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[Quarters, and any on* found in disguiso with-|in such limits willbe treated at a Spy.*.5. Tho Municipal authorities ill be heldresponsible for the good order and quiet ofthe Town, aid in case good order is not main

tained by them. tho Town willbo fired upon,both by the shipping and the guns of theCuaitel.

G. Anyper- having in his possession arms,military munitions or othtr public property,or knowing where such property is concealed,willimmediately report the facts at head quar-tets; and any one failing to comply with thisorder will be subjected to military punish-me* i-ni s

7. Head Quarters will be established, forthe present, in the building adjacent to theCuartel.

8. Lieut. Russell of the Marines willact asMilitarySecy, to the Governor.

By Order of the Governor."II. W. Halls,Gov. &Chf. of Staff.

CITY OF MEXICO.Our advices from the city of Mexico arc up

to the Mth,of December 1817. We quotefrom various letters as follows:

Scott was receiving reinforcements and wouldsoon detach a column to join leu Taylor at

San Louis I'otosi. So it was rumored. Taylorhas done nothing since the Battle of I'uenaVista. In tho valley of Mexico Scott lost 74regular officers inkilled and wounded, and a

largo number of volunteers. His whole lossin he several battles about the City was 8,724killed and wounded." hulco:

-Santa Anna had fled from the city ofMexicoand had succeded in reaching Havana."

'•Gen. Wool has inarched for Qucretcro with4000 men. Another atiny is going to IIon >.Itis though', the Americans willtake Qtjadolajara and 1 epic by the end of March, 1848,and that American troops willarrivoat Mazatlan by way of Dorango by that time."

The mission of Mr. Trial has proved anentire failure, and he has returned to Washing-ton.

"The Mexican Congress is in session atretero. They find it extremely difficult to

get a quorum for the transaction of business.They bad sent a commission to Gen. Scott totreat for peace. His answer was, that theywere too fate. Ho had received orders not tomake any treaty that they must now go toWashington ifthey wished to treat, tint sinceMr. Trist's failure the U.S. Government wouldno', make anymore advances towards peace

—Any proposals towards a treaty must comefrom Mexico, as the U. S. were determinedto carry on the war with vigor."

"Gen. Scott has received orders to occupyall the principal cities in Mexico. Trowere daily arriving at Vera Cruz and Tarn-pico On the 7th Dec. Gen. Patterson ar-rived ,-it Mexico with 1000 men. Scott hadthen with him about 20,000 men. and it wassupposed that by the end of December howould have 50,000 troops under his cornsmam!

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The Mexicans still cry out for war to theknife. It is supposed by a great many in theUnited States, that it willbo necessary to tokoall Mexico before peace can bo made. Thewar is said tobo very popular in the U. Statessine Mr Trist's failure. The principal citi-zens of Mexico do not wish for peace, untilthe Mexican Army is entirely destroyed, thatthey may not be burthene d wit a largo stand-ing army hereafter. The military and civilofficers of high standing of course do not wishfor pea' for fear of losing their situationsand emoluments."

MOVEMENTS OF THE SQUADRON.The Dale is at Guymas, the Sloop Cyano

at La Paz, and tht Southampton at San Jose.The store ship Lexington is blockading at SanBias. The American merchant Hark WhitonIns been converted into an armed cruiser byCom Shubrick, and under command ofa Navalofficer is blockading Manscnilla.

Commodore Jones and Capt, Gcisiner. U.S. N. were at Valparaiso awaiting the arrivalof tho Ohio. Capt. i>iner has been assignedto command of the Frigate Congress. As soonas he joint her she is to proceed to the Ea3tIndies, to look after the interests of American

Commerce in l.st quarter.Gen. Scott and Commodore Shubrick are

in communication.

on the boarh. The land party nt th? <m«time left their ambush and poured iu a rapidfire of grape and musketry upon a portion ofhe enemy who hid concealed themselves inihe houses aud bushes. The Mexicans re-turned th* fire with spirit for a few minutes,hut soon iled, throwing away their arms and

•hiding themselves in the woods.Our loss was Iprivate killed, and 3 officers

and 13 privates wounded—

total 22. We donot, know the force of the enemy nor theirlosi -The force it estimated at "about 200,

..and their loss must hive been pretty severe.We saw 4 killed, and rumor says there were

,13. Their wounded were taken to San Se-bastian, and are said to be numerous- 4 ElSinolocnse*' says their number of woundedwas only 0; but then the Faroe paper makes

.our killed, imen and 1officer and our force

.300. Wonderful tosay, they confess that theywere driven from the field.

