The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-02-26
CAPTURE OF ORIzAHA>

We have received by Overland express fol
the Baltimore Sun, copy of the New Orleans
Picayune of the l3th one day III advance ofthc
mail, containing the following important intel
lgence from the seat of war:-BGH Sum
The steamship New Orleans, Capt. Edward
Aul !, to whom the New Orleans Picayune i,
indebted for the prompt delivery OF tIci
correspondence, arrived yesterday afternoon
from Vera Cruz, having sailed the after
noon Of Tuesday last, the Sth inst. She
brought over co officers ofthe army. Most of then
are ordered on tho recruiting service. The New
Orleans had some thirty other cabin passengers
and abuut 30 discharged soldiers and quarter
masters men. The ship has made an cxtraor
binary runl
Mr.. Freaner arrived at Vera Cruz on Sunday
last, the 9th inst, bearing dispatches from len
Scott for tho Government at Washington
lie was only four days from the city of Mexico
He sailed on Monday, the It'll 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 ahcad-rhy, is scarcely
known. The New Orleans, however, overlook
the Iris, and passed her before she rca chod the
Balizc The dispatches brought by Mr.. Freau-
or 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 Congress
has sent in terms of peace, which Gen. Scott
has taken the responsibility ofacccpting. One
| ofthc articles ofthis Arrangement is that twel I've
Thousand United States troops shall remain in
Moxica until certain obligations are fulfilled
the remainder ofthe troops to be withdrawn
We learn further that the prclimnaries ofthe
treaty of peace were signed on the first day OF
! February by the Mexican Government and that
no doubt was entertained that the Mexican
/ Il,
would ralir.y the same by large majority. by
the terms ftIIis trcaty we understand that the
United States obtain the boundary Of the Rio
Grandc, New Mexico and Upper California
The pecuniary consideration for these copces-
sions is mere trilc compared with that propos-
ed in the conferences at Tacubaya.
| Our dates by this arrival are to the evening
Of the Cd instant, from the city of Mexico, and
the information given above comes to us through
so many channels and IN such authentic form
that we see no reason to question the fact.
| Orizaba was captured on the 26th uit. A full
account Of the expedition is furnished us by one
| OF our special CORE spondents, who accompanied
it, His narrative is intensely interesting, but is
so long that we cannot possibly find room for it
this morning One of the purposes of the OK
| petition was to capture Gen. Santa Anna, at
Tehuacan. The willy Mexican, however, cf.
| fectcd his escape through the trcachery Of one
OF his countrymcn.
Com Perry returned on the Sth instant, to
Vera Cruz fiom an expedition to Tlaca pam
and other towns south.
Two large trains left Vera Cruz on the 18th
| inst.,-ono for Orizaba, under Colonel Bank
head, consisting of over 500 man, and the other
| for the city Of Mexico, under the command OF
| Major Caldwell, fthe Voltigcurs.
The expedition which left Vera Cruz on the
cath ult., against the guerillas does not appear
| to have effected much. They had two or three
brushes with the enemy, but no great harm was
| done on either side.