The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-27

! From MEx1co.-We extract the following
! important news from The Picayune ofthe 10TH:
/ The schooner Major Barbour arrived last eve
ming We have adyices from Vera Cruz to
the 9th. The English steamer Solent arrived
from Vera Cruz on the 10th, and brings the
important news of the total defeat of the Amer
/ lean invaders under Crabb, near the town OF
Caboroa The fillibusteros fought hard, but
were orerpowered by superior numbers. Crabb
and sixty Of his companions were taken prs
oners, and were to be shot in few days. The
battle was fought on the 9th ult. The Next
can forces were under the command OF the gov
ernor of the State, senior Pesquera. In con-
sequence of the signal triumph of the Mexican
arms, great rejocings were being INDUCED IN
by natives in different parts of the republic, and
the news find an echo here in Cuba where
the defeat of the Yankees is looked upon as
another evidence of the loss OF our prestige.
The Mexicans paid dearly for their victory,
having lost large number of officers and men
! President Comonfort had issued orders for the
prisoners to be brought to Mexico Tor trial,
doubtless with the humane wish OF yylng to
save their lives.
On the 29th formidable conspiracy against
the life of Comonfort was discovered and the
ringleaders arrested. The two principal ones
were Ocolos and Nogueira, both under I'M
mense obligations to the president fog their ac-
tual positions in the army Their plan was to
seize on the person of Comonfort and then at
tack the palace-Nogueira having engaged to
perform the first part of the plan the night he
was arrested, as he was the officer OF the guard
Both conspirators are undergoing their trial,
and it is currently reported that they would be
beheaded Order had been completely re-
established at Lagos, and the troops under
Nunez, that had left Guadalajara for that pur-
pose, were sent back again, as all signs OF dis,
content were removed. General Alfaro had
not been captured since his flight from Mato'
heula Comonfort had issued orders to the dit
ferent military commanders for his arrest. Sc
nor Ignocio Aguilar, one of Santa Annals ex-
ministers, had escaped from the prison. Many
important arrests of priests and officers had
been made in consequence of the attempt on
| Comonfort's life. .... ....
Our usual Mexican mail, by the major Bar
bour, came to hand this morning. Our files
from the capitol are to the morning Of the 9Th
inst.-four days later.
/ We are still, however, withoutpositiye intel
lieence as to the fate of the unfortunate prls-
oners in Sonora. Indeed, if the news brought
by the passengers of the Barbour only reached
the city of Mexico on the 5th, our files, which
are only to the morning of that day, could make
no mention of it. So we are still permitted to
hope for the best, though We are bound to con-
fess to fears OF the worst. 1t will be seen here
that our Havana correspondent learns by the
English steamer, that the prisoners were all TO
be taken to the capitol for trial. If this be true
it is possible their lives may still be saved.
The papers, however, confirm to the fullest
extent, the general result of the expedition as
before stated, the attack upon the tililbusteros
then in possession of the village Of Caborca,
on the lst ult, in which Capt. Crabb was
wounded, and eight of his men killed. Their
subsequent four days siege, during which the
Senorians were numerously reinforced. The
second attack, on the 9th, when the two houses
in which Crabb was besieged, were fired, ex-
ploding two barrels of gunpowder by which
many were killed and wounded; thelr final sur
render, SO in number, at discretion; and the
eport that they were to be shot on the 9Th.
The engagements both on the 1st and 9Th
were severe and bloody, the Sonorians also
suffering great loss, especially of officers, which
left them at the close of the first day almost
without command.
Accounts vary both as to the number of fl
libusteros and of the Sonorlans according
to one report, the former had $50 men in all,
which deducting the So prisoners and IA tugl-
tives would make the number of the dead 70.
There was a party Of 25 in the vicinity near
Tubutana, who advancing at the time had no
part in the engagement. It is stated that 1
Of these are taken, and at last accounts the re-
naming ID were hotly pursued.
The force of the Sonorlans on the 1st is es-
timated at $50 to 800 men; on the last day with
reinforcements at 800.
Touching the expedition by sea, designed
to cooperate with that by land, letters have
been received at the capitol from Hennosille;
dated March 80, which stated that 500 fllibus-
teros had landed at Lobos, two leagues from
Guaymas 1t was added that great disaffec-
ton existed among them, and that twenty of
them had deserted, and presented themselves
to the American consul at that port, who turn
ed them over to the authorities. They repre-
scented that they had no intention of making
war upon Mexico, and that they had been de-
ceved as to the object Of the expedition.
The parties concerned in the conspiracy
against the life of the president have been put
on trial Nogueita is said to have made i'm
portant revelations, and to have confessed the
authorship Of the letter, whose accidental dis
coYery brought to light the whole plot. He
was one Of the most intimate friends of the
president, and enjoyed seat at his table.
Gen. Ghilardi, who is an Italian by birth,
has resigned his commission and gone TO Eu
rope.
A revolutionary movement has been dis
covered and suppressed in the State of Jalisco.
A pamphlet has made its appearance at the
capitol, where it has attracted much attention,
on the much discussed rights of the church.
The suppression of several religious orders is
rumored.
The latest Mexican journals do not anticipate
actual hostilties with Spain.
The difficulty with the British government
growing out of the celebrated Barron question,
approaches it's final determination. According
to an agreement between the foreign depart
ment and the British government, it was to be
submitted to the arbitration of the supreme
court, before which Senior Dogellado was to ap-
pear on the 9Th. Senior Elguero would appear
in behalf the legation, and the accusedin bis
own behalf
The struggle between the civil and ecclesias