AFFAIR OF HIGUERAS.December 13, 1817.

A party of 50 sailors under Lieut*. Lewisand Wise, about 3 o'clock this morning sur-

.prised a party of tho enemy at Los Higueras,about 12miles from Magadan. Six of the on*

cmy were left dead on the field, and the re-mainder took to the bushes and effected theirescape ; vino; behind them their baggage,arms, saddles, and even their beds and cloth-ing. Oar party brought in with them 15 or20 sabres, several saddles, a number of lancesand muskets, 4 horses, and destroyed the re-mainder of the enemy's arms and ammunition,

not a single man of OOf party was injured.DEFENCE OF LA PAZ.

November 1C, 1917.About 2 o'clock on Ac morning of the 16th,

a parly of some 100 Mexicans and. Califor-nians, under Pevcda, made an attack on LaPa/ which was garrisoned by a little over 100N. Y. Volunteers under Lieut. Col. Burton.A few charges of grape from one of his fieldpieces soon drove them off. The attack wasresumed about 10 A. M., and continued till3 P. M;when a party of the enemy succee-ded in occupying some of the houses in thelower part of the town. Col Burton nowopened upon them with both his pieces of ar-tillery,and soon forced them to retreat in greatconfusion. Our less was 1killed and 2 woun-ded. The enemy's loss is reported to bo 30killed and as many wounded.

SECOND ATTACK ON LA PAZ.November, 27, 1817.

Pevcda again attacked this place on theffllfc. with near 400 Mexicans, Californian sand Indians. The action lasted from 3 P. M.tillS. The enemy had a small piece of Ar-tillery. They were again driven off withpjreat loss and have not shown themselvesrince.

Col. Button, had but one man wounded.—

Thai Mexicans are reported to have lost atleast 30 killed in thin attack. Their flag wascaptured by a sortio patyy from the barracksduring the fight.

ATTACK ON SAN JOSE.November 10, 1817.

A party of about 150 Mexicans and Cali-forniana, attacked 00 garrison of this piece,which consisted ot only about 20 or 25 sailors,under Lieut Haywood. The assault on thobarracks was several times renewed, and theenemy aw often repulsed. The action was con-tinued at intervals for about two days, whenthe enemy gave up tho attempt, and retiredfrom the town. The Mexican loss must havobeen severe, as they buried on the field 1of-ficer and 7 men. Our loss was only one se-verely wounded. Lieut. Haywood's force wasso small that he was compelled to act entirelyon the defensive. The enemy have not van*

tured to renew the attack. n

DEFENCE OF GUYMAS.November 17, 1847.

A largo party of Mexicans having enteredthis town, a part of the crew of the Dalo,landed and drove then out again, after a prettysmart ection, in which 7or8oftho enemywere killed. Capt. ridge, was very severe-ly wounded in tho foot. He was tho onlyperson on oursido who was injured. Thoenemy was completely routed and has not re-turned.

1 have not seen the official account ofthis afidir,but gather the facts from a letter to

an officer of the Congress.In connection with this intelligence, wo

publish the following general order—

General ) Head Quarter?, Mazatlan,OrtDER, No.l. \ November, 15, 1847

1. Capt. Livallctte, hereby assumes com-mand as Civiland MilitaryGovernor of Mas-atlan. Lieut. Halleck. as Lieut. Governorswillact .-» chief of staff.

2. Lieut;Green is appointed to the commandof the irtal. He willhe charged with thegood order and policoof the barracks, and theregulation and discipline of the troop?. LieutZirlinof the Marines willact as Adjutant ofthe p»«t.

3. No person willbe allowed to leave orenter tho Town during the night and thoseliving beyond tho Cuartel willkeep themselveswithin the walls of their houses after dark, forany found outcjdc will bo liable to be firedupon. No pewon witharms Willbo permittedto leave or foenter the Town at any time.

