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FRtOM SHE ARMY. Frm t EXICAN-WAR. It isf lyuPderstod that the:Mexicans have been sustained in. their hostility to "tbe United States by foreigners. So after al it is not quite so magnanimous to be 'so coot and comfortablo under insult as might be supposed, even if our soil were not.invaded. But we will give a transla tion of a Proclamation which Ampudia has found the means of distributing in the American camp, by way of letting our readers into the secret service of the war now raging. - The Conniander-in-Chief of he Mexican army to the English and lrtst under -the orders of the Am:erican Gen. Taylor: Know YE: That the Government of the United States is committing repeated acts of burbarons aggression against the magnanimous Mexican Nation; that the Government which exists under "the flag of the stars" is unworthy of the designs tion of Christian. Recollect that you were born in Great Britain that the Amer ican Government looks with coldness up. on the powerful flag of St. George, and is ,provoking. toa rupture the warlike people to whom it belongs, Pre,ident Polk bold ly manifesting a desire to take possession of Oregon, as he'has already done of Tex as. Now, then, come with all confidence 'to-the Mexican-ranks, and I guarantee to you, upon my honor good treatment, and that all your expenses shall be defrayed until your arrival in the beautiftl capital of Mexico. Read Quarters upon the road to Meta inor.s, Aptil 2. 1146. Tltis exhibits the tnachioatious at the bottom of the present enterprise. The Mexican fort of SaiJuan do Ulua is filled with'foreign engineers, and the Army now this side of the Rio Grande is accompa eied by French. English and other artille ryrnen. Ar. army altogether formidable enough to excite the spunk and exercise the military abilities of as great a people aspopular orators describe us to be. awaits us. Mark this. And sinrce the war has begun, let it be pushed forward with vi gor. A tiny. Lilliputian at'air, will but tarnish our arms. To end the campaign as becomes the honor and .dignity of tire Republic, and American General should dictate the terms of peace in the city of Mexico. FROM MEXICO.. Since our last publication Capt-. Brew er of the brig Plymouth. has arrived from Vera Cruz. He brought us our corres pondence and our files of Mexican papers, but ,betiatterrate no later than previously received. The following letter- may be of some interest, as coming from a very respectable spurcet German, French, Poles, and individuals ofother nations! Separate yourselves from the Yankees, and do nor contribute to de fend arobbery and usurpatin which, be assured,- the civilized .nations of Europe look upon with the utmost indignation. Come, therefore, and array yourselves un-. der the tritcoloredflag, in the -confidence that: the G t.firmies protects.it, and tha it will tcctre dally-with' the-En - -Woiearnby Capti W!b1. of the scihoo er Santi sa five days nmuw the iBrasos, -the Mexicans bid .apius~ed-several wa gons ladedi with articles for the sutler's department. an the road from Point a bel to the encampment opposite Matamo ras. On the 24th nlt.'2000 Mexicans cros sod the Rio Grande. It was expected ihat an attack would be mnade on Point Isabel.' Gen. Ampudia had notified Gen. Taylor that the American army .would be demol ished if he did not evacuate his position in 30 hour-s. A M~exican topsail schooner a'as lying in the Brasos, laden w~ith provisions, do tained and sent'in by the U. S vessels of war cruising off the harhor. 'Lieur. Rtenshnwv was at Point Isabe with some of his seamen, he had been cruising with thie late 'Texan Revenue Cutter Santa Anna, had ordered offseve ral Mexican vessels laden with provisions bound to the Rio Grande. -NEW OitLEars, May 6. The Printers bound for Texas.