Washington telegraph., 1847-06-23
Flam he y. o. Bnlletia. sM INST,
rR0M YlRN eRu2 ANL ME pRAHOs.

The u. ;, steamship New Orleans arrived To-
day from Vera fus, which plaee she lrll on the
III aud RfaHos on the llh lust
The New Orleans was detained or the arrival
Of the British courier from the Capital, IN order to
ascertain the truth of the report that had been
circulated by the MrNieans, that Cen Worth had
been driven out of Puebla, with the loss Of 700
men, the courier brought full contradiction of the
report. aud stated that Gen. W was tranquil aud
unmolesled.
Gen. Seolt had not reached Puebla, but was
between that place aud ftrole.
We lenfn with great pleasure that Gaines, Rot-
land, G NJ Clay, Mldshipmail Rogers, aud all the
other American prisoners, had been relrasedi aud
were at liberty ia the city,
san,a Anna had gone 10 the capital, and had
resigned all his military command The enemy
were actively engaged ia loEyng the Rio fHo
pass.
Herrera had been elected President aud the
+ Clergy were in favor Of peace. Ii was said he
would iamediatelg make public declaration 10
/ that effect.
We saw a letter by the last arrival, nom an
officer In Con Seolt's army, aud whose situation
was highly favorable iof obtaining eoIrect inlof-
nation, which sad peace would shortly be made
We regret extremely TO learn that sickness pre-
i vailed 10 great extent at Vera Cruz There
i New Orleans. aud 500 to le00 were IN the Ilos.
] pial. these, however, included the wounded and
+ othuTs-lhose thai had been sent from Ceno Gordo
/ The Telegraph, with troops from the Braves
f was going In IS the New Orleans came out.
i The news on the whole, We think, Ia favorable
w fsgards peace at least of disposition on the
+ part ol the enemy 10 make II, II the terms should
be admissible,
We have the Maianoras Flag Of the ID inst
but find nothing Of particular interest,
We give below some extracts
The election Of field officers Of the Massaehn.
scil's Regiment .nneasuncd by the appointment
Of Col Gushing to be Bhgadrf Grnetall came
i oil on Thursday. Lieut., Col Wright succeeded
/ to tu Coanelcy, MAJOR Abbott to the Lieutenant.
+ Coloheloy, and Captain Webster, Of company A,
to the Malnrship The regiment Is on the eve Of
mafehing-w prob ably leave lo-morrow-cei
Wright, with siS companies, will proceed direct TO
+ Monterey; Lieut.. Col Abbott. with the remaining
/ four companies. will halt at ccHalYo, where he
will be stationed for the present Maj Webster
+ has ganc 10 New Orleans The regiment has en-.
joyed unprecedented good health al this station,
aud leaves Maiamoras, after a three monlhs' so
loun, without having lost man fton sickness.
FL tie imsficaa Fiag.
10 tho Edofs-1'he excessive license by the
Union newspaper, printed at Washington, IN send.
log forth to the patlie statement as coming from
the Adjalanl Generals office, that the army Of
occupation on tie Rio Gtlnjc amounts 10 ten
thousand men, H.il, # not eanifadieied inasi cef.
f tanly terminate IN some mischief Of magnitude
+ II the object Of this miss;aiemrni IN the govern
mtnI paper be not for the pnfpoze oi eensuFIag
F the gallant tiin army Of M1nlefey ant Baeua
T VISTA with the delay IN is advance on San Ln.s
f rotosi, whai ese can il be- Not to deceive the
Meaeans, am sure, for they have a much better
way Of acquiring a knowledge Of that fac, than
/ the farce Of papfr-men from the AIuiant Cen
T rfai,s Office at Washington But, 'Rsesa0aE a
/ nos moHioHs' II Il BE- the mischieFons intention
Of the venerable edlgf 10 mlslead the public iuio
/ ihe belief that the army IS strong enough to ad,
vance, lyl us call on hun for an authentic state
msnt, aud Id, such gafbied Misrepresentation Of
the strength ofihe army Of Monterey be stained
by the official seal VI ile Wat Department, and
not the ipsi dirH Of newspaper editor.
This communication Is drawn forth by the cir.
eamsianes Of dispatches aud letiefs from the army
Of Ceno Gordo, being addressed othc headquarters
Of Gen. Taylors army al San l.ui. Poiosi; and the
writer OF this has other way 10 account for such
a direction Of despaiches than either the misn.
formation OF presumption Of ihoso who supsrcibed
tho letters 10 san LUIS Polos. or the affected
Of the Rio GFaudc. Let any mn Of sense IN
New Orleans OF Washington city, having nc.
quainiance from mere newspaper Information With
the changes IN the army tell where will he find
ten thousand mcnl The fact IL that oil the vol.
unlrers who fought al Monterey and Bnrna Vista,
ufe on their way home, leaving Gems, Taylor aud
wosl with few hundred regulars Of the artillery
! aud dmgoons, several deiachmcnis Of the 10Th,
l1lh aud 10th Infantry, aud five companies Of tie
/ ID dragons Add TO these the "a Mississippiins,
600; 1T ytgnans, $50; 1t North Cafolinians
100 aud the Massachusetts, regiment GOO; Texans
about $50 -Maiamofas, CamaTgo Crrralyo, Mont
rey, and saiillo To be gaffisoned aud ask, where
/ are the ten thousand men at the disposal Of the
commanding general for the advance on San LUIS
Poiosi ! answer, on papef-in the un.on news.
paper TEXAS
flcrs AGAINST FlcrioS,-Most Of our reader,
have no doubt, noticed from the ionc Of the public
prints ia the United States, that vague impression
seems to prevail that Gen. Taylor either already
occupies San LUIS fotosi, or is marching on that
city.
In connection with this state Of public opinion,
an eHole IN the Washington Union should be
considered, from which il will require but little
ingenuity 10 discover a common origin for boil,
the paragraph and the mmof, and no ingenuity At
/ all y" PNiN'lNt Ahnt wv iilufg VI ''Hs iagNpl "
the design Of both.
The article alluded to, states in substance, tha,
the twelve months volunteers would be replaced
by fresh troop. sufficient to swell the force Of Gen.
Taylor's division TO near 10000 men.
VERA CRuz, June I, ls47.
Eds. Delid-The New Orleans was de.
lained yesterday on account Of the painful
rumor that a large portion Of Gen. Wohb's
force was cut up by Mexican lrcachery at
Pucbll. ! gave il you in a former letter
as rUmor. have Just been speaking
with Mr.. Diamond, the Collector, who has
correct information direct by the British
courier, which arrived this morning from
the city Of Mexico-lhat the rumor is false.
Gen. Scott is now ia Paoba-Santa Anna
was elected President on tho 18th May,
but declines the honor--Gen. Herrera is
the next prominent candidale-the election
will take place on the 18th inst General