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

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BY the srrivai At New Orleans, on the 7,h,
Of the steamship New Orleans. ihs, commeseiai
Times received fall sles Of papers, ane regular
correspondence up to the time Of her sailing from.
Vera Cruz, which port she LEFT on the lst iust.
vkn. CRuz, May 3ist, 1917.
-s-FAs eisy 10 siiv< wis6 ruNs6sS 5soMi NE inse.
rior. nof onAsf sehich. however. sakes 4 shsp:
that in my opinion. iusthes any degree Of CONF.
drnee. Puebla il reported to have risen seain.,
the Americana, and after loss Of 500 men, our
troops are said to have evacuated the city, and
subsequently 10 have commenced ito bombard.
ment. The latter Is an impossibility, which
throws more discredt upon the report, than il
would otherwise descrve. a f7'Fi>1 ~
The yellow fever. II rom;so. a. il should be
called. 70 owseitins really serious amoness u.s.
Thirteen cases terminated fatally yesterday. and
to day already have heard Of the death orthsee
individuals whom personally knew. Two of
these are from New Orleans, Mr.. Cohen. Of the
6rm If simonsfela h Cohen, and a Mr.. Michael,
more rerentiy rtom Tampico, Colonel Kearney
the government: contractor. 10 now lying in
very dangerous state, snd people are ,hu. falling
around us
The Pieayune ssys - Gen. Shields is doing
we'll. we are most happy TO hear, and was short.
ly expectedat Vera Cruz.
Gen Scott len Jsiapa IN the - nit for Pucbla
at the head Of o-ariy sis thousand troops Mr.
Ken'lall's letters have no: yet come 70 hand We
have. however, the following brief note from
him:
PuruLa, Mexico, May %. isi7 The division
Of Gen Twigss entered this city to.day--alI
well There were rumors in the morning the,
Gems Bnstam-nfe and Leon were advanc ing to
attack Gen. Scott with an immense force, bu,
80 far we have heard nothing confirming the re
ports. Almost every one thinks that the AIMEE
leans are to have another grand battle. but wher.
M one can divine. j.
I The new. from the City Of Mexico by this ar
rival is mos; important. Our intelligent corr-s
pondcnt from Vera Cruz has furnished US with
! the annexed extracts from letters wriii-n Al
Mexico. and frrn, the Ia sources ef infarma
hon. The resignation of Santa Anna 10 an in,
porfant event in the history Of the war.
| Extract from letter ds,ed--
Cirr OF MrxIco. May 30. 1857
From here have no,h,ns worth,
| la G saea A.
na yesterday resigned the presidency. but il j
not known yet whether Congress will admit q
IT, He was induced to take thst course from tn
opposition he meets in bis views Of carrying o
the defence OF the city and from some defams
tory writings which appeared in the publse n
pers against his past conduct.
1t 10 generally expected that the American
will be here about the 18th Of next month ant
considering the state Of things in the capital
may say that they will meet with bu, .light n
sis,ance on the part Of this Government.
Through the same channel we have receive
the following brief extract from another letter
the same date:
Last week Santa Anna commenced foftifyin
Gu.daloupe. Perion and MTieafringc, near n
suburbs Of the city; but unusual disapprobatc
was the result. and hence HE r-ason for offerin
his re.ignation. II 10 supposed il will be secep
ed, and that Herrera will receive the nomn
ton. There are only shout 5000 troops in Il
city.
! We have an exciting ruu6s from Pu~bla. me,
toned in letters from Vera Cruz. that fhe ei,
zrns Of Pnebla had risen aroo Gen, Worth. Al
> cut OF six or seven hundred Of his mer. The =
NOR was in every mswss mouth At Vera Cruz .,
! much rredenee given to il We are happy to D.
E that our CORES pondent ia Vera Crux psts lit
! faith in the rumors
I Major R. Hammond, Psymaster U. S. Arm
died on board the New Orleans at sea on the
o instant. on his passage from vera Cruz.
e A Vera Cruz letter in the Piesynne, eon6rr
l. the murder Of Col. Sower, 1t Mcdonald, q
light dragons.
i, GENERAL SYNOD ov THE REToRMED Dpr,
;. CHracu AND TuI Wan WITH MExICo.-T
e General Synod o! The Reformed Dutch Chur
}. have taken up the subjcc, Of the war with Me-
o CO. The following is the action upon il;
- A preamble and resolution were offered
'e Rev. w. II Van Doran. in relation to the W
- in Mexico. to The purpori the, IL 10 incumbe
on tie ministers ot The Church 10 otF'r up
cessant prayer to God 70 re,tMe peace to
:. country. The design Of the Rev, gentleman