The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-23
NATIONAL WING BULLETIN.
MosDAy. Angus, 23d, 2 P. M.

Our Telegraphic Despatch from Richmond
this morning announces the arrival Of the N
Orleans mail Of the 10Th instant. but il is de
void OF Army news.
Since our last we have had three days laIeI
intelligence from Vera Cruz. but nothing later
from General Scott Than the 30th Of July.
Rumors, there were plenty At Vera Cruz,
but no confidence is placed in any Of them
They are all against the grain Of actual things.
While peace is talked Of, il casts no shadows
before.
Colonel Wilson of the 18th regiment was to
leave with 1000 men for the interior on the 7,h
instant, but sudden illness prevented his depsr.
ture.
| The state Of things al Vera Cruz is full Of
fears and war. injustice and oppression. I,
could not be otherwise. Death rules the hour
and no mans life is safe. We have accounts
Of two men being killed and one wounded by
the shot Of sentinel. Al Tampico. Colonel
Gates is ruling with an iron hand, and because
the press in the United States has condemned
his Huejutla Expedition, he has forbidden oil
soldiers, and citizens too, from wiring for the
papers at home Such are some Of the evils
Of war.
The loss Of public property al Vera Cruz is
just coming 10 light. Il is immense--enough
10 alarm the hard hearted plundeIer. We are
Informed from good authority that five millions
Of dollars will not cover the value.
Tha o.,o,,,t .,T c.rJ. ~ D.. hl..
is estimated by one who knows at four millions
only, and on Saturday drafts for half tina,
amount were accepted. The arrangement with
the Rothschild's will prevent the necessity Of
the exploration Of this amount TO the seat Of
war. As to the Sub Treasury law--it is q
dead letter, and cannot be otherwise in the pre-
sent or any other state Of things
us. stock (Corcoran Loah) is not worth
here more Than l044.
We have intelligence from the Great Plains
Of the West that Kit Carson, the Oregon Post
rider, has been robbed Of all his horses. The
depredations of the Indians in that quarter are
making terrible havoc with public properly
and human life.
All the chartered steamers employed on the
Rio Grande, have been discharged. This will
lessen the expenditure in that quarter amaz
ingly.
Gen. TayIor's column was positively 10
move upon San Luis de Potosi on the Goth
inst, say our latest advices from Monterey.
The Presidential Journal continues to throw
4 uDon tho portv oH np s,o,r.r tho ra,Don,;h;l;ty
of the continuance Of the war and of the failure
Of the peace propositions! II has repeated
the argument SO often that il evidently believes
what It charges 10 be fact.
The President has taken ground for himself
and his party in his Journal "The Union"
for the Missouri compromise on the slave ques.
ton. Here is his creed in Saturdays Union:
4 "We go for the compromises of The consti
tuition, as continued and carried out in the
Missouri compromise"
The Democrats Of the North, who have pin
ned their faith to the Wilnot Proviso. cannot
go any longer with their party-,hat's plain.
1 The pertinacious silence Of General Scott
towards The War Department is beginning TO
be construed by the President and the Cabinet
as designed, for they argue, thai. if Mr.. Ken
dali, private individual, can express his let
tiers through the enemy's country under so MA
ny disadvantages. surely Scott could-if he
wished. The feeling in the Cabinet against
the General is violent in the extreme, il oui
information is correct. All sorts Of threats are
INDUCED in pretty freely. His indifference in
communicating with The Government is openly
condemned BY the President
We have assurances from the proper
quarter that the Hon. John Slidell has quarrel
led with the Administration, that the mission OF
Mr. Trist is one of the consequences OF this
quarrel, and, that the recent letter to the Con
cordia lntelligencer unwilling the Presidents
political designs is from the pen of Mr.. Slidell.
| New ORLEANS IN YELLOW Fever TIME
| How distressing contrast, says the New Or
eans Delta, il makes to compare our city at
the present time with what il is in the winter
season. One may look up the broad, popu-
lous streets, that during other seasons are
| crowded with the brave, the beautiful and the
fashionable. and yet now could scarcely find
anything TO relieve the eye. Cast your gaze
from 81. Peter up Chartres street,-instead Of
finding the street filled with all that is redolent
| of life in New Orleans, you find blank.