Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-07-09
LATEST NEWS FROM MEXICO.
or,rcE OF THE N. o. COMMERCIAL TIMES, !

| Correspondence of the Commercial Times.
VERA CRUZ, JUNE "a, i847.
| Gentlemen-You will gather fair notion |
of the daring and audacity of the guerilas,
| from their repeated atrocities under the walls
of this city.
Within the past thirty-six hours, another
man has been hanged by them, almost within
gun-shOt OF our batteries. The victim was
one of our most active police officers, Dane,
named Miller He and Frenchman were out
riding, when they were " lassoed" and carried
into the woods. The Frenchman was releas-
ed, but Miller is saiu to have been put to death
as stated
Parties were out most of the day and night
of yesterday, in search of the perpetrators OF
the outrage, and seven Mexicans were seIZed
on the roads and brought in. Five OF these
proved to be gentlemen bound to Medel1n,
but The others are suspicious characters, and
the Governor has imprisoned them TO await
further examination. One OF them was taken
on the no sc which Miller was riding when
attacked.
We are vet without authentic intelligence
, from Mexico OF later date than the 18th in
=, slant, and nothing of especial interest up to
that time. There seems to be no doubt of
Sarta Annals intention 10 make stand against
Gen. Scott al some point between Puebla and
:, the capital, and our next arrival ION our lit
tie army may tell us of another Cerro Gordo
affair. OF he result, of course, | can enter
tain no apprehension even in the event OF AL
o varezs arrival and participation | believe
9 the suspicious long entertained, OF British yes
! sells supplying arms and ammunition to the
Pacific ports, are not entirely unfounded | am
! assured that considerable quantities of both
have come in from Acapulco, and have to
ask why that port is not now occupied w our
forces, naval or military? Or, if it be so oc-
+ cupied, low these things have been permitted
# to enter. suppose the cause lies in the mea-
gre force oil men-of-War in that sea, a matter
which requires remedy.
The movement of sending the mariners out
y here, is a good one, unless, as some think,
r their destination has connection with that
e Quixotic expedition to the interior, of which
1t spoke some time since The Marine Corps is
l. one of the finest bodies of troops IN the world,
= or, it was so, some eight or ten years ago, and
o I suppose it has not fallen off since that time,
q badly as it has always been treated by Con-
s. gress. Give it chance in Mexico, and will
d warrant a good account to be rendered.
The murderers of Miller are now supposed
> not to belong to the regular guerillas, but to
be private enemies, which he has made in this
ID occasionally came under his charge He ha-
N ted a Mexican from his soul, and sometimes
Is treated the poor wretches, who committed triv.
IS ia offences, shamefully. Some of the worst
of these have taken occasion of a professional
ps visit to Madeln, to waylay him on his return
70 and revenge themselves in this manner One
w large negro, well known in the city, is suppo
4 sed to be the chief of the party. | presume
70 most of those concerned are by this time regu
6 lar members of the guerilla band. 1t is yet
however, not absolutely certain that the mar
X has been murdered.
ed The vomito is yet picking our poor fellows
off, one or two at a time. in the city. Colone
# Banks, we'll known in New Orleans and her
81 as one of the finest fellows, and enterprising
men in the country, is one of the last victims
3. of which am informed. He died yesterday
ct morning, after forty eight hours illness.
The disease cannot be said to be raging, no
he do think it is nearly so fatal in its operation
sh as it has been in other years; but it real,
serious matter, and it is impossible to feel an,
degree of comfort in its neghborhood.
=, Business is still. of course, at a stand. Ano
o Gu ther vessel, the Spanish brig Amistad Cam
~ pecheana, has arrived with cargo of the good
e stored in Havana, nearly the last, think, o
~ that stock.
e. vessel is expected soon from Campeachy
~ where one cargo was stored during the block
H. ade, and that fancy will pretty much clos
Nm the foreign trade with Vera Cruz, for som
~ months at least.
nc lam informed that the head of one firm, an
n' one of the very first in the city, has replied
' S a demand for duties, from the Collector, tha
IN IN he has no money and cannot pay. His thirt
ut days are out, and it remains to be seen wh5
ti will be the result His goods will not be sole
nc as nobody can buy them, for the same reaso
10y that prevents the payment of his duties.
Wv The brig Petersburg, from New York,
o.: now here, disChargng small but rather va
naP liable cargo-chietly silks and drugs, to OWL
d O., ers, Hargons & Co.
IT, JUNE 25.-We received letters from Mexic
last night, as late as the 18th, but they do nj
satisfy me on the subject of greatest interest
the election. One of them declares that San
Anna has been chosen, with eStraordinal
"A powers, to use in the prosecution of the wa
erS' but is expressly forbidden to enter into neg
tiations for peace. 1t is also said that the
are twenty thousand troops in the city of Me
'm- leo, and achievements are constantly arrvin
AIvareZ's force is now augmented (by repor
!. to eight thousand men, well armed and equ
i'm ped. Taking everything into consideration
zee have no doubt that bloody battle will pr
Isn cede Gen. SCOTS entry into the Capital.
ops Gen Scott had not left Pueba on the Is
gu inst, that is certain. He is waiting for rel
0u' forcements from the Eastward. General Ca
wallader left Jalapa on the 10Th, to join hiI
with sometwo thousand troops under his COZ
,+o mand. | think the army will move forwa
"f as soon as it receives this reinforcement, a.
"a ID the money and supplies which accompany
"a the same which found so difficult a road
Jalapa.
on Alvarez is said to have taken his static
IN with six thousand of his Sonora troops, b
Tbe tween Puebla and Jalapa, for the purpose
oSS cutting off Cadwallader's train, and won
this probably be reinforced.
The editor of ''El Arco has" says he h
ra. information that the election did not come
s Of at the time appointed, but is postponed I'm
9Th the 21st September. He says the general il
ibIp pressi On is that Herrera will be elected a
and that negotiations for peace will immediate
ado follow his installation.
,er. Our dragons have had quite brush wi
the guerllas near Perote. Three hundred
them encountered four hundred guerillas in
ravine, and routed them, the MeXicans loosi
y some thirty killed. Our fellows were guild
MIA. by the Alcade OF Perote.
! Senior Atocha is here, cruising about I
e streets, with no apparent mission, or busin'
IS of any kind. He is most cordially hated
the Mexicans, and believe, disliked by e
> ol nv body in Vera Cruz who knows anV thj