Washington telegraph., 1848-08-23
~ I. .Peagi'ia, Aagttst Z
LATER FROM MEXICO.

ing sailed thence the evening of the LIST
INST Her dates from the city of Mexico
are to the 9th nlt.
Gen. Persiior + Smith came passenger
on the Alabama, and was landed at the
Barracks Mr., Dimond, formerly our
Consul, and more recently our Collector
at Vera Cruz, WIS also among the pas
sengers, a list OF whom viii be found IN
another column, We regret that we
have not room to-lay fora correspondence
between the merchants of Vera Cruz aud
Mr., Dimond, in which they tendered him
public dinner in compliment To his
faithful services, hut which he was con.
strained To decline
The Legion Of st Patrick isnow pret.
ty much brokenup. After ltiles,s arrest,
the greater part OF them rebelled. The
Government sent force after them to
Guadalupe. Some OF them laid down
their arms without joining IN the insur'
reetion, about 'hirty were taken pflso'
ners aud the rrst have marched oil or
dispersed-to 90 IN the highway pfobn-
bly, uf Join in the llrsi Rltcmpt i DYER
throw the Government
The case Of Rnque Miranda, whose
sentence OF death was cnmmulel td i'm.
pIlsnumrul, has rNuitad such indignation
thut tn President has referred il back "a
tn tribunals, Tho foreigners m The Ma
lSrRl Guard Ind declared they aoell re.
siEn If -uch a output escaped,
w hear nothing further ol Paredgs
Our space is so pre.ocuuplrd that We can
only give place n the following epmmu-
mealinn from the pen uf gentleman who
ramr passenger an the AlobamHi
TIE LAST DAY ~ VERA Cruz
The Is, of August was The day appoint.
ed iuf The hual -unenderoi the city of
Nera Cruz into The haud, OF the Mex.
.anz. aud ri orlnrk A. NJ, the plaza
wa hllrd with mnrd crowd n both
raeez. anNinus IN witness the ceremony oi
pulling down the stars and stripes aud
laIzaus The Mexican ifl.roior In the
hfzt part Of tbs expectation they weie
disapppntcd a. the Amciricun tiag was
mo- IA BE- seen Rling any where IN the
eily. aud the ilaa.staii- were perfectly
bsfe The li Artillery was drawn up
"a line IN the plaza. aul about hali-pnst S
Is company of tn Guaria Naslnnul
isiaaehed pa,t On thair way 10 the castle.
Ghair un'ionn was d gfsy coat with rcd
'aeins-. white cranialnrns aud blue cloth
up. utNra' hum Thgv had m other
music than drum, bat marched well
HuH IahA ~ -rliisftiae Ahnut clock
raafiIar crmrany N 'hr uard, marched
'sla ne lIszp aud ii under The p1-.
sais ai tlto paisee. thr officers ap.
Ipiuied to take ehafat siy came
forward aud wgfe pr Gsnrrai
sutlh Tbw wefrG faymr
MI taetincs rrI Nj SnrH
uIfgTAauis Grn Smiih as =. ihe NJ
an officers nui the ist Artillery totk
tbeIf statinus iu hunt Of lie palase, and
ihr Mexican llag-rcd w,ute and green.
with tire cag's and serpent embroidered
ou lhe Wm.c--wa, hs,s'ed nn the aag.
s,a.i ci the p,lrrc whci ti. odircis ,aluI.
cd au the soid'c,s presented arms. The
hani oi the ~ Aulllry struck ur hul
was perfectly inuudhc ior the irs' 1--we
mluutcr, IN consequence Of The intolcra-
hlc riaucr hapt uph, The belts ci the ol
Cathedral THIS w5s stopped 4, one ci
thr MrEirau n'.icr5. and iar baud allow.
ed go prt.rni Statutes were tlen fred
tom th. Forts Santiago aud Cnncepcion,
sad ,run ,hr castle 81 san Jran de Gmn
hut, although tlir tops oi the houses and
the larger portion ni the sqEare were
tuwlrl with VI xicau-, not a single
shout 90 chrrr Wa. heard when their
country. 'ioE was Hlug to the breeze,
aud had II nrt htcn i,r the church bell.
md th' An tienn lHHil, the silence would
havc hccn priiounl After this tcfcmo.
uy wits performed the American troops
lrl the plaza and marched TO the mole.
wh h,ucg they shortly after embarked on
lpu,d the ship, Iowa AMI Massachusetts,
fr Now York The regiment is under
th, ruumon cl Capt Nrrmnn
According to u suggestion from Gen.
Smith. tltr ayunlamicnto issued An order
that all the liquor shops should be closed,
and imposed fne OF S2j for each aud
every glass Of liquor sold that day. The
consequences Of this wise precnuton were
that no Disturbances occurred during the
day, notwithstanding the large number
Of quarermastcrs men who were to sail
.pn The New Orleans
About 6 o'clock IN the evening the
Alabama LETT the harbor Of Vera Cruz,
with Cen. Smith Oh board A. she
passed the L. 5 sloop OF war German.
town, lying near the town Of san Juan,
the latter fired n salute OF eleven guns,
and certainly n more beautiful sight never
was seen than she presented at that mo.
ment The guns were fred with such
rapiiily that, Notwithstanding there was
still brcc2a, the vessel was completely
cnyclopcd in smoke, but the instant the
firing ceased the smoke blew away aud
there lay the beautiful vessel with her