The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-31
The News from Mexico

From the New Orleans picsyune, March Oil
Our letters from orizAba are 70 the 9Th inst They
Ct IRa From Hs am,cSn Of March 4th we
copy the following paragraph ia regarl to him
fn is certain" says the Monitor that Santa Anna,
after having received his passport the
wishes to 60 to Guadslsjara the revolution which is
neuzosd viii be nevtsole, and, although 1t cannot be
successful - the nation knows all such men who
other purpose than to harrass It, yet the
vernment should BY ell means prevent this gentleman
from doing further mischief"
We do not recolect to have laid before readers
the contract by which army Is supplied with money
in Mexico by Mrvoss We find it in the it North .ameri
cant
L. The undersigned offers to furnish to tho Quarter
masters Subsistence and Paymasters' Departments Of
such fund, may be required by them for the public
Service against drafts drawn by the respective chiefs Of
the said and payable in specie at not over
Vera Cruz, and together with two per cent premium
Provided the disbursng officers Of the United States
army will In accepting shs proposal agree not to issue,
to be issued any of thec dras upon tho Uni
ted States or Vera Cruz excepting those issued to the
snch drafts excepting such they may Do compelled to
make by the rules Of ths service
g. The undersigned proposes that this contract shall
remain in force 30 long as the army Of tho United
States continue in the city Of Mexico but that either
psrty annul by giving months notcs to that
The officers in charge of the departments will sps
city a, near as possible tho amount fhsy may each re-
MEXICO, February 7, ls48.
We, the undersigned merchants in the city of Mex
ico bind ourselves that should the above proposal sgo
ed by MIR Emilio Voss be agreed to, guaranty the
faithful compliance with the sans
L DAVlp HEGkEE, c 4 sAEs 3 cp & co.
We, the undersigned chiefs OF ths dis ourng depart
mens referred to- hereby adopt the proposals stated
this sheet and bind ourselves ads by the several
articles expressed therein
J.B. eRAYsoN, Capt, C. s., 4. C. G. s.
A G. MYERS, Captain and q NJ
ID. RANDALL, Dep Paymaster Gen.
The North american mentions the death of James
Manly, Is. sergeant of company :, Captain Porto,s
ELECTS Of poison-by whom administered is not known
We cannot too strongly express regret and that
gesnt Manly of the brsvest and best soldiers
the army At Cerro Gordo he received honorable men
put.pso he was the rst man Of Tw;S@s dyi,on 10
reach the heights beside his captain and his hands raised
tue stars and stripes first the national palace tho
morning Of the l4th September He was good soldier,
and an honest, exemplary man His residence PHI
lsdephia his recruiting post Norfolk
from Orizaba dated March sth saws An express has
just come in from Cordoya. Poor VIM Is dsadn This
is all which Is said Of him, and do not at this
recall the individual designated The letter IA
et tirely aathcntic source
The Star of the Sd inst publishes letter from Cuer-
ncvacs dated the LIST inst The following il an extract
from it
The troops generally arc in tosrate health except
the Georgia Mounted Volunteers who rapidly dying
They have hard duty b. day and night and do take
care as to what they eat Tho weather is getting very
tbs. 1sPoI sna sssvs true IN
about four leagues south Of have risen and de-
stroying the WITHSTAND that the latter have up
to Col Clarke for assistance and protection Ths In
disns said to be about 200 strong You take
tbs report for what IL is worth, though there is
truth In 1t
The North american of ths 4th has the following on
th- suhjsct OF this instruction:
We have been permitted to peruse letter from an
intelligent Ne xicsn written at Cuernsv which SAYS
tb II the Indians in the south of ns State collect
ed hundred men, and that some two dred
Mcxicsn troops of the line have marched against them
The letter also that party of American troops
lee Cusrnsvaca for toe pucposs OF putting do~a the
surrccton aud expresses fears of collision between
tn I'm and the regular Mexican soldiers
From the North American Of March 81
Tho Monitor states that person of credit from Gu
brings intelligence that Alvarez Ia collecting
and arming large force at Teteosla and that he has
Issued circular all the neghborng villages in vitpv
every Mexican who In disseetsd to making peace to
join him at that point
IL saso stated that be has sent two scsdes prison.
s TO Acapulco, because they did respect oircu
lar that he has ordsrsd the fences OF the hacienda of
tns Senores Pslacios TO be removed he saws in
tends to distributs their lands
From all this, 1t may be deduced Gays the Monitor
mat SAID Alvarez Is ON the eve OF prom but
taetsnptaon not likely TO operate upon thinking peo
pe for, after rejecting that Don Juaa Alvarez
90 osmed than any other for the present occupation
OF the capital In having attacked guard at
sn-s re- ana having conrived always 10 keep at safe
distance rom the enemy, they viii csmo t. the conclu'
SION That his recent expedition getting with
view 10 XIII Moxicans than Yankees.
we are compelled by want OF room to break on rom
turtoer extracts appendng only the following extract
IRON private letter. IL bears dste:--
~ y SrEAsfER SpfIrIRE Tlaootslpan, March 3, lSlS
town the other night with eleven tor the purpose
of robbipg but encountering the Mexican patrol, they
put to light and their captain taken prisoner He