-WVe are rejoiced to percieve that the prin ters of this city are among the foremost of the volunteers who have enolled their names to march1 to he aid of theircouritry men on the banks of the Rio Grande, in .defence of nur national honor, and although they can be spared kess thatn almost any. other class, we cheerfully say to' them, God speed !: They are . as- brave a set of fellows as ever sbouldered a musket, and thoroughly understand the edse in hand. We expect to hear, and feel confident that we shall do so, that- the brave band of which they are a component part hove nobly distinguished 'themselves. OGut of about two hundred printers at present in the city. the following are of the number who have volunteered and set an example that should be followed by all othetr trades; if it is, there will be no lack of volunteers. Among the companyof Louisiana Volun teer Riflemeni raised by Capt-. Marks, the nimes of the following printers appear: 'Hiram'Fairchild, 1st Lieutenant ;- J. A.. Kelly, ed Lieutenant;. David Jobson, (George F. Weir; Paol.de-Jannay, J. A. aangarl, L. Graham, T. N. Jeffreys, 3. H-. Peoples, John-Wade, Chas. Donoho, W. J. Mofrait, Chas. Callahan, George Kerr, G. L. Franer, S. J. Jones. Sa muel Aibright, W.' H. Dums, W. E. Ekins;. Thos..F. Hedges, David Frazer; T. Wal lace, 0. .T. Sheppard. E Davis. J~. Saun derlin, F. A, Deviliersanod John T. Stew art.. - *U.S.- Troopsfrom Fort Pike.-A' db tatbinent -of regular troops numbering about eighty. arrived'yesterday from Fort: IEike,. and marehed to their quarters at the Barracks. .Several.comnpnies of. volun teers raised .in this city. we learn, also iiearehed. down last evening. The U. ,S. uterrnaster has despatched all neces s.-atyar-msen'd eqiuipments to the Barraclis, sotbat theid. nesed'be no delay in getttng Recruitas y'r Tesas.-u'ie nun-be of volunteers already obtaitred in this city is about 1200, certainly not itore 'tha at' nutier, 'Unless they coafowarda ih' afore rompt ness, the '6Woernor will be. ' compe led to resort to a arart. .>Several very flue compaaieb 'have ;been- formed, and we .sincerely, trust that there will be no holding back on the part of our citizens. when it is of the most vital importance that tbe whole force should depart imme diately.-Ibid. 'Mexican Steamers isfontezuma ' Guad iloupe--Inportant.-W e noticed some two weeks since t hat we believed the announce meat of the sale of the two war steamer. I as a sham, and that they would appear, is case of hostilities with Mexico, as privsa teers. We are still of this opinion, and. we have a fear, that the harBor of Havana will contain our worst enemies. A U. States 74 should be stationed of the mout of the harbors to watch with great care. what comes out of it. It will be recollert ed that in 1836, the Mexican armed bria. Mentezuma lay off the Sabine and captur ed the American schr. Julius Caesar. and others,filled with emigrants bound to Tex as, and carried, them into Mietamoras. The vessel conveying soldiers f-om our city to the seat of war, should be provided i with two or three pieces of heavy artillery. They might be interrupted by the way. -Tropic. From the N. 0. Picayune, May 10. LATER FROM BRAZOS SANTIAGO! I Fight between Capt. Walker. of the Texas Ran gers. and a large body of Mezicans ! Loss 1 of Six 2'czians ! Thirty Mlezieans killed.! The brig Ellen and Clara arrived this morning from Brazos Santiago. having sailed on the 29th ult.-one day later than the schooner Augusta. There bad been no fight betw een Jen. Taylor and the Mexicans. Capt. Walker, a gallant Texian volun teer, a-id not a captain of the service, had been driven into the post at Point Isabel, by the Mexicans. With his small com- I mand he had sallied forth and encoun tered the main body of the Mexicans not less than 1500 strong. Most of his i men being Taw recrUits, refused to stand by bitn-. and made their escage. Twelve I meo, however, tretnained firm, and with this little handful, Walker kept the Mex icans in check for half ad hoar. By this tim . six of his men had falis by his side, I when his horse was shot under him-, and be i with the surviving men effected their es cape and reached the post at Point isa abei in safety. Above thirty Mexicans were killed in this engagement. 