Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-02-11
1Arrp From MEXICO.

AR New Orleans exchanges, Vera Cruz oates
- n. goth ult., the day upon which Inc
,,.,mer sailed. We extract the following
Jams of interest from the weekly Picayune OF
The 3lst January -.
Late and important from Mexico.
r,rO weeks Later from the City Of Mexico
and Ten Days Later from QueretarO.
C,f.ty of Col. W'ither's commandments Of
Ps6es-Capture of Gems Valencia and Tor
rsi0m, end other Mexican Officers Attempt
at Lnsurrection in the City Of Mer'eo--,
,Skirmish betlceen the Rangers and G"erT1t-
&as-Supposed Death of Padre Jara"ta-
Pend Pend again President, &c. &C.,
The u. s. steamship Edith, Capt Culllard'
,riyed last evening from Vera Cruz, which
Lace she left on the goth inst. BY her we
have received our letters and files from the CT
70 Of Mexico to the 18th inst, and from Vera
Grnz to the date of sailing The most imPo:,,
ant feature Of the intelligence by this arrival
reates 10 the rumors of peace, and an attemp-
,e5 instruction in the city Of Mexico.
Col Wther's command, about which our
,,sf adyices left some anxiety on the public
mind, arrived in safety at Real del Monte.
detachment under Col. Wynkoop captu-
,o5 Gen'l Valencia and his aid, and Col. Ar
1.,a at the hacienda of the former, Tepiiaco,
nD the 1st inst Col. Wynkoop was in par-
wi, NJ Jarauta and Rea at the time. These
oscaned him few hours only. Gen'l VaIen-
rg and Col. Arrista were released on parole
Co.'s. Tofrelon, Minon, and Gaund. were
,bortIy afterwards captured at Amazuca, near
PuebIa, by Dominguez-Captain of the Mexi-
ran spy company in the service of the United
States.
Gen'I Cadwalader's command, consisting of
the 4th Artillery, 9th, 9Th, and 18th Infantry,
left the city of Mexico on the Sd inst for To-
Iuca. The troops were in fine spirits at thu
nrosDect Of active service once more They
had reached Lerma at the last accounts, with
out molestaton.
On the 4th inst, Major Talliafero arrived in
ment OF the 9th Infantry and twenty dragons,
in charge of one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars in silver bars-a part of the assessment
levied upon the State and Federal District Of
Mexico.
The rumof prevailed in the city of Mexico
that the Mexican Commissioners had offered a
Dian of peace-0ased upon Mr. Trists propo-
s.lions at Tacubaya which had been sent on
10 Washington city. The departure from the
ptimatum offered by MIR. Trist, was supposed
10 be demand for $50 900, 900 for the terri
tory proposed TO be surrendered to the United
States.
We regret to learn that the four regiments
which accompanied GeI'l Butler to Mexico
are suffering much from sickness.
From a hasty glance at our Mexican papers,
Of which we have a full file, we can find moth
ing more than is contained i'll the letters oil
our correspondents.
We extract the following paragraph from
The World, of Guadalaxara, under date of the
18th of December We shall avail ourselves
Of the first moments of leisure TO reperuse oul
flies:
In a letter from Topic, dated the 18th De-
cember, l847, it is said that news had reached
Mazatian that 500 rancheros Of California had
attacked the Americans who were in posses
sion Of La Paz and San Jose, had defeated
them, and set fire to those places. On the I'd
three American vessels had left Mazatlan tc
render assistance, and this occurrence would
prolong the blockade of San Bias
I'VE Subjoin the following letters, which
we find in the Picayune. They will be foun(
10 contain much interesting information j
Special Correspondence of the Picayune.
CRY OF MEXICO, Deer TIP, 1877
You will find in one of the letters of the
gentleman who continued his correspondence
with you during my indisposition, an accoun
Of the capture of Gen'l Valencia, the renowned
hero OF Contreras, and Col. Arrista, at the ha
cienda OF the former, in this valley, by party
Of Texan Rangers under command of Colone
Wynkoop, OF the Pennsylvania Volunteers
From all | can learn, the expedition was man
aged in the most successful manner, and TIL
party came very near laying hands on Padr
Jarauta himself, who has been busy in this vi
entity some. weeks.
Yesterday, Domnguez, the captain OF TIL
Mexican Spy Company, arrived with small
mail, and brought intelligence Of his having
had brush with party of the enemy's cav
airy between Ojo de Aqua and Na2oluca.-
The cavalry he dispersed, and took prisoner
Gen'ls Torreion, Minon and Gaund, who wer
with the party, and delivered them over tt
Col. Chids, at Puebla, together with TIVE
American deserters, whom he found with tn
party. | regret that in addition to these cap
lures | cannot add that of Gen'l Salazar, wh'
rendered himself infamous by his cruelty Il
the Santa Fe prisoners. The scoundrel wa
in the city few days since, upwards o
wenty-four hours, with his family, and III
authorities, on learning his whereabouts, sen
body of soldiers TO arrest him, but unfortu
nately he had left the city about two hour
before it was known he was here. All thes
prisoners have been liberated on parole. TIL
policy of liberating these men think extreme
Iy doubtful. On parole they can 60 wher
they please, and among their own people ca
say what they please, which enables them
do US much more injury in exciting the PeopI
to acts of hostility than if they were never ia
ken prisoners, and their influence not conhne
toSuch parts of the country only as they coul
muster courage to visit AS an instance il
proof of what say, | am told by gentlema
who came up with Col JohnSon's train fror
Vera Cruz, that on entering one of the SINAI
towns at this side of Puebla, which was a
advantageous position 10 resist the advance q
Col. Johnson, Gen'l La Vega (who, togethe
with his brother, Col. La Vega, taken at Hua
Rantla, and Gen'l Heren, taken at Cerro Coz
DO, came up with the train on temporary pa
FOLEY addressed the first knot of his country
Ren he met in the town, and asked them VIII
they were not up. II would be much safer
keep ,hese men confined here, or send them
the United States.
1t is impossible to say when there will be
movement towards any of the cities still ]
me possession of the enemy. The commaT
deT-ln-chief, confident, perhaps. OF peace r.
suItlng from the proposition of which it is sal
The Mexican Government has made, is M
disposed 10 disturb the deliberations OF tn
Government at Queretaro, by sending an eA
hot