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T T. M'Kennax, Washington
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Andrew J. 0lk, Somerset
Harmar Df.xny, Allegheny
Richard Irwin, Venango
Jossrn H. Kuiins, Westmoreland
G. J. Ball, Erie
II. D. Maxwell, Northampton
J. H. Salisbury, Susquehanna
Elhanan Smith, Wyoming
Samlel A. PfRviAxcE, Bailer
Henry S. Evans, CJiesler
Robert T. Potts, Montgomery.
From the National InUR-mctr,
BATTLE OF VERA CRUZ.
Instead of crowding our paper with all
the official papers relating to this brilliant
achievement which the Department has
laid before the public, we select only, as
being of immediate interest, the latest
Despatch from'Gen. Scott and the terms
of cajiuulation; placing first in order, how
ever a brief summary of the operations
that led to the results which these ps
pcrs communicate. We deem it a prop
er introduction to them, for which "A
Friend" who particapated in the siege
lias placed us under obligations:
On the 9th of March the troops were
disembarked by the navy, four thousand
being thrown on shore at the first trip,
which formed immediately, and drore in
the light troops and pickets of the enemy,
and took possession of a magazine and
the hills around Vera Cruz.
On the 13lh the investment was com
pleted, and two mortars landed.
On the 17th tcu or twelve more mor
tars were landed.
On the 18:h the trenches were opened
at night.
On the 22d the city was summoned to
surrender at 2 o'clock P. M.; and, on re
lusal, a fire was opened from seven mor
tars, which was afterwards increased to
nine.
On the 21th the navy, having landed a
battery from the ships of 32-pouuders :md
three 63-pounder Paixhan guns, opened
their fire in the morning. The fire of
this battery, from its superior weight of
metal and the destruction it caused, drew
the concentrated fire of five of the ene
my's batteries on it, but wi'hout effect.
It silenced three forts, demolishing two of
them entirely It was manned and wor
ked during the whole time by the officers
zxid seamen of the ships.
On the 25th a battery of four 2 i-poun-tlers
and two 8-inch howitzers opened
fire.
On the 26th the enemy commcnaed
ricgotiatiens for surrender.
On the 22th possession was taken of
the city of Vera Cruz and Castle of San
Juan d'Ulua, the enemy marching out
and laying down their arras to the com
bined forces of the army and navy. The
American flag hoisted in the town and
castle, and saluted by the troops and
ships.
The number of prisoners had not been
ascertained, yut was estimated at 1,000,
comprising, it is supposed, some of the
enemy's beet troops and many of their of
ficers. The number of officers in the ci
ty and castle is supposed to have been 5
cenerals, 18 colonels, 37 lieutenant colo
nels, 5 majors, 'JO captains, ana is J
tennls.
Iicu-
During the sixteen days
intcrvening
between this disembarkation and com
mencement of negotiations, there were
five days of violent northers, in which all
landing of stores, &c. were interrupted
entirely; and during the seven days of o
pen trenches there were two days and
nights in which it was impossible to un
dertake any new works, or even, by
clearing the trenches and batteries of
large quantities of drift sand, to arrest the
accumulating damage.
Oar total loss in killed and wounded,
from the 9th to the 29th ol March, is
sixty-five; of whom fourteen were of the
Navy, engaged in serving a shore batte
ry, and fifty-one of the Army.
The officers killed are. Captain John
R. Vinton, 2d artillery; Captain Wiliia;a
Alburtus,2J infantry; Midshipman Tho
mas Shubnck, navy.
The officers wounded are. Lieutenant
Colonel Dickenson, South Carolina vol
unteers. Lieut. Pelozier Davidson, 2d in
fantry, slightly; Ur.it. Lewis Nenl, d
dragoons, severely all doing well.
From the 13th to the 18th. before our
fire wan openedall the work done(moun
ting guns, making trenches, &c.) was
performed under a heavy fire of shot and
i;e!!s from the castle.
Onibe2Gth there was a heavy north
er, in which twenty-six vessels went on
hore. and several had to cut away their
maif. Those which went ashore, so far
a? regards ihe vessels and their cargoes
of Government stores are almost ?.ll total
jse-. Two that were wreched to the
vmdwr-rd of '.!:? v-stlo arc raid to have
l,:5t all b;'r.d.
