Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-09-23
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f ane CITY.
4 A.Mexican' mail was Captured by a
] party ofour Dragons ON the 22d inst.
on its way from the city to Morel'a.
i II contained multitude of letters dass
1 ted on Che 2lst, the Gay after the great
battles, and they give vivid, and at the
same time doleful accounts of,heir ter
Tribe and utter defea4.
i may be mistaken, but my humble
opinion is that t,aere are three intguen.
ces nom as work in fhescity of Mexico
to bring about peace.s The first and
4 foremost is Santa Anna himself, sick
land tired ofthe war,eand seeing MOTH
J ing in its confluence but his own ut
ter and irretfievabIe ruin. The second
is Macintosh, ,Thorton s. Co., the
latter gen'leman secretary obligation
or attache to the English minister, and
both representing English interests
| The third, and an ,aIl-powerful interest
it is, is American gold, of which San
tasAnna and some of his friends are
known to exceedingly bpd, and 10
handle which they will stop at moth
ing.
! Opposed TO these Influences is a
proud but @cowardly Y Set of Mexican
military demagogues-a band of leech-
es who have los, all cast bu, still retain
a species of hold upon the peopIe-snd
then there is the great body Of the peo-
pie themselves, whoknow not them
selves what they want, but who are
! hoodwinked and led by the dema-
gogues. Santa Anna has no friends !;
but he has power, and that suits him
just as well-perhaps better.
The trial of the deserers the cee-
brated battalion of ST. Patrck-is still
going on, but how the affair will ter
inmate no one but those on the court
martial can say.
+ 75oo o'clock, qtternoon.-News has
just come in from the capital which
has caused great excitement. At an
early hour a tram of wagons, under
charge Of Capt. Wayne, dressed in
citizen S clothes, started for the city
/ Scarcely had they reached the Plaza
: before the wagons were surrounded by
an immense concourse of leperos. VIA
at first commenced cursing and jeerin
the wagon-masters and wagoners.-
[ Soon, however, they began to aelt tn
poor fellows with stones and othe
siles, and notwithstanding the pr
| ed exertons ola squad of Mexica
dlers, who acted as a guard, the, 81
:, tire train was driven out of the ciis IN,
Several Of the wagoners receive
we're wounds and Commissions frt
showers of stones thrown at them,
foremost in the mob were said t
the women Of the town.
One Mexican was shot by one O
wagon masters, and another by Me-
lean officer, but not until they had ha.
killed an American.
| suppose that Santa Anna will a
poliglze for the outrage, and that thus
The matter will be settled; bat this does
not prevent many from thinking thu
the tyrant ins,igated the whole affair
The Mexican Cover
:. ed two additional /
Board of Commissio, me
question Of peace-S stain
and Bernardo Couto. lSce9l-
eiqd6s or lawyers, and enjoys
a high reputation, M gard,
talents, but for the.JV Of his G har-
acter. The comsS held thell
, first meeting this at a place
, called Izcapus9 two leagues
from here, an mat Mr. Trlst
manifests h ii highly pleased
with the pr lngs thus far, and Of
:, the cont ilat:ering prospects Of
{ peace. " .ey may not look quite So
hatterrg when he comes to talk Of
slices oftterritory, out of this we shall
knoss all ingood time.
~ Yours, &c., C. w. K.
TAcUBAYA, Aug. 90, 1S47.
The peace commissioners met again
! yesterday, and at point nearer this
& place. Nothing positive in relation to
the proceedings Of this second meeting
J, has transpired some say that every
thing went son smoothly, others say
not: which is tolerably strong proof
,, that b1l little is known one way or the
other in relation to the deliberations.
Theyssay that in NE city they in
dulge the hope that the commissioners
will agree upon the Nueces as bodG-
) Diary. This is carrying the stakes arg
, stones a little too far. s'Give them al
inch andthey take an ell'' is applied e
many people in the world give I
Mexican aninch andshe II takeat leas,
!, seven miles.and half
! must close this letter in haste, as .
n messenger has iuut come into say hat