The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1847-06-18

wonld never entertain the proposition .
, fixing the twenty sixth degree Of latitud'
as he northern boundary oil his country
and am pretty sure our government will
not seriously advance such a condition
But who has power to treat! Is Gel
E Scott authorized to propose or sccep
terms, or g suspend hostilities during Thu
negDilatien!
Since | commenced writing, mos
disag able report has reached me, whicl
have now confirmed beyond question
The ,Jaapa stage has been beset, tie pas
sengers i'll treated, il not murdered, the
driver beaten nearly to death, and The
carriage, luggage, mails, ETC., burned
The driver has just arrived in town, and
| his fright and treatment would allow him
! to observe them, but is strangely ignor-
ant, or confused upon the points of the
greatest interest. The attack was mad g
near la Rinconada, few miles beyond
the National Bridge. The rufians en-
gagged 10 the affair we're rancheros in all
4 probability acting without authority, and
| perhaps, indeed, they are only CONNER n
robbers. 1t is thought that none of the
| passenger have been killed, but Of this
there is no certainty, IL thty were re.
leased, some of them i'll probably be in
town to- morrow.
By our Overland Express.
Later from Vera Ciuz.
Success Of Com Perry's Erpeduions-Pre-
parat,oas to attack 7abasco-the Tomuo
condition Of The City. Hospitals &c +,
The steamer James l.. Day, Capt. Wood !,
arrived at New Orleans on the 3lst ul'
She left Vera Cruz on the % ult /, Tam
pico on the 9th, and Brazos ST. Jago on
the 2Slh nit. Since the departure Of the
Palmetto, on the 22i, there had been no
arrival from Gen, Scott's army. The dill
ligence from Mexico, due on the oath nlt.,
had not arrived on the 25th, at the time
the Day sailed.
Com. Perry las returned to Sacri6cios
from his crnize. During his absence he
touched a, Laguna, Fronrera, and other
ports on the coast. Al Lagnna he raised
the block ade. giving instructions to the
officer in command to levy the new tariff
on all imports, and wax tax of ten PEI
cent. ad yalorem on all exports.
He took possession Of the fort at the
month of the river, GuasaouaNo, destroy
ed the guns OF the enemy founds there
rased the American flag on the fort
where it nov hos!s, and salnted.it with
\ salvo of twenty cae guns. He proceed
ed to a town,'+tp the river some twenty
miles, Of which he took peaceable posses
sion, and where also, with natonsi aa-
lute, he raised the American fig. The
aloaljes of some ne,ghbor,ng villages,
W h!e there, came in, offering him peace
lul possession Of their respective baili.
wlcks'
What may prove Of Importance to The
and save it much trouble
and expense, he succeeded in securing al
this place mapo chart of The line for
the contemplated canal across the isthmus
Of Fehauntepec, with accompanying topo-
graphical notes. lie had it taken from
Lhe original, drawn out for an English
company, at whose instance tie survey
" as made.
As soon as the vessels under Com. Per-
ry take in, at Vera Cruz the necessary
coal, he means, we understand, to make
d ash a Tabasco, where IL is said the en-
amy is in force numbering 1000 of reg
ilar army, waiting TO i've him resistance.
The correspouden. of the Delta, writ
ng on the 9th, says:
There are some six or eight churches,
arge and massive, each containing vast
number of costly images. Several of the
churches are now used as hospitals, ]
passed through them thinking ! should
zee some cases of the vomito, as upon our
,rrival it was reported as being dreadful.
found neither vomito or yellow fever,
nj the head of the medical department
old me he thought there had been some
hree or four cases of yellow fever, two of
Fhich were soldiers, who had been drunk
nd exposed for several days.
II have met with Number of uuac-
'limated persons here who have, and no
oubt will, enjoy excellent health. as the
omito season is nov nearly passed of
dwell upon this subject, because know
hat the foreigners here, and some others,
ry every me thod to induce Americans to
cave. or prevent their coming-it is their
interest to do so. But Vera Cruz, with
is neatly paved streets, its we'll regulst
d police, its invigorsting sea breezes
must be, and is as healthy as almost any
'ort south of the Chesapeake"