The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-21
TO S1W
LATEST MOMENT
HIGHLY INTERESTING
M E XICAN NEWS.
BY SPECIAL OVERLAND EXPRESS
NEW ORLEANS TO PHILADELPHIA,
BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH
NEW YORK HERALD OFFICE
Affairs In the City of Mexico.
THE AMERICAN PRISONERS.
No Quorum in the Mexican Congress.
Alarming Rumors to the Enemy.
Report that the Offer of Mediation had been
Accepted.
&c. &c. DC.

The New Orleans Pieayune Of the 18th Inst. forward
ed by special overland express In advance Of the
mail, was received in Baltimore Monday night but,
by some accident remained In the post ONCE that city
until yesterday morning when 1t was sent on to Phis
delphia by the railroad
Files Of Mexican papers the goth ut have been re-
ceived at New Orleans from which the Peoyuns makes
copious eItrats
Ell hepubeano gives the following information in re-
ation to the American prisoners from which Il
that they have left the Capital for Huejua The ono
hundred and eighty Yankees, prisoners of war whom
the government sent by this route been detained
NJ the above named town, and that Gen. Garsv
has not the necessary for supplying them With
food
We have locked in vain into the preceding n mberr
Of the paper for notice Of their departure from
the Capital but the above meagre paragraph all that
find upon the subject
Asummons for Congress to assemble wsnnd In almost
every paper OPEN but quorum had been assembled
up to the 29th uh
The Republican, publishes daily, the list Of members
present and active They have times come very
quorum, and there is doubtless sufficient num-
Der of members in the city to form Ssvsnty-ons
required and sixty six present on the oath
The papers of the city appeared to expect that the
American army would move from Puebls by the end Of
June They say not word in their later numbers Of
their Of defence, indeed of their army
In this particular.
They show perfect acquescenoe In the wishes of santa
Anna
We slusion in the papers to the fact which w
have stated elsewhere upon different authority that
Gen Scott had given the to the aOth u TO
consider Mr. Buchsnans letter, before pushing the
capital.
The Republican, says army is too insignificant TO
IL Ia intends
doing So az pi afford good test Of the fidelity Of
those Mericons ,oho haue pledged themselves to defend
the capital till death" This reads much H.
On the 25th ut. rumors which the Repubcano calls
very alarming, in circulation IN the capital It
said that the Mexican governm mt had sccedsd
the mediation Of England That the English Secretary
of Legation had been down to Puebls, and returned
the oath That the object of his visit to negotiate
with Gen Scott treaty Of peace, and that the terms
agreed upon between them would be the surrender Of
the CALIFORNIA; to the Americans the recognition Of
the independence of Texas and the acknowledgement
of the line Of 86 degrees the Northern boundary be-
tween the United States and Mexico This line would
give Santa Fe, and third OF New Mexico TO the
United States.
Santa Anna celebrated his birthday by banquet at
the palace, which censured by the press Mexican
troops at Mattahuels were suffering much sickness
Gen Kcon had been restored TO the command which
resigned along with Bravo.
Santa Anna issued decree Of indemnity for all polt
cal offences on the fourteenth.
The blockade Of Nlazatsn, 10 represented ~ being
strictly maintained BY the Cysne Independence and
Eliza the 9th Of June. FL Republieano demands Of
santa Anna the release Of Gen Arista, and
him for his imprisonment without trial.
Fifty Officers nave been promoted BY government for
| good conduct ut Buena Vista
Ell Raxanador calls the earnest attention Of the Go.
vernment to the oontrsband trade carried
| from the ports of San Sebastian and Mazatan. In
mense quantities Of bullion taken thher from u.
catecas and csndcstnely sent board Of Ensish
| sells of
The English ship Carysfort Is charged with having
ceived large sums board
Ell Repubcano gives the vote Of the different States
for the Presidential election the 18th Of May, and
ys the slst article Of the Constitution provides that
to make election valid of the States
entitled to vote must vote
As there were twenty three States entitled to vote 1t
the late election and only fifteen votes cast being
less than three -fourths-the election has failed