Tri-weekly journal., 1847-07-08

ing been cruelty whipped. His body was left
in the road with an inscription affixed to it,
"Whoever wishes may carry it off," The po-
lice ofthe city are making an attempt to ferret
out the guilty party.
The news by this arrival from the city of
Mexico is important. We have received our
accounts of it through an express despatched by
Mr.. Kendall from Puebla expressly for this Of
fee. His letters come down to the 18th inst.
Though we see il noted in one Vera Cruz pa
per that advices to the 18th had been received.
yetit gives none of the news; the sole state
ment made relates to Gen. SCOTS departure
from Publa, and is erroneous. Other papers
of Vera Cruz give the news copied from the press
of this city being the latest from the interior
of Mexico
The Arco-Iris of the 22d has letters from the
capital which appear to be late, though the dates
are not given. The purport Of them is that the
work Of fortifying the environs of the city is 60
ing on rapidly, and that seventy pieces of artil-
had arrived from Acapulco and other points
which they were mounting as fast as possible.
They mention the arrival Of Alveraz at the head
of 5000 men; and they set down the entire force
in the city as &c, 600 armed militia and 6,0e0
troops Of the line. These letters further say
that the clergy are taking an active part in the
businesse, that arms of all kinds were pouring
into the capital and considerable sums Of rnoR-
ey. All these topics are touched upon in Mr..
Kendall's letters transmitted by express, and
very full details are given of the extent of the
preparations to defend the city.
To show how hazardous thing is express
riding in Mexico at present, we annex the fol-
lowing brief note from our correspondent at
Vera Cruz:
VERA Cruz, June "a, 1877.
Your express man from Puebla arrived safe
here this evening with the letters which | en-
close, after having been twice captured by the
guerrillas.
He was first captured on the 10Th near Jalapa
and af.er being detained about II hours made
his escape in the night, but unfortuna tely was
captured by another party near Cerro Gordo.-
They detained him until yesterday morning,
when they made an attack upon the train un-
der Gen. Pillow, at Calera, nine miles beyond
Il uCLlc NdClOLdi. III Tic COilluSlOU nc again
made his escape and reached here at o'clock
to-day, worn out with fatigue. He was arrest
ed near Santa Fe this morning by Americans,
and had to pull out his documents to get free.
We have the order for the express riders re-
lease at Santa Fe He had some difficulty in
satisfying the wary officer that he was upon
legitimate business This is the second express
which Mr.. Kendall has sent through successful
ly upon this perilous route. r
Before entering upon Mr.. Kendalps letters
we may remark that by the way of orizabs. a
letter has been received here which announces
that ''Santa Anna has been elected Dictator,
provided he will not make peace" and that he
has 10000 men with him. 1t appears from
what follows below that Santa Anna has at
tanned TO all the power of Dictator by the ar
rest or removal from command of such generals
as are opposed to him, and by the more adroit
maneuvre of inducing Congress to postpone
the counting Of the votes for President till the
18th of January next The 18th OF June was
the day fixed by law for that purpose. BY the
Santa Anna prolongs his own
power indefinitely, and for the time being may
be deemed Dictator in fact, if not in name. He
will plead in extenuation Of this prerpetuation
of his power that it was hazardous to risk
change of Government at a moment when
foreign foe threatened the capital, and there is
force in the idea.
A private note from Mr.. Kendall says that
Mr.. Trist was at Puebla. Nothing further had
transpired in regard to his mission. 1.-THE Mex
lean papers," writes Mr.. X, "know as much
abount his mission as we do"
We grieve most sincerely to learn that the
American prisoners in Mexico have not OBJ
tanned their release; on the contrary, the report
is that they are in more strict confinement than
before. Ought not something speedily to be
done with the Mexican prisoners in our power
to bring Santa Anna TO his bearings on this
point.
We find the letters Of Mr.. Kendall too lengthy
for publication to-day. The jist of them how
ever is given above.