Washington telegraph., 1848-01-12
From fls N o. Pieayuas Of Dec 81.
LATE AND INTERESTING FROM
EXlCO.
NEWS EIGHT DAYS FROM THE
CAPIT \ L..

CApITA l..
ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH STEAMER rgvior.
Tho British West India mail Steamer
Teviol, Lieut., I. Hast, Il. N, commander,
arrived at Ship Island harbor At 4 o'clock
on the afternoon oil the 20h inst, in Iouf
days from Vera Cruz. BY this arrival va
have dales from tho city Vi Mexico oil the
1ilh Of this month, The details of thi.
news will be found nGl without interest
Gen. Patterson had reached the city of
Mexico, having left garrison at Rio frio,
where permanent depot is 10 be made.
A train left the eiy of Mexico un the
OH inst, iot Vera Cruz, under command
ol Gen. Twiggs. Gen. Pierce Is coming
down with il.
Gen. Scott is said to have issued an OF.
der making new assignment Of Bligades
10 Gems. Smilh and Cudwaiader aud Col.
Riley.
The Mexican Congress bad quorum on
Monday, the 6Ih Of December, which is
Tho latest date we haya yot come across
from Qncreato. 'l'hr Star saYs manf DE-.
pulies were slill absrpl, aud 81 ur rIlhl
others were expected lo cave during the
week notwithstanding he critical sac Il
Affairs IN Which tue rcpahlic IS p.aeed -
The correspondent ol the Monitor thinks
the new Congress will do no better than
the present. Nothing oil the least inter.
est Wis done On Monday. The Govern.
men, was oeeapi'd with tie regulation. oil
/ tue army. / decree was about To be is.
sued un tho suhlrcl, contemplating the mum
her ol the slaudms army al twenty thou.
sand men.
Ii viii he seen by our CORE. pondent'.
letter lhal there WAS some design enler.
tanned Of sending Mexican Goinmissafy
10 Washington 10 solicit the appointment
Vi commissioners 10 Inret nj Havana and
arrange the lerns ol lfraiy of peaee.--
We are moi yet prepared 10 say how nu-
thenlie is this report.
The Steamer Portland. Capt. Spnncy.
arrived al Nen CmE on the l5lh insl. nj.
tef a terrible passage, during which hun.
dfed harsf, were ihIuSn overheard.
Al SeIa Gnz he Papefs have a rumol
oil the deleal oi a division OF our arm, at
Liano 6mnde. Our later letters lrom tue
capital show il 10 be uniunnded.
The Arcu.lI, AZ he Mexican Gov.
eThnen ha, called IN the Gems. Canal.
a.. Alrara aud l.ambafdin 10 give llrm
commissions in The Nes army. This
tneasu.e has bscu highly disapprosed by
lhr Monitor Rrpablicaao, which slairs
that these oliirrIs, either Tor eoaafdiee OF
want Of capacity, have become alrrad, un
worthy ol having lflupi undef Their or
defs. THIS Jourual sats The Rluhaw.
euunis iar nothing The wounds thai |. IN
banlini received a IA iagosiupa. and SAYS
thai moi even the sacrifice ol tourlren 1--we.
epuld INV bring them back the honuf aud
r,Pulalion that lhey have iHrrlrrsahl, lu,l.
The following iirms are i,pm the Free
American OF the 10th INST.
From The interior Capt. Wheat, with
a company Of dfagouns. arrived yes'efday
iIom Ja.apa, aud 10 hi. polilenrss We are
indebted Tor a lew items oi news which
We give 10 the pIblic.
Gen. Bmer lci JAInpa on the 9th. Gor
purba. The train which be commanded
has also lch tie city.
Grn. Marshall aud staff were met by
Capt. ". al Pan del Rio.
Capt Wheat came in charge Of about
one hundred sick aud wounded.
A gentleman Nhn arrived here from Los.
i.lenos de AP,, in company with Captain
Wheat, from JalLpa. was robbed, a, well
as several persons vho verc with him,
perhaps belonging In he English mining
company,) Of all they had with them. at a
place called Rio del Nors, by the brave
defenseurs de Ia PairiI, the gueuilero,.
or in other wonls. robbers.
Capt. Wheat assures u. that from here
To Jaiapl the road is perfectly open TO tray.
cllers, aud that in parties Of three or four,
1t can be lIaYoycd without the least dan.
ger.
We understand from a good source. that
Capt. faircbild, who lcil here with de.
,achmcni Of Louisiana Dragons. 10 ac.
company the English Charge d'Ahaifs To
Jalupa, on reaching that place, finding that
there were no dragoon, in that vicinity,
proceeded on 10 Mexico with The Minister.
The following items srs from The Ar
Iris Of The l6ih inst.
4 revolution broke ull a raba,,o on
the 22i oi November, Ir ilr purpose Of
uep,sins the Governor oi the STATE. Gen.
EcnagaIay
The movement began at Atlasla, town
situated about league from San Juan,
by the insurrcciion oi $50 soldiers, under
Col. Bruno. These troops, belonging to
the battalion Of Aeaygcan were soon join.
cd by as many National Guard, as was
there under arms, aud IL short lime that
object was accomplished.
The reyoutionisls stated that the Gov
crnor was stealing tho public money, or
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