1 This engagement occurred 6o the " 8h Capt. Walker got Into the post about five o'clock in the afternoon of that day, His I original fore, known as Texan Rangers, 'amounted to about 75 men. The Mexicans pursued Capt. Walker in his retreat until they came within radge t of the guns of the post. when they in.tur1 imtnediately retreated. . The post is very strongly defended, thanks'to the exertions of Majors Monroe I and Saunders.- With 500 men-to defend the .po - bieved it can beamade I T next ayCapt. Walkrvoluateera4 -a Ttherf u 'in sae n A tricingh- I inii id0c etican side ot +'ini Grnde-- { ! t1C a iia ttIGe. a~tld -Wne half briow Gen. ti Taylor's camp. " The greatest apprehension now felt for the American position is, thant the' Mexi- f~ cane may erect, fortifications wvhichi will D omriand Brazos Santiago. The natural o tormation of the ground is most favorable 15 for such a purpose. The men 'would he (I crectually protected-from any naval furce d y a natural embankment of sand, antI the osition could only be carried by actual I storm. of the wsorks These works would a perfectly comnmaud all vessels entering the il Brzos Santiago, as they have to Iollow n the channel witbin a few feet only of the osition which would be occupied by tie 'l nemy's guns. E The schooner Aurora left Brados $Sd- b iego the evening of the 28th alt; with g despatches for this port, but it is feared p she has been lost, its a violent gale, with ii ll hands on board. We are indebted for the above particu- h lars, so hurriedly thrown together, to Dr. t< . T. Briggs, a surgeon in the army, who came passenger on the Ellen and. Clara. i3 The report of the above action, as d brought by the captain of the Ellen and lara, is, tirat that there were seventy -five tl men under Captain Walker, whbo were c nearly all killed or taken prisoners. .Dr. b Brigga stated to' us that but six rtreu were i killed, fighting bravely by the side of their ommander, We have another version of at this affair, furnished by a passenger, a hieb v agrees essentially with that of Capt. A~ Griin. Both appear to have derived~ si their reporte fromt the pilot who took the S llen and Clara over the bar. The action c: 's said by them to have taken' place 15 or zn 18 miles from kPoint Isabeh . Capt. Walker distinguished' himsel? in is the famous I1ier-expedition' by his extreme ai alantry. Col.' Fisher, who- confinan~ded' in the'expedition and is' now in' towtr. tv iforsus that Walker is- as brave asman' ( as ever breathed'-that if any man'on'earth' .t a carty ihraugh'a. message-from l?oint sabel to Gen. Taylor. Walker is the i man who can do it- We. hope yet' to'hear hat he has-au :eeded in his design, though- b it wasregardedat Point hsabel "as utterly I desperate. ' l When 'the Ellen and' Clara sailed'.ifa. S Monroe had under his command at'Point 'l Isabel 500 men, composed of soldiers, ti teamster; laborers, &c. The works were 11 then very, strong. and-every 'day he wasb addingto'temu: Ha had two-8'pounders i1 and several fisli! pieces.- Hb is' ab offiler s of great' energy and skill, anid was coni- *n dent of his- ability to maintain his post ( againetwoor three thousand of the e- a my. " - 5 For several'days an attack onr-the post hadeen apprehended, andthe'men slept -c every esight on their arms. The weather. ki t the Point 'had lbeen. vryagresable and fi theman were healthyealthough'heava'er a was very. bad. The 'ds arie of tie':oint a fonI Briros Shntiag. is-albot.Bven'nifee On he her: there 'ar a bout- ninas h' var-in the South Channei! ~ prom the N. Orleans Commagcia Times, E xtra, of-Magl10 :M-ya !ltik vith fieliogS*idf-et ratUd uid-tie iieegIatIs.. istae 15 rtOake ur" 'e o: record lsthpabrili. r o,. ,,pp !or ,[e ret greant blod