, 497 mules, 4 carts, besides cap
turing, on various occasions, 100 of GU
men.
Mr.. Kendall, in his letters Of the 9th ins,an,
from Tampico says:
There are those here, well posted VI
in Mexican affairs, who think the rcpor
of Gen. IayIor's defeat by Santa Ann
has been got up to cover complete vic
tory over the forces of the latter BY tn
Americans. BY the looks aud actions o
the Mexican population, | know tina
there can be no truth in the report o
Gen. Tay lor's defeat; on the contrary
their whole looks aud action indicate tn,
reverse. Good news shows too plainly
in the faces Of these people 10 be mista
ken.