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TilK CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAMES GARDNER, JR* I £ U S s . , .SS 00 Pally, per annum, 0(J ; Tri-Weekly, per annum ! ... .., D UU - If paid in advance, 3 OU 1 Weekly, per annum 5Q j If paid in advance „ nn i T.. Clulnuf five, remitting »l« ”* “ i iWAII ÜBW subscriptions must be paid a 1 ai.ee. mu«t be paid on all Communicant ns | k id I.eferMifbusiness. | j7 ~rom theN^O. Picayune l Olii iuif.] VKKV LATE FUO3I MEXICO. Return nf Atocha—lhs recep'ion in Mexico -Purs- | td Midshipman Rogers sent to Per ote- Arrival , u s Volunteers at Antun Lizardo—Moreof Santa Anna and his plans—L iter from «. hihuahua — Further of tiie Battle of Brazito, ts-c. 4*c l?y ihe arrival of the U. S. revenue cutter Forward, Capt. Nones, a large mail was j yesterday received from Anton Ivztrdo. Our own letters comedo vn o the2Bth of February. , on tvbicli day a norther prevailed which pre- ! vented the Forward from leaving before the 2(1 ! of March instant. The information which fol lows we derive exclusively from our letters j and papers. It appears that Senor Atoclia, whose ar- I rival at Vera Cruz, with despatches, we an- ’ nmmeed yesterday, went over there on tiie Forward from this city direct, lie reached there on tiie 6ih ult., and proceeded immedi ately to Mexico. He returned from the capital on the 16th u’t , and repaired again immediately on board tiie forward, and is now, we presume, on his way to \\ ashington. It is not supposed he has accomplished much by his mission. The Mexicans had personal objections to him, and his reception hy the authorities of Vera Cruz, and tiie people and Government of Mexico, was anything but cordial. Some speculations in regard to Ins mission will be found in the copious and very interesting correspondence hereafter subjoin- ■ ed. Our reader? will learn with infinite pain that Passed Midshipman Rogers has been ordered to Perote, and that lie is now con fined in that gloomy prison. We learn that the blockade of Vera Cruz continues to he violated with almost perfect impunity. This is attributed not more to the want of vessels of the proper description, than to the instructions by which the commodore enforces the law of blockade. Two barks have arrived off Vera Cruz with volunteers from tiie North, and gone into An ton L’zardo. One of them is the St. Cloud. We cannot at this moment recollect from what port the .St. Cloud sailed. The news from Santa Anna is no later than we have already given, through it is more full. It will be found in our correspon dence. The papers are literally crowded with his numerous letters and addresses, but we find nothing in them to demand of us a translation; tiie public has had almost a sur feit of his productions, clever as we confess ti e n to bo. Although Santa Anna announces the cap ture of Capt. Heady a"d his small company of Kentuckians, we find no mention of the murder ol Lieut. Ritchie and the seizure of his despatches. 'Tiie despatches have not formally been made public by him. The papers speculate upon our plans stating con fidently that we are to advance upon Vera Cruz by land with 10 000 troops, while a fleet of sixteen ships carrying 300 guns attacks San Juan de Ulna. This they say. is the plan at Washington, where they could not have anticipated Santa Anna’s march upon SahiTo at the head of 30,000 men. This march they think may disconcert all our schemes, and they already discover evidence of this in Gen. Taylor’s movements. Military critics condemn Santa Anna’s plan of campaign. They say he was driven from his original designs by the outcry of “apathy” made against him. They anticipate that lie will now drive every thing before him, and defeat Gen, Taylor, but complain that he leaves the coast of Vera Cruz unpro tected, and can obtain no advantages that will be decisive. He must necessarily sub sist his troops upon tiie poor inhabitants of the country lie traverses with ids hordes, hy which they will become exasperated. But the great point insisted upon is that Santa Anna has left the country open for tiie march of the American troops upon tiie capital, where they may dictate a peace before he can return from his distant expedition. EL SoldaJa de La Putria defends Gen. Santa Anna from tiie charge of gambling and passing his time in like unseemly sport. It declares, that the stories to this effect are pure inventions of his enemies at the capital. The papers give ns not h word of news about Monterey. The force there, they say, is much reduced, and is now withdrawn from the citv proper into the citadel, and (he works on the Bishop’s Hill. The latter works have been much improved and strengthened. Senor I). Juan Soto, the Civil Governor of the State of Vera Cruz was in the city of tiie same name on the 14th ult. He is in specting the defences of the country between toe coast and Puebla. The latest advices we see from Chihuahua are to the 16th of January, a fortnight later than our former accounts. The city had not then been taken by onr troops, nor do ire see any thing said of their advance upon it. Four Mexican soldiers who were in the action of Dec.2sth, had arrived at Chihuahua and given their account of the fight. It differs hut little from the one we before published. 