struekl Qe. 6d his glorious little any. TIyfsfme if the eA derican arm's has b.eeon saaly rindicatea. With an inferiuri if ufre. a disproportionate as .to avecaused. he deepest anxiety fur Ge 1or sad tis gillaan band they hvi gam ..a at i elorioi, a noble a most triuqipbaft vie ory. Seven hundred Meiei ee eleft lead on thbe field ofbtlN is educed to ashes-Point liabe kheved.. Such are the jtraum e'io 15 '$13s nagniice'nt'eil'alois. . - The reception of this gra pewsu Hill cause the Natioial pilse . brate, -om one extremity of the U .ther. Thi thunder of the atl Bch. vas bred last evening in hoti gial ant achietemeat will roll r ively.' om State to 0iate-fromi .caty iom village to villagef . ilet -to amlet-titil it revebe i e ock gri'tcflfsot Mined, iand te .: i if Vermont, echoinga 'naio'4grtitude. "The battle is not to the sriOg ,nor'i ace to the swift;" An overr .rovi lence has miercifully gretier o ' il itile rmy, apparently devotelto' b, a, fnd sc'tered the Meiicean S6s . caltaf efore the *Ind. .tt h proper some ublie detdoostralion 3f 'rejni' ,s.uld' e evinced to commenmorate -i^spi ions comrdencement of!ihe'' "-e. . )rleans ought to take the lean being nost directly interested inle eCss6 o he American arms. What 'ea 9aar citi ens to an illumination,or a public thinis ;iving ? The news reached this city last evening it 10 minutes before 9o'clock, aid it would to impossible to describe the bahusiasm vith which it was received. Tiepopula ion appeared to be suddenly rpquadruled -the streets presented or-e livi' as of umacn beings-joy was depict 'tnlevery ountenance. and one universa prayer of banks ascended on High.- W promptly sued an extra, containing the itbhof the ows, and now hasten to subj l 'all the ,articulara we have received rp our eaders. = : - . By the arrival of the steamihip New fork, Capt. Phillips, which ca ' up late ast evcnitg, .we have received e' folloiv og gratifying intelligence from the Gal. reston News : We have been kindly furnishie Cap. hillips, of the steamship"N4'.York hich has just arrived-with i lfoow ag highly interesting an'impor t. pews. We publish literally from C P.hil- I ips'! 'report. .. - The followitg ispo'r it ro apIgint Walker, of the Texas Iangers go had. ; rrived on the 5th-iasti it _V# " ..-from I he entrenabnient .opposite Ma; o'o. *e learn that antengagebed pken, dace bitween the U at iaes.a ae:can' idees. Tihe particulars, as fit '*ocan. Barn, are as allows ' Gei, tayldt, on the ecnsiig elld net. lerthe dhtrencebtt'%!1 -a ient of U. S. t-op0 {6ftfe n . IeWit ycniftci bt- ' e hy i 9 ;+.: tieOpt, tnd li thi ' 4. ' - Llend tfic ;eae mgbldttrf r . .c. 4e city of Matanoros to ashes Morning' of the'tth.-A genttean i9 wvid as just arrived fronM tha field dfbatdle, in-. tm us that the' slaughter:-anjong the lexicans was tremendous; tat pwards F seven huundred lay .dead on- the battle eld, and that the numiber of bbusea left in fatamoras was not sufficient to atbliinmd ate the wounded~ According to acdoants receivedtnt Point I abeL the number of Mexicansf in ned bout Matarfloros, were estimated di ten* osand men. and expecting, rtidforce tents daily. . General Tsglor was to leave Pfint Isa. el o the 6th inst. with a dotac~ment or oop's dei.ertnined to open comriniciation ectdeen P'oint Isabel and the ainajy oppo fe Mambdords which has forsose 'days ast been cut off, dt-d only eff'eeedin-one stance by the valiant and addaunied' ralker, or the Texas. Rangers, whose oSe was shot frodm uinder him in the at - ampt atnd thelots. ofsix min Santiago and Isabel *are now nedder I lartial Law-every citizen compelled to 1 o military duty'g'. -1 On the morning of the 6th, pteviots to ue departure of the New Yo'rk, heavy annonading were heard and supposed to e aqother attack from the Mex~eans on I te U. S. TYroops, opposite Ma~amoras. 