The troops that Col. Hamey engaged
were rancheros about 400 to 500, on
the road between Vera Cruz and Alvara-
do, and not in the direction that La Vega
was supposed to be.
The following is the latest Despatch of
I
General Scott, enclosing the terms oi ca
pitulation, and stating it to be his pur
pose to march without unnecessary delay
upon the city of Mexico:
Headquarters of the Army,
V era Cruz. March 29, 1847.
Sir: The flig of the United States of
America floats triumphantly over the walls
of this city and the Castle of San Juan
ruiua.
Our troops have garrisoned both since
10 o'clock. It is now noon. Brigadier
5c nerd Worth is ia command of the two
. . . - ... , ,
Articles ol capitulation were signed ana
exchanged, at late hour, night before
the last. I enclose a copy of the docu
ment. I have heretofore reported the princi
pal incidents of the seige up to the 25lh
inst. Nothing ot striking interest occur
red till early in the morning of the next
day, when I received overtures from Gen.
Landers, on whom Gen. Morales had de
volved the principal command. A terri
ble storm of wind and sand made it diffi
cult to communicate with the city, and
impossible to refer to Commodore Perry.
I was obliged to entertain the proposition
alone, or to continue the fire upon a place
that had shown a disposition to surren
der; for the loss of a day, or perhaps sev
eral, could not be permuted. The ac
companying papers will show the pro
ceedings and results.
Yesterday, after the norther had aba
ted, and the commissioners appointed by
me early in the morning before, had again
met by those appointed by General Lan
dero, Commodore Perry sent ashore his
second in command, Captain Auhck, as
a commissioner on the part of the navy.
Although not included in my specific ar
rangement made with the Mexican com
mander, I did not hesitate with proper
courtesy, to desire that Captain Auliok
might be duly introduced and allowed to
participate in the discussion and acts of
ihe commissioners who had been recipro
cally accredited. Hence the preamble to
his signature. The original American
commissioners were Brevet Brigadier
General Worth, Brigadier General Pil
low, and Colonel Totlen. Four more a
ble or judicious officers could not have
been desired.
I have time to add a little more. The
remaining details of the siege; the able
co-oncration of the United States squad
ron, successfully under the command of
Commodores Connor and Perry; the ad
mirable conduct of the whole army reg
ulars and volunteers I should be happy
to dwell upon as they deserve, but the
steamer Princeton, with Commodore
Connor on board, is under way, and I
have commenced organized an advance
into the interior. This may be delayed
a few days, waiting the arrival of addi
tional means of transportation. In the
mean time, a joint operation, by land and
water will be made upon Alvarado. No
lateral expedition, however, shall inter
fere with the grand movement towards
the capital.
I:i consideration of the great services
of Colonel Tojton in the siege that has
just terminated most successiuuy, and tne
importance of his presence at Washing
ton as the head of the Engineer Bureau,
I entrust this despatch to his personal
care, and beg to commend him to the ve
ry fashionable consideration of the depart
ment. I hnve the honor to remain, sir, with
hih respect, your most obedient servant,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
Hon. W. L. Marcy, Scc'y of War.
Articles of Capitulation of the city of
Vtra Cruz and the Castle of San
Juan d'Ulun.
Pcextk de IIornos,
"Without the Walls of Vera Cruz,
Saturday, March 27, 1847.
Terms of capitulation agreed upon by
the Commisoners, viz:
General W. J. Worth and G. J. Pil
low, and Colonel J. G. Totten, Chief
Enginer, on tha part of Major General
Scott. General-in-chief of ihe armies of
the United States; and Colonel Jose Gu
tierrez de Viilanueva, Lieutenant Colonel
of Engineer Manuel Uobles,' and Colo
nel Pedro de Herrera, commissioners ap
pointed by Goneral of Brigade Don Jose
Juan Landero, commanding in chief Ve
ra Cruz,, the Casde of San Juan d'
Ulua and their dependencies for the sur
render to the arms of the - United States
of the said forts with their armaments,
munitions of war, garrisons, and arms.
