The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-11
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Inc Courier, BY aid OF its Special Express. has
been put IN possession Of later news from Mexico
II IS Important insomuch as puts to rest for the
present, all prospects Of effectfng peace thfoueh
the medium of negotiation, Gen. sco,t was 10
have marched on the Capital on the 18th sulL, and
we SHALL doubtless in asfew days, be in receipt of
intelligence of exciting interest We do not thifik
II probable our forces have met with any resistance
from Santa Anna this side the Capital, pfesumiug
Scott to have advanced. We can scarcely credit
The report that he was preparing TO oppose Scott
with $4,000 men, or that he has at any time, since
has defeat at Cerro iGordo, ,medtated any serious
opposition to the triumphant march of the yAmeri-
can Army. a9f' i'.'' q % - s;'..F issl i'a'
Gen. Pierce had left Vera Cruz with strong
force, three thousand men and $50 wagons.
! During his advance firing was heard, which gave
rise to the surlnise that ne had been attacked by
guerilas but of course no apprehensions were in
obliged in as TO his safety I4sa1 y 1'sat gsb
Lieut.. Fitzgerald who had been sent on an ex-
hpedition with twenty-five men, repaired to Santa
Fe, took away some provisions belonging to the
army, and set 6re to the town lit being place
Of rtfnge to guerillas.
At Vera Cruz the pom.ito still ragged, though it
is stated the health of the place, generally, was
much better than it had been for years pre- vious.
The Board of Health are unceasing in their labors
10 mitigate the ravages of the scourge.
! Col. DeRussys loss was not so large as has
been represented. He made such havoc with his
6-pounder and his men, that the enemy were
afraid at last to come within gun-shot. He killed
and wounded one hundred and fifty, confessed BY
an officer of the Mexican forces. Our officers
say more. -. --''
AS there was probability of night attack on
the city, when much injury might result to per.
sons and property, for want Of combined move
ments, the Governor of Vera Cruz has issued
orders directing all Americans residing there 10
enrol themselves in corps to be commanded by
Capt WIN. S. Tippets, and to repair on the first
alarm 10 place designated. -,..-,.......,.
We regret to learn that COL Wilson, acting
Governor of Vera Cruz, was taken suddenly i'll
on the 22d ut. The disease is not mentioned, but
we presume it was the Vomito. .-..s
Commodore Perry has again left Anton Lizardo
for Tobasco, and it is reported that the further
occupation Of that place is to be, for the present
abandoned ......
The ship Charleston, from this port. and Virgi
MIA, from New York, the former with 270. the
latter with 200 troops had recently arrived at Vera
Cruz. The Charleston had twenty nine days
passage. ..... ..,.. .. . .-e...- -:
A Vera Cruz correspondent of the N. o. Times
writes that two French gentlemen arrived from
Jalapa, state that Gen. Pierce will meet serious
opposition from the guerillas and others at almost
every step of his march. To impede his advance
MS much as possible, Two bridges on the road had
been destroyed, one at San Juan, and the other at
Ell Plan, near Cerro Gordo. The latter was a
fine structure The correspondent says: 81 trea,
my information as correct, as have 40 shadow of
reason to doubt the authority from which L re-
ceived it, and must add that the .Mexicans are
greater dolls than have ever considered them, if
1t be not correct" s....... ... .r.....s iatf.
The<ab is the substance ofthe news received.
1t is far from satisfactory, bat the lapse of few
days as before remarked, will afford us something
definite Charleston NewS