The Washington union., 1857-05-23
ADDITIONAL INTELLIGENCE FROM MEXICO
THE FIiIdBUsTER EXPEDITION TO SONORA.

THE FIiIIBUsTER EXPEDITION TO SONORA.
We copy the following from the New Orleans Picayune
oi the 18th instant
rnr usual Mexican mail, by the Major Barbour came
10 hand this morning Our files from the capital to
the morning OF the 5th instant-four days later
We are still however without positive intelligence
10 the fe o. the unfortunate prisoners in Sonora In
dr. If the news brought by the passengers of the Major
Barbour only reached the city of Mexico the 5th,
files which are only to the morning OF that day, could
make no mention Of it. So we are still permitted TO
hone for the best though confess 70 fears of the worst
II win be seen here that our Havana correspondent learns
by the English steamer thai the prisoners were all to be
taken to the capital for trial Ii this be true, it Is posi-
bic their lives may still be saved
The papers however confirm to the fullest extent the
general result OF the expedition before stated; the at
tack upon the ibuser then in possession of the village
of Caborca on the LIST ul in which Captain Crabb
wounded and eight of his killed their subsequent
four DAYS siege during which the Sonorians nucr-
ousy reinforced the second attack, the 9th, when
the two houses in which Crabb besieged fired
exploding two barrels of powder by which many were
killed and wounded their final surrender 80 in number
discretion and the report that they were to be shot
on the 9th.
The engagements both on the LIST and the 9Th
we're and bloody the Sonorans also suffering great loss
especially Of officers which left them at the close OF the
first day almost without command
Accounts vary both to the number of the busters
and Of the Sonorians According to report the for
prisoners and Ii fugitives would make the number of
the dead TO- There party of rs in the vicinity
Tubutana who, advancing at the time had no part
in the engagement 1t is stated that ii Of these were
aken and at the last accounts the remaining ii were
hotly pursued.
The force OF the Sonorians the LIST is estimated at
$50 to 300 the last day, with reinfcrcemens,
at 700.
Touching the expedition by sea- designed to cooperate
with that by land letters have been received at the cap
m from HermosiIlo dated March so, which stated that
500 flbusters had landed at Lobos, two leagues from
Guaymas 1t added that great dsaffection existed
among them and that 20 had deserted and presented
themselves TO the American consul at that port, who
turned them to the authorities They represented
TINT they had intention Of making upon Mexico,
and that they had been deceived to the object Of the
expedition.
The same letters state that five hundred more fill
busters have made their way into Arizona, and were
amped in the region of Tucson
Letters had been received from Gen. Yanez which
state that the receipt of the of the rout OF the
flbustes he had suspended his march towards Sonora
He had however, sent renforcemcnts and munitions
Of war by sea.
The parties concerned in the conspiracy against the life
Of the President have been put upon their trial The
plot was to seize his person at night, at the palace
work to be performed by Nogueira, captain Of the guard
who was indeed the head OF the conspiracy. He s said
to have made important revelations and to have confessed
the authorship Of the letter whose accidental discovery
brought TO light the whole plot He was one of the
most intimate friends of the President and enjoyed seat
at his table The greater part of the other consprators
have been committed to prison 0sollos the first arrest
ed has been put in the most rigorous confinement.
Gen. Ghlard who is an italian by BIRTH has resigned
his commission, and returned to Europe. Don Guerra
has been arrested at Pucbla for having concealed in his
house fifteen muskets and white flag with red cross
in the centre
@norS Monies, Arroia and Payno have recently been
appointed ministers to Rome Berlin and Brussels They
were to have departed for their posts on the 2d.
revolutionary movement has been discovered and
suppressed in the State of Jalisco.
pamphlet has made its appearance at the capital
Where has attracted much attention, the uchdis
cussed rights of the church The suppression of several
religious orders il rmored
The latest Mexican journals do not anticipate actual
hostilities with Spain.
THE Pcayune also states the authority Of passen
seS by the Major Barbour that the prisoners taken
oaoorca on the 9Th inst sxtyve in number and among
them Capt Crabb had all been shot, and that the gov
ernment the lookout for other parties of the fill
buster band" This statement would seem to need con
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