1. The whole garrison or garrisons to
be surrenderd to the arms of the United
States as prsoners of war the 29th instant
at 10 o'clock A. M. ; the garrisons to be
permitted to march out with all the hon
ors of war aud to lay down their arms to
such officers as may be appointed by the
general-in-chief of the United Slates ar
mies, and at a point to be agreed upon by
the commissioners.
2. Mexican officers shall preserve their
arms and private effects, including horses
and horse furniture, and to be allowed,
regular and irregular officers, as also the
rank and file, five days to retire to thoir
respective homes on'parole, as herein-after
prescribed.
3. Coincident with the surrender, as
stipulated in article 1st, the Mexican flag
of the various forts and stations ehall be
struck, saluted by their own batteries; and
immediately thereafter Forts Tantiago
Conception and the castle of San Juan
d'Ulua occupied by the forces of the Uni
ted S'ates.
4. The rank and file of the regular por
tion of the prisoners to be disposed of,
after surrender and parole, as lhtir-encr-
aj-in-chicf may desire and the irregular to
be permitted to return to their homes; the
offictrs, in regard to all arms, and des
cription of force, giving the usual parole
that the said rank and file, as well as
themselves, shall not serve again until
exchanged.
5. All the materiel of war, asd all
public propertvof every description found
in the city, the ca3tle Gf San Juan'd?Ulua,
and their dependencies, to belong to me
United States; but the armament of the
same (not injured nor destroyed in the
further prosecution of the actual war)
may be considered as liable to be restor
ed to Mexico bv a definite treaty of peace.
6. The sick and wounded Mexicans
to be allowed to remain in the city, with
such medical officers and attendants and
officers of the army as may be necessary
to their care and treatment.
7AbsoIute protection is solnmnly guar
antied to persons in the city, and proper-
1 i - . I 1 .1 . A -I 1 1 nn
ty: and it is cieany unucrsujuu ma v,
nrivate building or property is to be ta-
t" . , . . iT:.-,l
Ken ur uocu u iu-" - i
States w ithout previous arrangement with '
ken or used by tne lorces oi me unncu
the owners, and for a fair equivalent.
8. Absolute freedom of religious wor
ship and cermonies is solemnly guaranti
ed. (Signed in duplicate.)
W. J." WORTH, Brigadier General.
GID. J. PILLOW, Brigadier General.
JOS G TOTTEN.Col. & Chiet Enrin'r
J. GUTIERREZ DE VILLA ANEVA.
PEDRO MANUEL HERRERA.
MANUEL ROBLES.
Captain Auhck appointed a commis
sioner by Commodore Perry, on behalf
of the navy, (the general-in-chief not be
ing able, in consequence of the roughness
of the sea, to communicate with the navy
until after commissioners had been ex
changed,) and being present by General
Scott's invitation, and concurring in the
result and approving thereof hereto af
fixes his name and signature.
J. II. AULICK, Capt. U. S. Navy.
Headquarters of the Army of U. S.
of America.
Camp Washington,
before Vera
Cruz, March 27, 1817.
Approved and accepted.
WINFIELD SCOTT.
C. M. PERRY,
Commander-in-chief U. S. N. forces
Gulf of Mexico.
Vera Cruz, March 27, 1817.
Approbad v acceptado.
JOSE JUAN DE LANDERO.
ADDITIONAL.
The Southern mail f last night puts us
in possession of a few more particulars,
derived from the correspondence of the
N. Oleans Delta:
The Mexicans variously estimate their
loss at from 500 to 1,000 killed and
wounded, but all agree that the loss a
mong the soldiery is comparatively small
and the destruction among the women and
children is very great. Among their kil
led is Gen. Felix Valdez, aa officer of
some celebrity.
At the time of the surrender the Mexi
cans had but two days' ammunition and
two days' subsistence, which accounts
for their generally withholding their fire
during the ui?ht.
Durin the bombardment our armv have
thrown the following number and size of
shot.
ARMY BATTERY.
3.000 ten inch shells 90 lbs each.
500 round shot 25 44
200 8-inch howitzer shells 08 "
NAVY BATTERY.