'd Great eFiement prevailed at Point Is- j be and Santiago 'up to 1 o'cloclj P. I., r ben the New York tool'her departure. y rrived' at Saniago on .ibe 6th inst., I: hloner Decatur fromt Nev Orles'ns. i. schoocer Flit .will leave'ina day ort o for New Orlus.' Steamer- Mon- Ia outh left on the 5th, hound to Aransas,-' r the purpose of bringingseveryzeman-ca anlk of doing- duty, to %lejcarnp a( Santi- t Meie-ster ind addiffaretlie' n''s of o among the six men'sbo were lfeilby .m >ring their way through the are bto' s eU. S.camnp' . sI TFhestibjoined aheou'nt iir from the Gal- 1 estnCivilian:.l Gen. Taylor procedd with the noain nd'y of the armzy th orgler to setni Point- I mabel, which was meninced, and dpen't i comhtidicafon; leaving, onl?700 or a 00 moh i'athie camp opposite Matanmorar* heartiy 'proceleded without niiterrnp' I on ;- but the Mexicans thought ahe di- 1 iinished force in camp offered' a fvol-a-" I opportunity for its capture-stacked'i and were repulsed with aevere~ losei ine say several~ ladd ..-Ihe lsfon ' ur side not s'tated hutivery insi dfant Pur iateris. were openied pa-Mat 'rs, nd reduced the place to-rinn, ofaiiii I Tihis was on thb 23d-atmI thre fghtig ontnued untid nikht. Walker, tte well-< nwri Texan soldIer and spyghil took rty,menlto cary the neiws 'toGen;Titylor; tPoint Isabeildurs:qg he itgh;. Inlst x men on; the: way sand ~1ad. his rose' botler~.jin itE9 ii ~ ~ - ;I Thaursday morning, for the camp oppobie I Mitarnoras. "The New York had this news from the I Cikciiati, which, came out over'the bar to'take off the troops carried down. Fire in'-ves heard when the Net York left. The main'foirie of the Mexicans is pro- 1 dblyon 'this side of the river. TheTexian sch"oner Santa Ana has been lifepikieied Irom Brazos Santiago, with cotmmunications from Gen. Taylor i for th'e AYneri'an siuadron off Vera Cruz. < The only written information we have from the seat of war, comes from 'apt. < Symipten, late o'f the Revenue ser- i vice of Texas-- now in the employ of Dn. Taylor. It is dated May 4. Capt. I S. says : "The news wa5. broight to i'oint tsa t betby no f'riend Walker of Maj. Hay's omma'nd. The Mexicans made the at- I ack on our works after Gen. Taylor came i lown here. Thefight continued the whole t lay. The United States batteries knocked I lowi aamoras, killing two or three u'udred M eaicans-tbey killing only one t if our men, by the explosion of a-shell.- i rho works were so well, completed the < Meiicans could not injure thei. Capt:, Sympton has written us that he r will furnish a .detailed aecoult or the ac- t oA, atdd such other information as bebau ollect; by the neat vessel. 4 .Gen. Taylor.-We learn that when Gen. I'aylor.left Point Isabel, to return to the I tirecired camp opposite Matamoras, t here was hot the slightest doubt enter- I ained that lie would have to cut his way e o his entrenchments through vastly su erfor numibers of the enemy, who were < nowtn to be pdsted in large forces among r he almost impassible thickets of chaperal t n the.-road, with a determination to cut r im off, if possihte; in his attempt to re- i ;ain his other forces. The numbers or the t exicans is entirely vague and uncertain hough all the statements agree Is eitima- c ing them at not leIs than ten thousand, c while many accounts put their numbers at ifteen or twenty thousand. All accounts r tgree that the Mexican forces aro rapidly 1: locking in from all quarters. How many had crossed the river could tot be told, though it seems but reasoni- r le to presume that a large part of their I orces, will be brought into requisition to lispute the march of Gen. Taylor. They a :uld not but see the importance of cutting t tim off, and would doubtiess employ all heir advantages of local knowledge, skill end horsemanship, and all their acknon I- t idged resources of stratagem to accom- q dish their object. Gen. Taylor anticipa-. r ad a formidable and desperate opposition a o his march; but determined to accom dish it or perish. It seems, therefore, every way Ireasonable to suppose that a i lecisive'and bloody battle was fouggi on i he 7th instant. and we wait with almost r ainful anxiety to hear the result by the text arrival. " The steamsbip New. York left here shout 10 o'clock last Monday morning, c iler stopping 'about two hours. Site etidhed Hrazus Santiago Tuesday even ug-anchored outsl4e the bar in- a lieavy t eai. edt the troopq; one hundred antd it'y-two .in number, to Point --Isabel, r vfire ee derived just..ia. time- to join ' ' 6 clnii.us .o biencamp Y 1.tei Wi ifam's wlsarf 4 ocWik f :atrd morning, being .5 O: aubo. 28-hoursri Her rin-6ti. Capt. 