The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-07-08
LATE FROM MEXICO.
pICAYuNE EXTRA.

Communications Re opened with General Scott q
= Gen. Cadw Dispersion of the Guer. :
rllas- Sklrmsh al the National Bridge.-Jalapa
TO be abandoned and Depot transferred to pe.
ro,e-No Defynces at Rio Frio-Abortiye AT. y
tempt at Revolution in Mexico.
The steam ship Galveston arrived this I
morning from Vera CtuZ, whence she sailed
the evening Of Tuesday, the / 9Th lust, The {
fews bfough, BY her IS important, and will
lie found il the sutjoIoed correspondence, J
to which We refer. We Will endeavor in
brief to note the most interesting points.
The communications between Vera Cruz
and the army Of Gen. Scott has been re
opened. 1t will be seen by the first letter
that tram from above, By no means large,
came down through the midst OF the coun.
try occupied by the guerrlllas and joined
Gen. Cad~allader. THIS officer found lit.
lie difficulty 10 pursuing his march towards
Jalapa. There do not appear to have been
any works thrown up Uy the MeSlcaHs, sDd
tiey have been dispersed ai,l entire ease.
They had become emboldoned by cur ap.
parent want Of sklll, TO harfass our trans,
hui made no hrm stand. The American
3
/ (Whose letters We omit to-day attribute all
/ he difficulty growing out OF the communl.
cations 10 carelessness aud bad mana emeut
on our part. Leliets and papers demand
an investigation Of the whole matter.
! Our letters from Pueb.a are to the 81
INST, five days later than we had before re-
ceved, We have not a line direct from
. - r Il. Il
been received, bat IN our letters various re.
ports thence are gwen. Il would appear TO
be toleraby well ascettaluod that Congress
has ACCEPTED Santa Anna : l2natlon, that
The puros or democrats 81 Mexico have at
tempted revolution aud failed; AID that
no very formidable resistance 10 our ad
vance to Mexico can be made. The anx,.
ipty e>pfasaad here aA1-, he difficult pass
al RIO Fro has be- SPACED. There Is
10 Mexican force there 70 opp Sc Us. The
defence 10 be made, Il any, Viii te much
nearer the capnal,
The depot at JtIapa is 10 BE- broken Up.
) pcrolc is selected for the maa depot. 4
,umor.ls current at Vera Cruz hat Tuspau
5 TO be substituted Tor Vera CiUz as the
depot on he Gulf
: There IS sui great deal Of sickness
y IN Vera Cr,z, but there IS uery little IN IN
a Castle Of San jun. Ihete has not beer
II case OF yellow fever there, and only Nv
deaths since Capt. Bianchard's compan,
o left. 10 the town there is much ever, ant
G tie deaths average nine or ten day. /
: : confined mostly to lsbotors and foreign
ers (aot Americans We make this state.
J menl On uudoubted authority.
D We find n the Eagle a card from Col,
, Wilson, 10 reply TO statement Of Cot. Ma.
"a as to the treatment Of MeYcan prisoners
: At Vera Cruz Col. Nata's statement an
penrcd originally 10 the Data, and was co
> pled INTO the P,cay une to BE- branded as il
deserved. Now note hos Colonel WiIsoa
fises the lalsehood upon he Mexican:
VERA CRUz, June II, ls47.
Mr.. Jewell observed 10 The P!cay une
Of the 9Th May last, publication emana.
:, ing from Lieut.. Col. Mata, late Mexican
prisoner Of war, stating IN justification, and
as a setotf 10 the severity OF treatment
shown BY the uex,can authorities TO our
) oficers who h4d been made prisoners OF
war, "that Col. Wilson, commanding at
Vera Cruz, had confined Gen. La Vega
aud hrs captive brother officers in the guard
house in the castle of San Juan de UIlua."
This, am obliged TO say, is wholly untrue.
Gen. La Vega and the other officers cap
,ured a, CerIo Gofdo and sent to tits place,
had, IN accordance with instructions re.
celyed from Col. Hitchcock, the Inspector
general Of the army, the privilege when
here Of making their selection, either TO
proceed 10 Nv Odeans, or staying al the
castle OF Ssu Juan de Uiua, the latter was
selected by them, and whilst there they
nave had all the privileges allowed our own
Ulcers, composing the garrison, under The
Immediate command of Breyel Major Back
US, lst L. S. Infantry. !
II. WILSON, U. S. A. CONG.
We will only delay the reader from our
correspondence by the annexed passengers
by the Galveston
Capts. s. D. Karnes, r. r, Scott, Ken /
nedy, and Banbrdse, Lreuts, B. F. Dot.
Ton, p. II New l!iams, W. Williams, Graft, /
Games, Warshaw, Carsher, Young, Brown,
Fint, Lucker, Ankrum, Read, FAIRY, I
and J. Frasher; Messrs. ". Brown, w. /
II. Akrnsop, F. W. Ripley, g. PANT
er, J. Chapman, II. Peutpan, Durbsss, and
Croft