The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-14 00:00:00

Captain Wood, of the steamer James L. Day, who
reached New Orleans on the 21st of June, having
left Vera Cruz on the 18th, states that information
had been received there before he sailed, that
Generals Stott and Worth, with the main body of the
army, had advanced as far as Rio Frio, without op-
poeition, and were met at that place by a deputation
from the capital with proposala ler peace. Giptain
Wood bad not hosed what the nature of than=
n ame was, bat their tenor was such that
Bent attend to swept then, and resolved to peek on
top This inibersation rests spot the tia-
supement of Captain Wood, who gives
no
The information received at New Orleans on the
20th, only brought down the dates front Jalapa to the
Bth, and from Puebla to the 3rd of June. The reason
why more recent intelligence was not forwarded
is not stated, but may have been the interruption of
communications by guerilla pulls& The Americans
had, however, begun with three parties in good
earnest, and were in a fair way to give a satisfactory
account of them. The Mexican partisan who ren-
dered the read from Vera Crux to Jalapa insecure,
were attacked at Puente Nacional, by nal Cad-
wallader and Captain Bainbridge, on the 9th of June,
while hovering round an American convoy with
money and stores, and entirely defeated. Oen. Cad-
wallader, at the latest dates, was steadily following
up his advantage. Capt. Walker started on the
morning of the Bth of June from Perote, for the inte-
rior, to commence the work of retaliation against the
guerillas. He speedily sent in 19 of them along with
an alcalde.

According to the.. lees recent but more particular
accoanta, General Scott was at Puebla with 6,000
men, 600 waggons, and 5,000 horses and mule*, and
determined to remain there till he was reinforced.
He had broken up the garrison at Jalapa, Dent the
sick and stares to Peyote, and opened a road from
Perot* to Tampere. It was even reported that he bad
sent orders to transfer the government from Vera
Cruz to Tuspem.
No certain intelligence had been received of the
result of the Mexican presidential election. An
attempt at a prceunciamento had been made at
Mexico by Gomez Faria's partisans, but it was put
down easily by Buatamente. Santa Anna had a
second time tendered his resignation of the presidency
and of the command of the army ; but congress had
acted upon neither offer. About 20,000 men, the
wreck of all armies, were gathered between Mexico
and Rio Frio.

The Capt Wood already mentioned states, on the aa-
thority of the pilot of Tampico by whom he was boarded,
that an attack from theXexicans waa expected there.
The Mexicans were said to be 1,500 strong in thel
neighbourhood of Tampico on the evening of the 12th
of June ; and some of the inhabitants were believed
to bo not averse to rise; there had been a good deal of
skirmishing between General Taylor's men and the
Mexicans about Corralne. The idea of an immediate
advance upon St. Lois had been given up, at least in
the beginning of June.
President Polk was engaged in a tour through
the northern states of the Union. He left New York
on Monday the 28th of June • reached Hartford the
same day; Boston on Tuesday; Lowell on Wed-
nesday. Throughout his " progress " the chief-
magistrate of the Union encountered a cordial and re-
spectful welcome.
From Halifax (Nova Scotia) we learn that the
high-sheriff had issued his notices for the nomina-
tion of candidates for the county and township, at 10
A.M. of the 29th of July. The poll is to take place,
if demanded, on the sth of August.

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