Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-10
AFrAIGS liz MEXICO.

Thee i uo confirmation u he runois PUB.
li.lca hy US on Saturday from The New Orleans
Times A correspondent! of he Picayune gives
an ex.rac. .! = letter dated City Of Mexico, July
10, which, he says, was brought ty private es-
press. The amount uf ,his exrac, IS lhat ihuse
,pL. : H., t,"~@i - = = ---- - re nai
The remocs, idea o. negotiating for pcase. The
man who brought this letter says thai when he
left the capital no commissioners had been ap
noin,cd. on the other hand, tic Sun OF Anahu-
ac SAYS. Ina. letters from Pueba had reached We
"a Cruz, which state tina The commissioners were
unable 10 come 10 terms. The Vera Cruz Jcu;-
nal ads, tia; il is compelled 10 place some credit
in these ruuors; tr, i! is inclined 10 believe taat
the negotiations have been suspended on account
OF disposition on The part Of Mexico 10 renew
them through the mediation OF The British Minis
try-a circumstance that derives some color from
the fac, tina, the English Secretary oil Legation
had repaired 10 Puebla TO confer with Gen. Scott
However This may b., 4, Vera Cruz the belief
was general hat our heres Of peace were for the
present wilhou; foundation.
Informaun il is SAID, was Al Vera C:uzto the
effect Ina, Gen. Scott, peIceivins the impossbily
of doing any thing by negotiation, had dc'er-
mined 10 march on the 18Th Of July. Il. is also
said, thai Santa Anna had force Of -, 900 men,
and with these he was resolved TO defend the city,
and die as he has SO often died before, sword in
hand in defence Of tie liberties Of his glorious
country.
This is the substance ol AL The news from The
civ Of Mexico AMI Scott ,ha, We can Ind in our
New Orleans papers. Doubtless, too, il is mostly
founded on conjecture The fact that The COM
murca,ion between Scot ard Vera Cruz is 50
rare shows ina, he road must he nearly mpass
able.
A lc!ler in the New Orleans Patria, lated Vera
Cruz, oal July, makes The following remarks.
81 wrote IL yen lha, there was considerable
confidence here in the Tumor, lhata commission
had been instituted b. the Mexican Government.
for the purpose Of conleuins with General Scott
or with Mr. iris, a, 81. Martin lie Tesmelucan,
BIN, | nm able TO inform you, that by late elier..
from The CAPITAL, nothing 81 Ibis kind had taken
place; on liz contrary, il is believed thai The do.
vernmen. vii continue The war with vgor.
This is confirmed by Inc preparations which arc
making n resist the attacks OF General Scdt upon
the Capital.
Nothing more is heard oil the assembling o.:
Congress, which will, Doubtless, not occur, be-
cause il would be against the interests oil SANTA
Anna. Persons who know The movements Of the
President, say hat he works with. assiduiiy 10
pfeyen, any re.assemblng Of Congress; and in
the event that Scott does noI attack the Capital,
Santa Anna by means. oi one 81 these manifes-
los ia which he is So we'll skilled, VIII make
il aprear that, in view 81 Tie inPossibiiliy ol as
sembns the national Congress against al The
efforts made Tor hi, object, AMI considering That
the safely or ruin vt The nation depends upon IT,,
he will require cunsoc"l,oh o. Ho1ao1es' VINO
are in his interest. This body will occupy itself
with HE lasl mission Of the Cabinet Vi Wash.
no,on and will e.pcnd ~ The wishes 81 Santa
Anna. IN, before his happens, il appears 10 mr.
ptobaLc Thai General Scott will have forced liz.
Meyicans Ia peace al The point OF The bayonei.
Letters received from Puebla announce II NJ
Ina, Gen. Scott was preparing 10 march tor the
capital ahonl The 18th, leaving al Puebla two
poin!s fortified with small garrisons. To-day II
IS sla ted tha, the advance posts have pushed on 10
Ayotla distant no, more than eight leagues from
The capiial. II This is true and II seems suit
cienlly probable, adcu the convocalion OF Con-
gre:s The assembly u nosa'lles! ana loie'es ihe
plans oi The campaign an. me ciies 81 war
III licking over TIC Journals y hleh a'eu"iP'hs
ms letter. You will see what preparations are
made hy Col. Wilson, the ccnmandant al This
place. They believe here hal Vera Cruz is me-
naced with an attack by 1000 OF 5000 sueffillas
bu il is probable that these forces are more dis
rosed 10 attack The train which Departed lew
days ago under he command oi General tierce'
with more than 1000 men.
BE assured that lhe Me1icans are neapan'e ~
accomplishing any en1eFpflZs i'Se 'ha' u ''e
siege ol Vera Cruz.
MORE coNFlRMATiuN.-A letter in lh'
New York Sun, dated al the City Of Mexico
July 9Th, says:
SIN The hotel where am is Mexican gentle
r,,, -. history of the war: and OEe-hal