New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-15
MEXICO.

ssscs rem the purser Of the Qasker Cay, confirmed
B, the Prog,es, Of VeIsCruz;
The Up,i.d SAFES mail steamship Quaker City
tsebed at Vera Cruz o, her oot gard passage On ,se
let met 10 laUd tbs Hoo. Robert NJ hcLsne the
Usned Sts;ss hinstsr 70 Mexico, ard brnge ron u =
PIT the folo~ing important pe~s, Tor volcn se are
Indebted TO Nj John A. Diamond, tae courteous
"On the 18Th ult. Gen. Mnanon appeared before
Vera CIpI vi an advance saard o. 3U men, ePPsr
shiy for tbs purpose Of accommodating tDe DC ono'
of the cby-the main body Of the army oeing en-
ssrn.a near NeSehns about inc miles distant Con
,iSe,abIe alarm was felt in the city, snoog the ci
en-, and women and children were ct once aLserred
70 he shipping and the soTsgI m P,s
Se.t Juuez and his officers, no sever, awaited coming
,vsrts Nth cslulDess and confidence .,,,.
1t Immediately became eyldeot 20 the . LIVE VIZ
cs,,,sI' that Vera Cruz was ir a much better con
s,,sop for defepss than be for an atsck, his army
hsyire been very much weakened b7 deserilon sod
Ssuoiabzed by want Of pay and provlsiopsi while,
n. the other hard, the Lilo raj forces were givlog
dsy evidences Of devotion to the cause and Of their
attention 10 defend then city from pilsge ard their
wives from disboDOr.
"An eIpensnoed eye-wi,ness informed that be
.sver "a . troops more aomated-submittng vithou.
a numur to almost eItlrs absence Of pfovllons,
sDs sleeping in the open plaza. unter arnB without
tspts and Almost without clothing.
"It n reported that General Muanon had confident
Nv expected that his appearance you'd io1me
date surrender Of the ctr. Disappointed IN THIS, ne
dispstehsd an ezpedi ION against Aiysrsdo, OF N0
The entire cavalry OF DIS NOonoi N1-
% Nova. its coming, however was anticipated, aod
tine garrison folly prepared. Two gup-boats, also,
which had been sent around from Vera Cruz, opened
upon the advance guard with long 6Ss, which 70
alarmed the gallant Colonel that he and DIS forces
taIpeo and fed most iDgOnOusly.
"Here eIded the loDg.taked. OF expedition against
Vera Cruz. On the 9th ut. this little general,
Who seems 10 have dwiDdlsd away mentally TO
standsYd more nearly equal 10 bis physical proper
Sors broke up bis camp a. Madeline, and, with his
forces much licensed and in sta,e of usubordna-
tier retained toward Mexico, for the purpose las he
ssidj Of chastisiDg the re bells near the capital.
I" Mean while, Generals Ampudis and TTacon OF the
Liberal forces said tO rave fortified themselves IN
his rear ard competent judges denty express the
opinion that he vi never reach Mexico. Ou tbs con.
nsIy they expect that the next mail from the capital
will bling the intelligence Of is surrender, "a, by the
last news. Gen Degollado mad advanced TO Tacubsya
With 900 men, and the city was otherwise already
surrounded by the Liberal forces.
Gen. MTamOn, in his campaign, seems TO have
been completely Outgeperale1, as there lie no doaot
hut that he was deliberately led into his present OIL
ienma by the superior strategy of mis- opponents Az
any rate, his prestige is gone, and the hopes OF the
Cburcb party have fed once more to the gloomy re-
eesses Of their old and dilspidstsd cathedrals.
April I was day Of general rejoicing In Vera
Cruz The troops were relieved from duty ADD Off
eia invitation published for families to retnrn W
their homes, and the gates were once more thrown
open and banicades thrown down. The market was
again supplied and all hands were having good time
generally.
