Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-08-17
From the So. Louis Mem Era. Auo ?
GENERAL SCOTT IN THE
CITY OF MEXTCOl

VA OC MEAlOU!
BY the Old Hickory, which arrived TO.
day at half past eleven o'clock, we re-
ceIVed New Orleans papers to the eyens
ing OF the Slst ultimo, and among them
the following slip, containing a very i'm.
Portant statement. from the office ofthe
National, dated Saturday Evening. JuIv
3Ist.
From the N. o. National. Extra
There is news in the city, from the CITY
OF Mexico, as late as July 18th. 1. came
through by Mexican Courier, who came
6y the way of Orizaba and Alvarado to
Vera Cruz. Gen. Scott entered the city
OF Mexico, on the 18th of July. He met
with no opposition on his way from Pue.
OIa, until he arrived al Penon, about eight
miles from the city. Here slight Skin.
mish ensued between bis advance and the
Mexicans, when the latter fell back
The Civil Authorities then came out and
met Gen: Scott, Stipulations were en-.
tered into by which the persons and pro.
perry OF the Mexicans, were to be resne..
ted; this accomplished. our army quietly
marched into the city Of the Montezr.
mas!
This important news reached here in
the Massachusetts, but has been withheld
Tor purposes we don't understand. The
authority upon which we publish il seems
to US undOubted. The courier brought
the news would come from the city of
Mexico via. Orizaba to Vera Cruz, in 5
days, if the weather is good, seuen under
any circumstances. The Massachusetts
left Vera Cruz on the 23rd. II will be
perceived that this allows seven DAYS for
the news to reach Vera Cruz by the route
we have stated.
we knOU upon the highest authority,
that there is letter now in this CITY OF the
18th July, from the city of Mexico. The
gentleman who gave US the information
has letter of the 18th, in which is men.
toned the preparations Of families about
leaving from the approach of the Yam.
KEGS.
Santa Anna and Canalizo had quarrel.
ed about the defence of the city. Canal.
izo did not want the city injured, as there
was no hope Unsuccessful resistance. He
preferred to meet our troops in the plain
and there decide the contest. Santa An.
ma would not agree to this, SO no o2posi-
lion was made.
The entrance Of Gen. Scott into Mexi.
CD is only rumor; from the letter of the
10Th, ace knov positively Of the prepare.
ton OF the families in the city to move on
the approach OF Gen. Scott, and of the
quarrel between Santa Anna and CANAL
20 as to the defence of the city, and we
know that there is letter in the city of
the 18th from Mexico.
The courier that brought through The
letter of the 18th, brought news ofGen.
SCOTS entering the city, We have no
doubt OF the truth of the report.
The steamer Massachusetts arrived at
New Orleans on the Goth With six days
later advices from Vera Cruz.
A correspondent Of the N o Picayune
writes:
Padre Jarauia, with between eleven
and twelve hundred men, was within two
and a half leagues of this city on the 10th
and 18th inst.
Gen. Pierce did get off on the evening
OF the 10th inst, and on the arrival of his
command al the San Juan Bridge, they
found about eight feet Of the bridge cut
away.
Nothing had been heard from the COL
umn under Gen Pierce, after ii left Santa
Fe, which is about 8 or In miles from
Vera Cruz. From the heavy firing in
that direction, it is supposed he had been
engaged with the guerrillas.
Lieut. Moore, of the l2lh infantry died
at the hospital of San Francisco on the
18th inst, and Captain Duff of the 3rd
Dragons, died on the same day in the
camp.
There were occasional apprehensions
of an attack upon the city.
An arrival from the Brazos TO the 23rd
inst. brings news of an attack upon
train. The Matamoras Flag Of the 2lst
says:
The train belonged 10 Matamoras mer-
chants, and was attacked near Marin with
q loss OF $4,000.
FROM TAMPICo.-The schooner TeIdS.
co, from Tampico, reports, that since the
expedition ofCol. De Russey, the Ameri.
can prisoners have been removed forty
miles further into the interior. This is
all the intelligence she brings. Capt.
M. M. Moore, of the 18th Regiment u. 8
Infantry, died on board at sea, of a fever
from which he was suffering before he
sailed.
SHIP FEVER IN CANADA