'illips estimates the distadce about two e undred and fifty niiles; or bdu: thirty eas than to the Balize. . . c -We learn from good audtidig;i that Gen ral Taylor had oi-dered thie schr. Akert, to 1I epair to Vera Cruz wit despachmes; as asuppdsed in the Gulf squadron io block -r ida the Mexicati pdtas ~Tlre s ideed s ut little doubt thiat all the Mexican p'orts n the Gulf are now uoder ittici toettade, ad the American fleet in thie Pacific is am iy sufficient to shut tip every port of exico on that ahore, as soon as orders i aun be sent to that efoedt.-Gal. News, 8thIa a. - 4 We udierstand ititt la1aj. itinggold of d he Artillery, commanded in the Amerit admp opposite Matamords, during the en agemsent wvitht the Mexicans'. ifessage front tire FNegident. AMEXIGO. A message was received from ~hte Pre-i ident of the United States, by Mr. Wal-. er, hii priate Secretary, which was readi y the Secretdiry.of 'hce Senate, as foi wst o th~e Seristi and House of Representalitesi - The existing state of the relatioh's lid- I ween the United States and Mexic9, ren- I etsi it propier th'at I shadld brifig the stob-i et to the consideration of Congress. Ina y message at the commenement of our present session, the st ate of these re tionh, the causes which led fo' thfe suis-d eson-of diplmnrati'c itotriourse b&t ween I be two countries ib March, 1845, and thte ang continu'ed and unredressed wrongs d injuries committed by the Mexicau overment on citizens of the U. States in s heir persons and property, wetre briefly I . 'Vh ai and onintous which werea hen laid before you were carefully con-r idered, I cannot better express my pro- I eat convictions of the conditfuon of affuzirsr p io that time, thtan by referrintg you to l at corn ttication. Tile strong desire to .establishr peace with &1exico.- oli liberal and ,honorable Ia sim9a,. and the readiness of this govern, net to regul'ate atnd'adjust our boundary 4 ,Mabe~r. causes of diflerence with that es tdier, on such fair and es'uitable priri'ci-I les as would load .to permanent relatibits j f he niost friktadly nat'ure,' iiidueced me, n September last, to seok-the re-openiug' f diplomnbttc relatioas betweed" the two a ontries; Ererysmeasure adopted on'oure art, had for the object the fairtherance of 1 'ete d'ested resnlts. ;In commnnticating I o Congreus a shebinci statsme~nt of thet tjties 'ghich .we'hid suff'ered froni. Mei d,and- which' have been accumulating I lastingad pbriod'foro than twentyyears, 'eyexprsion that cotuld tend to inflame .he pepple of Mexico, or.4efeat or delay a I la'e6ie result, was careiully avroided. An n.vyg ofthe. .United States repaired to 4 dexc. witb full powers to adjust.overy mtstibgtf frrne Biiithion.& present an se MeztcWo 6iib'jyg~eemerit-between I be two governments, invested witn full powers, and bearing evidence. of thei'o. i riendly .dipositions, his.missidnyhiaT'ed!v mnavailing.'l:-he ,Me lean governinmeut iot only refiused to receive hin, 6'listen .o his proposition but~_t ter a.oagecon inued series of menace, haveat lastin, -ad'ed our terriiorf and sheid the blogd of tur fellow citizens naour own soi. It now becomes my duty to state more n detail, the origin, progress. and failure if 'tiat 'mission. It pursuance of the iu iructious given in :September lasi, an in luiry was made on the 13th of October. n 1845, in.the most friendly