The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-06-07
STILL LATER FROM MEXICO

STILL LATER FROM MEXICO.
by an arrival of Mexican schooner at
New. Orleans, on the 20lh, dates, from
Vera Cruz mime days lsier) 10 the 10Th
inst. have been received. The Bee says
M sooner was her arrival known than the
air was filled with rumors. The first i'm
portance was that Mexico had formally
declared war against the U. States, and
that the vessel had been chartered ex- [
pressIy TO convey the intelligence, together |
with dispatches from the Government 10 /
The Mexican Consul. There is no lounda-
,on whatever for this report, and we give
II merely as one of thousands stories which
flew sbou. yesterday from mouth 10
mouth.
Another rumor. more plausible, that
Santa Anna had not only been pardoned,
but promoted TO the command-in-chief OF
the Mexican armies.
The project Tor recognizing the indePen-
ence Of Texas has been favursbly reported
upon by a special committee of the Cham
ber Of Deputies The report was adopted
by vote Of Al to L.
The Picsyune says:
'Rumors of revolutions in various por
lions of the Mexican Empire are rife.
Upon more reliable authority than
mere rumor we may state HIS Excellency :,
Senor Juan te Dos Csnado passed ihro rgh
| Vera Cruz about The first Of the month,
upon a mission, as was said, from the
Government of Mexico TO that of the Unit
ed States. The circumstance; taken in
connection with the negotiation then pend
ing with Texas and the secresy with which
The object of his mission was kept from tbe
public, caused no lille commoiion in that
city. One of the journals, apparently
more favorable TO war than peace,in remark
ing this mission. exclalms: Every thing
II appears, has been confidcd tc diplomacy
the hands OF the strangers are thrust into
his business. How shall we liquida,el
What will become Of the country! The
storm is raging over cur heads-the thunder
revtrberates abOvs us'
| W udNC uOUu w puulisu du Ca
tract from letter written TO Vera Cruz, on
the SIh day Of May, the purporl Of which
took US SO completely aback that were i,
not for the respectable source from which
It comes, one would pay liule heed TO it in
deed. The letter is from an individual
whose word might challenge the belief OF
levery man in the couDlry. moi to say tie
lGOvernment itself, and yet the announce
menl we make upon its authority will stall
lie all Of our readers. The extract is ~
these words--we transcIbe them literal
liy:
Elliott and the Texan Commissioner.
are about leaving this VERY CRUZ in al
English iriga,e for Galveston. with The ueat,
acknowledging The independence of Texas
Bu. they lIule dream OF their reception a
Galveston. The people (lhe Mexcans
Ihlnk that the acknowledgment, of Texai
Independence will prevent Annexation, an
hereby they will ge! clear of declarin
var, an they had threatened. They swear
however, that If Texas prefers Annexation
% acknowledgment. they wild deciar
war
What will astOnsh lbe American peopl
IN this extract is The intelligence that Eli
Oft is in Vera Cruz, and that lhe PresiGen
oi Texas has secretly sen! Commissioner:
10 MexicO under the patronage Of England
10 Tea. for recognize ion upon lhe basis al
luded 10 in Senol Cuevas' letter TO Conrres
Can these things be'possibe? Can it be ha
Captain Elliott. who left Galveston viii
he avowed purpose of going to Charles
ION, 5. G, has sneaked off TO Mexico I,
sc! asy advantage in negotiation whicl
!! the people will battle should every sceplr,
e IN Europe be raised in menace over them
!, Can il be true that President Jones, in III,
circumstances which now surround him
has had the temerlty 10 despatch secre
i agents 10 Mexico to form lrea.y in whicI
d he people Of Texas are TO be sacrificed
III we have seen SO much duplciIy AM
9 dOuble'deaIing in This whole affair, an,
- heard go much official mendaciy in regar,
10 Ihe purposes Of men unfortunately hlgl
Al places al 10 mOmen,ous crisis, tina, W,
g are prepared TO believe that some of the &C
= 'ors in lhe busy scene before US are capable
Of doing any thing, however low and assert,
ing any thing. however false, bui we con.
Iess that these Two little items in a lere
rom high source excited our amszement
Yet here are The words before Us, in blacl
e and white, and signed by an honarabe an,
!, lweIl known name, and one of he Brlis!
vessels (Ihe Eurydice) composing The arm
ed express kept up between Galveston an,
lVeTa Cruz was a. SacrI6rins-an apoh ~.