Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-26
The Mexioan rmbrogiio.


thern frontier. growing out of the affairs tina
have occurred On ne Rio Grande. together with
the late naval engagement in the Gulf Of Mexico
Il appears that on the 9th Of March, The siege
of Vera crus was commenced by Miramon. ti.e
leader Of the Church party in Mexic" with n
force Raging. it Is said. from six 10 eigh, thou
sand men. The next day thereafter. two steam
ers. showing no colars. appeared before the city.
The u. States steamers. Saratoga. lndanola anu
Wave, then went in quest Of The strange scamers,
one Of which moved Cd. when n shot was fired
from the American side to bring her to- This
signal va. answered by shut from one of the
strange vessels. accompanied by yolley OF gus
kerry. The Saratoga then returned a broadside
and tie action became general. Victory perched
upeu'the American banner, aud General Mira
mons yessels.-for snch they proved to be.-werc
taken possesson Of by the commander oil the
American feet. The action Of the officer com
mandins uur Gulf Squadron in the laie affair.
will doubtless be yariou,ly commented m; and,
perhaps, condemned initiating hostilties, aud
unnecessarily involving this sovernmen'--,n what
the government itself has maniie,ted procltviiy
for,-~ith the feuds Of unhappy Mexico.
porunities If the President l., conge =. 10 be III.
vested with authority to exercise a "proleeterate'
over our neigbb1ring Rep ie; we arc ntyrrthe.
less. induced to believe ftgt fortune has placed
the much coveted boon within his reach effect
ualy If Congress had granted his desire.
The Mexican party, in this case were clearly in
theuwr ong, aud the vessels talling wthast ealors
we're liable TO be oyerhnulnd and taken JUDGED.
it is well known that they cleared Mt Havana rs
merchantmen. and hoisled The Mexican flag enly
atcr they left tina, port. 1t is uncertain, there.
fore, how far Spain may be implicated in this ,io-
lation OF the neutrality laws, and whether or not
she is obnoxious to the charge of having know
ingtv aided and abetted In This affair |. j. hare
ly possible that her authorities Mt Havana were
deceived in tho character Of ihc vessels fitted out
at her port for hostile expedition against the de
.fdcto government OF Mexico whilst it is more
than probable that, Ms the symnathies of SPAN
are with the Church party. represented by Mi
ramon; shc conniyed Mt the affair II il highly
probable. therefore. that this circumstance mns he
the OCCASION IT rupture between SPAN aud tho
United States whereby the latter will seize cubn
as indemnity for the past and security for The fu
ture.' l. is well known that the Presidents
heart has long been set on this measure, winch hc
would regard rs the browning glory OF his Admit
nistration. hitherto So barred of results, - aud n
very slight tension Of the celebrated Monroe lec
trinc u. which he is an earnest advocacy. would
cover and Justify the seizure Of the Gem Of the
Antilles" Improbable rs this result may appear,
we should look for its contamination sooner than
for war with Mexico.
Our government, has, NIL along. manifested sym.
pathy with the Juarez faction. which II has treat
ed with and recognized rs the government dc fac.
TO; aud We have no huht that il will fully Justify
the conduct Of our Ulcers IN the Gulf III laking
Miramon's vessels Upon this subject. the usual.
ly well Informed Washington correspondent of tho
Baltimore San holds hc following:
"The orders known to have been given to our
squadron IN the Gull would justify the seizure OF
the war .teames ii they employed Tor
purposes inimlcal tihe interests Of cit gems OF the
I'M ed States residing trading with tho
Mexican ports. The Government views that Of
Mrsm"n Us insurrectionary and Marns expedl-
tim. wifh the two war steamers. have been pro.
n unced by the Juarez Government us pira,ieal
The rrpulse OF Miramon from Vera Cruz, and the
loss Of the war steamers-lor both have been taken
and the appearance Of the United States ~ II
bei'gesent party. will probably tend much to
strengthen the Liberals
We have still later intelligence from Mexico, by
telegraph, going to prove that the war is probably
near its end. and that the Jnarez. or liberal par
ty. have trumphed. Our dispatch in Saturdays
paper, stated that Miramon had not only alan
doned the siege Of Vera Cruz, but, having been
deserted by his troops, and had his eommunlca.
ton with the interior entirely cut af he had ile1
and taken refuge on board the French fleet. The
Juasez government will, therefore be confirmed
in pow and may feel largely indebted to the Ia.
tied States, not only for the eympathy manifested
with it. bat for the friendly service recently rem
deied before Vera Cruz in taking Miramon's YES.
sells, aud thus cutting off his supplies.
Taking this common view of the subject,
1t can scarcely be anticipated that Juarex will be
inclined to hold the United States to an nccounta.
bility, that, under other circumstances might
plunge the two countries into war
The Baltimore Convention.