1 hey say the loss of the Mexicans was less than twenty killed, and that of the Americans was fifty two killed, of which number was a captain, i They protest tiiaf great cowardice was shown hv a portion of their troops, and demand an j official and full account of the action, that the brave many be rewarded, and cowards stigmatized as they deserve. The citizens of El Paso are charged with capitulating in a shameful manner, and the Americans are j •aid to have abused their power as shame fully. They pursued some of the Mexicans j to Man Elceario. a small fort on the Rio del ‘ Norte, a tew miles below El Paso, and there j committed depredations, carrying off “the j archives” to El Paso. The news in the pipers before us has been very carefully scanned by the correspondent whose letters we annex. He has introduced into them every riling of importance, and takes a clearer and more commanding view of Mexican affairs than will readily be found. Let not the length of his communications defer any one from carefully scantling them. f Special Correspondence of the Picayune J F. S. Squadron, Anton Lizarno, } February 17, ISIT. ) Gentleman —The Ludonia. Lieut. Com'g, Chauncey, arrived to-dav from Boston, after m long passage; the Relief came in a few hours afterwards. Several oilier vessels are expected, and every facility will be afforded by the steamers to bring them into harbor.— I Tiie Vixen ir. waited for from Laguna. i The polities of Mexico present no new phase since I last wrote you. In a country where tiie sceties shift so often, and at a time when every thing is so unsettled, it is an interesting piece of news to know that those who were at the head of affairs a week ago are still in power;thai the changes which were anticipated have not yet been consum mated. At the date of my last letter, Gomez Fa rias was without a Cabinet, During tiie ! early part of this month his hands have been i slreng liene i by entrusting Rt jon with the port-folio of Foreign Relations, and Francis co S Iri .rte with the affairs of the treasury. No change ha?, however, yet occurred in I foreign relations, and the embarrassments of | tiie treasury are as formidable as ever, i The Committee of Foreign Relations, to | : whom was referred Mr. Buchanan’s peace proposition, are expected to report unfavora bly to negoliation in a few days. It is pre sumed that they will at the same lime issue, I in the form of a solemn manifesto, a reply to ' Mr. Polk’s message on Mexican affairs. There is also a report that the old m‘ri- | guers are at work, and that Spain is about to ! | join France and England in an interference : | in Mex can affairs. The rumor it may lie i proper to state is purely of Mexican origin. | j From all I can learn, the most amicable feel ing appears to exist towards ns on the part of all tiie representatives of foreign Govern ments, and tiie only solicitude entertained is : to seej what mu-1 he the inevitable result consummated as soon as po-sble. The publication of the decree authorizing j the hypothecation and sale of church proper- ! , tv was every where received with clamor and 1 riots, which were easily suppressed by the interference of tiie military. I; does not ap l pear that anything has been clone towards i realizing a dollar from this source, and there are additional reasons every day for enter- \ i taining the belief that little or nothing of the j \ church property will ever find its way into ; I tiie general treasury. A proposition has been adopted in the House of Representatives to i remit to purchasers of church property 60 i per cent.,on condition that the remainder is paid immediately, one-half being in specie and the other half in paper. At this rate the j e it re -acrifice of all tiie ecclesiastical proper ty, liable to appropriations under the law, would not suffice to produce the fifteen mil- i lions which the Government is authorized to raise. It is also stated in the newspapers j that tiie Government leave solicited offers as low as ‘25 per cent. —receiving 20 per cent, in coin and 5 per cent, in paper. To enter tain any propositions of this kind is to com -1 ple’ely annul tiie express provisions o r tiie original law, which secures the j*:..perly from being sold at less limn 77 per cent, of its value and expressly forbids paper or cred its. Congress is also engaged in providing other resources for carrying on the war. On j the 30th of January the Committee nn Ft ; nance was instructed to report a