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IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.

IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
BOmbardment Of Vera CruZ-TerribIe Assault
upon the City-The Morning After the I;at-
ue-TwO Thousand Five Hundred People
in the Castle.
[Fr0nl the Nelo Orleans Picau,ne March 2S.1
By the steamer Wave, which arrived at Ber-
wick's Bay yesterday morning, we have late and
important news from Mexico. The Wave left Vera
Cruz the morning of the 22d inst. and brings
passengers Col. Jose Oropesa, Sr. d. Rafael Con
zalez Pasz and Francisco Xavier Rodrillas. Col.
Oropesa is the special agent of the Minister of War
at Vera Cruz, and comes hither for the purpose of
obtaining supplies of ammunition, for the con-
tinued defence of the city. The passengers came
up to the city last night, and from them we obtain
the very latest news from Vera Cruz The excl
ting events of the six days. from the evening of the
18th to the evening of the 2lst will be found fully
detailed IN our special correspondence. We learn,
In addition, from Col Oropesa that when they sail
ed out OF the port OF Vera Cruz the morning ofthe
I'D, nothing whatever was TO be seen of the be-
sieging army. All the troops had been ordered
away, the munitions of war removed and the bat
teries even taken up, both from the Medano del
Perro and Campo Santo. Nothing, indeed
had been seen of Miramons army since the after
noon of the preceding day, when detachment of
some 200 men disappeared at or near Casa Mata.
Col. OrOpesa thinks there is doubt Miramon
has abandoned the siege for good and gone back to
the city of Mexico, or in that direction. Heis GER
tain he could not have gone to Alvarado. The
universally attributed cause of this sudden aban-
donment of the siege is the failure of ammunition,
and 1T may yet turn out to be the that the be-
sleging army has only temporarily retired. This,
at all events is to be remarked that at the village
OF Medellin, the most convenient place of retire
ment, they would be out of sight of the city. We
learn from Col. Oropesa, that the damage done to
the city by the bombardment is yery great but
that it will fall most heavily upon the property of
the friends of the besegers. The people who to
the number of two or three thousand, old men,
women and children, took refuge in the castle dur
ing the bOmbardment, had not returned to the city
TUha ol laff
however, to do so. The special mission of the
Wave hither we understand is to procure fresh
supply OF ammunition, powder particularly, and
Col. Oropesa comes with full powers, as the agent
OF the Juarez Government, to make the purchases
We do not learn, however, that there is as yet any
scarcity of powder, shells or ammunition of
any kind at Vera Cruz. The city is
also well provided with good provisions daily
brought ia from the neighboriug coast. We have
been permitted to see a number of private letters
from members of the Government at Vera Cruz
They all write in good spirits, and express the most
perfect confidence in their ability to make good the
defence of the city, in any case.
Special Correspondence Of the PicaytneJ
VERA Cruz, March I9, 1860
Thursday afternoon, the 18th inst, (date of nv
last,) the bombardment of the city recommended
with far more fury than ever before. At intervals
all night the enemy were throwing bombs into
town; and again on the morning of the 10th, there
was sharp cannonading on both sides, and during
the night of the same, the enemy continued throw
ing bombs. At 81 o'clock on the morning of the
18th, Miramon made an attack on the city, firing
musketry and two feld-pieces. The point of attack
was at the barracks of the Merced, near the Ala
media, but he was very quickly repulsed, as some
thirty cannon and two thousand pieces of musketry
were brought to bear on the enemy. The firing in
this attack and repulse lasted only about 25 min
utes, when everything became suddenly as silent as
death, with only, now and then, the firing into the
to own of bombs This sight, in the shades of dark
ness, was excitngly magnificent; it an unceas-
ing flash of brilliant light from the booming of the
heavy cannon and firing of the musketry along
the whole lines of the forts, from the Santiago
on the southeast to the Gemelos fort, on the
west. On this side, | am happy to inform you
there were no lives lost in the attack in the
night; however, there were four persons wounded
and one killed from the effects of bomb. After
the rising of the sum- scouts sent out to exam
inc the ground where the enemy was, and six dead
bodies were picked up; also, the foot and boot of
person supposed to be officer, but signs of
blood were discovered in every direction, and it is
supposed that great many were wounded At
about half-past six clock the morning of the 17th
the cannonadng and bombardment were again re-
sHmed in most terrific manner, and kept ND for
about two hours, during which only five poor
women and two children were wounded, which was
from the bursting of bomb. Up to the present
writing, am happy to say that there is not much
loss of life, but great destruction of houses. The
most of the women and children have been removed
from the city to the vessels in the harbor, and to
the castle of San Juan de Ulua. The latter place
has now some $500 of them.
VERA Cruz, March 2l-3 p. M-Changes come
so thick and fast that it is almost impossible to
keep up with them. l have now to inform YOU
that Miramon is in the act, at this momen of
packing up, and breaking up his camp, and this
now clearly accounts for the supposed new battery
discovered yesterday. 1t was blind to induce the
beseged to think he was renewing his efforts
against the city, while he, in the meantime,
was preparing to be off. Thus ends the lombard
ment of Vera Cruz, with terrible destruction of
property from the effects of the fourteennch NOR
tars 1t will take months to repair, rebuild and
put the town in the condition it before. | re-
gard this failure Of Miramon's as the beginning of
the end OF his reign, lift not already consU uma
ted. We hope shortly to find out his whereabouts
To-day is the birthday of President Juarez, which
will be celebrated by the firing of twenty-one guns
from each of the forts which have so nobly defend
ed the city, and also from the Castle of San Juan
de Ulua. What glorious day this having the
double object of celebrating the birthday of the
President of the Liberal cause, and the defeat of
the Reactionary party. When rejecting on this
grand result, too much credit cannot be given to
the independent action of our gallant naval officers
on this station. The use of their wise discretion
in the absence OF orders from our Government, or
its diatory action, has been the means of saving
the Liberal cause in Mexico. Miramon made his
appearance before the city on the 4th inst, which
makes seventeen days that the city was besieged,
out of which, the latter six days. there was gene
raj cannOnading and bombardment. The losses on
desertions, deaths, apd wounded.
From truly yours, A. A.
LATEST FROM THE CAPITAL-EXPULsION OF ALL AMERI-
CAN oITIzENs-coNFIsCATIoN OF AMERICAN PROPERTY.
Especial correspondence Of the Picayunel
VERA Cruz, March 2l-4 2. NJ.
An express has just arrived from the city Of Mex
leo, with dates to the 18th inst, which brings in
teigence, that on the receipt of the news of the
taking OF Marin by the U. 5. s. Saratoga, Mira
mon sent to the capital Immediately ordering CO.
roma to issue decree to cOnfscate the properly of
all Americans and order them out of tn country
This act of sweeping barbarism requires no com
ment, and leave it for the American public and
our Government to digest. Capt. Aldham, of H. L.
b. M. 5. Valorous, has written to Mramon this
morning, protesting very strongly against his wan
ton and inhuman destruction of English property
and innocent life. This, l think, will quickly fix
the determination of the English Government to
acknowledge the government of the Liberalists.
A. C.. A.
ANOTHER MIDNIGHT MEETING IN LONDON.
From a London Paper
On Tuesday night, second midnight meeting
took place in st. James Hall, convened by the
promoters of the former one, for the purpose of
advancing the work of restoring the fallen women
of the metropolis, and for awakening spirit of
inquiry, such as WOuld enable these unfortunate