Frem The War

Monterky, Aug. 20, 1847. There s very linie news of n general naiure stirring herp. The order on ihis line ofopprations is to remain stalu quo. Tliingf fmay be sumtned up tbus : General Wool rpmain al Bupnn Visla wilh tho Mirsifs'ppi riil'S, the Noith Carolina regiment, and ihe "first families." The lOtli regimeni.Cci]. Tibbats, ivill garrison Monter v. Several c'etachments will be placed at the posts below. General Tjylor returns home in November. Several men have Jbeen killed bete lately, but nothing elsc could be expecied, ns Ihe Americans walk tbrough the outof-tlie-way placps of the town, at all times or ihe night unarmed and perfecil y reckless of exposurfi. However, ifblood fian appease their ttvnes, '.heir ghosts will never staïk the earth, for they are alwnys amply provided wilh Mexican c m aJps. Soon fiend in human khape last n;ght made a terrible illustration of a " liltle more grape, Cnpt. Brngg," for he placed under ihe lied of the gallnnt soldier an eight-ineh bomb sliell, wiih n train leaHing ofT, by which it was igmited. The explosión was terrific, bot fortúnate! y the captnin receivfd no injury. Two of the minsile-i went through his bed without touching hint. His escape is looked on as mirnculotis, the contenta oftheshell having been scatieied around f. r a hundrnd vnrds. No cause is asigned forlhis ittempt upn Capt. Braeg'-1 lifp, except thnt some of his men think he is too severe in his disc)l(ie. This is tiie second altemp; upon his life. The Bnltimore Sun bas the following. Hnted on llie 5lh, at Washington. It settles the matler, and we are now going to conduct the war in earnest : The eight rcgiments which tkePiesidei t, ndopting the construct ion of the net of Congress nuthoriz'ng lum to employ 50,000 volunleprs ('montioned in my lelter of yestrday,) has a right to cali out. are to be callrd out to-day. This wül niake the 50,000 complet. I have not learned yet on whnt Stalps the requisilion will be made, but will iniorm you tomorrow. A specinl mossenger will be despitched to rpcall Mr. Trist. He will probnblv gpt his papersti-day. With the troop n'nv in the field, on the wny, and about to becaüed out, we will bes'rong enough, notonlylo keep what we have acquireH, l)Ut to oppn Communications wilh the PaL-ific, ns I informpd, you in my lasi letter, by u:ay of Acapulco. Tliis will give us an opportunity to communicaie as quick :is oss'ble withour squadron in the i'acific and give acriiiional vnlue toiheacquUition of California. The war now t becarri-don rgainsi Mexico, will be similar to ihnt waged by Napoleon ngainst Autria and Iialy, by Sir LIenry Potiinger ngainst China, nnd by Sir Harry Smiihag'iint the Sikhs, i.e., it wil', support its pon expenses, nnd acquire territory bsiiies - the right and lawfu! issueof all war. We give brfow the su batanee of the offers uf negotintion with the We.icans,ns proposed on ea'.'h sidn. INSTRLCTIONS OF THE MINISTER IAL COt.'NC1L TO THE MISX1CAN COMMISSIO VERS. Conditiovs [or Poinls) on whieh the Commissiónrrs of the Uniied Sales ougtl to be negotiated with, and tonich should serve as a basis to those of Mexico, proposfd (o the most excellent President by ihe Minister of Foréign Relations, and approved by his ExceUency in a Council of Ministers: - Provided, Thot the place of conferenc ought U be intermedíate between the two armies. ProvideH, rqually, That before entering upon negotiations the American commissioner should acknowledge the right vl delibcralion on the part of Mexico, ihnt M : whether the inleniion of the United States bas been to aggrnudize ts territory - why do they notreirnin contented with that which they already occupji If that vhich he has come to seek in ihe capital is our consent and sanction to their demands, tlpy ouglit to desist fnirn what cannol be conceded - in 'ïny other event, they can pmcced as they have began, and the war will continue. 1. The indrpendence of Texas shall Ik ackuowlpdged upon consideration ol indemnificaiion. 2. It is understood by Texas, Iheterritory known by this name afier the treaties of 1819, and vvhen it formed prul of ihe SlntPsof Cofthuiln and Texas ; and by no meüus the territory cortiprehendeJ between ihe Nueces and Bra vo rivers, which the Congress of he pretended Texans declared belongtd to it. 3. The evacualion of all the Mexican repnblic of which they are in occnpaiion. nnd the raiíing the blockad, leaving Tree our ports, shall ba a nond'tion of ireating upon any other portion of territory. 4. Upper California can be a subject of negoiia!ion. 5. In no event shall the pnrallel of 26 deg. be nrride the boundnry, which wocild cause the Republic to lose all New Mexico, almost all of Durango, all of Sonora, part of Sinaloa ; and almost al! of Upper California; the oncession of a part, should it be San Francisco, shal) lies yielded ns a facioiy, never ns a boundary. 0. A soiilöd ifidemnificniion for the port of San Francisco, and a way of communication to Oregon. 7. The same for ihe injuries.prpjudics, ond extraorditiary expenses, oftlils war, made in the tenitory of the Republic, as t is that for which thoy come to negoiite, and whidi has brought them to the Capital. 8. The same for ihat which the fami. Hes of Matamoros, Monterey, Vera Cruz nnd oiher cities, towns and villages of the Republic have suffered in consequence of the nr. 9. The same for depredations commitlei by their tronps. 