bill for rais mg a gross amount of monthly, including means now available. On the 4th in-f. a law was promulgated authorizing the (government to rai-e hy loan five millions to ! lie applied to the defence of the ant innal terrio tory; the Government is, however, prohibit ed from forced loan?, tiie appropriation of certain kinds of property, especially such as is excepted by t lie second acts of (lie law au thorizing tiie sale of church property, also from making any colonization contract or ; alienating in whole or in part the national a • ; territory. j The Minister of Finance lias also agreed to establish inland custom-houses at Tnlan- 1 emgo and Zimapam, in order to cut ofl'llie contraband trade from Tampico. j Congress lias also passed a law that the i daily salaries now due the national deputies shall be paid by (lie respective Slates, to tiie : amount of three tiiou-and dollars for each one The charge for the di-frict of Mexico and the territories will, however, devolve on the national trea-ury, and the expenses of the six Northern Slates will also be assumed as a loan. The news from tiie army at Sin Luis is ■ interest mg,?n far as we are assured that Santa Anna lias left that city with tiie main body of his troops in the direction of Monterey, : although his ultimate destination has been much speculated upon. His resources ap pear to have been of she most meagre kind. He was sodestitute that he offered to pledge his private property for a loan of §59.000, at the rate of two to three per cent, interest monthly. It is said he was unable to nego tiate a loan. He is also reported to have seized ninetv-eigfit bars of silver belong ng to a Spanish merchant at San Luis and coined if for the u?e offiis army. This trfling re lief en ibled him to march towards Saililln. A loiter from San Luis, 30th January, says the army has ttken up its march with only twelve days resources. The estimates of the two last months have been nearly ail unpaid. S ckness has been the consequence * of privation. The medical officers report that tiie meazles litd appeared among tiie troops; that live hundred were sick—a num ber far beyond the accomodations of the hos pitals. The disease is ascribed to tiie in tensity of (tie cold and the mule state of the troops', who stretch themselves at night upon the bare wet pavements and huddle together for warmth. A despatch from Santa Anna of January 30th. announces ttie capture of a scouting party of twenty men. with their horses, arms and equipment.*, near San Juan del I’rado. I It appears from the official account that they were treacherously invited by the Mexico I spies to ajparley and thus drawn into an am bush of a'squadron of cavalry tinder Lieut. : Col. Valentine Cruz, supported by 250 horse j men. “In case this party (ours) was only a I detachment from a larger one, a thing verv possible considering the short distance of (hire camp and the vigilance with,which they S look out for every thing which is going on,” ! Santa Anna parades this surprise and rap ! f Ure t)v a force twenty times outnumbering the American?, as an assurance that the i triumphs of lus arm? will not cease until the i invaders are exterminated. At Vera Cruz the state of things is very ! much as it was when I last wrote. The an- j i thorities are busy in issuing proclamations announcing.the threatened attack and issuing ! some preventive orders, among the most un palatable of which is one forhiding tha mas querade at tlie carnival. There are many, however, who regard the threatened invasion with incredulity. There are five thousand men in the city of Vera Cruz and one thou sand in the castle —three thousand of tiiese belong to the National Guard and are tolera bly well disciplined and supplied with arms. The National Guard ot the State is, on the contrary, not organized and is destitute of arm?. ■ Congress ha? passed a law placing the Na tional Guard of the State at tiie disposal ot the Government. The Vera Cruz I.egUla ture have decreed an extraordinary monthly i ( contribution, to be assessed at the rate of §4 f for every 1000 ol capital, as a bisis. and an I addition of two reals for every' additional 1 f thousand of capital up to §10,000; beyond ] which sum the increase is §2 fur every §SOOO j I of capital. Salaried officers to pay 50 cents t for §3OO ofanmial'incotne and an addition of half a real for each hundred. 1 The Governor ofVera Cruz has gone to superintend in person the fortification of the pa-s of Puente Nicional, and a company of artillery and two held pieces have already been ordered there. A reserve of six thousand men is to he con- 1 centra'ed at Jtlapa under (ion. Canalizo, Gen. Filosola being 11 ie second in command. (ien La Vega is to march to Vera Cruz. ! Some complaints have arisen in con-se quence of soldiers being pressed for the Na tional (in rd, and Gen. La Vega lias ordered tiiem to be relea-ed; t'ne pre.