1,000 Paixhan shot G8 "
800 round shot 32 "
MUSQUITO FLEET.
1,200 shot and shell, avera-
gmg w
Making ia all 6,700 shot aud shell,weigh
inz 4G3,G00 lbs.
The destruction in the city is most ar-
balf of it is destroyed. Houses
are blown to pieces and furniture scatter
ed in every direction the streets torn up,
and the strongest building seriously dam
aged.
Gen. Scott has entirely achieved a
great, glorious, and almost bloodless vie
tory, over an evemv in a position that was
considered impregnable. Throughout
the whole affair he has preserved the
Most perfect equilibrium of temper and
the characteristic coolness and courage of
a great General and noble soldier, and
a .a i 1
while under the necessity ol ciemanumjr
from the enemy his own terms, he has
tempered the vigor of the circumstances
yvith humaaity the best evidences of a
biave and competent officer.
INCIDENTS OF THE ATTACK ON
VKil.l CIltTZ.
From the Correspondence of the New
Orleans Delta.
March 22. At 10 . o'clock to-day a
white flag was sent into the city. The
bearer of it conveyed a message from Ma
jor General Scott, addressed to Governor
Morales, commander of the Mexican for
ces. This message was a formal sum
mons to surrender the city of Vera Cruz
without further defenec, as the General-in-Chief
of the American forces desired
to avoid any further bloodshed. Gov.
Morales replied in a very dignified tone
and style of language, in substance, that
he was sorry to be the cause of unneces
sary bloodshed and loss of life, but that
he had a high and important duty to per
form, involving the honor of his army
and the interests of his country, and that
he would not surrender until he had ex
hausted every means of defence.
The Mexicans, during the forenoon,
set fire to several buildings, and cleared
away the masks to some battel ies thev
. had not hitherto exposed, notwithstanding
iney have kept, up a constant firing on
our entrenchments during the process of
preparation, from the Castle, Fort Santia-
go, and a oastioa troat m the rear vi the ,
city. .
The conferences between the bellige
rent forces having concluded at 2 o'clock,
at 4 the American battery, consisting of
oxly seven mortars, commenced the bom
bardment of the city. The shells fell in
to the place after the few first fires, and
exploded with as much precision as could
have been desired.: The city, from one
end to the other, soon became enveloped
in a cloud of smoke the vivid and lurid
flashes of the artillery, from their city
batteries, breaking through it at brief inter
vals, and report afier report followed each
other in auick succession, until after the
dusk of evening had passed, when they
comparatively ceased. .The round shot
and shells fell heavy and fast at the en
trenchments behind which our batteries
were planted.
As soon as Com. Perry perceived the
land forces engaged, he ordered Capt.
Tatnall, vtth what is called the "Mosqui
to Fleet." consisting of the steamers Spit
fire and Vixen, and five gunboats, viz:
Reefer, Bonila, Tampico, Falcon, and Pe
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trel, to attack Capt. r atnall inquired at
rbai nniiit he should ensraffe Com.
J - o J
Perry very emphatically replied, --Wherever
you can do the most execution, sir."
Accordingly the little fleet took position
under a point of land known as the "Lime
Kiln," about a mile from the city, where
they were protected from a point blank
shot of the castle. As coon as they got
their position in line they opened a fire
of round shot and shell at a rapid rate,
and threw thr m "handsomely" into the
town and Fort Santiago.
The castle soon paid its respects to
Capt. Tatnall, and the powerful engines
of havoc and destruction were now in full
blast from every quarter, hurling their
dicadful and deadly missiles into each
other's ranks in rapid succession, which
they kept up until about dark, when the
Mexican battaries comparatively ceased,
and the "VIosGuito Fleet" also held off
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for the night.
At ciht o'clock the party that were in
the trenches were relieved by another de
tail. The troops who returned from the
entrenchments were literally covered with
Binoke and dust, and so much disfigured
that they could not be recognised except
by their voices. Shell after shell explo
ded in their midst, and suot alter shot
threw barrels of earth from the embank
ments over their heads as they lay in the
trenches. Their escape seems to have
been miraculous indeed, and every person
is surprised that at least one half of their
number were not slain.
