Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-05-17
From The M O. yPieayune. lMay 81 =.
LATER FROM TIE CITY OF I.
MFy I~1 -es,-' III

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER NEW ORLEANS.
The U. S. steamer New. Orleans, Capt.
Edwd. AuId, arrived on Sunday evening
f,om Vera Cruz. having sailed thence on
Wednesday, the 81 inst. The ship made
capital passage both going aud coming.
Gen. Scott and suit left the city Of Mex.
leo on the 22d ul., and arrived "A, Vera
Cruz on Sunday, the 3Dth. He immedi.
a,ely embarked on the brig ST.. Petersburg
for New York, under salute from Fur
Conception He was waited upon by the
commander Of The flee, and received o
salute from the flag ship Cumberland. On
Monday, the lst iusr., The ST. Petersburg
was tuwed to sea by the propeller Thomp.
son. In passing The store ship Relief and
frigate Cumberland their rigging wns
manned andlhree cheers given to the hero
On the 81 inst. the General exchanged vi.
sits with Com Perry and was salutcd oy
The flag ship Cumberland.
Among the passengers on New Orleans
a list Of whom will be found below, were
Gen. Pillow and staff, Gen. Townson.
Gen. Gushing and s'aa, Col. BeIkuap.
Col. Childs, Col Duncan. Col. Whilhcrs,
and large numbsr Of officers.
So desperate at one time was thought
the chance Of bringing together quorum
Of Congress-, that The President had deter.
mined TO exclude The States ofNew- NJ ex-
leo, chihuahua and Yucaan in eslima-
ting The representation, so that smaller
number may constitute a quorum. Sub.
sequenl events led him to believe tha, a
quorum could be obtained, and the Pres
ilent re-considered his determination.
[Spsciat Correspondence ofthe Picayune. [
CITY OF MEXICO, April 26. lS4S.
In my last letter slated that Col.
Whi,ors. of the 9th Infantry. had gone
home on leave. have learned since that
be has rendered his resignation.
The letter Of your Queretaro correspon-
dent, Of the % nsl., and some of his in
formation is important. The extracts from
the message Of Rosa TO the members of
Congress now at Querelaro, show that Pc
M Pena. fully realizes The dangerous
position of,he nationality The country,
should The treaty NOT be ratified in season
--and also shows an energetic determine.
tiun 10 spare no effort TO bring about peace.
The passage ic lie conclusion OF the
message quoled by your correspondent,
in which Rosa says-"ard in. order moi to
incur the terrible responsibility of l0sing
the nationality Of the country, The Execu-
tive will dictate extraordinary measures,
which he never would have adopted If
circumstances were moi so severe, difficult
and dangerous"-I presume refers 10 tho
Intention Of The Presidcn, to decree that,
in consequence Of the condition of Yuca.
ian. and other States, arising from the
war, certain number Qess than the con-
slituIional quorum. Its prpbahlehe will
haveto resort 10 this measure as il is
underalood here, that several Congress
men. who are no willing 10 oppose the
treaty by directvote, intended 10 defeat
i. by breaking the quorum, whenever the
question is put. s,..,s-
1.-The paragraph in the letter relative to
the sermon ofthe Padre Sanchez is at This
moment very important. II vas supposed
that in consequence Of The amendments
made By the Senate TO. tho Unilod Staes
% the clauses oflhe treaty relating TO the