-s applauds his conduct as liberal and discreet. The Forward arrived on the oth inst. and landed Senor Atoclia under afltgof truce, with despatches from the Government of the United States, lie proceeded to Mexico im mediately. The mob raised some scruples about allowing him to proceed, but he was | finally dismissed on his way without opposi j lion. While I mention (he distresses of the Mexi- i cans, I mu?t not forget to mention that they have their eves also turned on us. I find the following in the Indicador of iheOth inst. ; | “We are assured that the American frigate Raritan, anchored at Anton Lizardo, is afil ct ed with pestilence, inasmuch as she has 150 | men sick of scurvy ami vomito. Com. Con- j I ner is said to he one of them.” lam happy in being able to contradict this report before it reaches von by the way of Havana. There i is not and has not been one case of scurvy or vomito on board this frigate since last sum- | mer, and 'be sick list to-day is 23 trifling I rases. There lias been only one death lor many months and that from anenari-m. 1 had forgotten to men! ion that Gen. Valen cia has left the army in disgust and, under ! pret nee of sickness, lingers at his hacienda. 1 lie is. ho > ever, suspected of designs to >uh- j ! vert the Government. The movement of Gen. Ventina Mora at i MazaMan appears to have been premature; — it is denounced by Santa Anna, by the press J in tiis interest and also by some of the Stale Legislators. Gen. Busfamenfe was sent to : ; arrest Mora, but was himself detained by the | 1 latter and had sent to the Government for ; aid. IT. S. Squadron. Feb. 20. 1517. Gentlemen. —I mentioned m a letter writ- | ten a few daxs ago, tlnsf Regon was then Minister of Foreign Relation#. It was so stated in the papers ofthe eirlv part of this monflt ; hut I observe that the official commu nications of flic Home and Foreign Office, are now signed by Jose Maria Ortiz Mona; - tenn. Whether he is an under secretary, Rejon still being Minister, or the successor of Rejon at the head of the Stale Department, I am at this moment unable »o sav, as I have : no files or other sources of information to re j our to. Changes in the Cabinet are now so frequent, that it i- no easy matter to keep pare with them. As the confiscation of the cclesiastical estates is likelv to afford large opportunities for plunder, I have no doubt I that the principle of rotation in office, will be vigorously contended for. On the 10;h inst., ! Don Andress Lopez Nava resigned, and D. J. se Maria Jmregni assumed the portfolio of j Minister of Justice. Seven days laser news has been received, as late as the 7tli inst. 1 (ien Santa Anna had advanced a* far as Matehua'a on bis’way to Saltillo. Nothing 1 new had occurred, hut as the Government had failed to furnish him with resource-; un der circumstances so urgent, he is represent ed as ‘ «utr< undi d with misery. 5 The following account of his march, is from the pen of an officer and is quoted in the In dicador as reliable authority. “In the critical po- i r ion of our armv with re- I gird to its implacable enemies, no honorable 1 resource remains except to advance without supplies, to capture them from the immense storehouses of the enemy in S.ihi lo and .Mon terey, and to live upon the country. The way in glory and honor is to be preferred to turning our hark upon the enemy. People ; wi 1 not now pay that we are traitors. To day the brigades have begun their march, and on Saturday there departed 10.000 in fantry, 500 hor-e and 400 artillery, which : uniting to the forces already advanced, will swell the whole body of the armv to 12.000 infantry, 6000 cavalry and 400 artiller with i 20 pieces of heavy calibre, viz: three twen -1 ty-fours. three eighteen!*, twelve twelves and two mortars of nine inches. There were al s> 700 mules and 21 wagons of munitions i alone, without counting the equipiges, camp r t e-ts, or absolutely more than is set clown. | We go to try our fortune, since anv thing would he a less evil than to die of hunger i and complete inaction, besides being called traitors by those who really are such. If we d > march without more than twelve days pro visions for the troops and half a month’s pay ! for the officers, we will live upon flip country and the p’linder of the enemy, now that they will not furnish ns with anv supplies. This resolution is heroic and will always confer on : : ns honor. Dates from Tula of the 31-f Jan. sta'e that ; Gen. Urrea left the night previous for Santa Barbara aml Romero, with all the cavalry | from Ciiit! id Victoria. Urrea is ordered lo watch the movements of the enemv as far as j Tampico and Monterey, for which service j the cavalry will remain under bis orders.