The North-Carolina standard., 1845-03-12
D. From the New Orleans picayune,.
LATE FROM MExICO

4 LATE FROM MEXICO
,l By the arrival last night Of the schooner Fan
! ny, Captain Patterson we have Vera Cruz date
up to the 4th uit, and 10 the 10Th ult. from tn
: city of MexicoS
4 Santa Anna was still in prison at Pero,e. w
learn that he has sent a request TO the Chambers
asking TO appear before the grand jury in person
and give his affidavit verbally, whichrcquest wa
denied. We are wondering whether the tyrant
while tasting the sweets of his dungeon, does no
sometimes think of the night when he ordered al
the Texans near the city of Mexico to be chain
ed in couples and while in that situation to bt
marched distance of some two miles, and par
AIDED before his palace at midnight that he nigh
crafty his contemplate spite by a sight of them
| In the hasty glance which we have cast through
our papers we find but few notices of the ex-Pre
sldent. The Indignation provoked against him by
his former tyranny appears TO be somewhat al
layed by the complete triumph of his foes; and
we doubt not that his ample pecuniary means
have contributed not a,little to the same end
The brig Leopold O' DonneII arrived at Vera
Cruz on the lth uf., with Senor Gomez Farias
and family on board 1t may be recolIected that
this talented Mexican has been for some year or
two banished from his country, and that he has
spent his time principally in this city. He is not
ed as political writer of great power, and will
doubtless take leading part in the affairs Of the
republic.
The Hesperia of the 9Th ult. says that con-
ducta left San Louis Poosi on the rst ult for Tam
pico, with the heavy sum of $2:37OOOO.
Robberies of the stages between Vera Cruz and
the city of Mexico are still common. One of the
editors entcrtains strong hopes that these scanda
Ious and lamcntable" occurrences (so he calls
them) will be stopped
Some Of the Mexican journals are repubishing
Eugene Sues Wandering Jew" as fast as it ap-
pears.
Notwithstanding the state of embarrassment in
which the Mexican treasury was left bv the pre-
ced!ng administration, the Minister Of Finance has
been able to obt1in loan of 100 600 dollars, at
one-haitper cent per month for the satisfaction of
the cullivators of tobacco [Our readers may pro-
badly know that there exists in Mexico monopo-
~ IN dealing IN tobacco, much like that in France
So corrupt have been proved many of the con-
tracts entered into by the late government in Mex
CO. that it has been proposed by Senior Rosa.
member of the Chamber Of Deputies. to Suspend
the payment Of all sums due on contracts, subject
to The revision of Congress. The peculations saidI
to have been committed are enormous and most
scandalous, some operators having realized inn |
mcnse fortunes from them
The French Courier mentions the fact that an
emIssary had been sent to this city TO engage the
Orleans theatre company for Mexico We have
already alluded to this circumstance
From motives of alleged delcacy, the names of
he officers liable TO punishment for remaining
constant to Santa Anna are not given. There are
more than hundred of them in this predicamcnt, +
low in the power of the government Our own
opinion, drawn from the tone of,hr Mexican iourn-
lis, is that the present powers desire TO deal len
,nIv with them.
The proposition made by one Of the deputies to
mite the two Chambers of Congress in one BODY.
n the present emergencies Of the country. has
'cen req ctrd without discussion
Ii is reported that General Bravo is 10 he call
d to the Council Of Government as a Supplement
ll member. +
The Mexican newspapers and assemblies of the
lfte-cnt Departments prolific in suggestions
alterations in the organic bases of the existing
oVernment n