Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-02
MEXICAN INTELLIGENCE.

BY way Of New Orleans we have accounts from
the city of Mexico to the 10th ultimo and from
Vera Cruz to the 22d We extract the following
from the New Orleans Crescent =
The most important item Of is the confirmation Of
the report Of the revolution and overthrow Of the cee-
brated Count Raousset de Boalbon BY Gen. fanez at
Guayamas The Count it appears, arrived at Guayamas
in small vessel entered the city in disguise and under
an assumed name. He Immediately procured an inter-
view with Of his intimate friends belonging to
French battalion at that place and also conversed with
the soldiers, to the most of whom he was personally
known proposing to them the capture Of the place At
first they turned from his proposition and refused to have
any thing to do with him. advising him to return at once
to San Francisco but he persisted in his efforts and in
the course Of few days had succeeded in gaining the
whole battalion of four hundred troops to his pur
poses He then openly avowed his intentions, and
deayored to treat with Gen. Yanez, demanding of him
certain hostages and the surrender Of the artillery be-
longing to the post This the General refused and the
Count placed himself at the head Of his four hundred
Frenchmen and led them most resoutely to the at
tack After three hours hard fighting he forced to
surrender at discretion with the loss of fifty killed and
great many wounded The loss the part Of the Govern
ment was but fourteen killed few Of his escaped
end succeeded in getting board Of the little barque
that had brought the Count to Guayamas and which i'm
mediateiy set sail.
There has been great rejoicing in Mexico over this VIC
tory amer has been promoted and oil who took part in
the bae have received of honor especially Great
ed for The OCCASION As U the disposition as hns been
msds Of the Count and his followers we have the author
~ OF Santa Annas ocia organ for saying that he
adjudged and executed the 18th utimo and al his
officers were treated in the manner, while the sol
ders to be placed in vessels and back agar
to San Francisco.
Tie news from the South is unimporant. a few small
skTmishes have taken place between the rebels and Gov
ernment troops; but they amount to nothing thar
the killing and wounding Of few both sides Tht
Government continues to all the persons that f
into its naDds, also to burn down all the towns and
villages that suspected of harboring thoughts con-
rary to the welfare Of Santa Anna The whole country
outside of the city Of Mexico to be either in
Of revolution or ready to break out at any moment.
Three hundred troops have been to march from
Monterey against the rebels Victoria in Tamaulpas
Two other towns n Tamaupas which had seconded the
1 plan Of Alvarez have returned to obedience
The decree confscating the property Of all rebels in
be rigidly enforced.
Gen. Minon and Saurez Navarro, lately exiled from
Mexico for political offences have been recalled and
stated to their former rank
The Indians continue to be very troublesome in the de-
partments Of Durango and Nueya Leon but they have
lately been frequently defeated by the troops
The locusts continue their depredaoDs in the southern
portions Of country destroying the crops and making
famine inevitable There great complaint on
Of the scarcity Of corn.
Two notorious scounrels were executed in THE city
| Mexico on the l4.h ultmo for burglary.
Gen. Nonega has surrendered up the command Of the
army in the South account Of lheath and has
tired to Mexico.