New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-31

We begin 70 suspect that General Patterson hurt
the feelings Ct this reverend Captain u guersro-, when
he refused 20 make treaty with him accepting his sub
mission fAneifa terms c;sated By the padre
caution high Of honor II news 70 hear n nm
In again. AZ the head o. eight hundred men, n the
Valley Of Mexico, and even carrying hs reconIolsaces n
person mp 70 the gates u Gratalups almost suburb q
the Capital.
His presence there 1t the heal 81 such force. his sun
almost head4uarers II In defiance and cerison 81
the American army. betoken rare suiaeity-aud per
haps something more, when We connect bis movements
with those Of Colonel wilher (sent out with TIE 9Th in
antfy 10 occupy" the silver mines Of ReAi del Monte
and that prevailed In Mexico Of disasters hAE-
lg happened 10 This detachment. Col. Wihers's CON-
nnand left Mexico the evening Of the Goth Of Decsbe
Real del Monte lies northeast from Mexico, on the
TampicO road. distant, by direct route only about %
miles bat By the ordinary road between sixty and seVes-
IS. We told that the 9Th, Jarauta slept az san
Juan De Teotbuacsu "a place famous Tor the runs q me
pyramids Of the sun and Hoon always visited ~ trav-
eler) and on the 18th rode % Guallupe with an escort
Of only IS men, and thence continued on 70 Ianefan
he Queretaro road.
Nov Tcothuscan-t0 shorten the name-ics alsonorth-
east Mexico distant about 81 mes but east Of TamP
co or Real del Monte road which road. however par
sued from Mexico 10 san Cris,obal Us mlie) b. travellers
going 70 Teouhuacan San CrisiotAl IL the neck be-
tween the two lakes Of Iezczco ard san CTistoba an
about 20 miles west Of Teot!huacan.
The rumOr in Mexico (n0t Indeed, creiiiec) was ihA-
Col Wiihess command had been cut 10 pieces shout ~
miles distant" from Mexco-thatis. 1--WE miles be-
yOnd San CrsDha and he started OUT on The evening
OF the 10Th, he may have ade the 20 miles the next day
On the f0OHng Gay, the 2.t Ja!euta must nave passed
CTstOba close. his and he must have been n
position 10 observe the Colonefs march the preceding
day from TeOthnaeau.
From these facts several questions spise. Could Col.
Wtfrs have been near 10 Jareua without kEowng ~
Would he have suffered such force JArauta cmmand-
ed 10 remain al Teothucan threatening his fank or 10 get
70 San Crsioba bis reArY Would he not have taken
steps Immediately 10 route and dsperss I'll Or, finally,
supposDg him gnorsnt Of Jaranss presence. pursuing
his way toward the mines, is Il not most probable that
Jaraua, with his eight hundred men, would rather have
followed hm-dOgged his march IN the hope Of finding
some m guarded moment TO attack him with advantage
than TO fide an Idle bI8vado toward the Capital
II does not easy 20 solve these riddles or xpa
the mystic and highly improbable rumor Of Wiiherss de-
feat. The only hypothesis can venture on IS, % sup
poss that Jarauta did attack WHEREOF what is more
likely what Is likely, suddenly attacked him
self and his whole force dispersed 10 the four winds him
self and his escort Of fifteen cut "a from the retreat to
Teothuscan and obliged TO escape by taking the former
route 10 Mexico II IL certainly not the least obvious
question Jarauta had eight hundred followers at Tcoi-
huaoan how did he happen TO be rambling at Ianepanta
west Of the northgrn lakes 90 FAR from his command
lPhilai. y. American