Mississippi Democrat., 1846-12-02
LATE FROM MRYIrn

| PaPers iroin vera cruz 10 the Sth ins,
being eight days later than our adyicesE E /"
way Of Havana. This intelligence i ~ ~
teresting and not without importance ~
The tone Of the Mexican naners !,
embittered against us as ever No,b;ps
is talked of in the Provinces but tbe ,"s my
and in the capital but the war and nol;,;'
cal divisions. But let us first brine m '"u ~
news as to the expedition against "a hp .on on0
When commodore Perry left ,he W
chorage near Vera Cruz for Tabasco ,a ~,
Mexlcans supposed that Alyarado ,"a. ms
again to be attacked It was onlv sorao
days afterwards that they learned is raoI
destination. Their first accounts Of ,ba
result were published on The Cd inst
ihey treat It as a wanton, predatory ex.
pedllion, prompted by the defepceIes.
state of TO basco, and they taunt Us wi,b
our Two rdpulses from Alyarado, and deCv
US 10 renew the attempt.
The Indicator of the I'd inst. saws that
the evening previous they were insul,ed
by an American merchant vessel, which
passed the city of Sacrificios so close that
she might readily have been seized bv
boats and launches from The port, the
blockadlng ship being quite at disionce
at the time. The blame is thrown unon
the government for not providing money
and other resources to improve such on.
portunites.
The Indicator says that the captaing ge.
neral at Vera Cruz received dispatches
on the 9th inst, covering another from
the Secretary of State of the United
States to the Mexican Secretary Of Fo.
reign Affairs The purport was unknown
to the editor, but he presumes it to be ano.
ther proposal on our part for peace-Mr.
Polk presuming the fall OF Monterey will
dispose the Mexicans to submission. The
editor goes on TO say that the supreme 90.
vernment neither wishes or is ii authoriz.
ed to enter upon negotiations. The SUBJ
ject belongs to Congress to assemble in
December, which assuredly will not rem
der null the efforts which the nation is
making to obtain complete justice. There
will be peace, he adds, if the Americans
wish it, but it will be upon these condi.
tons, and after the prelimnares have
been settled at San Luis, or further TO-
wards the frontier.
Government received dispatches on the
lst inst, from Santa Anna, with state.
ment OF what measures for defence he had
taken, and expressing a hope that he
should be able to repair the honor Of the
nation. Santa Anna also wrote that Gen.
Taylor had received from Washington a
million of dollars, and reinforeemenls,
which carried the number OF his troops TO
$4,000. A letter from San Luis Potosi
on the 28th of October, says there were
$4,000 troops there, and that in fifteen days
more there would be 10000. There was
no room for people in the city, and ployl
slons were excessively scarce.
Gen. Santa Anna had ordered num-
Der of officers 10 leave their commands in
the army and repair to the village of 20.
EOS for trial, on charge Of cowardlce at
Monterey.
We have a long despatch from Almonte,
giving directions for the execution Of a
decree of Salas, commanding people IN
possession of arms 10 bring them in Tor
| Wv NoS VI tiS W w uPP'u'SS"'
Gen. Salas is issuing decree after de.
cree urging the payment OF assessments
and contributions for the war,
The election of deputies to the consti-
tuent Congress took place on the 18th inst
in the different States. The government
processes to have taken no part in these
elections, but the Governor Of the district
of Mexico sent an armed force TO Tolaea
to prevent suspected design OF overaw'
ing the electors, Picayune'
We have communications recommend.
ing a number of democrats for the Office oil
Governor OF tho State TO succeed Governor
Brown. One suggests the veteran Boone o.
Tishemingo; another, DR.. K. G. Hancock
of De Soto; and another names the fo-
lowing, from whom selection might De
made, TO wit: Augustus Of Noxubeei
Mathews of MarshalI Fox of Lawrence
Thompson OF Lafayette; Levy Of Atlallai
McNutt of Kinds; DR.. d. O. Williams OI
Kinds, and Toten of Marshall
We cannot give all these letters place
in our columns, and therefore, we are ID
duty to our friends, bound to decline pub
fishing any of them.
We trust the people will, in due time,
take this matter into their own hands,
Wherever, and whenever public meetings
are held, we hold il 10 be our duty to pup
lish their proceedings. We are glad 10 re-
fleet with correspondent who writes from
Noxubee, that "we have men in our RANKS
who have never quailed in support oil demo
cratic principles, when clouds have hung
most thick, and lowered most feariuDy;D
san array of names constituting galaxy
as brilliant as may be found in any o'ne'
State" [MississiPpiam