The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-10
sCoTr,s ENTRY INTO MEXICO.

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on the 9Th instant. Doubts Of the Picayrine.
Confirmation by Express 10 .uatamoras.
The news of the entry Of Gen.. Scott into
the City of Mexico came 10 US last evening in
detail by the New Orleans papers Of the I'd
instant. mi y alft III
Il is involved in a singular mystery.
The New Orleans National issued an extra
oEthe evening of Saturday, the 3lst ultimo,
announcing tina, the steamer Massachusetts
which left Vera Cruz on the 23d Of July, and
arrived at New Orleans six days afterwards,
brought letters from Mexico under date the
18th Of July, with the intelligence, that Scott
entered the city on that day THAT he met@ith
no opposition until he arrived at the Penon
eight miles from the city-that his advance met
the enemy at that point. and after skrmish
drove him back--that the City authorities came
out to meet Scott, who, after agreeing TO res
pect persons and property, entered the city, and
occupied il with his army. s
The Nationals extra further announces that
these letters were brought from the city of
Mexico by courier, who came by way Of
Orizaba in 1--WE days to Vera Crz, where they
were placed on board Of The Massachusetts,,
and that the intelligence brought by them had
been withheld from the public of New Orleans
for purposes inexplicable to the National.
In connection with this statement, it is re-
markable that il should have been rumored in
this city on the Sd instant that the Executive
had received the news of conflict between
Scott and the Mexicans. The rumor went so
far as TO state that the conflict was topic OF
conversation at the Presidents breakfast table
on the morning Of the Sd instant. We noticed
the report in the National Wing Of thatday.
There was ample time for this news by the
Massachusetts 10 have reached Richmond, and
to have been transmitted to the Executive on
the morning of the Sd.
Again, it is remarkable that the GAINESVILLE
Ohio Courier should be able 10 publish; on the
9th instant, letter from Gen. SCOTS column,
giving detailed account Of his march as far
as the city Of Chnolula, which place his ad-
vance reached on the l4,h of July, having
previously had skirmsh with the enemy,
who was quickly frepused, with severe loss.
There was sufficient time, too, for the Zanes-
vile Courier to have received this letter from
New Orleans, if il came by the Massachusetts.
On the appearance in New Orleans Of this.
Extra from the Office Of the National. il threw
the city into ferment The Delta of the next
morning endorsed the news as being true. The
Pcayune Of the LIST instant Sunday morning)
doubted the. whole story--sayng, that it was
communicated 10 its editors on the evening Of
the Both Of July, and thai they did not credit
it even enough to give it attention. But it adj
United that the account was possible, and even
probable, and referred to the source Of the in
teDigence as being Of the highest character,
and incapable Of deceiving the public. The
Patria sligmalized the story as improbable,
impossible, and untrue---saying that the last
accounts from Puebla were down 10 the | 18th
of July, when General Scott had made no
preparations for forward march. ,H
Nv poeSSu VIC Aot VI aug uot lNcWAJ IituHSy
some doubling the intelligence hut the masses
believing it.
But the steam propeller Washington arrived
in the night Of the LIST instant from Brazos 81.
Jago, which place she left on the 9th Of July.
She brought the confirmation Of the news that
Scott had entered Mexico in triumph. The
National Of the I'd instant publishes letter
from gentleman at Brazos stating that Mr..
Fisher had just arrived from Matamoros and
reported that an express had arrived in Malta
moros from San Fernando to the Alcalde on
tue Goth ut. with the intelligence that Scott
had entered the capital with loss Of three
hundred men, and that the colonel command.
ing had read the news TO the troops on parade.
The writer Of this Brazos letter says, there is
no doubt whatever Of the truth Of the report
brought by Mr.. Fischer. 2N
And such is The sum and substance OF the
news Of which we gave the heads by telegraph
from Richmond yesterday morning at an early
hour. The reader can Judge of its character as
well as we can. That there has been conceal
ment Of intelligence from rScou's column, we
have no earthly doubt, and that it has been
concealed for stock jobbing purposes, we have
quite as little doubt. We suspect, when the
ruth comes TO be known, the recent peace ru-
nors were part and parcel Of the game which
mas evidently been played with the Massacbu,
'ett's news. Query-have the purchasers of
he late loan paid for it all yet2
e5-The Pensacola Gazette, edited by one Of
he bes, lawyers in the country, speaking Of
Mr.. Clifford's opinion sancdfying the recent
wicked violation Of the Dry Dock Law by the
Executive, holds the following language;
"Of the Attorney General we know nothing.
and we take leave to say that II his decision in
his matter be fair sample Of his legal know
edge, the less the world knows Of him the
better will il be for his fame as lawyer"
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