terms, through ur consul in Mexico, of the minister of oreign affairs, whether the Mexican go ernment "w'iuld receive an envoy from he,United States inta'bsied with full pow. rs to adjust all the questions in dispute tetween the twp governments;" with the issurance ihat "sh'rdu'a the asiwer be in 6ae affirmative. such an envoy would be mmediately despatibed to Mexico." The bexican minister, on the ftenth of:O. oher, gave an affirmative answer to this nquiry, reqnestiag. at the same titte. that our Inaval force at Vera' Crus .might be vii hdraw n lest its continued , presnce ight assume the appearance of menace pd coercion pending the negotiations. this force teas immediately . ihdrawn. )n the 18th tf Noveuiber, 184j;Mr. John lidell, of 1Louisiana, was commissioned y me as envoy extraordinsvy and ins. er piedip-oteiaiiry .of the U. Staes to exico..and was intrusted with full pow re to adjust both the questions of the i'ex is boundary atid of indemnificatio9.to. u9r itizens.. 'T he i-edress of the wrongs of Mr citiiens naturally and inseparably len'dod itself wit s: the quest ion of bounda y. The settlement of the one question u any.correct view of the subject involves hat of tie other. i could not. for a mo net, entertain the idea that the claiis f our much injured and long suffering iti.ens, many of which had existed for nore than 20 yedrs. should be postponed, r separated Irom the settlemeit df tlie oundarv juestion. Mr. Sliellari-iid at Vera Cruz dii the 10th of November, aind was courteoUsly eceived by the authorities or that city luo the aoverduien,of Gen. Herrera was hen tottering to its 61ll., The refoldtion iry panty had seized upois the Texas ques int to effect or hasten its overthrow. Its e:ermination to restore friendly relations vith the ti S. and to receive dur minis. er, to negotiate for ilie sbtilenfieft of this uestion, was violently assdiled, and was noade the great theme of denunciation gainst it.. The government of s eneral lerrera, there is good reason to believe, ras sincerely desirous id receive our tmmf iter; but it yielded to the storm raised by ts enemies, and on the 21st of December efused to accredit Mr. Slilell ujon the nost.frivolous pretex ts. These are so fully ind ably exposed in the ifdte of Mr. Slidell of the 24th- of Decenlier last to the Mexi an minister of foreign relations; herevith ransmitted.. that I deem it unne:essary to nier in1o.further detail on this portion of he subject. Five days after the date of-rX: iderl'a tote, Gen. (Jerrera yielded the avers= dent t.Gen: Paredes witag Ind.njt th '30(it of. nct anidg o en er i lns thiisupreme mpovec ste ato'clie'niids O1a niilitir rledr. Determiiled to leave n'o iiantried to fleot an atmicable adjustmeri 'wliMeit o,I directed Mr. Slidell to prsethiii rede.ials to the g.vernmen' ofGen. Pa edes ; and asked to he officiafl received yhiin. There would have tiecn Iess .ound for taking this stel, had Gen. Pa edes come into power by a regular coo titutionial succession. Ini that eventt his dminisira tion would have beena consider d hum a mere constitutional cntindance f 'he govertnmenat of Geni Herrera, and he refosal of the latter to receive curmin ster would have been ecimed conclusive, mnless an intimation hadl been'giveta by en. Parados of his desire to reverse the ecision of his~ predecessor. But the goverument of Geza. Paredas m es its e.Yistence to a milit ary revoution. y whieb the subsisting constitutionaal au hurities had been subverted. The form f overnment was entirely changed, as rel as all the tiigh func'ionaries by whom twas administered. Under these circumstnnces, Mr. Slidell, a obedience to my direction, addressed a ote to the Mexicatn minister olfnreign re ution, under date of the 1st of March last, king to be received by .that government the dinfo'atic charatcter to wvhich he ad beuna appoinated. The minister, in i reply, under date of l'Zth of March, re erated the argumett of bid predecesser, ad in terms' that may be0 considered as iving just grounds of offence to the go. 