4. Any *Mcxican officer within the outposts

will immediately report himself at Head

Scribblers.—

The number of scribblersupon California, which this war has givenrise and encouragement to, is altogether as-tonishing, exceeding any pre tunned expecta-tions of ours, for we did surmise a concentra-tion of prodigious zeal, and important assis,tance in representing California. Our filesfrom the East, received of late, are prolific incorrespondence, from the Snowy Sierra of theNorth, to the sun-burned barrens of SouthernCalifornia; and many of these productionsjust about as distant from what is fair andhonorable, in the representation of their re-spective localities. We say it again, we werenot prepared to operate, with such a host ofco-laborers. We observed in a N. Y. City

| paper, a letter purporting to have been pre-pared here, which, among other things, statesthat San Francisco has no soil that can be cul-tivated. When we look upon the bloominggardens all about us, and the umilled andfertile lands of surpassing richness, we are in-clined to believe the sand from the neighbor-ing hills in some rough wind must have sadlyaffected the writer's vision. Why, the Tableofone of our hotels has been supplied abun-dantly throughout the seasons with vegetablesfresh from the garden ofits proprietor in thisplace. Allthis is produced the year about—cabbages, onions, beats, radishes, and all such"sarse." This is su/Iiciently contradictory ofso false a statement as the one alluded to, andwe dismiss the matter, and disown henceforththo scribblers of the Eastern press on Califor-nia, whose sins are too great to be forgiven,and whoso enormities in either extreme areproductive of nothing good.

AtHome.—

The Sterling, hence, arrived inBoston in July last. The N Y. Herald pub-lishes copiously from files of the Star receiv-ed by her, not omitting, even, its advertisingcolumns,

By overland express, our papers of Julydates are in hand.

Quite enough has already been said by bothpresses, and by the citizens generally, in re-ference to the insecurity of our people underthe present disorganized state of society, to

show conclusively that a "civil organization'*is much needed. If, however, sufficient hasnot been presented, an occurrence) within theweek, which we shall briefly report, we arecertain, will silence all objectors for the fu-ture.

In an establishment where "grog" is retail-ed, two individuals drank freely, quarellcdhighly, and, of course, fought violently. Theresult of this casual meeting and angry dif-ference was, one of them received a severeknife stab in the chest, pressing hard upon thepericardium, though not puncturing the heart.The other was arrested by a posse of citizensand conveyed before the Magistrate, when astrikingly novel scene ensued. The examina-tion over, the court hinted the proximity ofa calaboose.

Prisoner, (to the judge)"

This is a bailablecase, sir, and you can't put me tharl"

Magistrate."It is not a bailable case, sir:

and—

Pris. (Interrupting) "Iknow it's a bailablecase. Iam something of a lawyer, ifIamdressed in buckskin !You can't put me in thecalaboose, sir, by (i

—d."

Mag. M Stop, sir, stop, you willhave to goto prison if—

Pris. "Igo toprison? No sir! And youcan't pat me thar !"

Mag. "Yet fir. We'll seel"Pris. "We'll see 1 And if you go to put me

in that thar calaboose you can't live in thirlplace by G

—Yes sir !Iknow you, d— If

you, you are a d d rascal, and you—" ?Mag "Be silent sir I Willyou hear ma^LPris. (inhigh fever) "Yes sir G—a' d—»'

you!I'llhear you. You are no gentleman?You can't put me in that prison. You are *jvjd d villian. Don't you dare to put me inJ Jthat prison. Inever was in a prison yet, afl^you put mo thar, and if you want to live y°$had better leave this place!" &c. tfcc,

EUROPEAN ITEMSLitest dates are, from London, Oct 27,

from Paris, Oct. 29th, A line of new Frenchsteamers ply between prance and the Uni-ted States,' An American steam ship, theWashington, was to sail on her first voyagefor Paris, in September. We extract fromlite papers brief items of European news.

I.'mi wu.—

Judging by the Siecle, the pan-ic in Engl continued. Among the fur-ther failures is Mr W. Robinson, the gover-nor of the bank of England. He was com-promised by tho grain speculators.

The Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria'smother, has been visiting Hamburgh.

The London ( lazeue of '^7th August; con-tains a treaty made between Great Britainand Tuscany.

