Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-07-15
MEXICAN NEWS.

BY the aTtlVHiS al NEW OIttdBS iion .Sto
Cruz from time 10 lime, @e have masses oi ru-
mors mixed sp with much that IS apparently
authentic We give below summary OF all
hal has reached US within The pas, week, OF
any importance to our readers.
Cen Cadwaialer's command had faiten IN
with guerilla party few miles beyotrd GALA
pa, and by movement unpereeived by The gaeT-
tNeros, sue ceeded in surprising them and killing
Fly, wounding about forty. and taking num-
Der prisoners, whou, losing single man.
The train winch wen, up from Vera Cruz
under the command Of Gen. Pillow was attacked
at Calera, said ,e be u;ne miles beyond puenie
Nacional. The .gwcaaiteros were dispersed with
The loss of thirty men killed and fifty wuunded.
His loss iskiIled aald wounded was ten.
A letter also states that Gen. Alvarez is be-
tween Perote aud Puebis, ard is making great
exerlions with view 10 attack and destroy
Gen Cadwalader. His force is reported To be
5000 men, and increasing. Gen. CaG~alader,
il will be recoliected, :ef, Vera Cruz VITA about
AGO men, and he will probably hear Of this
Mexican force before reaching Perote. He
will no doubt halt easll joined by Gen. Pillow, +,
who has 800 men. The Two detachmen's
Joined viii, no doub, be able 10 force their way
10 Gen, Scots Headquarters
The Mexican Congress had postponed the
election of Presiden, 10 the 25rh OF November,
ard made Santa Anna Dictator The prepara-
tons for a defence Of the Capital were OF the
mos, thorough character, and II was the intention
TO attack Gen. Scott al three different points on
the road.
Mr. Kendall writes 10 The Picayune, under
date of Puebla, June l4lh, iha, the prospects
T. + a 4 ~,
government will be compelled 10 take posses
sion of the country, and govern ii too.
The Picayune, with regard 20 this news,
says: "The news by the New Orleans is the
most serious and consistent that We have re-
ceiyed for weeks /, is now no longer doubt
fol that Gen. SCOTS march upon the Capital
will be disputed with no inconsiderable deter
mina,ion for Mexicans The Guerillas 100, are
becoming boder in their attacks upon bodies OF
men moving along the road. Indications OF
baule are evident on every side
LATER-We have news via New Orleans
from the city Of Mexico, TO The i2'h ult. The
substance of it is that all The Mexican papers
are in favor of continuing the war; Santa An
ma was not proclaimed Dictator Congress met
a, the capitol on the 10Th; large body OF guer-
iIlas, well armed and equipped, had been organ
lied in the vicinity of San Louis Paiosl; one
! Mexican paper had information that Gen. Scott
would no, move unon the Capitol before SIN
weeks from the 10Th of June another iha, he
would start between the 9th and Goth; Gen
Scott as no, considered TO be in any great dan
ger
! All the news we have from the seat Of war ioi
some time is so vague and unsatisfactory, tha
/ little interest attaches 10 IL.
There was no prospect Of Gen. TayIor's ad
vance on San Louis, a, last accounts.
| A Mexican who had been despatched by
! Captain Bankhead TO Camargo with commu
ninaton for Col BeIknap. had been captured
| hy party of his own coun,rymen and senen
ced TO be shot.
Gen Urea had not made his appearance yet
though the Texan Rangers were in dligen
search for him They had captured two rob
bers, one Of whom was shot,
Kendall, in lel,er from Puebla, under dats
of June 7th, says:
"The gratifying intelligence has also beer
brought that large reinforcemenls for Gen. Scot
are on the way, although i, is a great pity the.
were not sent sooner. But SO it has Away
been ever since this war with Mexiso commen
ced-every movement has been too tardy, an
procras,ination has given the MexicaRs, afIe
every defeat, an opportunity TO recover from h
shock, and prepare for fresh resistance. VIII
will deny that General Scott, had he had eve
II, 900 available men aud suf;iciency of trans
porialon would nol al this moment have bee
IN The city of Mexico, aud very likely wiihot
even skirmish No one in his senses ca
dispute it. The fault lies not at the door, eth
er of General Scott or General Taylor that the
+, have no, been in situation TO follow up lhe
successes"
Again, he complains that the authorities
Washington, have no, discharged their du,,
and he adds:
"Our generals are cramped for want of mel
their hands are tied for want of means.--lhis
notorious. In letter wroie from Jalapa, an
which | am fearful fell into The hands Of th
guerrlas. The quotation England expects eve
ry man TO do his duty was used with The add
lion that the United States expects every Gia
to do more Does il net seem so? The marc
of 5000 or 5000 men hundreds of m,les into Ii
!, hear, of country occupied by 100000 pei
. pie, will read like romance in after times.
The entrance of Gen. Worth into this note
and populous city, with his mere handful