Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-29
The last News.

Our columns almost exclusively occupied this
ing by the late interesting intelligence from tho OF
While gratifed learn that train Of nvalids with
n small guard has succeeded in fighting its way, with
comparatively trivial lose, from Gen. SCOTS camp the
vicinity OF Vera Cruz and that Cen Csdw allader had
driven before him the party by which the heavily guarded
train under Col Mcintosh had assailed and pro
arrested, IL appears nevertheless that the road is in
tested with large bodies Of Mexican troops with which
advancing columns engaged almost ncess,nt skr-
mishcs. We would direct tho the reader
pecsly To the interesting leer from the correspondent
OF the New Orleans Times, from which appears that the
city OF Vera Cruz itself, although in the occupany OF
troops the very focus Of Mexican intrigue aud organza
ton The fact is remarkable, II it be so; and yet is
stated with much confidence and the statement is
Ioboraod by many circumstances, that impossible
10 discrcdit Il.
The intelligence from Tsmpco is Likewise of great in
party OF Mexican lnncers, it appears had been
inspired with sufficient bodness attack the outposts
drive the senlnes into the city and this attack had been pre-
reedcd 10y symptoms Of nsuroctonary the
part the Mexican residents, which, however had been
fortunately discovered before head and the
attempt was defeated.
While the Mexicsns thus acting with extraordinary
bodness and activity Gen. SCOTS rear, that officer
informed, advancing from Puebla upon the city Of
Mexico having marched far the famous pass Of Rio
Fuo, without cncountcring opposition and having been
from the inadms.ibty Of the terms, rejected
We lay all the that have reached before
readers, leaving them draw from them their iner
For ourselves rarely feel much confidence in
any conclusion which the of the advices from the
OF war occasionally ousfy in adopting At this
moment, for example, If Judge alone Gen.
SCOTS forward movement with the civil dis
Eenons said to be raging the capital and with the fact
Ut be uue) that the existing Government had boon in
aueod 10 tender the olive branch we should infer that the
restoration o is not very remoeior, although the
proposed said have been inadmissble and
therefore promptly rejected by Gen Scott II shows
that there has been change OF the part the Mexi
leaders, who have heretofore evinced an nexbe pur
pose refuse listen to proffers OF reconciliation
while their soil is pressed by hostile foot Ii they have
been induced to relax this determination them
selves propose cessation OF hosliues, mpro-
babe, that; although the conditions with which their propo
son accompanied led prompt rejection, it NAV
be succeeded by another, modified zen. SCOTS
instructions may justify Its acceptance.
On the other hand from the spirit with which the guer
ia movements characterized the road between Vera
Ciz and Jaapa, and the hostile IN the ycin
~ Of Tampro the inference would least to be
plausible, that should treaty Of peace be exioried
from the central Government unless s should be
approved by the people OF Mexico, will be acquies
ced in by the military leaders from the GO
vernmcnt, who be fighting upon their own hook,
and who like those Of Spain, will be bound by the
orders Of their superiors conendng that II actually
in duresSo, they have been overawod by the force they
unable to resist
We shall indulge in farther speculauons however
upon the confused unsatisfactory state OF facts now be-
fore The from the Of war, which we
daily expect receive, may enable form more
intelligent and satisfactory opinion regard to the dua-
ron aud perhaps to the immediate results Of this unhappy