— He takes only five days supplies (socorros) and five days rations. An officer writing says: ‘-Last night an order was received to expedite the march, but how can the order be i carried into effect, while there are no mules of i burden, especially for the park of cannon.” Santa Anna has negotiated with certain I commercial houses of San Luis, for drafts • and a loan to the amount of .$ 180.000, draw ing on Mexico and Vera Cruz, and pledging all his property as security. He has paid 1 this sum within a month to the Commissary General, by whom it b <s been dishur ed for j the absolute subsistence and clothing of the ! , troops. In this way he has been enabled lo j make tiis movement on Monterey, Ven'tira Mora, who declared for a dictator ship at Mazatian, having plead the instiga tion of Santa Anna, the latter addressed a communication to the Secretary of War, for mally repelling Ihe charge, and accu-ing j Gen. Ventura Mora of a calumnious false | hood. It is very plain that Santa Anna is • suspected and narrowly watched. His delay | at San Luis, has been impatiently denounced in Mexico, and every one who reads the long } j and elaborated defences which have from time to time been put firth at San Luis, must I come to the conclusion that the bread) is 1 widening between the Government and Santa Anna. The movement at Mazatian was ' doubtless intended to feel the pulse of the country. It has been supported in no quar ter, it has not even been received in silence, < but openly denounced by several of the States, 1 and Santa Anna prudently conforming to the | present state of opinion, still manages his de- < tenoe so as to throw additional opprobrium on \ the Government. It is said that the Government has under consideration certain proposals with regard to the city and rustic securities of the religions communities. Out of six bids the least would produce to the Government §2OO.UUO. The value of the securities is said to he infinitely greater than the sum iff red. The “Republi cano” refers to one sale which it pronounces scandalous. ‘lt is said that the great haci enda of Acahhislla, in I tie valley of Cnsiitla, belonging to the religions order of Domini cans which produces §50,000 annual rent, 1 has been sold to Don Miguel Mozo for §3O,- ! 000 in money and (JO.OOO in bread (gallefa.) The Secretary ot Finance has under his own signature contradicted the report that be has negotiated for the sale of eclesiastical estates at 25 per cent, of their value, receiv ing 4 per cent, in paper and 20 per cent, in cash. The Bishop of Gnadalaxara has offered in the name of the clergy of his diocese, §30,- 000 towards the expenses of the war, which amount Santa Anna ought already to have received. The patriotism of this worthy pre late is duly applauded. The Governor of the State of Vera Cruz has declared a forced loan, lo be raised from the merchants and capitalists, of §40.000. — j The city of Vera Cruz and the places near ; Alvarado are exempted from tax, in ronse- I quence of their previous liberal contributions for the subsistence of the troops. As in consequence of the embaTasment of the treasury, the Government will be unable to pay the salaries of officers punctually, it iias been proposed to remit a portion of their (axes. Congress has resolved to appoint a special committee to draft a law lor organizing the National Guard. The canton of Osolnama and the district of lluetjntla have agreed t > establish a ren dezvous for the National Guard, and to sus- I tain the expenses by a subscription among themselves without calling on the general government. A : reposition has been made in Congres-to transfer the seat of government from Mexi co to Celaya bv the ]9i h of March, which, | alter some discussion, was referred to the '■ committee on constitutional points. 'The evidence tbat we intend io attack this place seems to accumulate. The Ind’cator invites especial attention to the fact that ten vessels, supposed to he transports, are an chored under the I I 1 of Lobos, and among i them one vessel of war (the St. Marys). It I is thought these vessels are transports be cause one of them has been shipwrecked, with four companies of seventy men each, , (another account savs four hundred men) I who marched upon Tampico under the pro- | lection of the sloop of war; because when (he military commandant at Tuspan received notice it was already late and he arrived at the point after they had marched, so that fie was able only to seize some of the cargo. The military commandant of Vera Cruz has issued a general order lo issue provisions or rations in kind, lo all the officers who de ) sire if, as there is an absolute want of mo ney to furnish them even for the supply of j their tables. In staling the troops in town and ca«tle at GOOO I exceeded the number by more than a thousand. 