The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-08 00:00:00

VERA CRUZ AND MEXICO.

The dates from Vera Crux are to the 29th January.
The accounts and prospects of peace there were very
contradictory.
Orizaba had been captured by Colonel Lano, at the
head of 500 cavalry, and was hold by the Americans in
quiet possession. It is a city of some note, command-
ing one of the only two roads from Mexico to Vera
Cruz.

Colon€l M'Clelland had started from Vera Cruz with
:300 men, to follow up the Orizaba road, in search of
4uerillas, who were reported to be swarming in large
[lumbers.

At Queretaro there was not a quorum of Congress in
attendance. Pena y Pena has succeeded Anaya as
President.

Rumours were afloat that Mr. Trist had been in con-
ference with the Mexican Commissioners again, and that
,ertitin terms were agreed upon, but nothing authentic is
known •f what they were.
Colonel Hays, with 100 Rangers and a few volunteers,
reached Teotihuacan on the 12th January, in pursuit of
Padre Jarauta, and while reposing at a hacienda, with
horses unsaddled and unbridled, Padre Jarauta came
-uddenly upon them with a body of guerillas, and a
severe contest ensued. Eight Mexicans were killed and
left on the field, and the whole body succ,ssfully re-
pulsed, the Americans sustaining no injury. Padre
Jarauta was last seen on his horse, severely wounded;
and the animal was afterwards found loose, the blood
running down his sides.
On the 20th to 25th January, Captain Burton was
:attacked frequently by an increased Mexican force of
:300 men under Penando. Eaoh time they were re-
pulsed with considerable loss, and when the express left
for Mazatlan the fighting was still going on. The Ame-
ricans wore invested by three times their number in the
midst of the enemies' country, and with no assistance to
tall back upon.
There had been some skirmishing in the ♦icinity of
Mazatlan. On the 20th January, 160 Americans en-
countered and put a body of over 300 Mexicans to flight,
with a loss of one killed and thirteen wounded.

A letter, dated Vera Cruz, January 24, says:—
" We are in receipt of news from the city of Mexico
to the 19th inst. All was quite at the capital. Peace!
peace! is the cry. It is generally believed that General
Scott and Mr. Trist have succeeded in making a treaty
of peace; nothing is known, for of course all the move-
ments of those high in authority are kept secret. Many
persons of respectability, and some high in authority,
positively state there is no doubt there will bo peace in
three months.

" The courier dispatched by the English legation ar-
rived here on Saturday (the 22d), having left Mexico on
the 19th. Almost everybody regards peace as con-
cluded. I have seen a private letter from a high source
entitled to credit, which states that this general impres-
sion is entitled to no credit, and that he cannot see that
we are any nearer to it than ever.
" Another specimen of Yankee enterprise is about to
be introduced into the city of the Aztecs in the shape
of an omnibus line, which is to be established there as
soon as the vehicles, which have arrived in Vera Cruz,
can reach that place.
" General Bustamente, ex-President of the Mexican
Republic, has issued an asidreas to his fellow-citizens,
dated at Guanajuato on the 34th ult. He says that,
though willing to shed the last drop of blood in defence
of his country, he has not had the satisfaction of sharing
in the honourable battles in which his countrymen have
been engaged.
" General Bustamente concluds by saying there are
30,000 valiant men left, who will not remain passive
during the occupation of the Republic, &c. This looks
very well on paper, but we apprehend will amount to no
more than all the manifestoes of Santa Anna, who drove
Bustamente from power seven years since, and to whom
he ailudes in the extract given above."
GENERAL CADWALADER.---Accounts from General
Cadwalader, at Toluca, have been received to the Bth
,and 11th of January. Ile had dispatched the 11th
Infantry to Lerma, some five leagues this side of
Toluca.

THE PAONUNCIAMENTO Or SAN LUIS POTOSI.
" 1. The state of San Luis Potosi, free, sovereign,
end independent, one of those which compose the
Mexican Confederation, resumes the full use of its
sovereignty.
"2. In consequence the State repudiates the so-called
Government of the union, residing at the city of Quere-
taro, and severs the. ties by which it was kound, as it
does not cousider it legitimate, and as it has not obeyed
the voice of the people in the war with the United States
of North America.
"3. The Congress of the State, faithful to the will of
its constituents, renews its protest of the Ist of June last,
and will maintain the war with all its force until it titm-
ceeds in having the justice of the republic of Mexico in
the present war recognised and respected.
"4. To this effect, and that the war may be carried on
with the utmost vigour, all the other States which com-
posed the old confederation are invited to join the
national standard, mild. to contribute with all their re-
sources according to their wealth and population.
5. In order that the operations of the war and the
progress of public affairs may not be retarded by this
union, and to give more vigour to the enterprise, there
will be held in this capital, or wherever the majority of
the States should determine, and with the least possible
delay, a convention composed of the Deputies of the
States which may adopt the principles of the State of
San Luis.
"6. This convention, the depository of the power of
the people, will proceed immediately after its installation
to appoint a chief executive, who will serve for the time
and under the conditions which may be prescribed for
7. The convention will give its principal attention
to the war, it will provide means either by levying new
contributions or contracting loans in the republic or
,abroad, apportioning to every state which may join the
confederation the sacrifice which will have to be made
''or the common cause.
"8. The State is expressly authorised to call on the
other States to join it in order to create resources to
prosecute the war, to raise troops and to dispose of them
is the circumstances may require; but in no case shall
it have the power to impose penalties on any person
residing in the State except those sanctioned bytthe law.
"9. This decree will be published. with the solemnity
of a national edict, and all the functionaries of the State
will yield it due obedience under an oath, the formula of
which will be prescribed by the Government, and with-
out subscribing to which they cannot hold their employ-
ment. God and liberty.
MARI ANO AVILA.
" MARIANO VILLALORUS, Sec."
This pronunciamento does not exactly savour of peace.
The dates from Saltillo are to the Ist of January.
rho American detachment, on their way to Chiahunhua,
were encamped at El Passo on the 15th of Decenaber
with a fair prospect of another field of Sacramento
before them. The Mexicans were reported as 12,000
strong, while the American force is stated at less than
2,000. The American troops were in high spirits, and
eady to meet any number of Mexicans which could be
produced.
SANTA. FE AND NSW DEFCICO..

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By express from Santa Fe news have been reeeived
•'rorn Colonel Gilpin's-camp, at Fort Bent.
It seems that a force of Mexicans and Camanche In-
,lians, distant 250 miles south of this station, were pre-
paring to attack him. Colonel Gilpin and his command
were making every preparation to receive the enemy, or
obe the aggressors. He made his calculations to be
ready for opera'ions on the 12th or 15th of February.
CALIFORNIA..--The news from Mazatland and the
Pacific Coast is to the Ist December.
Guyamas was taken by the American forces on the
20th October, after a bombardment of forty minutes.