Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-12-22

OtuAUls aHudES pSats
TO- favor of peace. In forming tis:cabinet:
he continued. Moray Villamil in4thef9 War.
Department, and made Pena y PsrIa, lale
The President, his. Secretaryof State. The
whole administration is in 4favorsof an
peace, and one. OF its first acts
waste dispatch.a commission to the CITY:
of Mexico!toIre:open neg gotiaioDs with M.
!Tnst.t The commissioners were Senors
Couto, Arisiian and Cuevas and Gem.
.Rincon, ihe drsi Two having. been ontthe
former commission. Mr.. Trist's powers
had been revoked prior to The arrival Of
The. commission, and-as Gen.. Scolt pos
sessed no powers 10 treat with them, tits
presumed they were referred 10 our Gov
ernmenll AT w ashingtdn. ~.
The next most important intelligence.
by this arrival is the reported arrest of
Gen. Worlbs Gen. Pillow and Lieut.. Col.
Duncan by Gen. Scott. The verbal report
is lhat$leltefs wriuenzbythese gentlemen
rehecting upon the commander-in-chief
have fallen into his possession, upon
which he has alSonce arrested Them. We
yel received any letters from the.
city of Mexico later 4 han the 9th of No.
vember. They make no mention Of these
arrests, bur we have letters on The Maria
.Burtfro / he city of; 4Mexico, which we
presume will elucidaie the whole matter. &
The following letter contains political
news Of interest and importance, though
one sentence is confused and we fear
something is omitted. Ii appears alto.
gether probable that:the Mexican Congress
has beensdissolyed bylhe withdrawal of
The Puros, SO !hatno quorum can be OBJ.
Iained.
RI MEXICO, Nov. "a.
"a SenorZutiala, who some time since
broush, forward a resolution to erect the
city Of Mexico iuto an independent State
during The occupation by lhe American
army, which proposition was, rejected by
;ihe Congress with scorn,he hasagan made.
himself The laughing stock Of the nation
by anotberproposilon, no less than that
the federal compact should be broken, The
union destroyed and the cry be giveulo TO
The States, .'sauue qui peut," The propo.
siiion was received with indignation aud
rejected atonce. s..
The GoYernors;of the States are slillin
session al Queretaro,. and have proposed
Two questions 10 the Government, 10 which
they demand: clear and percmptory re:
plies. e. ~.
1st. In what character they have been
called together and will the Government
submit 10 their decision.
3D.. Will the Government make known,
with clearness and frankncss, the pro-
,gramuie ofiss policy with regard TO peace
or war. - 5;5g:s.s q. :. =
"A correspondent OF Ell Monitor says
that it wns understood The Government
had answered these questions by stating
that they had been called together solely
for lie purpose Of throwing light upon The.
subject, ibati; Tie General Government
would be- able :in some manner TO surrend= :.
er its powers, and that 1T was more ln-::
'clined TO open or: continue ne gotiaiions of
peace han 10 prosecute. the Z; 8
The b Bfitish Charge Z, Flares had ar,
sbs s4HsHep his ss@:
US Theresis mo news as yel as AZ; o{;lhe disso-:
luton Of Congress In: cons seguence Of The;
:witRdrawaisof ofthe pnros, bulit appears 10
eiu1iyeissllys believed rbere, that there is.
.nota QUORUM left, and il is said thai Pres,
'ideot Anaya has written to Gen. Riincon
and several other Influential persons; re-,
guessing Them lo:repairto Quere,aro and
confer with 3t6em rs 10. wha, steps he
should take in the present crisis. ~ 80.
~ - q ; y =
Here is an extract from another letter
which gives us an account Of sharp affair
with suerriIlas, which is very credilable TO
ourarms:.
Mexico, Nov. 10.
On the. Sth inst. thirty:six wagons be-
longing to fmo.chanlsiu this city and Pue-
bla, leit the laler place with lol oi'Iobac-
co, dry goods aud brandy, destined for this:
city. One reaching Sun Martin, Gems.
.Rea and Torrejon. in command Of the
guerrilla forces there, made d descent upon
the wagons, captured them and started of
for. Queretaro via ,Tlascala. Information
was conveyed to Gen. Lane at Puebla
who star,ed:arter them with a force OF in-
fantry and the cavalry under command Of
Capt. Roberts. When they reached Tlas-
Gala they found the enemy there and Capt.
R. who had been sen. 10 the rear Of the
town, seeing a movement to run of the
train, charged upon the guerrillas. com
plelcly routing them, killing seventeen
and taking thirteen officers prisoners. In
The mean time portion Of the wagons
which had been taken a:mile from the
town by party Of the enemy, were set
on.fre and six destroyed, before the infan-
try came up, who rescued=the remainder.
Elhink this will be ailesson TO the guerrillas
and teach them that the Americans. are.
determined to project the mercantilcan:
terest oflhis country no matter 10 what
nation the merchants may belong.
Santa Anna has assumed the command
ofthe army in Oajaca. He says that he
was deprived of the command by Pena y
Pena, in order that the latter might. find
no obstacle in making peace with The a.
mericans. He avows his determination to
oppose any negotiation for peace with the
American forces occupying any portion
of the Mexican territery.