March 23. A norther sprung up this
morning, which has been blowing furious
ly all day, filling the "air and covering eve
ry body 'with sand. The Mexican bat
teries have been quiet, with the exception
of a few shots about midnight, when they
opened a sharp fire for a short time.
Our mortars have not ceased during the
night, but continued to pour into the city
a constant stream of fire. At one time I
saw as many as six shells in the air, the
whole of which exploded in the city a
bout the same time yvith a terrific and
deadly effect.
Just as daylight was approaching, Cap
tain Tatuali's Mosquito Fleet weighed
anchor, and, under cover of a moon some
what clouded, approached within 600
yards of the castle. As soon as they had
grot their respective positions, they opened
a broadside from the fleet, which was an
swered by the castle with great spirit,
both by round shot and shell, Capt. T.
continued the engagement for about half
an hour, although the signal from the
Commodore's ship, calling him off had
been hoisted for some time; but I sup
pose was not seen on account of a cloud
of smoke which hung around the ship
ping. This attack of Capt T. on the castle
is considered one of the most daring feats
that has been attempted since the com
mencement of hostilities.
During the yvhole of to-day General
Patterson, in conjunction with the navy,
has been making the most extraordinary
exertions to hnisn an emrsnenmem w
plant a marine battery, consisting of three
6S's and two long 32's, which have been
landed during the course of the day from
on board different vessels of war.
The officers and sailors have heretofore
borne the brunt of all the labor in landing
the arms and munitions of war belonging
to the array, and have applied themselves
to it with an energy that certainly entitles
them to great credit; but now that they
had an opportunity of participating in
that part of the expedition where honors
are to be won and laurels gathered, they
exerted themselves yvith an almost super
human effort. About two hundred vol
unteers and sailors were attached to each
piece of ordnance, which was by them
conveyed over sand-hills and hollows half
knee deep in sand, and through a lagoon
about two feet deep and seventy yards
wide, with a soft bottom. They were all
placed in position, about three miles from
where they landed, during the night.
The sailors and the volunteers worked
admirably together.
During the early part of last evening
the town was lighted up by a building on
fire, which was ignited by the bomb
shells. It was impossible to tell what
building it was, but; it was supposed by
the engineers to be the Barracks. As
soon as the fire was discovered from our
mortar battery, I was very much gratified
to observe the cessation of our fire; lor,
notwithstanding we were endeavoring to
destroy their town, or compel' them to
surrender it, with their other strongholds
aud fortifications, still humanity, yvould
seem to require that a temporary cessation
of hostilities should take place under such
circumstances. War is terrible in jts
most modified form; but the besieging of j
a city like Vera Cmz, when yvc know :
that we are battering down the houses
over some lellow-creatures neaus, nui
caunot tell whether. we are destroying the .
soldiers our real antagonists or the
yvomen and children. And then to j
wims- we burning nouses iiiun- up-.
the church spires and domes of the pro-
rainent buildings, with 'the families mov-
nbouton the tops of the houses in
.n.imnrn: tion and apparent de-
spair, cannot do otherwise than excite a
feeling of commiseration.
March 21. After the
fire in town
last night, our batterie? again opened and
continued until morning.
r;nrr tU i
day the army guns hare worked very
slow, on account oi a snon suppiv oi uu t
. . . i .r
munitti-t:-) Iwmit rr von tori from l:i::il'.n,T
any yesterday by the norther.
Early inthe'dav Gen. Patterson let
the town hear from him. The entrench-
ments and guns were entirely " undiscov -
i..i. t; ,,.;! ihn -.sailor
lads" commenced unmasking. They j
soon commenced pouring into the city a j
severe and effective lire, until about 4 o'
clocktheir position being only seven J
hundred yards from the wails of the town,
and yvith such a range as to enable them j
to flank most of the fortifications
Potomac Two 32-poumiers
Captain Aulick and Lieut. Baldwin.
Raritan One 32-poundcr, G3 cwt.,
Lieut. Ingersoll.
Mississippi One 8-inch gun, G3 cwt.,
Lieut. Lee.
Albany One 8-inch gun, G3 cwt.,
Lieut. Perry.
