The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-18
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THE LATEST FROM ME1fCo.

| THE LATEST FROM MEXICO. ~
The New Orleans papers otaia the details Of the news
from Mexico by the last arrival from vera cruu. Tbs
following letter to the Picayune dated Ut vs Crus tbs
zth Instant furnishes the latest particulars Of sails In
Central Mexico: roiaI ~
The arrival of President JuaFex and cabinet makes Of
this city the provisional sst Of government Of the
pubie aud the said arrival will tead gFeatystp y ooa.o
date aud encourage the Puros throughout the country
yer Cruz is now indeed, stronghold and u sou6 -
the troops and people inside ts walls true to zaeA
the governor force that zuloaga might nise aRNld
prevail against it, True, 1t Is said that Ehcagkuy with
5000 men, will give touch Of his quailfy wtAln =
few days but none Of the knowing ones here believed
will BIC 80 rash =. ~ 4. -.
batteries place defcndod by 400 heavy guns hs
relies trcachery among tho iusiders hel rook0p Nth
out his host If that to be the game, tho ndestcoud
beat him, for they have The modt uonyy, md sy cc
sSsms sS IA SSi spolIs Sss dpSS ~ s x q 2 sse
city Will hold out Snoaid there ~ tssachsys 1son
vows he II retire to the castle with all the fthfn and
leave stone Of tho city standing upon another
And he's the man to do it-CarambAt w ift7v 3nt
d General Gsrza ia still bomharding Thah1Aoo, bat ths
U, s. steamer Fulton is keeping him under wholesome
restraint as regards neutrnh He Is rathor ardent
young inanis General Juan jose de Il GasxA g fiSf
From the interior all " gloomy for tho esrswvsdsss.
Osoo refuses to march without money Minmon hes
III
awful tight place want Of funds sIEss been trying
to sell the Of the custom houses but these
who might purchase would require to be put IN psses
sion there end to all hope In that quarter Every
important port of the republic In the hands o the con-
In short, the only little BIT of good luck ne concern
at the capital has had lately, is tho trsaclssy bs&
the "Gucrrcro' war steamer and bar pNttipg
into Tuspam the only port in the Gulf aqknoyladipg
Zuloaga) with lot OF military stores dcsdsd Un dfS
place for Tampico But zanora prepsrng snu1nhsr Of
gun boats, and with the .Democrata steanr
err will soon make them smell thunder. ~
By way of New Orleans we nave Rso 0fandc advfces
to the LIST inst The reports thar Durango had pes
nounced in favor Of zulosga and agaipst the libe m
Zuloaga The New LeonsSorces were TOD es1Dagooms
pish anything Caravaal was to leave fQs IApeo im-
mediatcly taking with him but few troops Three per
sons at San Luis had been found guilt otGn ito&ss
assassinste Viabr, Gurka, and zsyas ana Msra husg
Information had been received 70 the sR# that q9H,
ris forces under Suassa had iled to make
ON San Luis and consequently r0txBxted 80 The er1sn
also contain Monterey adyices to tho 2l ~ oY1qx
RI army was in fine condition. cnthusiasticaty awaiting
The tamorod approach Of 8 O00 governmont tdbpi Gen.
Henningscn arrived at Monterrey On the l7 uItn E6l
hs
sen, and was rejected by vidAdrrf 'lii 'oh'nisse
The New Orleans Crescent Of tho Ilth nstAzt furnishes
with the subjoned particulars of rcce events In the
interior lcHoneaHsia ri sggsliiniisis n fe .aesE
yidauri with large force from the Htate OF Nueve
Leon, met the Zuoaga troops under General Mramon,
according to letter of the 26th ulmo from the capt.
al,) about leagues from San Luis Potos The
Constutionaliss it is stated, about 390 srgpg,
without artillery, and under the immediate com
mand Of Gen. Zuaxua the forces Of AirafnCh numbered
AkOe sasa, and usre axcnetAeuod hN asu) hcces, ,sG
fought IN the country snoc re war With MS United
States Mramon was completely routed esc1faa thfcf
terrible fire, and entering Sen In. 9 ~ yFc Ms&
der with only ab0at half the force with which 10 went
into battle He lost four pieces Of artillery, his
wagons, and had great number Of man taksu4as9sssg
The number Of slain on either side is not Mentg9edr
News received in the capital on the 30th uno confirmed
the arrival in the vicinity of HAn luis Of Vdadi in per-
son. and he s acting In concert with Degolado, thsr
Joint forces amounting to about s, 900 men. M 4, IA
The inhabitants Of the States Of Zacatecas, Michoacan
and Jasco up in for the constitutoAa parity
and the LIST instant intelligence received tba hi the
former battle fought between the forces under "a
and the Zuloago troops under Mancro Tie hitler
defeated and the greater part of his men t4kon
prisoners The particulars of this affair not very
well known.
ruor was current that force Of eight hundred mon
sailed forth from Sa Luis and met and defeDod
by the constitutionass at hacienda in the nsghbor
hood The latest accounts from vidaurn state that his
troops still remained in tho positions taken immediately
after the battle with Mramon, which had led the esc
forces with terror 1t stated that Dcgollsdo and vi
daurr would march their forces into Jalsco but for
what purpose is not clear. aia- "a {eai4Vaq ell
letter of the 3d instant from the capital says that
the zuoaga has not dollar and the clergy,
make further advancess 1t necessary for Osollos to
march to the relief of San Luis and be refused to stir
step unless supplied with the snews of The Bishop
Of Madrid finally arnngcd the matter by prdnishg 70
pay.him the sun Of $780, 000 on theoSth insn& the
day fixed for his departure. The letter concludes ty
pressing the opinion that ts clerical military misgov
eminent speedily approaches its downfail q faAsFib
According to Ey Prcg~o the troops of zuloagS had
committed many atrocities letter. of the 18th ultS
from Aquascalcntes state that Mramon after his defeat
caused all the disaectsd who fell idto d hands 10 be
shot. E Prrao states. also, that number Of nenl
from Oaaca and Pueba their way to take part In the
defence Of Vera Cruz halted a Cotaxta, exhansted With
travel and of them sick BY chance Cobos at tho
head of band Of reactioniss, upon thss took
them prisoners, and murdered all, or nearly all imme
dhatcy afterwards One Of them, by order of Cobos
repeatedly plunged into tho river and drawn out and
this operation continued until life extinct The
Boi Of Colima ites that the troops Of Mcgia and
Lana committed shtful excesss in GuAdAiajhra while
in possession of that placs q ss u baaaa 81 srill
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