The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-06-04
IMPORTANT FIR ON MEXICO.

General WO9W ~ ltSDS0-Ht6ROfeu EIccItOft
Of Herrera to the Prssidescy- Ski,mish nth
Old Santy-His Flight Capture Of one Of
oar Tra;ns--.Ne,cs from Old Zach, &c.
Our advices from Jalapa are 10 the 2lst ult.
at noon and from Monterey to the 9th ult.
Positive intelligence had arrived at Jalapa
ofthe successful entry Of Gen. Worth into Pu.
ebla. Old Sanity was in the town getting sup
plies Tor his half -starved men, aud sent out a
detachment 10 engage Gen. Worth's attention
until he could escape. The detachment was
forced to take to its heels with Worth after il,
and old Wooden Leg in the advance. In the
skirmish our troops met with no loss, while
the enemy lost four killed. Santa Ana, it was
believed, was at 81 Martin, 20 miles west Of
Puebla, butt was thought that he would make
stand at Rio Frio, with $4,000 men. If so,
this point is strong one and we may have
trouble ahead There are those who consider
il superior to Cerro Gordo. We look daily for
accounts Of more blood shed. The great train
escorted by Captain Walker had arrived safely
ai Jalapa.
Gen. Scott was to leave Jalapa for Peroie
on Sunday the 23d ult. and was to continue
onto Puebla.
There was a current rumor at Pueb)a and
JalapA that the Elk President Herrera had been
elected President again. If this be so, il looks
lutte more like peace, if he can control or de-
sires to control the war spirit, but we take il
all Mexicans feel alike in the presence Of an
invader. They would not be human beings il
they did not SO feel. The Mexicans, however,
say a, Jaiapa, that Herreras election is certain,
and that he has been elected 10 make peace
with us and to prevent our taking the capital
General Worth entered Puebla on the 18th
nlt. No resistance, but in few moments sew
eral Of our men were stabbed and TWO killed.
Santy's force that attacked Worth was 1900
horse.
Gen. Shields expected to leave for the Uni
ted States on the 10Th inst.
Walker had slain the Alcude of Santa Fe
where the dragons were murdered. Murders
and robberies by the Mexicans on the road
were common.
The last advices from Vera Cruz (22 May
state that 100 Quarter Masters mules ladened
with -four and pork were attacked near Santa
Fe and the entire train captured. This is no
rumor.
General Taylor's health was good as well as
that OF his army. The small pox had disap-
peared. Gen. J. H. Davis was on lis way
home with the Mississippi Regiment. He was
10 leave Ceraluo on the 10Th ult.
Three Mexican robbers were waiting 10
waylay Mexican trading party between Ma
tamoros and Camargo, when three Texans
came along, whom the bandits mistook for
thir prey, but the Texans gave them old Zach
and laid their assailants out SPECIFICS and
cold.
clean breast does General Canalizo make
of it in hrs official account Of the battle of Ger
70 Gordo. He says in effect, that the Ameri-
cans made complete smash of the Mexi.
can forces and came SO near catching his friend
old Sanity that nothing but Providence saved
him. The despatch is short and has the merit
of being freer from Spanish grandiloquence
than any Mexican paper we have ever seen.
Carabujal, the Mexican bandit, still fingers
near Matamoras with about SO men, ready to
pounce upon the trading parties. Gen. Cush-
ing ought to be sent in pursuit of him. In that
event the honors would be divided.
II was reported in Matamoras that Lieut.. |
Col. Randolph, Of the Virginia Regiment, had
with portion of his command, captured, on
the 9Th, DO of Canales' men at China.
On the 9th ult the Fraiernite LETT Vera Cruz
in company with the United States sloop of