The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-07-15
NUMBER IL.

o OF his men; that he was in no condition to
d move, lacking reinforcemen,s.
a Letters from Puebla 10 The capiia repre-.
}. sent Gems. Scott and Worth as saw ing that
!, It Santa Anna has charge of The defence OF
!, The city Of Mexico, they will be able 10 ko
It with the loss OF two or three hundred
!. men only; but if Bravo or Valencia com.
j mand, i viii cost them more dear. The
Repubicano derldes this gossip though il,
] sounds very natural 10 Us.
The Government is urged by letters
from PIebla and its vicinity TO fall upon
Scott, now be is weak, and crush him
They say he has really but a lille over
5000 men, though he pretends 10 have
1000. They seem to dead lest Gen. Tay.
lor should proceed TO join Gen. Scott.
The propositions which Mr.. Trist lie au-
thorized TO make are said by the Mexlcans
TO be that each Republic shall name three
commissioners 10 discuss the claims of the
United States, and that # Mexico will not
consent TO this, then the war is 10 be pros.
eculed.
We find in the Repubiicano Of The 18th
inst. long despatch from the Secretary Of
War TO Gen. Scott, dated Inc 30th of April
Il informs him tha! BY the end Of June the
President supposes Gen. Scot, will have
twenty, and Gen. Taylor ten thousand men
under their respective command II asks
for The views Of Gen. Scott on various
questions suggested, and gives him direc.
lions how TO operate with dIssfecied Mex-
can States The Republican, regards this
I Lat b,,t
uounces the Secretary's representations as
10 the number of troops TO be in the field
utterly false. How this letter wa, inter.
copied we are not informed.
The Mexlcans appear TO have intercept.
ted a good number Of private letters
Several TO Col. Chllds are particularly re-
ferred to. One is from Mrs. Chids and
contains much pleasan, gossip as to The
state Of parties in the United States. OH.
er letters Of an entirely private nature are
commented upon.
The successes Of some Of the guerilla
parties near Vera Cruz are daily chronicled
and commended in the papers.
The afternoon Of the 5th inst, Santa
Anna reviewed at Tealpam the troops from
the South Of Mexico under Alvarez. This
Generals command had not all arrived, but
It was expected to reach 5000 men ln a
few days.
Senior Pedro del Castillo has been re.
moved from The command of the regiment
Of Hldaiso in The National Guard. The
act is strongly censured.
Gen. 5. Gomez de la Cortina has re.
signed the command Of tie battalion of
Victoria, Of which he was COLONEL.
Three hundred troops from Morelia ar.
rived in The capital on the 7h inst.
DlIgences have been established be.
tween these two cities. One of them has
already been robbed.
The Vice Governor Of Osjaca has re-
signed bis Office, and his resignation has
been accepted,
Gen. Scott appears 10 preserve perfect
discipline among his troops at Puebla, The
Mexlcans admit this indirectly, though let.
tiers are published complaining Of our ex.
cesses in general terms. The case Of
New ok volunteer is mentioned, who
was tried BY court martial for assaulting
a woman with a view Of robbing her of a
silver cruclfy.
The casting of piece Of cannon al To.
luca on the I'd inst, is formally mentioned.
We have thus glanced at the papers be-
fore US, but will recur to them again, and
should they contein any thing of impor.
lance, lay It before our readers.
From Tampico We learn little news by
this arrival. The only thing which gives
animation 70 town appears to be tbs false
alarms which frequently occur. We are
informed by an officer of dragons that he
went out with party on scout on the 10th
INST, and proceeded some 40 miles from
the city IN the direction Of Altamira, bus
saw no armed Mexicans. The country
people appeared friendly, and like the rest
of the inhabitants Of Tamaulipas did not
seem Ill affected towards our Government.
The Louisiana regiment stationed at
Tnmpico has suffered severely from sick.
ness. Many have died and there are yet
many sick-not less than $50 accounts
say, Not more than $50 men are reported
fit for service, and yet this is the only rsgi-
meut dong duty. Rein(otcements have
been daily expected, but IN vain.
Lieut.. De Groote, Of the Dragons, who
arrived on the Eaimekloi mas peeH O'ueiO0
hther TO recruit men TO fill up his company
to the full company. II consists now of
only ffty.four men. This is the company
with which il is intended TO open the road
from Taupco TO San LUIS Potosl.
From the Nsto Orleans Della, June 81.
LATER FROM MEXICO.
| The Mexican Generals-Ths Defence Of the
Capital Gusrillas-The American Army
/ Santa Anna-Withdraw Of mis- Resignation
The Clergy, &c, &c.
We have received our Mexican psperslrom
the 30.h Of May TO the 9Th of June, incu.
siye. They contain little of moment, but
as almost every thing from that country is
at present read with interest, we shall give
a brief synopsis Of their contents.
The Merican Gensrals.-Gen. Arista
was apprehended on the evening OF the 29Ih
of May, and was Immediately sen'' under
escort, towards Acapulco. The reason for
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