Show important from mexico gen nil Ali miramon ramon made his first appearance before vera cruz on the of february ile he aa was accompanied by some men and a rii lii numerous nerous train of artillery ile he encamped on the hills near the old powder house between fedelin and vera cruvand cruz Cru zand and about four miles from the latter city his headquarters were at the village of Medel fedelin Me delin th some five miles distant in the city of vera cruz long iong before declared in a state of siege martial law had been proclaimed the garrison slept nightly upon their or arms in the public plaza the pe people ople opie men women and children had fled in every direction to INI Me delin edelin to guspan andall along the coast in the interior whithersoever e er each family thought best only the soldiery and those who wished to L take ake part in in I 1 the defense of the city were left they numbered some to men and all were in the best of spirits the city was wag well supplied with arms and ammunition and everything in the best state of defense gen iglesias was i kas pas vas in in command with gen ampudia chief of artillery assisted by cols ceroga lane and others col lane who is an englishman is in command of the new sand fort tort recently recently erected at the right of the cemetery road wis els this fort mounts six 84 pound guns of iong long range and certain aim they protect the barracks barrais and made i it unpleasant pe beasant work for miramon to plant a battery anywhere nowhere within three miles of the city on the t e approach of miramon the city of alvarado was abandoned and the fort dismantled the guns stores all tal tai taken en up to vera cruz there were three united states vessels at vera cruz the savannah captain aab aboga a captain turner and the preble lately arrived from aspinwall of english vessels there wab wag but one tyne the screw steamer valorous and but one frenchman mana a brig there were alsol also two spanish vessels in port two others frigates sailed from havana but a few days amo ago ago C ne the american vessels were anchored under the castle castie directly before the town NEW ORLEANS march 19 lg the english steamer has just arrived and brings dispatches to the captain of the savannah sa van from our consul at havana under date of dinst informing I 1 him that marin had fitted out four steamers for the purpose of attacking cruz and tampico and was wag to sail in two or three days thereafter his vessels were manned with spaniards and some os they are to sail from cuba under the spanish flag and hoist the mexican flag g on sea it is i also said that we may look forleo two more spanish men of war every moment it is now how a clear case that thab the spanish government has put her foot into and veri very likely ersela in some secret article in in the alimonte Ali nonte I 1 treaty I 1 eaty gen marin marln had on board a large quantity of ammunition stores and provisions also twelve 24 it was believed that several other vessels had bad sailed from havana 9 on the same mroe miss on A well laden schooner is known know n to have sailed on the the city was besieged ly b miramon on the oth he notified ta the representatives of foreign governments overn ments of his intention to cannonade 16 non nor the city lle lie ile he made an attack in force on the night of the ath but was soon repulsed by the liberals who are arc confident of a successful resistance alvarado is report reported ec to be in possession of miramon the liberals have cut hirthe communications entirely between mexico and Mi ranion 11 and are making preparations to harass him in the rear guanajuato has bag fallen falen into the hands of the liberal party as also which latter capital is now occupied by 2000 liberal troops under atiagan tho the city of mexico isnow is now strongly threatened 1 A few days since there was a skirmish i between a party of liberals on tire ore one sida and about the same number of reactionaries near the city in which the latter lost two pieces of artillery and were driven to the very gates of the city tile the city of mexico is surrounded by the liberals NEW ORLEANS march 20 MEXICAN NEWS miramon commenced the siele siege of vera yera cruz on the ath dinst on the ath two steamers appeared before the cit yand refused to show their colors commander jams jaas therefore ordered the saratoga with detachments from the savannah and Preb Pre bleon leom leon the steamers indianola and wave to proceed to the anchorage and ascertain the character of the two strange steamers As the saratoga 9 a I 1 towed by the indianola approached them they y tried to escape but were too late captain turner then sent a boat with a fla flag to demand the nationality of the steamers ghen when when the boat wab was fired upon twice whereupon the saratoga fired a broadside into the gen mira rmon roon and the action became general both steamers now hoisted the spanish flag and after a spirited engagement marin surrendered and with most of his bis men was taken prisoner the ile american less is but three wounded one of whom is mortally the mexican losa lose ia is fifteen killed and twenty to thirty wounded miramon ramon paid for forthe the two steamers Al marine arins steamers pa parsed sed by all the foreign squadrons and the castle without hoisting a flag although ordered to do so by a shot fr from t om the castle and other signals the english french and spanish vessels of 0 war did not no li no alce aice the fleet the engagement mool tool place prace pl aceb aced by moonlight great excitement existed in vera cruz in consequence of bf the action ot of the american squadron the french and spanish residents were very bitter in their denunciations of the affair SECOND DISPATCH the mexican war steamer marquez has arrived below a united states prize in charge of chapman of the saratoga the Sara togas men also captured the steamer miramon which arrived at noon both steamers were captured of off anton fAnton lizardo on the morning of the ath dinst after a brief action actions and with only a slight loss A washington dispatch of march announces noun ces that resolutions of inquiry into the capture of the two mexican steamers had been introduced in bot both h louse houses I 1 t that h att the h epro proceeding was regarded as an act of war it bein being within the territorial jurisdiction of mexico Al exico there was a diversity of opinion in relative to the matter and it was asserted that the officers of the engl sh and french vessels that were at vera cruz highly deprecated the conduct of the tha american commander |