From The War

A letter dated Tampico, Aug. Oth, snys Gen. Scott marcbed for the Capital on tlie 5th inst. Reporte say the Mexicans advaneed and intercepted correspondence with Scott and Santa Anna. Santa Anna had commeneod withdrawing his troops, thereby crenting great excitement in the Capital. He issued a manifestó, suting it was on by a ruse to enable hitn to surround Scott. Anotlier letter dated Tamp:c Oth. states th at tha v -imito was prevailing in iis worst furms. Great mortality umongst the Amerieans. News f rom Mexico the day previous, says that Scott had not moved with his present force. This of course is a Mexican account. News of ntercepted corresponderse between Scott and Santa Anna confinned. The Lynn News says: "We have a letter from one of the volunteers from this town, which proves that the glory of a soldier's life is not so dazzling to the victim as it nppeared in the prospective,wheu he was listening to the smoothlongued eloquence of Col. Cushing. The letter says:" "By the time we get there [the City of Mexico] half of our men will be dead, ifnot more of tliem; for we live very poor, and we have hardly any clothes to wear,and uo money to buy them with; I don't expect to get any more this six months. We bury the dead wiihou'. coffins; and are glad to get them under ground. I feel as though I was left alone in tlie world, to die without friends to bury me when I am gone. I am now in Monterey. It is very sickly in this place. They die here all the time. I helped lo bury seven in two days; and that don't begin. I have had a hard tiu.e since I have been gone and have still got to have a harder one." The steamer Orleans lias arrived at New Orleans bringing later datos from Tampico. She brought the mails from Vera Cruz and Tampico, a number of Navy and Army oflicers, 125 discharged volunteers, six soldiers and 46 teamsters. A train of wagons, loadcd wilh Military stores escorted by 1000 mpn, left Vera Cruz on the evening of the Cth, under theeommnnl of .Major Tnlly, Col. Wilson bfiing sick. Sotne accounts set down the number of the escort at from 1500 to 2000. Lortded Pnck Mulos arrived at Vera Cruz from the interior without molestalion from Guerrillas & ií is believed Santa Anna h;s ndoptod ihe plan ofgranting permite to rnise the wind. A mail from Jalapa arrived at Yrrn Onz bringing the Ja'apa Bulletin. primeil nt that place dnted 3d August. It givos further particular of the nanrch of Gen. Pierce through that town. '1 " 1 1 e train passed through without hallin?, but Gen. Pierco with 300 drngoons, entered the city and addressed n no!e to the authorities, dermndmg provisión?, and if they were nit furnished birn, he wouldsend nll the memhers of the corporntion prisoners lo Pernte. Tho provi-áns were furnislied, hut the Uthorities were very indignan!. The sime p.iper says that grrat disenrd exists between the volunteers nnd the regu'ar army, and also that it appesus from interceptad letters that Gen. Pillow nnd otlier American ofiïcjrs wrre of opinión that an atiack upon the Capital would not besuccessful. They further state that deserters frotn'the Americnns re)respnt the desertions from our evmf asnumerous, and that General Scotl's army would be deitroyed if sufficient inducemmts were held out for desertion. Assassinations are represented asbeing frequent at Jalapa, both by Americans and .Mexicans. . The Picnyune's express rider, some time since announced as having been killed, it now appears has been taken to Mexico, tiied and shot. Other Mexican papers contain a series of decrees promulgated through Borodino, referring to organizations, forceJ loans, &c. One of these commandcd astrict compliance with the order, direciingall Americans to leave the Capital and reremain at San Juan del Rio. The order included natu ral ized citizens as well as Americans by birth, and all who, under any pretext, had obtained léave to remain. Various other decrees were issued, showing how absolute was Santa Anna's nuthority. The steamer Mary Kingsland had arrived at New Orleans, bringing dates from the Capitol to the 16th July. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs hid transmitted a new communication to Congress.telling that bodythat he had assumed the responsibility of answering'the letter of Secretary Buchanan. The Executive in subiirlting Mr. Buchanan'sdespatch to Congress did not wish that body to inform him of his duty, but to know whether Congress, did not wish him to entertain the overtures proposed. The dignity of the Nation, he says, revqiredsomeanswer to Mr. Buchanan's letter, and it was most becotning the Executive to make that rejly, but he desiied to make sucli an one as would meet the views of Congerss. The aclion of Congreso was ihe more nocessary as by a law of tlie '20lh April it had been declarcd ihat nopeace slumld be made. In conclusión, tlie Secretafy stiltes thai the Government has determined on War, and iaconfident of makinga irïumphant defence of the Capitel. The Execulive insisted that t ongress should make an expresa declara ion whether it is the will of the Naïion lo listen lo the proposalsof the United States. To Ibis communication Congress had not returned an answer. The Jalapa Bulletin of Aug. 3, says that it has seen a copy of the Diaro del Gobieino, published at tlie capítol, on the 3rd of July.- The official editor of tbis paper holds that war is not tlie normal state of nat ons. He then states that peace must be concluded on this basis, but is of opinión that it never can be until the Mexicnn arms are victorious. Ile expressly counsels that if they win a victory they will tender the olive branch, and thus urges Congress, in obedience to the express will of the people, to listen to Buchanan's overtures, promising that the execulive vvill abide by the decisión. Sotre persons at the Capital are strorgly in favor of removing the seat of government, but Santa Anna is violently opposed to such a step. F rom this it is inferred that he intends to make the fate of the Capital the crisis of the struggle. If the Capital falls he will insist on peace, if successful in defence, as the Mexicans are in strong hope they wil! be, he will overwhelm and destroy General Scott's army. The Bulletin understunds that a división of the Mexican army will be withdrawn from the Capital to opérate in the state of Vera Cruz; thus cutting off our eommuiiicalion entirely. According to the same paper, extensive preparations tu; making at Para, t attack the train which left Vera Cruz on the Gth. A letter published in the Del'a, dated Monte rey, July 14th, says that the entire force connected wilh General Taylor's column was nctively preparing to march. The lst Septeinber is fixcd for commencing their onward movement.