Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1848-03-01
FRO n MEXICO AND QUERETARO.
From the N. o. Picayuns, Jan. %.

The u. S. steamship Edith, Capt. Cuillard,
arrived last evening from Vera Cruz, which
place she left on the 10th inst. By her We have
received our Letters and files from the city of
Mexico to the 18th inst, and from Vera Cruz
to the date of sailing. The most important
feature Of the intelligence by this arrival re-
lates to the ruinors of peace and an attempted
insurrection in the city of Mexico.
The rumor prevailed in the city of Mexica
that the Mexican commissioners had offered a
plan of peace-based upon Mr. Tfist's propo-,
sitions at Tacubaya-which had been sent nA
to Washington city. The departure from he
~uItinsatam offered by Mr.. Trist was supposed
to be a demand for $50, 900, 900 for the territory
proposed to be surrendered to the U. 8.
We can only make room for the subjoined
letters:
CRY OF Mexico, Jan. IL; lS4e.
You will find in one of the letters of the gem
tleman who continued his correspondence with
you during my indisposition, an account of the
captuie of Gen; Valencia, the renowned hero of
Contreras, and Col. Arista, at the hacienda It
the former, in this valley, by a party OF Texan
Rangers under command of COL Wynkoop VI
the Pennsylvania volunteers. From all | tan
learn, the party came very near laying hands on
Padre Jaralta HIMSELF who has been busy In
this vicinity some weeks.
Yesterday; Dominguez, the Captain of the
Mexican spy company, arrived with q small
mail, and brought intelligence Of his having had
a brush with a party of the en5my's cavalry be-
tween Ojo de Aqua and Napoluca. The cavai.
nv he dispersed, and took prisoners Gefis. Tor
rejdn; Minon and Guiana. who were with the
party, and delivered them over to Col. Childs,st
Puebla, with two American d~eserters whom he
found with the party. | regret that in addition
to these captures I cannot add that of General
Salazar, who rendered himself infamous BIZ his
cruelty on the Santa Re prisoners.
The scoundfel was in the city a few days
since, upwards of twentv-four hours; with his
family, and the authorities, on learning his
whereabout: sent a body of soldiers to arrest
him, but unfortunately he had left the city about
two hours before he was here. All these pri-
soners have been liberated on parole: The posi
icy of liberating these men | think extremely
doubtful. 1t would be much safer tokeep thest
men confined here, or send them TO the United
States.
1t is impossible to say when there will he 4
movement toward any of the cities still in the
possession Of the enemy. The Comimah ier-in
chief, confident, perhaps, of a peace resulting
from the proposition which it is said the Mesis
can Government has made, is not disposed t,
disturb the deliberate ons of the government at
Queretaro by sending an expedition 10 that di-
~rection, or to create new causes of aninie'sifv
by making additional conquests until the result
of the proposition is know.
A bearer of desdatches from Washington ar
| rived Yesterday with Col. Dominguez, and il is
possible that an on ward movement may be orr
dered. Ii it is ordered soon, there is little, if any
probability of resistance being offered to our
| progress. There are not at any one point that
| can learn sufficient men and military supplies
to resist one thousand of our soldiers:
Iregret to say there is a great deal Of sick.
ness among the four volunteer regiments from
Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana, which Gen
| Butler commanded to this city. The measles,
humps and the diarrhaa are the prevailing dis.
| eases, and on an average one-half the men 10
the four r e~giments are unfit for duty:
We have news to-day from Queretaro. A.
naya. who was elected President after Safta
Annals resignation, has gone out Of Office, the
term having expired, and Penay Pena, by Tight
of his office as Chief Justice, at present fills the
i vacant chair, or has been elected President
cannot positively learn which, but ] am inclined
to believe the former. He has declared that he
will pursue the policy of Anaya. who rs suppo-
sed to be favorable to peace. The letter which
brings this news is dated the 9th inst, and says
the Cabinet has been re-ofganized by the APP
pointment of Sir Rosas as Minister of Foreign
! Relations and temporary Secretaryof the Tres;
sury: Riva Salacio as Minister of Justice; and
Pedro Mana Anaya as Secretary of War.
ACONSPIRACY.
City of Mexico, Jan. .ls, 1s4s.
On Monday last the Commander-in-Chief
was informed a movement designed here to at
tack the qiarers of the officers of the army,
and if possible, to take them prisoners or kill
them. The plan was, that the population, OF
so much of it as should rise, assisted by body
of guerrillas which were to enter the city ut q
certain hour make the attach. During the DAY
the COMMANDMENT in chief informed all the officer.
of the intended attack,designated rallying pcint.
for the different regiments, end male every dis.
position to defeat the insurfection:,
At night scarcely a Mexican was to be seer
in the streets-showing that the whole pv,ula
ton had knowledge of what was to be attempt