'The number of regulars was, , however, stated correctly at 28U0, the town having 1800. The rest are of the National Guard, Probably more of the National Guard will be called in and located near the | citv, but 1 do not believe that many more ' will be crowded w i Irn (tie walls a- thev can not he led. The defences of this place ap pear to combine great strength and great weakness, of course, the facility with which the ci'v mav he carried will depend upon the points attacked. We are to-day told that there are 2000 men at Alvarado—half of them regulars Guns have been drawn from every quarter to strengthen tlie defences, which now equal eight forts with a total of sixty guns of va rious calibre. The entrance to the river is a Iso defended by a chain of shells or torpe does, which can be exploded from the land. I was pained to bear from Mr. Rogers that hewasonlered to Perote on the 14 : h instant, and I have authentic information that he started on the IK'li. When all the promises of Landero and La Vega are recollected, the imposition of additional hard-hips at this time does not well comport with the magnan imity of which the Mexicans are constantv boasting. Under the expectation of a speedy release, on the faith of many promises, his disappointment must be acute indeed; but his friends will he gratified to know that he communicates the news ot his close impris onment with philosophic cheerfulness. W. U. S. Squadron, Feb. 2G. 1847. Gentlemen —The subject of Mr. Atocha’s despatches is discussed in the recent papers, but I have not yet seen or heard of any fa vorable allusion to if. ’Hie Vera Cruz pa pers stale that our Government have pm i po-ed lo Mexico an indemnity of twenty mil lions for the line of the 2Gth parallel from the mouth of the Rio del Norte to the Pacific. It is understood that Mr. Atotha’s remarks have confirmed this statement so f.,r as this, | j that fitleen millions are offered for the above j I mentioned boundary line, the United States j waiving all claims on Mexico, and assuming i the indemnities due iier citizens. There is I a story flint ten thousand men are to be kept i on the frontier to prevent smuggling. 'Those reports are regarded among us with a great d *al of incredulity. Personally, Senor Atocha appears to have been the most unacceptable person we could have sent lo Mexico. His reception at Vera Cruz was anything but flattering. He land ed at Vera Cruz on the 9th (I believe) and reached Mexico, according to (he papers on the 13M). The next day he was ordered to leave the capitol fora haciei.da nearJalapa, there lo await the reponse of the Govern ment. It is rumored that his proposals have been despatched to Santa Anna. Judging from the tone of the newspapers, I should suppose that (hey would be rejec(ed with dis dain. One print declares that it i-the great est insult which ha< yet been offered to .Mex ico; another asks how long Mexico will per mit herself to be set at naught. The odium in which Senor Atocha is held, has appa rently prejudiced the proposals, whatever they may be. Santa Anna was by the latest accounts coming down to the 14th nst, from Guadal axara, still advancing towards Saltillo, and had reached Uedral. On the 12th, an extraor dinary snow storm occurred at San Luis. We may expect melancholy accounts from the denuded Mexican xrmy. The money contributed by the Bishop of Guadalaxara for the use ot the army, has tl been diverted to other purposes. The op- w position to the law confiscating the church estates is unabated, and is beginning to as sume a more systematic character. The Stare of Jalisco had suspended execution of the law until Congress can consider the pe titions of the several Slates tor its repeal.— a Distrusting capitalists consider the invest- r inents as too insecure for speculation, even t at enormous discounts. The amount of pro- ( perty held hv the Church in Mortmain, is os- j timaied at 50,000,000, and the Government cannot, at the proposed rates, raise 10.000.- 000 Ity the sacrifice of the w ho'e of this pro- * per'y. Mr. Waddv Thompson savs that his ! residence in Mexico has thoroughly convinc- j ed him that no political movement can suc ceed to w h ch the priesthood is opposed. 'The issue of this favorite financial scheme of young Farias is likely to illustrate the truth < of the remark, as there is much reason to i suppose that the law will eventually be re- . pealed. 'Die people of Vera Cruz have turned nut cn mass to clear away the sand embanked against the walls of, the city on the northern 1 and western side, and to dig a ditch. 'The women and children were actively engaged in carrying away the sand. It has been reported that Santa Anna has remitted $75,000 of his own funds to Vera Cmz to aid the garrison of that place. 