The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-07-22

Capt. D0fefu's company OF drugoons
ave al las; received horses and they par. ,
lded through The streets Of Vera Cruz 90
he 23i inst.
A Mexican named Lara. carpenter by
trade has been found lying dead on the
floor OF his own house IN Vera Cruz having
been stabbed. The author Of the deed was
not known.
A walchmau, said to be a DU,chman
named Charles, has teen entrapped by a
guerrilla party just outside the wells aud
murdered, after having been cruelty whip +
ped. HIS body was et 10 The road with an I
inscription affixed 10 IT, Nv hoeyer wishes /
may carry It eff. . The police OF The city
are making an attempt 10 ferret out the
gully party.
The news by thlsarfival from the city o.
Mexico IS important. We have received
accounts OF II through an express dispatch.
ej by Mr.. Kendall from Pueba expressly
for this Office. HIS letters came down to
the lilh lust. Though wesee II noted IN one
Vera Cruz paper that later adslces had been
received, yet It gives none Of the news the
sole statement made relates 10 Gen. SCOTS
departure from Pueba, aud Is erroneous.
Oher papers Of Vera Cruz give the news
COPIED from the press o. that city as bang
The latest from the interior Of Mtrico.
The Arco IRIS OF tho 22d has letters
from the capital which appear to be late,
though the dates are not gwen. The pur.
port Of them ls, that The work of fortilylog
the enyTons Of The city is gong on rapidly
and seventy pieces Of artillery had arrived
from Acapu co aud other points, which they
we're mounting as fast as possible. They
mention the arrival Of Alvarez al the head
OF 500 meu, and they set down The entire
force in the city al 10000 armed militia
and 10 hoLslLd troops OF The Ane. These
letters further say that the clergy are Ia.
sing an active part 10 the business, that
arms Of all kinds we're pouring inlo the
capital aud considerable suns Of money
F All these topics are touched upon IN MIR
hendall's letters transmitted by express
and very full details are gwen Of the extent
Of the preparations 10 defend the CITY,
To show how hazardous thing IS ex
press riding IN Mexico al present, We an
mex the following brief note from our cor
respondent Al Vera Cruz
VERA Carr, June -, lS47
Your express man from Puebla arrived
safe here This evening "ilh letters which
enclose, after having been twice prlsoue
Of the guerrilas,
Tie was first captured on the 18Th nea
Jiapa, ed alter bcing detained abo0
twelve hours made his escape 10 the night
o-t unfortunately was captured By snoIAe
party rear Csrro Gyrdo. They de,alnot
bin Until Yesterday morning, when they
mst9 40 attack upon the tram under Gen
Pillow, al Calera, u,ne miles beyond PJent,
Nlc,onal. 10 the confusion he again mad
/ DIS escape and reached here al . O'Clock TO
. day, worn cut With fatigue. lie was ar
tested near Santa Fe thus morning .,
Americans, and had 20 poll out his docu
meats 10 ret free.
We have The order lar the rlder's releas
at Santa Fe. He had some difficulty /
. satisfying the vary officer that be was upo
a legitimate business. FMS IS The secon
e express which Mr.. Ksrdlil has sent ,hroug
+. successfully upon Ibis pca'ous route.
BE ore catering upon Mf. haniaii's lei
) tiers Sc may remark that By he way Of On
i za5a, a letter has been received here ~hlc
a Announces that :" Santa Anna las been cleo
i. ted Dictator, provided be viii not max
1 peace, aud be has 81 600 men with hlH
. Il appears from What follows below lna
q Santa Aana has attained 70 all The power {
: q Dictator by tie srres, or removal ttor
F. command Of such generals IS are oppose
; 10 blm, aud by he more adr1l. mauUugf
! @. inducing Congress 10 pos p8ne the couni
c lug OF the votes iJf President TIL tho l5t
d Of January next TIE 18Th Of June va
the day fixed by law lor hat purpose b,
0 the poslp0nement Santa Anna prolongs hi
J own power indefinitely, aud for the ln.e be
ny may be deemed Dictator ~ fact # 10
il name. II will plead 10 exieauauon 0
this perpetuaton Of his osn power Ina! j
, vas hazardous to risk change oil Govern.
%neut at a moment when foreign foe
threatened The capital, and there j.. force
IN the dsa.
private note from Mr.. Kendall says
that Mr Trst was at Pueba. Nothing
further had ren,pred ia regard 70 his
, mission. The Mexican papers, writes
Nf. X. know as much abou, his MISSION
as We DO"
We grove mos, sincerely 10 learn that
the American prisoners 10 Mexico have not
Obtained their release, on the contrary, the
report IS that they are n more strlcI con
ilsmeut than before. Ought not some.
thing speedily to be done with he Mexican
prisoners 10 our power Q bring Santa Anna
to his bearings On tins point
PuEmA, MEXICO Jgae 7.-Egefy arf.
val from the c..y 0. Mexico but confirms the
previous reports that the war party IS de.
fermued to defend he capital. Que runor
has it that they have already ninety can.
non Of diFteu. caIbres bu, lh,s is doubt.
less an exaggerailon. A Ffencbman who
arrived to day says lha C1apuliepee, Mex.
lcaI,lngo, Guadalupe and Penon VeJo are
fortified, and that at the dlfefen, points
they have sixty cannon. The Generals in