The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-12-30
FrO!n Mexico.
f,oH he \. O,lefHs pieggure, Erira, 1874 iast
Late ARD important from
TEXECO.


The schr PJua, Captain Wakeman, or.
rived here on Sunday afternoon, having
sailed from Vera Cruz OF the lst inst
We are indebted 10 the courtesy Of gen
lcman Who came passenger on her Tor o
package ol letters and papers. The stenm
er Maria Burt vas 10 have lefl Vera Cruz
the same day, and the bulk of The mail was
placed on board Of her; but our faithful
correspondent al Vera Cuz took the pre-.
caution Of Duplicating some Of cur letters
~ lie Purtia,
The news by this arrira IS very lmpor.
'ani and first d all, the story about Santa
A9na's beng at the head Of 5 Gee men,
md threatening and oyerawing Congress,
and the despatch OF Gen. Worth to Quete
arc to protect CungTess-- utns out 10
be mere moonsbne no moro authentic
han Gen. SCOTS famous entry INTO Mex.
60 IN The middle Of July last A gentle.
man thoroughly conversaal ~rh Mexican
ahlIfs, who cane passenger on The Poru0,
assures US that from the best information
he could obtain he is satisfied lhat 10 place
of beng IN command Of eighteen thousand
nen, Santa Anna has not eighteen hundred,
nor even a hundred and eighty follow ers.
With this rumor falls q good deal Of very
ladicious composition upon the renewal Of
the g'ories Of Napoleon, the rc'ufn from
E0ba, e..
Gen. Anaya was elected presiien, Of
Mexico on the lib uiL He has once
before been Provisional PresidCEt. HIS
present term Of Office extends only 70 the
sh Of January next He is known to be
in favor OF peace. In forming his cabinet
lie continued Mora Nhlaull in the War
Department, aud made Pena Penn, late
the Pfesideut, hrs Secretary Of State. The
whole administration ls IN favor Of on hon
ofab,e peace, and one Of rs first acts was
to dIspas,h a commssion to The GUY Of
Mexico n re open negotiations With Mr..
Trsi. The commss oners we're Seniors
Couto, Arrsiain and Cuevas ard Gen Rim.
con, the frs; two having been en- The former
commission. Mr.. Trist's powers had been
revoked prior 10 the arrival Of The eommis
sion, aud as Gen. Scott poss ssed DO pow.
eIs 10 treat with them, II is presumed hey
were referred to ouI Government, al Wash.
u-ia1.
The next most important Intelligence by
this arrival /. The reported arrest ct Gen.
Worth, Gen. Pillow and Lieut.. Col Dun.
can by Gen. Scott. The verbal report is
that letters written Ly these gentlemen re.
llac,ing upon the Commander tu.Ch,el have
lal en- INTO hls possession, upon which he at
once arrested them. We have not yc, re
celyed any letters from the city Of Mexico
later than the 2ih Of November. They
make 10 mention OF these arrests, but we
have letters on the Maria Burt from the
c,ty OF Mexico, which We presume wli, ELL.
clunte the Whole matter.
/ he following Ie@cr contains political
news Of interest aud importance, though
one sentence is confused and We fear some
thing is omitted, 1t appears altogether
probtb'e that the Mexican Congress has
been dissolved BY the withdrawal Of the
PuIos, 50 that no quorum can be obtained.
MENlCo, Nog. ~, l947.
4 Senior z lliala, who some time since
brought forward resolution to erect the
city Of Mexico iu,o an independent State
during the occupation by the American az.
NY, Which proposition was rejected by the
Congress with soon, has agolu made him.
self the laughing stock of the nation by an,
other proposition, 20 less than that the
federal compact should be broken, the un.
ION destroyed aud the cry be gwen to the
States, "slnpa qui pcm.' TIE pro2osi.
ton was received vita Indignation aud re.
actcd at once.
The Governors Of the States are still in
session at Quere,aro, and have proposed
Two questions to the Government, to which
, they demand clear aud peremp,o,y replies.
Isl. In what character they have been
called together and viii the Government,
, submit to their decision.
ID. VIII the Government make know
, with ciearucss aud lraukness, the proOra.a
ne of It's policy with regard to &c. g.
war.
h A correspondent Of FL Mo. 'tn'
Il vas understood the Goyernmonj so JH
d sWcrcd lAese questions by siaing that they
4 had been called together solely for the pur
d pose Of throwing light upon the subject
that the General Government would be
II able in some manner to surreudcf ne pow
II ers, aud that 1t was more rucI'ned to opet
e or continue negotiations Of peace than t'
d prosecute the war.
The British Charge d'Afllires had ar
. rved al Qucrelaro and taken up his ten
potarv residence IN that city.
,e There IS 90 news as ye, to the dr>solu
r. ton OF Congress in consequence of III
IS ~,lhdtswa of the puros, but /, appears /
re be university believed here that there
not a quorum left, and 1t is said that Pes
ID dent Auaya has written TO Gen. Rlncon an
Il, several other influential persons, r,ques
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