Her Mnjcsty is hunting in the Highlandsof Scotland with Prince Albert and a lot oflino Lords and Ladies. >;Uh

The long contemplated attempt to get off theGroat Britain steamer come off on the 21sttilt,and proved a total failure, although aidedby a government steamer of six hundred horsepower. , j,| iq

Bennett, of the N. Y. Herald, is inEurope-He writes from London, Aug. 27, 1847:— \u25a0

In English politics there is nothing new.The elections are over, and the result is asmuch doubt as ever. Tho Queen is in Scot-land -tlm nobility Sffery where

—the people

no where. The Pope, and the murder of theDuchess of Praslin occupy every tongueFor a wonder, the Pope has become singular-\y popular in this Protestant country

—he is

now the "observed of observers." A terriblesteamboat explosion has just taken place ontbe river

—80 persons blown up.

Franob.—

Tho number of bankruptcies inParis during tho past year js 1,139.

On the night of 'he I8thAugust, the Duchessof pM*linwas cruelly murdered inher ownbed-room. Sho was the mother of nine child-ren, and the Duke her husband, was chargedwith the awful d*»*d.

At Paris, on the 29' Count Alfred de Mon-tesquieu, an officer of tho Legion of Honor,brother of Count Anatole, peer of France, etc.,was found dead inhis bed-chamber; havingbeen pierced to the heart with a dagger.

The latest accounts from Rome are of awarliko cast. The Papal troops were actuallyon their march to the frontier, and a high feel-ing of enthusiasm pervaded all ranks of thepeople. Positive aid was expected from Eng-land; but the Paris journals say, with bitter-ness, not from France.

The pope is represented as equally firm andtranquil:—rally prepared for whatever his ene-mies may undertake.

The German journals speak of a project ofon «exchange of territory between Hanover,Oldenburg, and Denmark, which is rendereddesirable for the establishment of a railwayfrom beck to Hamburg.

ARMY AND NAVY INTELLIGENCE

"ben Kearney left St. Louis for Washingtonon the 30fh. £

Col. Fremont declined "a Public Dinner pre-pared him by his friends inSt. Louis.

'•The latest letter," says the N. Y.Herald,('which has been received at the War Office,

from General Taylor, is dated in August"Wc extract from an article in the Herald

upon tho movements of Gen. Taylor, the fol-

lowing. Disputing his position as alleged by

the Southern Whig press, itsays:—"or the information of those journals we

can tell them that no blame can be attached to

the administration in the premises. It was at

Gen. Taylor's own suggestion to the war de-partment that he has remained so long on thedefensive; and when making ithe informedthe war department that in addition to thetroops previously taken from him, he couldspare two regiments, and have force sufficientleft to enable him to act on the defensive withsecurity."

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We would further remark that a perfectunderstanding exists between the old hero andthe government at Washington, and that nomovement of the latter, as far as he is concern-ed, is made without his consent being given,or indeed without his opinion being first ob-tained."

Gen. Taylor had received six months leaveof absence, and had returned to tht U. States.The opinion in favor of his election to the

Presidency was becoming more and more gen-eral, and there is no doubt that he will go to

Washington topreside over the destinies of thegreat Republic, almost by acclamation.

Commodore Stockton had reached the Unisted States, and was in the city of Washingtonon th* 12th of November, 1.847.

The U.S.Frigate Savannah, hence, WilliamiMcrvinc, arrived in New York harbor Sept.8th, having touched at Valparaiso and Rio deJaneiro, en route. Officers all well.

The U. S. Frigate Brandywine sailed forRio de Janeiro in September, with Commo-dore Storer, who goes to command tfye Brazilstation. .

Commodore Stribling, is to be fleet Captainof the Pacific Squadron.

A court martial had been ordered for tho(rialof Lieut Col. Fremont, on charges pre-ferrcd by Gen. Kearny. The court was in sea-

sion at Old Point, and its proceedings were

daily published They excited much interest.Gen. Brooke, and Cols. fie Ruetey. Crane and(tele field are members of the court. Col.Benton is acting a? counsel for hi* nnin-law,ICol. Fremont

New regiments from Kentucky are beingraised. Nowhere has the war so many ar-dent supporters.

The Oregon Hnttaliqn of Volunteers, Col.Powell, was at Fort Leavenworth on tlis 22dOctober.

THE CALIFORNIA START"SAN FRANCISCO, SATURD'Y MARCH.l/ljjj

ID The "California Star" EXPRESS iiftdiygto Independence, Mo., willleave this place on the hi0, April, tindNew Helvetia on the 15th. Posta*, „,,letters 50, onpapers 1*2 1-2 cents.

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