'Dip Spanish brig , captured by the I Aibanv, will probably be sent to New Orleans ! for adjudication. She is seized for informal* 1 ity in her papers, and for evading the warn- j ingof blockade. An enemy’s schooner has be-! j come prize to the Vixen. [Correspondence of the N. O. Delta.] j Tampico, Feb. 20. Gen. Scott remained in Tampico but a tew : i hours, inspected the troops, made ail his ar ■ rangeinents, and started lor hobos. Gen. Twiggs, with his Division, immediately fnl j lowed. Gen. I‘atterson, and the remainder of the force now here, will leave in a few days. Col. Gates will be left in command, with the Louisiana Regiment, the Baltimore . J Battalion, and two companies of U. S. Artil- I ! lerv—in all about 1400 men; besides which the American citizens resident in this city, and numbering about 500, will be enrolled, and held ready as minute men. It is anti cipated by many that an attack will be made upon this citv as soon as the main force is withdrawn. 1 hope it may be so, for 1 know we will render a good account of ourselves. Ai t;raw. geo.. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH If., 1847. LT'Die Northern mail had not been receiv ed at the Post O.iice last evening when it closed. o*The Cassville Pioneer of the 12th ins*, pays the following compliment to our friend ! Gathright, on occasion of his speech at the ; recent democratic meeting at Daldonega: •‘The resolutions were ably sustained, in a j chaste and eloquent appeal by Milton 11. Gathright, Ksq., which reflected much credit from the Democracy in attendance. NN e listened to Mr. G. with great pleasure, and felt the force of his arguments, lie briefly alluded to the services of the lion. Howell | Cobh, and pronounced a deserving soliloquy. on the able services which be has rendered the country, during the short space which he lias been in Congress.” We have no doubt, Mr. G. made a fine speech, as he is capable of doing, but it must have been a very moving one indeed to have enabled him fodelivera soliloquy. We | have heard of speeches that had the effect of j entirely dispersing a meeting. But that could not have been the ca.-e in the present j instance, as the editor of the Pioneer it seems heard, or perhaps overheard I lie soliloquy. Kelli’s *6e|»on». We have received from Mr. Thomas Rich ards, who has the work for sale—a copy of Kelly’s Reports of the cases in Law and ; Equity, argued and determined in the Supe -1 rior Court of the State of Georgia in the year 1310. 'i'liis is a work much needed by the profession, and should be in the hands of every legal gentleman, as it may he consid ered the h'obP't legal authority in the Slate. It is got up in handsome style, the reports full, and is accompanied with an index occn pving some thirty pages. When we have leisure we may take occasion to notice it more in detail. T'if lT»i>rr ISio Grande. Notes on the Upper Rio Grande, by Bry ant P. Tilden, Jr. explored in the months of October and November, 1846, on board the i U. S. steamer Major Brown, commanded by j Capt. Mark Sterling, of Pittsburg, by order i of Major Gen. Patterson, U. S. A. comrnand ; ing tne second division, army of occupation, \ Mexico. This is the title of a neat pamphlet, j accompanied with several maps nr drawings; i which has been just received at the Literary ! Depot of Mr. J. A. Milieu, and a copy placed I on our desk. I i ~ Leonard’! Blackius. We were yesterday presented with a box of tiiis superb Blacking, which no lover of highly polished boots should be without. We were shown at the same time a book containing the signatures of thousands who have tested the article, and pronounced it good by taking ftom one to three boxes— among whom we observed the names of a number of onr own citizens, who obtained a supply some three or four years ago. To these it is needless to recommend the article, but to such as have not given it a trial, we can recommend it as being the best and cheapest blacking we have ever used. If you see a well dre-sed, neat little man, with a sharp visage, going along,stop him—he is the Blacking Man, and will shine your boots and sell you a box or two in much less time than it took the strop man to sharpen your knife. Trtn«nrr Note?. The St. Louis Republican of the Ist inst. says—“ That about $50,000 of Treasury drafts, recently remitted to the United Stales Paymaster in that district, have been pur chased by the Bank of Missouri at par. The 1 Bank will nsc them as Eastern exchange.” Col. Hays of Texas, we understand, passed hrough this city on Sunday morning, on hi* A’ay to Washington City. From Mexico. By the schr. Brave, Capt. Riddle, arrived at New Orleans on the 7flt inst. from lla-- ana, the editors of the Picayune and Mercu ry have, through the Havana papers, advices from Vera Cruz to the 7ih ult. VN e are in debted to the Picayune lor an extra contain ing the information brought by her. The finances of the country were at an extremely low ebb. The law to raise a loan by the hypothecation or seizure of the church property had, from its unpopularity, and the strenuous opposition of the clergy, been found inoperative. Santa Anna had address ed Congress, requesting the modification or if possible the abandonment ol the measure, and the substitution of a more popular one. A proposition had accordingly been submit ted fur its repeal, and a bill had been intro duced authorizing the Government to borrow from the clergy monthly the sum of $450,- 000, the leaders to be endowed with the pow er of selling securities, redceinii g capital, etc. Congress had also passed a resolution empowering the Government to levy lay con tributions. Santa Anna, in a communica tion to Congress, states that he has found himself obliged to seize “1)8 bar* (ingots) of silver, belong! off for the most part to Spanish merchants of San Luis.” He says, “thu* have I again compromised my responsibility to the utmost..” 