New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-17
BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL.
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ra..s-.bsve been received in w ashIngton, which
,sc.se the creates, harmony ard concert OF move
rrents between cur Squadron and CTR Army h = a.
resdy known 70 the country the usnfPots Nl.n
on board are rendezvous Al ne ssna o. Loo' m
sblv seca,e anchorage near the sn and ana some "
ss n tie south ward and eastward Of s1pico hnu'
Ter ofthese transports bad already arrived a. Loos &C
roriinz 70 the following nemorzncnm Nnien " ns.o
reason believe may oe relied on ,nere Ners lS
81 the s.t accounts not more thsn Eco troops inc udns
.,5onsI militia in the City Of Vera Cruz; and stnougn
.s number nay Be increased oy otleI drafts tom ne
r. national guard II IL improt4oe tns mere can
- mach addition 70 the troops Of the line. between tnai
.i- ar the date Of the contemplated attack Indeed
a. .trAitepsd the enemy for funds and supplies OF al
Lnds that il Is extremely doubtful whether farther
Sr4 rss s . az Ad s Tas @1T y
re more speedy from want Of provisions must D. "a
cspituAdon With the city II is presumed iAlis tne
Castle OF Ulua and for the same reason.
We upders.znd that there two points a. ~nen me
.bsrkaton Of cur trcOps may be e1ected-the one due
est from the island Of Sscrincios and within nile ma
half Of the eastern walls Of the city and the otner I'M
rediaelv abreast OF the anchorage Of Anton L1srdo-
Cr,T sousdron vii Be able cover the landing Of our
troops with ease which ever Of these points may Be
made. - .-,,.,,
tn. ns-tiss At present in Mexico. composed As
follors The uousrchist the cenusists tho high led
ers.,s the moderate federass The clerical and the
military The only OF these parties vnicn gives
cordial support 70 me - a..
high federast party The others unite more or less
with the clergy In their opponnon 70 u ins oPPo-
sirOn 10 very great, Ia several OF me StAies nss
hen impossible 70 issue the decree IN consequence
~ the refusal of the proper oncers 10 sign H. In
Oueretsro several riots occurred upon its publ
cstion and the States Of Oueretaro rueos And Mex
ico have formally protested AGAINST X proPo"uon1
ba been made in the state Congress OF FerH Cruz ned
AZ aaps 10 protest against IL also but has not yet been
acted upon Although this law was passed on tie I'm
January and several DEGREES for the purpose OF carrying
AIwf n n -
9sh ~ January nothing bad been done in the matter
All the ministers had resigned IL IL believed. IN conse'
ouence Of these difficulties. except Ladron De OereFsrA
the Minister Of Justice and Eccesiastca AHalrs and ne
had been but recently indicted into once IN place o. 10
- Nsna the former minister who had resigned short
time previously The clergy had IN several instances
both u Mexico snd Puebla shut up their churches and
portion Of the press daily denouneIng the government
In the most abusive terms exciting the people 10 an open
revolt II isbeeved that II will be Impossible to carry
out the and that II il IL persisted in revon,
ton will be the consequence, ana thst santa AhhA v"
be thrown out OF power In the 6antne u 10 runored
,s, the latter redta,es the assumption OF pictorial pow
era Mazstan has sready declared for dictator All p
and /, ruored thsi the roOpsn san LUIS Potosi have
done the same Il was formally snnouncedto congress
nv the administration few days ago that The later had
been unable 70 negotiate loan Of million OF dollars
authorized bT the furer the 3oth December sc that
IL seems the government 10 entirely WtnouI resources
In the meantime the are sunerns or
not only the want Of proper munitions OF war but Tor
necessary rstons and clothing. santa AIMS declares
mai he il unable to move from San Luis Po,osi for
want Of funds The latest financial move inside In
Congress January 25) the reference OF instruo'
mons 70 the Committee Of Ways and Means, to report
within three dsys project for raising funds 10 detray
the expenses OF the war for six months The Vera
Cruz papers speak OF the contemplated attack oil
Gen Scott and recommend thst force OF three thou
sand men be stationed Al Encero, about eighty
miles from Vera Cruz the road 10 Mexico Tor the
nurpose of being moved toward Vera Cruz, upon the
5rs alarm The LOcomOor states that there are four
desle. or passes on the road 70 Mexico, which nigh
be held by hsndful Of and few pieces Of srt
ery against any numbers there are certain Nights al
these passes whence the road winding about may be
euaaded for several hours These passes are, puerto
Eacions sbou, 80 miles from Vera Cruz Plan de- Rio
about 30 miles from Vera Cruz Csrro Gordo distance
/ not known and la Hons distance also unknown Inc
frst two are now being fortified.
A proposition recently made In the state Con
eress TO appoint De Soto (he present governor dictator
the State Of Vera Cruz but was negsved The City
of Vera Cruz has been declared in state OF siege snd
under martial law and tax Of SO cents on every
ten dollars per month has been levied upon al persons
whose incomes equal exceed 81 per diem 1t Is be
neved that including the one thousand men recently
arrived 10 Vera there in the city and cas-
tie twenty eight hundred.