Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-05-29
From The N. o. Delta, May l5th
Highly Important from
MEXICO.
LATEST from Grneral SC0TTS DiYiSOn,

The Volunteers al Cerro Gordo- Meas from The
CITY of Merico--Seat of Government TO be re-
moved 10 CeIaya--A Visit TO Santa Anna al
Orisaba--His Deplorable Siuation--Acl,rity
in Vera Cruz.
DEAR DELTA;
In the Eagle" of the lst, which send you.
you will learn that Don Pedro Anaya has been
decla red Dictator. The Swedish Consul who
arrived yesterday from Mexico, tells me that il is
true that Anaya has been elected DIctator Cana
lizo spoken ofas Commander-in-C Chief Of the army.
and that preparations being made for the re-
moval Of the Government to Ccaya, in case our
army marches to the city.
The Swedish Consul tells me that no visited
Santa Anna, at Orzaba, and obtained from him
Il passport 10 come down. He had but thousand
men with him, badly equipped, and he looking
haggard and very much detected. His day has
passed. Both soldiers and officers have lost all
confidence in him-and | havo no doubt, that
were he to come to Vera Cruz, during tho present
state of feeling of the Mexican population, he
would be murdered.
When tho S" eish COnsu! left, they were busi Y
fortifying Mexico. No stand will be made at
PucbIa, unless We delay marching on it for some
time. Gen. Worth is still at Pcro!o-ScOtt at
Jaapa. A report has reached hero that Old
Zach. has taken possession OF San Luis Potos,
but | doubt This very much--ho could hardly
have reached there 10 this tmc. The diligence
runs regularly now TO Mexico.
10 Vera Cruz every thing IS going on smoothly.
he business Of the city is INCREASING IL Il won
dcrful degree. The waters are covcd with mor
chant vessels. Yankee hotels. Yankee auction
houses, Yankee circus companies, and Yankee
ice houses, are starting up hero at every turn Of
the corner.
General Scor's Arny pushing on to tie Capital
T,yrcc JUI1ur ,riJ SlDD B,,,JI,
reudcrS,
General Scott has determined to push on to tho
City Of Mexico, without waiting fo- rciniorcc-
mcnls or supplies. lie has adopted the policy of
Cor.cz, who, two hundred years ago, on the very
shore now occupied by our troops, collected to-
gcrhcr his ships, and in the presence of his little
army, burnt the whole fleet. by which alone they
could ever hope TO return across the raging sea
they had ust travcrsed. So General Scott, with
hls small brave army, drops his base Of operations
at JaIapa and, without a reserve, or line Of com
munications, pushes on towards tho civ, of which
he has, this, become the second conqurror.
He left Janpn with but eight thousand men.
PucbIa has already sent in Lcpuialion to sur
render that noble city. If warhkc population
Of eighty thousand, such that of the ancient
city Of tho IIascaanS, so promptly yield TO our
arms, there is 10 reason to apprrhcnd that any
further resistance will be offered to the progress
OF our army. When last heard from, General
WorIh's Outposts were thrown forward on the
road to Pueba, eighteen miles from PcroIe. On
last Friday week, his whole division, constituting
the vanguard O! the army. took up the line of
march 10 Pu"bla, with Il strong siege train.
No think SCOTS move is Use and judlcious,
as II certainly IS rompt and gallant. The only
ground Of apprehension we have, is, in Inc dis
bumdIncut OF the seven regiments of old volun-
lrcrs he hes with him, Their DEPARTURE so soon
after lar arrival of our army al the Capital. may
crcnto among the McXcnus some hope Of a sue
Ccsstui uprising and resistance. II viii lhrecfurr
lie Incumbent on the government to take immr-
date steps TO reinforce General Scott He should
HaNc at least tw Give fifteen thousand men to
carry uul his designs, and to conquer n peace.
\ II exposed rear must be defended, and his com.
mun.cattons wiki Vera Cruz kept OPEN
In the III, ,"uiimc, Santa Anna shelters himself
III I'll" mountHInS, near Orzrba, with few badly
armed anccrs and ranchcros Fortune has n.
gam turned against hlm.