Vera Cruz, under salute from MeXlcsn battery, ana
also from the United States boop-of-Tar Savannah, at
SacrfoOs but more particularly greeted oy the en-
thusb Of the citizens, who out IN great num-
bers u receive him on the Mole.
"Daripg the siege, ard when provisions OF every
hind lad become very scaice, Mr. La Ssre resident
Of the LouisisIa TebusDiepec Company, at that tins
in the city, dispatched the Company steamer Jasper,
q bis own co.t to Alvarsdo to bring down very
tine " supply which service, the PrOgTeso says, has
muc enoe ared MIN 10 tue Vera Cruzans.
"While Gen. Mrsmon was at aecelne, deputa-
hos nom The Er glsh and French forces waited upon
him 90 know if the property belonging to citizens OF
their respective countries 10 be- protected 10 case
Il bornbardment and capture. Tbs reply is said to
have been very unsatisfactory, and would have been
view Of Gen. Robes who seems TO have been con-
SANITY called upon to act the gentleman Tor tue adora
bic }eoth' ,.u,. II ho rrn,oa s,.t.s e-.,te s,vsn.
nah acted throughout With great discretion aud pru.
ence tivipg to mis- couDIymep ali the protection and
assistance they needed and at the same time abstain
ing from any entargiDg alliances Win foreign
"fbe Spanish mail steamer Mexico from Havana,
brought quite large number OF passengers who had
fsy expected TO find Vera Cruz in the possession OF
NnsmOn. They were OF course disappointed, ana re-
Turned without landing.
"Tbe shipping had anchored again under the Cas-
lie. During the excitement tney were ordered TO sac
rihcos as the authorities had determined to take to
the fort In the of the capture Of the city and
thus COZ tinue the war TO the bitter end
"ThIough the influence of the Hon. f. La Sere,
cOncetrlOQB
MADE in the charter Of the Louisiana rehusntepec
Company. Among them is the grant OF large qusn-
tty OF public lands the borders of tue COazacoa
Coz River and the line Of the railroad Mr. La Sere
was IN Vera Cruz continuing his negotiations, and
would SAIL per Tennessee, on the 9th, Tor New
Orleans.
Al SACRIFICES were anchored the United States
friRate Savannah, French frgate Csopstre, French
st.,amer Lu sifer, French brig Mnerve British steam
or. Tartar Devastation Jasper, British sloop Arahne,
Spanish frgste Berengues, Spanish steamer Isabel Ia
Cathohcs, Spanish brig Valds.
{" In port, the following vesseis; American bsrks
ilrfeo loading for New York, and Fiash, to sail for
Nsw-York; American schooner Potomac, from New
Orleans ard chartered for Mnatitlan, to losd With
mat ogapy for NeR-lork."
The fss Of The ProgTeso, the Juarez organ at
Vera Cruz received by the Quaker City reach TO the
LIST in ct. These papers fully confirm the acc pants
above given Of the failure Of Mlrsmons expedition
aeanst Veru Cruz the defeat Of his forces at AvaIa-
DO and his retreat toward the City Of Mexico. Ire
"Mnamon has fed in terror from our walls, but he
cannot quit the State of Vera Cruz without suffering
terrible oss."
Many persons who had fec to SACRIFICES, Mira
mons approach, had returned, and the city had re-
sumed it's wonted tranquility.
At Jalapa which ia in the power OF the Ltber-
se many deserters from the reactionary forces had
presented themselves.
tsiely BY the 0rizsbe road, his ranks being daily
thinned by desertion.
Thirty three psrtissns OF Miramon had arrived from
Havana by the Spanish steamship Mexico, fully eX-
pecipg 10 meet a Triumphant leader. Disappointed
IN this they landed at MOcambo not being wuieg TO
trust themselves in Vera Cruz. They sfterEard
reSmbarked, together with Msrin, Holznger and
other reactionaIy ohiets and left the country 10 dis
gust.
Il was stated that Miramon had lost ff.h Of bis