The North-Carolina standard., 1847-03-03
From the NJ o. Pieayune, Feb. 49,
Later from vera Cruz!

8 = Later from vera GfUZ
The rumor of4he assassination of Santa Anna
turnssont to be unfoundfd $50 also Of his active
oppositoa to Seizure of church property. AT last
accounts be was still at San Luis PotosL Vera
Cruz papers of the 29ih ult announce that letters
from San Luis speak of his immediate departure
for TuIa. Letters from the city of Mexico are to
the same effect, and represent that he would move
at the head of the main body of his forces Let.
ters on which we rely confidently say that his
whole strength does not exceed 2a0oe men OF all
arms They are represented to be in depforaoie
situation for want of means. They are destitute
of clothing and provisions, and one regiment had
actually left for the city of Mexico Santa Anna
employs his time in gambling and cock-hghtlng,
and writing menacing and energetic representa-
tions to Congress for money. We even have as
surances that he qnite recently won S34 900 at
monte" from his own officers, very many OF
whom are very young men. The latest accounts
we have seen from San Luis say, that he would
move upoasTula on the morning of the 9Th ult
This issstated in hitter dated the 26th. .a.... e.
Gen. La Vega has been appointed commandant
general of Vera Cruz. Ltuers of the 20th. uit
from Mexico mention this fact, and there can. De
no doubt ofit. He will be fortunate if he has not
an early opportunity of revisltlng the Onteu
States in his former capacity
Our private accounts from the most responsible
sources, set down the number of troops IN the city
of Vera Cruz at 35OO-some say 5000. The
garrison of San Juan de UIqa does not exceed
I6O troops. Some accounts represent that there
are two months provisions in the castle, butswe
have letter from a gentleman who has access to
the most respectable sources OF Information, out
whom we need not name, in which he assures US
that there is not barrel of sailed provisions IN the
castle, and that the troops, both of the castle and
city, are dependant eHpon the back country Tor
their daily supplies OF food So far as the troops
Il ,b;- hos Ionr haan a
casr, and we have all confidence in our corresPon-
d,nt's Information as to the castle. They have
been for some time in continual apprehension oi
an attack at Vera Cruz, and the inhabitants ap-
pear 10 have as little doubt as to the issue as we
have For some reason or other they were ex-
pecting an attack on the 9th of this month. Pre-
paratory to it, orders had been issued for the re-
mova into the interior Of the cargoes OF three or
four vessels which had evaded the blockade Of We
ra Cruz and got into port. The Congress of the
State of Vera Cruz had issued manifesto calling
on the people at all hazards 10 resist the invasion
of Ihe Americans. During the month Of January
the approaches 10 Vera Cruz on the road TO the
interior were strengthened by a battery of heavy
guns. Through the same well informed gentle
man from whom we learn this fact, we are con-
frmed in our belief expressed above as 10 the des
uIon Of the troops in the city and castle. He
writes "I do not see how it is possible to intro
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In regard to the condition of the military
throughout Mexico we have the evidence of an
eve witness He testifies that every where it is
1epIorable from the state Of destituion in which
he troops now are They are mserably clothed
md fed. The Congress Of the State of San Luis
recently passed decree authorizing the Govern
Or of their State toenegotiate, within forty'eight
hours, a loan-ether voluntary or forced-to be
applied to the supply of the eommissariat of the
Army of Occupations This is announced in
Vera Cruz paper Of the 30:h ult.
Nor docs there appear TO be any prospect OF re-
ief for the want of means which prevails in Mex
co. The law authorizing ihe seizure of fifteen
millions Of property belonging 10 the church pro-
nises to be dead letter. The property consists
almost wholly Of real estate in different cities ofthe
Republic. Even If the law Of Congress be enforc-
ID, it is said that no one will advance money upon
he property so seized, much less purchase it. The
whole body Of the clergy had protested against the
seizure as sacrilegious and they were supported
By large portion Of the lower classes of the peo-
PIE. Santa Anna gave in his adhesion TO the
measure with great reluctance A letter from
him is published, addressed to R'jon-again ap-
parently his .frend-in which he ,avows that he
has uniformly opposed such measure, and is on
" induced TO assent to it by the necessities Of tho
country - .-. ... ..f.-.....-sr
Letters from Hauana. express the belief, found
ed upon Information from high quarters in Mexi-
20, that their Govcrnment will very soon enter
into negotiations for peace, from total inability to
subsist and protract The struggle. Still we read
hat one regiment of the AuxiIiaries Of San Luis
had made formA proc amation that they would
allow no treaty to be negotiated with The Ameri-
cans, until the latter had positively evacuated the
country. - - ..s ....- ....
From the N. o. DeltasFeb. ls.
Later from TampicO. -
The schooner ST. Paul, Capt Talbot seven
days from Tampico, arrived here last evening
Capt. Talbot reports. that the day he left,
had arrived from The wrecked ship On