Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-06-19
Later from RGexieo.

later from Msxieo.
Gen. Scott ien Jaapa-Twiagsa at Pqeola-
Rumor of Gen Wor,h's Cenmsnd being Gu,
up BY the Citizens Of Ps<6ls-Sanss Anna
Resigned the Presidsncy Scot, sboa, to en-.
ter the City Of Mexico on the 18th inst
From Gen. Tnyior's Army-Arivsl Of Doni.
phsns Command, &c. &c.
sNsssSscsssso, (va..) June IL is47. -
The NV .Orlesns Picsyuae publirAsA<~i,ss
extra q noon an the 7lh lost, containing .hc in.
teiligcnes brought BY the arrival Of the steam
ship New Orleans. from Vera Cruz, bringing
dates h the lst inN. She aleo touched at the
Brsaos onihe 4sh. - ,7' .n'
Gen. Scott had left Jalaps q, the head Of ak
thousand ,roopa Gen TweQ.. with his division,
entered Puebla on the 28th. Il wss not posi.
lively known what Gen. Sco,i's iuten,ioos were.
but the general su?position was .ha, he would
advance upoa the Capital with his present force.
Accounts from the Capital state that Santa
Anna resigned the Presidency on tho 2sh. bu,
il 10 no, known whether Congress had accepted
it or not. This step was taken hy him in co,-e.
quence Of the opposition to his views in rrl,,i,n
to the defence Of ,hc Capital. ns we'll 40 ,hr d,
fsmatory srticles in The public print. Of Pu-bls
The American army was generally expected
to be s,ihe Capital. by He 18th Of the prrsrn,
month. and by a slight resis,.nce anticipated.
Santa Anna had comme need the Ratification
Of Guadalupe in person. and ordered the same
measures at Mejcs,xineo. near the suburbs, bu,
this causing general disspproba,iou, his res'gns.
ton followed. Il was believed that il would b.
accepted and Herrera nominated. The troops
at the Capital were but three thousand IN NUN
bcr.
An exciting rumor prevailed at Vera Cruz
to the effect that the citizens ot Pueba had risen
upon Gen. Worth. and cut off six or seven hun.
dred of his men. The rumor was 10 every mans
mouth and much csedence given To It. though
the Picsyune's Vera Cruz Correspondent /,
seeptical. .-..--.... .........-- ..
The murder Of Col Suurs app-ars io be- con
6rmed. A wagon master ond a qnar,ermusier'
clerk, supposed to have been murdered betweei
Cs'nargo and Monterey. are now sscer,sined I,
be prisoners in the City Of Mcx'co
| Suspicious are entertained ut Jslapa. that 81
attempt will be made 10 retuke that place.
| Further robb+ries have taken place bet~ eel
Vera Cruz and Jsl4p-, and the R,nrhsros n,
tween those poiu,s are es,i,nated al 5Oll.
A private letter from Jslapa .ts'es tha, Cal
Lawrence, bearer Of despa,ches, and one Of hi
escort, had been killed on the Rad. This &c
port originates. prabAbly. through mistake
Col. Sours' murder is no doub. alluded to-
There are later dates from Gen. Tay lo,'s Al
my, bot very little Of Importance. The M.asa
chusetts regiment had started for Monterey
Lieut. Col. Wright had been elected to the VI
can, ColoneIcy; Major Abto,t chosen Leuteu
ant Colonel, and Captain Webster, Maj = OF III
Regiment.
Part Of COL Dump phsn's force he'd arrived .
Saltillo, end the remainder was expected in
few days Aspeedy movement by Gen. Tay
lor towards San Luis WAS s,il snlicipsted.
About 400 officers aud men came passenger
in the steamship from Veu Cruz and the Br,
zos. Msj's Hsmmond, u. S. Paymas,er, die
on the passage.