The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-03-09
From the n. o. Picayune, Feb. Is.
LATER FROM YERA Cruz.

From the n. o. Picayune, Feb. Is.
LATER FROM VERA Cruz.
Santa Anna not Assassina;ed-Hls GAM
bling Observation-Disclosures and Condi-
ton of his Army-Proposed movement
to Tula-Gen. La Vega in command at
Vera Cruz-Resources of the Garrison
-FutlIity of the seizure of the Church
Property-Battle Of Ell Passo-Defeat
Of the Mexicans-Dissolution of the
Ministry, &c.
By the arrival of the barque St. Mary,
from Havana, we are placed in possession
Of the adviees by the British steamer
from Mexico. The Midway arrived at
Havana on the morning of the 9th inst,
from Vera Cruz, with dates from that city
to the evening Of the Ist inst, and from
the city of Mexico to the 29th OF Janua-
~. The Midway brought over $500, 900
in specie, and iitv-two passengers.
The rumor Of the assassination Of San
ia Anna turns out to be u~nlounded; so al
so of his active opposition to the seizure
Of church property. At the last accounts
he was still at San Luis POtosi. Vera
Cruz papers of the 2Sth uIt. announce
that letters from San Luis speak of his
immediate departure for lula. Letters
from the city of Mexico are to the same
effect, and represent that he would move
at the head of the main body of his for
ces.
Letters on which we RELY confidently
say that his whole force does not exceed
$4,000 men of ell arms. They are rep
resented to be il a deplorable situation
for want of means. They are destitute
of clothing and provisions, and one regI-
ment had actually left for the city of
Mexico. Santa Anna employs his time
in gambling and c~ock-hghting, and writing
menacing and energetic representations to
Congress for money.
We have assurances that he quite re-
I Gently won $4,000 at MONTE from his
own officers, very many of whom are
very young men. The latest accounts
we have seen from San Luis say that he
would move upon lula the morning Of
the 9th ult. This is stated in a letter
dated the 26th.
Gen. La Vega has been appointed COM
mander general Of Vera Cruz. Letters
of the 10Th ult., from Mexico mention
this fact, and there can be no doubt of it.
Our private accounts from the most re-
sponsible sources, set down tine number
of troops in the city of Vera Cruz, at
35G0-some say 5000. The garrison of
San Juan de Ulloa does not exceed IlOO
troops.
The Congress Of the State of Vera
Cruz had issued a manifesto calling upon
the people at all hazards to resist the In
vasion of the Americans.
Nor does there appear to be any pros
post Of relief for tie want of means
which prevails in Mexico. The law au-
thorizing the seizure of fifteen millions
of property belonging to the church pro-
misses to be a dead letter. The property
consists almost entirely of real estate in
different cities Of the Republic. Even if
the law of Congress be enforced, il is said
that no one viii advance money upon the
property SO seized, much less purchase II.
The whole body OF the clergy had pro-
tested against the seizure as s~acriIegtoas,
and they were supported by a large por-
ton Of the lower classes of the people
Santa Anna gave in his adhesion to the
measure with great reluctance.
Our letters say that all the late Minis
tiers have resigned. The Ministers Of
Foreign Affairs and of Finances have GER
tainlv done so.
We find no mention made Of the cap
ture of Chihuahua, but there has been an
action in the immediate vicinity Of Ell
Paso del Norte in which u troops were
entirely successful. The report of it IS
altogether Mexican, and was published IN
the capitaI on the 10Th nit.