The sun., 1862-01-03
THE INVASION OF MEXICO.
Attack of the Allied Expedition.
OCCUPATION or VERA CRuZ ny TuK
SPANISH.
San Juan D'UllOa Captured.


W. tran late the following for the SuH:
BY tho arrival It the rtcamthip Csi lunb's,
from llNvarn yesterday morning va are fur
srvl with our Havana papers to the zsth Of
tC,mbcr.
1hcy cou'rin the important news or the 90
upti II Of Vera Cruz by tho Spanish which
I'll, rcnco was brought TO Havana on the 1Stk
y the steamer funCis Of Assis.
To DiNEIo DE "a MARINA, In announcing
tho event says: The city Of Vera Cruz Ia in
our power, ard the pennOn of Castillo waves
over tho fort Of san Juan do Ulloa and tho pub
lac cdiccs Of The town. Thus is taken tho nrxt
step towards the regeneration " the deEradea
,dsgrdriI'io) Repullic Of Mexico
TIE Spanish expedition which left Havans
on the 9th, consisted Of tho steamers Isabcl ID
Catclica, Francisco do Asis, PiEaroo, Bls,ce
lie Garay, Nelasco, Gusdalquivir, Guiana, Pa
jaIo del Occeino, Cuha, Cardcnas, Mlis the
iigates Leadt al, Concepcion, Blanca, Petfoni-
Ia, Berengu, lay, Prncesa de Asturias, con-
yoying the sailing ess ils Santa Maria, Mariga-
lInte, Favorita, Teresa, Sunrise, Palmay Pa
quita.
"On he evening OF the 5th, writes the cor
respondent OF the DtNWo pE Ia MARINA, who
acc, mpanied the expedition, We came in sight
Of Vera Cruz, and with cnthu-i N salu,ed our
chief with hymn composed for the expcdi-
tion 10y Don Juan Bonodetti.
" Al clev, n o'clock on the morning "a
the Sth arrived hsture Vera Cruz, and had
our NttenAlOn hllfhtltNl Nv IN lUlintnho NOlutno
OF smoke which appeared To arise from the csn-
tire OF the city. Some of US imagined that ths
Vera Cruzans, in fury at our arrival, were pre-
pairing TO blow up the city hut the more pru-
dent attributed IL 10 an occidental fire. Scarcely
had We cast anchor whom the enthusiastic shouts
Of the sailors on tho leading vsssel, the GuAda-
hquiver, notified us that the principal portion
of the population, abandoning their houses,
had retired into the interior that the Cas-
tie was defended as II for a stern and
heroic resistance, and that the people of Yers
Cruz, wishing to insult our nation, had con-
trary to right and reason, burned Spanish msr-
chant vessel which they had detained some tims
in their power, and with which auto dd Ee they
though 10 signalze the day Of the Conception.
This is proof Of the vile sentiments the Mexi-
cans have always entertained for their brothers,
the Spaniards, and Is as much az one can look
for In people which pretends to live withost
any regular form of government.
" Later in the same day we saw approaching
the Isabel al Catolica- a French steamer from
which disembarked several officers, who sought
an interview with Senior Rublcaba, the chief
Of our expedition, but Of the result Of this in
tetv ew nobody is informed. Everything said
hon l. is moie con- ;ture. Some thought tho
visitor to our chief vas tho French consul at
Vera Cruz; o'hers the admiral Of the French
s,uadrog, while many attribute no official char
.rt'r 20 tiIr visit.
II regret cannot send you he character of
th not, subn tilted TO tho Mexican government
D., S'LOr LOl ez CeballOs, bat will undoubtedly
bo able 10 forward II by he next steamer.
"On tlo seventeenth o. r troops disembirked
amio tho widest enthusiasm snd without any
a Il ent. The governor OF tho place had t~@sA-
~ h ar hours in which to dec dc whether he
'ould abandon the place. was informed that
-ornor sail no received orders TO retire ~
80 he could not resist the foroe
'"ght against him, and 80 be
.,saeI seIected n