'Die Minister of War, in a communication to Congress, dated January 28th, stales that he had just forwarded $35,000 to the army. The army, the papers say, was to have marched from San Luis tor Saltillo and Monterey, on the 27ih ult , but 1 in the condition Santa Anna represents it to j be, it is impossible to see how it can make any effective movement. Vera Cruz is not, as was reported, to be evacuated; on the con trary the Department, in an anticipation of an attack, was adding to its fortifications. Mlill I.ntcr from Mrxic*. The N. Orleans Picayune has been placed in possession of papers from the city of Mexi co of the 1 Hli, 12tl» and 13th uito., which are several days later than those quoted by the Havana papers received on Sunday. Senor 1). A’ejandro Amelia, bearer of despatches from the Government of the Unit ed States to Mexico, supposed to contain another proposition of peace, was landed at Vera Cruz on ihe 9ih uito. from the Ameri can Squadron, and was to have left lor the capi'al the same evening in company with Lieut. Co'. Alanis, an aid of Gen. Morales. Gen, La Vega dues not appear to have yet assumed the command of Vera Cruz at the last accounts. A letter is published in El RepuMicano at - nounsing that Gen. Santa Anna took Ins d - parture from San Luis on the2i of Februa ry. His destination is said to be Monteiev, towards which point the mi in body of hii army had already moved. The following i* given as the number of troops under his command, with the dates of their departure from the city of San Luis: List of T oops which have recently marched for Monterey. January 26,—The Sappers and Artillerists, wiih nineteen guns of heavy calibre 650 January 29. Ist. 3.1,4 th. :>ih, lOth and Tth Regiments of the Line, and Ist and 3J Light Troops 6210 January 31. tth Light Troops, mixed of Santa Anna, Ist Active of Velaya. do. of Guadalajara, do. of Lagos, do. of Quere la ro, do. of Mexico 3200 Total departed from San Luis 10,000 Troops which Gen. Famuli conduct* from the town of Lula, wiih three piece* of heavy calibre, with their munition* 1000 Cavalry on the march CO »0 Artillery do. do. 250 Division under Gen. Mejia 40(;0 21.310 The artillery was supplied with over 600 round* of ammunition. In the above enumeration are not included the force stationed at Tula, nor the brigades of Gens Minon and Jnvera. At the latest accounts from Santa Anna, he was at Matehuala, where lie arrived on the 7ih of February. Matehuala is a town nearly north of San Litis, and about one-third of Ihe way thence to Saltillo, according to the maps before us. His army was in the utmost distress —rndeadn tie miserias —the Government having provided no means for undertaking such a march. We have a frightful picture of the state of the troops I before leaving San Luis. One of Santa An na’s last acts before marching was to distri bute twelve days pay for the month of Janu ary. Tins could not sustain them more than a week, and the question wax asked, “What shall we do when in front of the enemy? ’ 'Die troops are represented as patient and loyal, but in pitiable state of distress. In de rision, they speak of going forth to solve the problem of “fighting without eating. ’ The same paper which announces Santa Anna’s arrival at Matehuala, mentions that Gen. Taylor is fortifying Saltillo, and has with him 6000 troops and sixteen pieces of artillery. This shows again the accuracy of the information possessed by the Mexicans of our movements. Further extracts will be found in onr col umns this morning, taken from the Pica yune of the 10th inst. Valuable Cargo. The Sa-’annah Georgian oi l3th inst. says— “ The British ship Speed, Capt. Grundell,cleared at this port, for Liverpool, with 3107 balesof Up jand and 50 bales of Sea island Cotton, valued at $143,592 38. The Atlanta Luminary of the 13th insh says—“We are informed, by a gentleman direct from the terminus of the Western and Atlantic Ra I-Hoad, that for a few days past, rains has fallen almost incessantly; flooding the country, and promising to.do much dam age. Water courses are said to be higher than for years past, and the rain is still fall ing. The Chattahoochee is bursting it*