New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-03
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MEXICO.

es rather odd appendix to the pretty lt'e speech
which President Buchanan delivered the otnei daJ
when be recognized Seior Mata Is the representa-
five &c the MEXICAN Government Senior Msta has
been cooling his heels for some time past at WASH
inVtop AZ the Minister Of Juarez. The President
based the recognition finally granted to him on the
ground that before recognizing Government, we a.
WAYS wait TO ascertain that if capable Of maintain
ing itself and is recognized by the people; and said
that being at length satisfied upon these points ne
took pleasure in yielding to the sympa'hes which
he and the people of the United States had al slong
felt for the Mexican Constitutional In spite OF
these symps,hes, President Buchanan, out regard
10 the traditional policy of the Government mad
DELAYED for some fifteen months to recognize
Jualez, and if il be any object TO maintain that
policy il, is pity that he had not waited st least
one mail longer since, 30 far we can Judge, the
Constitutional Government has as little strength
to day as at any time since Jnarez succeeded to a
nominal Presidency. So far from obtaining pos
session Of the City of Mexico, as the President ex-
pected when be recognized SeEor Mata, the Con
sttutionalis.s have suffered another very serious
defeat, aud there is quite as much reason no" Tor
expecting MiIamon to crush Juarez as there was
when Senior Mata's recognition took place. for eI-
pecting that the Constitutionalists might crush
MirsmOn.
The only accounts we have yet received OF the
rout Of the Constitutional arIny which had be-
sieced Mexico, come from the correspondents OF
the New.Orleans papers, whose statements, be-
tween yexation on the one hand and their sympa-
thes for the defeated party on the other are father
confused Degollado, it viii be recoilected,
arrived at Tacubsys, near the City of Mexico, on
the 22d of March, and was stated to have brought
with him All army OF nine or ten thousand men,
half of them good troops-but these were mostly
riaemen Having been repu!sed in au attempt TO
enter the city, he remained quiet, either not know
ing what to do, or expecting some movement within
the city in his favor; nor far rs appears did he
make the least effort to prevent the entrance into
the city Of the troops called from all the neghbor-
ing garrsops; ana iu fact from all the points held
BY the Church party out of Mexico. Upon
the arrival Of General Marquee from Guadalajara
with thousand veteran troops, principally artillery,
the besieged resolved to turn the tables on Dcgol-
lado and to attack in their turn. his attack was
made on the 18th by five thousand picked men and
forty pieces of artillery. All the irregular part OF
Degollados force is said to have run of without
firing gun, leaving Degoado's regular troops,
whom this statement reduces 10 three thousand
men, 10 fight the battle. The courage and skill OF
these men is loudly ext0lled, and We are assured
that for every one of their number killed they
killed at least dozen on the other side-a supe-
riority which is ascribed 70 their skill as ritlemen.
How il happened that, with all this they
were beaten, is not clearly explained: yet,
after three hours fight, beaten they
certainly were. Our correspondent describes the
the rout as total, and dwels upon fearful havoc
said to have been made among the wounded oy the
cavalry of Marquee, who, it is alleged, spared
none According to another account, the COnst
tutonalists, though forced to retreat, carried oil
with them nearly all their sick and wounded, hay
ing inflicted in the battle much greater loss than
they themselves suffered, which is stated to have
been only two hundred The defeat, as usual, is
ascribed to treachery, and it is alleged that only
two officers on the COnstut onalist side did their
duty Degollado is stated to have gone back
to Morea, from which State he came; but it is
alleged that part of his troops remain within sixty
miles Of the city, and may yet come back Another
equally improbable story is, tina. Generals Ampu-
dia and Lave, who failed to intercept the return
of Miramon, have followed him up and have en-
tered the Valley of Mexico.
Just as the victory of Marquee was achieved,
Miramon entered the city, and was followed day
tu.o ftarh y IN IN nit al ~ A
service in which it had been engaged, is stated to
have come back in good order He seems to have
resumed the exercise of authority with great vgor
In addition to bis protest against recognition Of
the Jusrez Government, and his dismissal OF our
Consul, Mr Black, he is said to have levied new
contribution of half million of dollars-$200 900
on the clergy and $500, 900 on the citzens-and to
have sent of forces in different directions to
occupy Guanajuato, San Luis, and other places,
from which the gsrrisons were withdrawn for the
rescue OF the City of Mexico
The recognition of the Jusrez Government by
Mr.. McLane appears to have quite failed OF any
effect outside the walls of that city. He himself
was said 10 be- about to leave for Jalapa, there to
wait events. Vera Cruz still remains in q state Of
siege The report of a demand made upon the
Custom-House by the English squadron for mil
lion and half of dollars. to pay English claims,
receives countensnce from circular lately issued
by Mr.. Olway, the British Minister This docu-
ment, dated April 4th, aud addressed apparently TO
English claimants aud merchants, declares that the
British Government, wearied out by their frultless
efforts 70 obtain from the socalled Central Govern
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