10. The same for those committed by their bnnds of f rager3 whose licentious conduct has violated the laws of naiions. 11. Thereshallbe presented fuf péyment au well the cost of liquidation ns t'at of ihe rcc'amatioiis which have lesn made. 12. Tho Uniied States shnll refognize the legitimiry of the tille of owi eis of lands ;n Texn-, under grants given anterior to its decluration of independence, ns well by Ihe General Govprnment, os by thnt of the Staf, and shall leave to ihem their free use nnd profit. 13. The United Stales si a'l not engage not to permit sl.ivery in nny part of the lerritory acquired from Maxico. 14. The negotiations shall be upon the ihe basis ol'reciprociiy, and due regard hall be paid Uj the respective coiiditions of the people of the two naiions. 15. Less thanayear for carrying into effect the definilive treaty, cannot be agree ) !o. 16. The guarnnlee of its observnnce ! must by agreement, he sought in a European power, or in a Continental Congress. 17. The basis of this will be the Republican system upo.i the wh.ile conlinen', excepting Brazil and French Giüana. 18. The treaty wliich may be formeel, shall n')t piejudice in any mnnner the principies of "the mist favored nation," which ihe Republic bas continued to the ' mo-.t of the nations wilh which it has trealed. 19. The resturntion of the fureigh prisoners shall be demanrled, and none of the American army shall enter the city. 20. The return of the shipsand trophICo. 21. Ánd as a general basis to tre.il of peacf, as if we had triumphed, and as if the war could be prosecuted with advantng?. AÑTlifO LÓPEZ DE SANTA ANNA. J. R. PALAECO, V. RONERO, ALCORTA, RBNDERO. Mex co, August 24, 1847. The folluvving i-; th") snhstance of the prnposiiicni subüiitted by Mr. Trist as we find them in the New York Herald, cop:ed from tlie Delta: Art. 1, 2 and 3, provides fur ihe mutual É'xchíuige of t!ie prisoners, &c. Art. 4 is ns folio ws: Ait. 4. Tho dividing line be'.ween the two republics shall commenre in the Gulfof Mexico, three leagues fiom land, in fraai of the mouih of tle Rio Grande; thence along the tnidille oftaid river to the point w' ere it lonches th outhern line of New Mexico; thence westward, along the s'iuthrrn limit of New Mexico lo the south-west angle of the snn;e ; tlience northward alonsr the western line of New Mexico, to where the same is out by the first branch of the river Gila ; if il be not cut by any branch of said river, then to a point in sa:d line nearest the said branch; nnd Ihence in a direct line to the same, and downvvard by the middle of said branch, and of the said river Gila, unlil Jt enters into the Rio Colorado, and by the midiile of the Gulfof California, to the Pacific ocsan. Art. 6. In coiisraiion of the extensión of the limiis ofthe United Siates, as they are definedby the preceding article and by the stipulations which arn further contained in Art. 8, the Uniied Sintes abandon forever againt the Uni'ed Mexican Stales all reclarnalion on account of ihe cosis ofthe war, and beswes ngree to pny to the United Mexican State?, in the city of Mexico, the sum of Art. 6 and 7, the U. S. agree to pay all cl'iimanls whose claims were dup previous lolhe war, not exceedings $3,000,000. Art. 8 givr-s to the U. S. and her citizens, the right to transport rcross the Isihmus of Tehuentepcc, from sea to sea, by whaiever menos of communicaiion may at the ti.ne exist, wlipuher by Innd or by water, free from all tUs or charges, all artilles whatsoever, the nalur.il producís of the United Suites, or the pro ducts of its manufactures, &c, and both govemmentsto unite in preventing smuggüng- The balance is in relation to the time of exchanging this treaty &c. Thosteamship Alabamn arrived at Ne ■ ■ 'Ti - Orlecns on tho 4th instant bringing aevicesfrom Tampico to the 2Oth ult. The Picayune snys thpre s no lalT neus fp-om Scotl's nrmy di'ect, but it learns through n source enlitled lo greit credit, that ihe Ame-ion hnd 37officers killed and 45 wounded in the ballies ofthe 8t'i nnd 13ih of Sept. There is no confirmntion of the repred death of ony of ihe Arnericau Generala Leltprs receive-1 by commerciM hnuses at Tampico from their corresponden's n the city of Mexico, confii-m entirclv ile PicavuneTs furmer reporls ofthe battle of Mili El Rev, Chnpuliepec and the highls nn the 8th and 13ih, when Gpii Scott cirried ihe place at the pointof ;he bnyonet. A circulnr from the Alcalde is published, da'ed at Guadaloupe, 14lh Sppt., anl nddressed to the Cotnmnnd.ints of General Departments, staies that tl e American army chnrgod on the 18ih at diy-brefik with all their íbrce,upon Cliapultppec, which yielded ufier a spirited defenne of six honrs. The Americrans marched immedia'.ely upon anolher strong fortirtcation, but their firsl advnnce wascheckek by the troops led by Santa Annn, when after a short cenflict the enemy was dispersed and finally routed. After nine honrs hard fighting, the capital being in a desperate siiuation, nnd nnxions to avoid i's bombardment he deteimined to evacúate it. A verbal report recpived from Vera I Cruz, stntes that he retired lo Gaudeloupe vviih ten thouand troops and twenty-five of artillery. No nifniion s made of the reporter] bombardment on the 14th and 15th. No confirmation of the report that Santa Anna had been wour.ded. It is uaH that Gen. Quitmnn is on his wny down to Vera Cruz wilh dspatches ani 4000 man. Col. Wilson was severely ill.