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LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.

LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO
The New Orleans Picayune of the 18th,
contains the following important intelligence
from the seat of war -
The steamship New Orleans, Capt Ed
ward Auld, to whom the New Orleans Pr
cayune is indebted for the prompt delivery
OF their correspondence, arrived yesterday
afternoon from Vera Cruz, having sailed the
afternoon ofTuesday last, the 9Th inst She
brought over sixty officers of the army
Most of them are ordered on the recruiting
service. The New Orleans had some thirty
other cabin passengers, and about 100 dis
charged soldiers and quarermaster's men.
The ship has made an extraordinary run
| Mr.. F1eaner arrived al Vera Cruz on Sun
day last, the 9th inst, bearing dispatches
from Gen. Scott, for the Government a,
Washington. He was only four days from
the city of Mexico. He sailed on Monday,
the 9Th inst, on board the u. S. steamer Iris,
for Mobile. The New Orleans was detained
for two days to give the iris time to get in
ahead-schy, is scarcely known. The New
Orleans, however, overlook the Iris, and
passed her before she reached the Balze.-
The dispatches brought by Mr.. Freaner are
of the utmost importance. The nature Of
them was not generally known at Vera Cruz,
but from source in which we have abiding
confidence we learn that the Mexican Con-
gress has sent in terms OF peace, which Gen.
Scott has taken the responsibility of accept
ing. One Of the articles Of this arrangement
is that twelve thousand United States troops
shall remain in Mexico until certain obliga-
lions are fulflled-the remainder of the
troops TO be Withdrawn.
We learn further that the prelminaries of
the treaty of peace were signed on the first
day of February by the Mexican Govern
ment, and that no doubt was entertained
that the Mexican Congress, which was to
meet in few days, would ratify the same
by large maj GRITTY. BY the terms of this
treaty we understand that the United States
obtain the boundary of the Rio Grande.
New Mexico and Upper California. The
pecnniary consideration for these conces-
sions is mere trifle compared with that
proposed in the conferences at Tacubays.
Our dates by this arrival are to the even
ing of the I'd instant, from the city of Mex
leo, and the information g iven above comes
TO us through so many channels and in such
authentic form that we see no reason tc
|quesiion the fact
Orizaba was captured on the 26,h ult.-
A full account o: the expedition is furnished
US by one of our special correspondents
who accompanied it. His narrative is in
tensely interesting, but is SO long that we
cannot possibly find room for it this morn.
ing. One of the purposes of the expedition
was to capture Gen. Santa Anna, a, Tehua-
can. The willy Mexican, however, effected
his escape through the ,reachery of one Of
his coun!rymen.
Com. Perry returned on the 9Th instant
10 vera Cruz, from an rxprditior, to TIocat-
alpam and other towns south.
Two large trains left Vera Cruz on the
Slh inst.,-one for Orizaba, under Colonel
Bankhead, consisting of over 1900 men,
and the other for the City of Mexico, under
the command OF Major Caldwell, of the
Volliguers.
The expedition which left Vera Cruz on
the 24ih ul,., agains, the guerrillas, does no,
appear to have effected much. They had
two or three brushes with the enemy, but no
great harm was done on either SIDE