The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1847-12-25
late and Important from Mexico.

IIhit dI,l III p0TtuHt irOil MCAlCU,
Procaci;qes IF he M&ric1n Congress.--Gen
-i'2t ciestcj President. appointment Of
per3 CoamisSionerS.-1r Of Generals
JFoM dn| PNor ty G!a:ral ScoH-P Pro
lection Of Aerican Propcrty.-Santa A4aa
Raising Gn Army.
E'he schooner poria, Capt. Wakeman,
arrived at New Orleans on Sunday after
noon, 18th instant, having sailed from Vera
Cruz, on the l,t inst. We are indebted to
the courtesy Of gentleman who came pas
sengcr on her ior package of letters and
papers The steamer Maria Burt was to
have left Vera Crnz the same day, and the
bulk Of the mail Was placed on board of
her but oar faithful correspondent at Vera
Cruz took the precaution Of duplicating
some Of our letters by the Porlia.
The news by the arrival is very import
ant, and first at all the story about Santa
Anra's being az the head oflS,000 men
and threatening and overawing Congress,
all turns out to be mere moonshine-no
more authentic than General SCOTS famous
entry into 0Iex leo III the middle ofJuiy last.
A gentleman thoroughly convcrsant with
Mexican affairs, who came passenger on
the Poriia, assures us that from the best in
formation he conld obtain he is satisfied, that
in place of being in command of eighteen
thousand men, Santa Anna has not eigh-
teen huudled, nor even hundred and eigh-
ty followers. With this rumor falls 4 good
deal OF very iudcious composition upon the
renewal of the glorious Napoleon, tho re-
turn from Ella, So,
The above paragraph from the Picayune
alludes to the following statement from the
Delta, recei we'd by the arrival OF the Schoon>
er Wing, On the Irevious day
"Dates from the capital to the 24h No.
vember, had been received a, Vera Cruz.
Santa Anna, ii was said, had issued another
pronuaci0mcato against the provisional gov
crment and called on the country to organ
ize force oil 90 600 men to renew the war.
He was at tie head of strong force
by some reports 10000 men of all arms
and was threatening the Congress, in ses-
sion Al Quere'aro the majority o; which was
it was said strongly inclined 10 pcace.-So
great were the fears entertained at the caps
ital, Of Santa Annals breaking up the Con-
gress 4 10 Cromwell, that Gen. Scott had
ordered Gen. Worth, with a strong division
10 Queretaro, to protect lis deliberations"
We proceed with our extracts from the
Picayune eXrr--
Gen. Annya was elected President of
MeAicopon the nth inst. He has once be-
fore been Provisional President His pres
ent term Of office extends only 10 the Sth Of
January next He is known TO be in favor
Of peace. III forming his cabinet he con-
tinued Moray Niliamii i'll the war depart.
NETT and made Penay Pena, late the Pres
ident, His Secretary Of State. The whole
administration is in favor Of an honorable
peace, and one of its first acts was TO dis
patch commission 10 the city of Mexico TO
report negotiations with Mr., Trist- The
commissioners were Seniors Couto, Arts
tan and Cueyas, and Gen. RinCon, the first
two having been on the former commission,
Ms Trist's powers lave been revoked prior
to the arrival Of the commission, and as
Gen. Scott possessed no powers 10 treat
with them, il is presumed they were Ielerr-
ed 10 our government in Washington.
The next most important intelligence by
This arrival is the reported arrest of Gen.
Worth, Gen Pillow and Lieut. Col. Duncan,
by Gen. Scott. The verbal report is that
letters written by these gentleman rellec-
ting upon the commander-in-chief have
fallen into his possession, upon which he
al once arrested them. We have not We.
received any letters from the city of Mexico
later than the 9th Of November They
make no mention Of these arrests, but we
have letters on the Maria Burt from the city
Of MEXICO, which we presume will elucidate
tie whole