The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-18
MEXICAN NEWS.
From the n. o. Delie' A
A-r;TnI s1f the Fa SlnfOI1.

From the N o. Delta, August :.
ArriTnI OF the fashion.
Latest tneacs-Assem6ty Of tile MeIteHn Congress
sszP Peace propositions snbmifted-DecLnre the"s-
.,lre, imeompessns to act IN the Premises-
Mcrt;ae of tie Guerrillas called By Santa
Amsn-D Decide on trying the fortune OF one
more BattIe--P4ebIG-Gen Scott i" stat" qr0
=.-SHppression Of the Newspaper press 2" me
CapitGt-IRtrigues of Santa Anna Jor the
otOfskip-GEerillGs, &c.
The steamship Fashion Capt Ivy, from vera We
Cruz the I'd inst, arrived here last night. fh's
ARRIVAL brings US full confirmation of the rumors
which have lately prevailed hero, relative to the
failure Of the last effort of our Government IN the
mission of Mr.. Trst to bring the Mexicans to iis-
ten to reason All prospects Of peace are now olssi
DATED for the moment and the sword will De once
more appealed TO- as an arbiter OF the future oes-
TIMES Of the Republic through the obstlncy OF the
besotted rulers who now preside over heF govern
meut There has contest Of etiquette, about
CONSTITUTIONAL rights, between the Congress and
Santa Anna each evidently Sinking the response
bility of making peace with the invaders 1t Is,
however, shreyvdly supposed that the latter per-
sonage is desirous of patching up the differences
between the two countries, as the sole means Of
securing to him the grand object Of his ambition,
viz: the Dictatorship. When the Congress DIS
solved, which was done by the withdrawal oil such
a number
below the figure which constitutes quorum,
Santa Anna held a council Of general officers,
when il was resolved to try the effect OF one more
encounter, either by marching against Gen. Scott,
at Puebla or rejecting the propositions for nego-
tiation calmly await his advance, and act on the
defensive Ia order to be free 10 act, the govern
mcnt issued decree suspending The issue oil all
newspapers, except The official organ The forces
drawn together for the defence Of the capital are
IL L. q = .T11 IN ifu d000
expected from San Luis, under Valencia, with
fourteen pieces Of cannon and 5000 scattered
on the road between The city of Mexico and Pue-
ba, to act against the invading forces, as they ad-
vanced. - ,
Pue6ld. Gen. SeolG EI Sol de Andhuoe of
the I'd instant in reference TO the American "A Army
says ,......'..
last from the city Of Mexico, but from the various
reports received by him, we can only inform our
friends that no new movement on the part OF Gen.
Scott has as vet taken place We had the pleasure
OF an inte. view with gentleman yesterday, from
whom we learn that Gen. Scott bad, when our
informant saw him, ten thousand Ren I'll for ser
vice and about three thousand others, SICK ana IN
dher capacities in which he could not we'll reckon
anon them for fighting purposes But we learn
that il was his fixed determination, the moment of
Gen. Piprces arrival to march al once upon the
Capital, and we may add as matter oil course 10
take IT,
By letters received here last Saturday evening,
we further learn that dispatches have been for
ward, from head quarters, U. S. A, for Wash
ington and this city, snd that our expresses bear
ing the same, must have been cut of, nothing
whatever having been received by that sour;e.
Lieat Whipple A letter has been published
in the Sol de AnGhUGc, from this gentleman, IN
which he expresses himself in enthusiastic terms
reoa,d;no The Lind treatment he had received
since falling into tho hands Of the Mexicans. II is
expected he will be exchanged for Mexican
Major, now q prisoner IN Vera Cruz.
Ha1 Tag Commodore Perry has issued the
following notice to the officers under MS COM
mand ~. . -.
US FLAG SHIP MISSISSIPPI,
Anton LizardO, July %, I847. {
e. Notice is given that the War Tax of ten per
cent ad valorens hitherto imposed on exports from
the porls in the Gulf of Mexico, occupied by the
Naval forces Of the United States, is hereby or
dered to be discontinued. .-.. . -
Al! officers under my command having charge
of the collection Of duties under the War Tariff
of April 7th, l847, will act accordingly.
M. C. PERRY, Cong Home Squadron.
= GHerriUes-Gencral Pisress Train The
BOlefin, Mexican paper published in Jalapa,
states in It's number of the 25th ut that the great
train had passed Ell Plan, and would probably
enter that city on the same day. The Guerriilas
disputed the passage Of General Pierce al San
Juan, Tolome and Paso de Ovejas, but were
finally obliged to retreat oVerpowered by fatigue.
From sixty to eighty of this number were left at
the Puente Nacional, where the train was detain-
ed an hour. by these bands The same journal
states that no disaster befel the Guerrilas, not
wilhstanding the $500 Americans and their six.
teen pieces of artillery e. -..- -. a.s....:
b.