'ernmrent and people of the Tunited states, enied thie application of Mr. Slidell' Jt hinig, therefore, reai ned fur on'r en oy but to demand' his passports, and re tarn to hits own country. Thus'the government of~exico, thaough olenly pledged by official acts ina Oc berlast to receive andi accredit an Amet :atn envoy, violated their plighted'faith, od refused the offer of a peaceful adjust ent of ouir dil'eulties' Not only was he offer rejected, but the indignity of its ejection was enhanced by the manifest readhoffaith in refusing to admit the nvoy, who came because they had bound hemselves to receive hini. Nor can it e'aid ihat the ofer was fruitess from the rent of opportunity of. discussing it : ~our ooy was present on their own soil. Nor 'an it ae ascribed to a'.wanat of sufficient towers ;ouir'envoy haud-full powers to ad. iF every question of difference. Nor vas there . ron for conplitint that oUr rpo.sit ions for setidenbot were unreason ble: permission was not even givertrou( voy to make anay sproposirion 'vhaatev 'r or can it be objected that we, on our tart, would not listen- to any reaspniable erm of .their- auggestt'on : the Mfexican ovenmenm refused .all negotiation, add nave made no propositioia ofianft kind - In my message- at the coinaeecedlenlt tf the present sessih;'I informed you that tpoo thes earnest-apleal bdothforthe Con ;ress and Contenhoiti of~Texas, I had irdered an etBoient 'ilitafi force to takei postiot'aeteenthee~sf!rdge Jeloie.J.highbadbb'ime5 sr meet atietnlaiaino ua~ tfie .Mexican .;bret4u ' 1>3tiR a sill - reR~iulUtIoti"" j United Slaes,~ .,e " Unon andn6udej~ is tas .plaaiulotu(j3%~ (Christi; ands suiU had received-a d~~irat' 'Co as rendgrqgdpsa4!f that the 9excaopgpiqr~n ..- " fuse to receave~o o&VW o Meanime .Texas, yde.a our Conagrss, hdbecomq, oforota,'roo)by its A6t of Decenahe ~ declar'ed the- 4-'(let Noris A p 4pry of that- repuhelac i,"tujii been extended anid exect~ese aj~ojl' * 1taeces: The country bereu - and the Dl Noeho 'i&:iit~p the Coges'adtt Texas. clad thi; ae attt within one of'oi :uI ' , e OMr awn .Congres ~1~ comber 31sit. -I84fiTeogntii~*I, try Beyond tie auceis as . a_ e , territory ly. inclu~ding it~iyitf" . revenue system.; sad, aren pointed by ar'dwith .the .ave t sent of the Senate. . bea~t of urgent necessity to provid fpf4;_4j O fcuce Of that p'ortiunofr our country,~~s coi',dtgl j', oh the thirteenth pf Janae last instructions were ..issued. to .iiergqajSI~5 in cotnud .of these- troops' _ t0 the left b,.ik of the:De D 1 ktoiiwt;T river--which is tbesouhlesernbtdrx> ufithe Stateof.ee s nepid(~as tier. Frocm, this- ua t r;tnyg "t threatened ;.upont it,.tindin its itnm vicinity, in the jtilgmnet10. igh ti... .. experience, are the proper statiogas"fte4A protecting furces." of the Governmen'r.s additioti to this-inltportant rconisid : "'t soveriil others. occurred, to iJ,rce~ maovemrenr. Among ,these, ar te i itesfor led by.. thepouts "of-Bras the recelption of suppliesby sea, thestiaZtkiv gPr nd miar hejaltlafta~mahtary, poasai y ir's the convenienee frrobtaitnga readly.azihd it more abundant suipplyufproevadoq,2 tecr, fuel, and _truage. andtlhe asdvja a t' wvhich are offe'red by the Del' Norfe'mirfor~ww warditig supplies iosuch~"pntg ?5e established in. the anteroo8 ;p t R Thrit novemeiit of tle.trb~p5 to~thie ,aI41 oral, unider posivpinirctaonso fasti '" tra~m all aggf'Cssi'J acts wrd 'ti Mexican citizens, ,and towtegerdhl eltt Y ,io~ns beitveen isat republic aadiatbe " es ' States as peiaceful, : inlesuishe'iihonf stare wvar,.ot, comnmit acts'fb~bI~jI* cative of a state of war .. -et'. respect personal jg ;'. 3s~ onThe lritn, tr~r tamon a erVesi = c 3Miw~t ' .pic the; ,eicawptnant 'l lhe' :postiao 'c sa iycon to~ , judgtuent of the.general iii co'iinan: The MThxacao-lo~rces' at'~3alju sumedl a belligerent aittatdiiiid &? *u2 m ~'l