The North-Carolina standard., 1848-02-02
LATER FROM MEXICO.

The steam ship arrived at New-O Orleans
on Tuesday last from Vera Cruz, Whence she sailed
on the 14th instant.
We take the items of news which follow, from the
Picayane of 10Th January
The news we published yesterday of an attack
upon the train under Col Miles is confirmed In some
respects The loss may have been exaggerated, and
it will, moreover fall principally upon foreign neT-
chants, to whom the pack mules stolen belonged.
One house is said to have lost property worth $54,
900. Itwas an English firm. The French and Span
sh merchants robbed were able to obtain the resora-
ton of their goodsb by paying smarty, but no compro-
mise could be made by English and American mer-
chants. Their reliance now is supon Gen. Twiggs,
who expected to upon the district OF OZaba,
whence the brigands came, the amount lost In the
skrmish it is supposed that three or four men Of the
Mounted Rifemen were killed, and eight or ten of
the Mexican muleteers. The portion of the train cut
off had incaHtiouSly Jagged behind.
{ There has been an arrival at Vera Cruz from the
city of Mexico, with dates to the lst inst. he mail
came down via Orlzaba.
General Scott had issued an order assessing upon
the State of Mexico occupied or to be occupied by
troops, an annual tax amounting to about three
millions There is nothing In it looking like peace.
According to its assessment the States VIII have to
pay yearly as follows; chihuahua, $49, 1l8 Coahu-
lila, 1867 !; Chiapas, $2l l,692 Durango, $85, ,556
Guanaiuato, $255,576; Jalisco, $780, 1888; Mexico
State and Federal District, $668,332; Michoacan,
$287,712 Nuevo Leon, $50,438; Oajaca, $48, 100 ;
ID
$1II, ,26O Sinaloa, $33 1874 Sonora, 200; Ta-
basco, $4,000; Tamaulipas, $71;332 Vera Cruz,
1921 ,548; Zacaecas and Calientes reunited, 249,
076; making an aggregate of about $1,000, ,OO0.
rrmor was af1oat the 3lst ult that Col. w 1tl-
ers's command which left the city of Mexico, the
evening of the 26th, for Real del Monte, had been
cut to pieces when about twenty miles distant. The
Star does believe word of it, and says that 1t
would require four five thousand MeXcans at least
to rout the 9th Infantry the dragons and the artillery,
under Col. W's. command, and that it is fortunate
for Padre Jarauta and his followers that they did not
reach Guadalupe until two days after Col. Witherss
| command left that place. -
train will probably arrive here in the course OF
next week from the city of Mexico.
By this arrival the dates from Queretaro are to the
2Sth of December. Hopes were then entertained that
the approaching Congress would have quorum, and
there much less talk of pronucamentos and reVo-
lutions. Aetter of the 26th says that all parties are
agreed not to send commissioners to Washington,
arbitration being preferable to that stage of degrada-
| ton. $50 >s - :. -.
We find little said about treaty of peace, but there
Were whispers at Queretaro of aristice of three
months being on the tap1s. SsS
Especial Correspondence offhe Picayua1e.]
MEXICO, Dec. 20, 1847.
Yesterday, Gems. Butler and Lane arrived In this
city, and this afternoon Col. Johnson came in with
his command from Ayotla.
Rileys' brigade is now comfortably demfciled al
Tacubaya, and on Sunday Gushing brigade moved
out San Angle. The last command consists of the
1st and I'd Pennsylvania, New York, South Caro-
lima, and Massachusetts Volunteers. These removals
make room for the troops, and Gen. Mashall is
expected in a week or two, with some five or six
thousand men, still further movements must be made
4proos of movements, report has it that the latter
end of this week will march for Queretaro, To-
luca and San Louis. Gen. Cadwalladeri is spoken Of
for the first and Gen. Patterson for the latter place.
MEXICO, Dec. 26.
To-day party left for Pachuca, place about
eighty miles to the northeast of this and short dis
tance from the silver mines of Real de Monte. /
understand their purpose is to collect the revenue on
silver bars manufactured there by an English com.
pany. The party consisted of the 9th Regiment oi
Infantry, squadron of dragons, and a couple OF
pieces of artillery, the whole under the command Of
Col. Withers, of the 9th. They return in ten o.
twelve days.
The Mexican prisoners taken by our army in the
valley of Mexico released on Wednesday last
by Gen. Scott, they giving their parole of honor not
again to take up against us, which parole has
received the solemn sanction of the church. I saw
several of them in the Thursday, and they
each bore paper, containing their parole, and sign
ed by the Archbishop and principal Alcalde.