The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-10

INTERESTING MEXICAN INTELLIaENcE.-The fol-
lowing is extracted from letterreceived by gen.
tleman of this city from his correspondent, highly
respectable man now in Vera Cruz and it presents
good picture of the state of affairs in Mexico 1t
is dated
VERA CRuz, April -, 1S4S
There still, rumors of peace but say
when If It does occur The opinions here as
varied the winds MIR Trist here his way to the
United States and he asserts that the treaty
will be ratified by the Mexican Congress- but you will
collect that it is of his children laboring to
the light On the other hand, have a letter
from General Smith. and also from General WORTH
Smith doubts that the treaty will be ratified Worth
thinks it will but that time must elapse first
and an additional clause be inserted, binding 60
vernment to keep large armed force in the country
to protect the sgners from the military aspirants who
will deprive the President Pena Pena of power the
moment our forces are withdrawn.
There Is party composed Of the landed interests,
conformity with large portion of merchants and ira
ders which goes in strongly for ncxaton and to
this party ascrbed the iukewarmness of the repre-
sentaves who have hitherto kept back and prevented
quorum of Congress from being formed. The Indians,
who compose threef ourhs Of the population of this
vast country have, Notwithstanding their proverbial
ignorance discovered of the differences between
mode of managing things, and the iron rule which
the Mcxicans have held them Although the
watchwords " God and Liberty ringing In
their ears they knew nothing of liberty as it Is under
stood in the United States but having been somewhat
aroused from delusion they will not, 1t is thought by
many well informed people, long submit to the CALLING
yoke of those who have oppressed them 1t is predicted
that having learned something Of their power another
Yucatan revolution will take place all Mexico. in
the absence of the United States forces and it may
be that the whites will be driven from the country.
" Nous verrons."
To-day the Americans have a grand celebration or
rejoicing in the prospect Of permanent republic in
France.
[From the N. o. Pcayune May 81
The steamship Virginia up Sunday night,
but we have nothing later from the City Of Mexico
by her.
A letter from our correspondent ut Vera Cruz men,
tions that American soldier who accompanied the
lact of ipIc In
Jagged behind and being ovcrhaulcd by the diligence,
he obtained passage Tho stage was soon after at
tackled by robbers who after plundering the passcn
gers of their valuabes took out the American soldier
and shot him. Our correspondent could not learn his
name.
A correspondent at Orizaba writes us, on the 18th
ult There is nothing of interest occurring here.
That abominable armstce is the only of trou
Bile, as knew 1t would be when first saw It, The
Mexicans trying to take every advan tagc, by
forced constructions of its too liberal terms The
more I see Of these people, the more think 1t would
benefit the world to exterminatc every Of them.
About six hundred infantry and Dragons left this
city yesterday to join their regiments at the City Of
Mexico.n