New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-20

De.va .g. IA, of miners. followed by others.
e"n un stsrting for the unexplored fields few OF
~. number had been sent up IN the ftst instance
tlen a.rcct. aud returned with such glowing ac'
r,s that thousands at once started, abanionlng
ceu,t,, ce',a;r.s" and everything else ia California.
C1I steptoe's official report agrees IN the
~; the pubisbed statements OF bis night
A:,h the Indians, but there Is decided impression
~ ,hst he committed serious error IN yentaring
;r,o ,he enem,'s country with so sinal iorce ana
nnIy AZ rmpds Of ammunition, and especsiy atter
he had been warned Of the :" vac iu'
5;,n 10 foht OF course, be dl1ed tnese rep
-n-nD,stons and supposed they we're desgned to
it',,.;Ss,a him and be paid the penalty OF that un
I.ef " 18th the loss Of Desry one'sixtn OF MS "noe
.ommsnd The rest were saved aifer runniug lhe
.un,let by the aid Of friendly Indians, who ferried
Them across the river and thus saved them from
tbs;r nursuers The retreat is piraded As great
,;rtsrx achievement, when II simply involved the
most desperate use Of horse hesh to escape the
hands Of exasperuted savsges. They rushed over
eyer inch Of The ground for ninety miles, anf the
exhausted soldiers cropped down on mother earth
for rest wien they bad crossed The stream whlch
stopp.d pursuit Some des may be formed OF The
narir vbjch prev aied from fact stated ia PRIV ie
le,tey, here that several Of the soldiers dropped
from their horses uLder the terror INSPIRED Oy tne
yyar.w hoops at the engagement
The hostile Indians are h brave aud stdWdrt race
and well trained to arms, most ot them having seen
service in the HudsOns Bay Company. Iher c0nr-
ape ard skill were shown iu charging a battery IN
military order which had been placed ou and "as
,,ork,no from hill This succe,s viii necessarily
encourage other trbes which have hitherto been
neutral and the prospect is that We are fast EN-
barking upon a pTOtrccted aud costly war which
Wil deplete the Treasury fast as 1t can be fuel
from he ordinary revenues.
Gen Lsue and Gov. Stevens are both heIe, and
urge the President to authorize the calling out OF
-, .lst a al
Transporting Iaw recruits from the Atlantic, who
Hi not be fit for seryice in thre- mouths. lie has
lot vet decided. and will not be IN q hurry. Meao-
time several companies Oi f'gGlHrs are u be- sent
by yay OF P,nsma. and au order has gone dlverting
= portion of the re"norcemeDts tor utah 10 thls SER
vice. They want Gen. Haroey to take the c"m-
,nsnd. or falling fin. Col Mansfield Il is pretty
certain that Col SteptOe Gil be court nariialet.
fbouoh no sctlon Will bc taken until the return OF
tIe Secretary of War Beside the want Of amnu-
,it;on Steptoe- force was provided with poor guns.
70 obyate this difficulty, supply OF Sharps riles
has been ordered.
CO. Denver has no idea OF gsing up his post, and
never had He came here other business en-
tirely, and will return to Kausss on Tuesday to be
present at the election on the % ct August
IL Is difficult TO keep pace With tde changes OF
purpose in the Administration. The other day it
vas DE- cided to instruct Mr. Forsyth that the Prn-
rpie Of resisting the e raordoary tax was approved
by the Pres dent, though upon wholly different
grounds from those which he assumed in treating 1t
as "forced loan. aud ordering him to keep quet.
All a. once q person named Garcia turns up, With
dispatches from Mr. Forsyth, representing that the
Government of Iuloaga could Lot stand "A month-
that il wss beset all sdes, and that condition
Of anarchy prevailed. a special messenger, who
was ready 10 start on "Wednesday with dispatches,
Was detained half day, and then 1t was deter
mined, in view of ,hese facts and Others, to inform
MFR. FORSYTH that a steamer would be sent 10 Vera
Cruz. TO convey himself and family and the Lega-
tion out of the county This was precisely what
be did not want, because in previous dispatch he
informed the Government that a'ter MS CORE
spondence in regard 10 the 'tofced loan he Thought
of asking his passports, but. on reflection, bad
tboncbt il best for him to remain la the country
though in state of suspended diplomatic hIer
course. The truth is the President wanted to get
rid OF him. sn0 tbls chance WAS selZed as not oehg
offensive to his amour proPre. Everybody KNOWS
The mission was rendered 10 Mr. BenIamln long ago.
These proceedings will not disturb the present
relations of the two Governments, aud may net
hereafter. uoless the President should discover
coed chance Of making stroke OF pohcy. lie Is
now in n position to take auy chance that Oilers,
and will keep it, waiting developments ID Mexico.
Mr. FORSYTH has not only openly synpsthlzed win
the revolutiouists, but he advised the so-called
Americans to resist the payment OF the tax IN sucna
manner as to compel their expulsion, thus intending
40 provoke collision if possible, bctwcel the two
Governments And what is most extraordinary ln
one OF his dispatches i'll regard to the forced loan
ne admits that it was necessary to sustain the
Government though the decree might have been
made in a form which would have prevented exceP
tion being taken; and he concluded by regrettiug
that he had interposed any objection whatever
because the treatment which he had received at the
hands ofZuloaga such that, 1t 1t had oeen prac-
fced by his predecessors, no difference could have
occurred in the relations of the two Governments
These we're his opinions at the start, but toward
the close he was anxious to get the unenvlabe not0-
riety of being dismissed by the Mexican Govern-
meIt 30 as to return home with that peculiar eclat
for Buncombe. Mr. Buchanan has either accident
ally or willfully taken the wind out efhls sail.
This Garcia, who brought Mr.. Forsyths last dis
patches Is pretty notorious IN Mexico anu mas oetu
through some Of their Courts. 1t ls manliest tnat
the accounts which be stopped to give III Charles
fon are GROSS exaggeratioas One of them is a
.ssmple of an the rest. He stated that Mr.. Sdne7
Coolidge was imprisoned, snd aiterward liberated
by the Intervention Of Mr. Forsyth Mr.. Coolidge
was captured with BODY of Revolu'ionlsts at
Orizars, with whom he wac acting, and Imprisoned,
hut VAS relea.e ed as soon a. the Mexican Minister
here could communicate with his Government.
Garcia aud Nigel another worthy, are not Precisey
American names During all these intestine wars,
the surveying party of Major Talcott have been
engaged in the prosecution OF their work ior al
intended railroad along tie whole line of disturb.
,pces from Vera Cruz 10 the City of Mexico, and
without ever having been disturbed by either side
This is the best answer 70 all the false charges OF
hostility TO Americans Young MIR. Coolidge, VINO
was attached to this expedition, was The only one
who became in any wise complicated aud he under
An impulse of enthusiasm, which may be easily
understood. lNDEN.
Corfesrondenoe Of The Pb;,sesrln Press