St. M ary's One 8-ir.ch gun, G3 cwt.,
Lieut. Kennedy.
The navy battery set the to rr. on fire
again to-day.
The Mexicans did not fail to return
Gen. Patteoson's fire w ith great energy
add rapidity, and I am sorry to say with
some effect killing 4 and wounding 6
among the latter was Lieut. Baldwin, of
the Potomac.
At 4 o'clock the officers and crews
from the navy yvere relieved by the fol
lowing: Capt. Mayo, Lieuts. Scmmcs,
Decamp, Frailey, and Studman; Passed
Midshipmen Nelson, Cazier, and Wager;
Midshipmen Shubrick, Joe Smith, Ma
gaw, and Upshnr.
March 25. To-day the combatants
appear to be more eager on both sides,
and the firing more rapid ths armv bat
tery mounts eleven 10-inch mortars, four
long 24's, and four Cohorns. During
the morning the Mexicans concentrated
their fire as much as possible upon Gen.
Patterson and the navy, but ths return
fire through the day silenced two of their
batteries, and the Navy breached the v. a'.Io
in different places. Midshipman Shu
brick and three sailors yvere killed, and
one mortally wounded.
The Naval Officers at Gen. Patterson's
battery were relieved to-day by Capt.
Breese, Lieuts Knox, Wemford, Alder,
Taylor, Purser Harris, Midshipmen Ben
nett, Mayo, Morris, and some others
whose names I could not learn, Drs. Bax
ter, Nunn, and Hambleton.
To-day a white flag was sent in, ask
ing, on behalf of the people, to allow
them to leave the city, with their families
and persons who were making no resis
tance. I could not learn what was the
precise nature of the reply, but they did
not get what they desired they had yvai
tcd a little too long. Gen. Scott was not
the person to be caught by a' ruse of this
kind.
March 28. Last night Gov. Morales
was strongly importuned by the inhabi
tants, who are said to be suflcring severe
ly, to surrender the town; but he was ob
stinate, and would not listen to their ap
peals. He declared he would not sur
render the garrisoned works until every
man was buried underneath their ruin-?,
and not one stone left on top of another.
Thereupon a meeting of the National
Guard was held, and Gov. Morales was
deposed, and Gen. Landero placed in
command.
Our batteries yvorked last night, and
up to 9 o'clock this morning, with appa
rent increased vigor, when a flag of truce
was received by Gen. Scott, with a prof
fer on the part of the Mexicans to treat
for a surrender. Accordingly, a commis
sion on our part "was appointed, consis
ting of Gens. Worth and Pillow, Col.
Totten, and Capt. Aulick, of the navy,
who met the ?,Iexican commission at the
lime kiln, on the right of our mortar bat
tery, about one mile distant, and they con
tinued in session during the day.
Early this morning a norther sprung
up very suddenly, and blew most fmious
ly all day. Rude Boreas piped his shril
lest whistle, and old Neptune - seemed to
do his best, in the general commotion by
land and sea; the rifted clouds flew like
sable-winsjed messengers of death through
the air; while the furious lashed ocean
piled her crested waves far upon the
beach. - The clouds of sand swept like
hail across the strand, from hill-top to the
valley's depth, and almost like the famed
sirocco cf Egypt, with maclstrom-fcrcc,
or the sweeping blast over Zahara's des
ert, filled the air with darkness, and man
and beast with feelings of dismay. The
mariner was tempest-tossed by the quick
surges of the angry deep, and fear might
well blanch the cheek of the boldest.
The soldier cowered low, to escape the
drifting sand that, in almost impalpable
particles, penetrated even the smallest
apertures; tents yvere lifted from their po
sitions, and in many instances torn lite
rally into ribands, and clothing and camp
equipage were strewn in confusion for
miles around.
During the prevalence of this violent j
gale, the steamship Alabama went ashore,!
but was got off with the assistance of the '
boat's crew of the Princeton, under Mid-
1 shipman liassett. The brig Porpoise,
about ten miles at sea, was thrown on her
beam ends, and compelled to throw over-
board her lee gun?. About thirty vessels
yvere uriven ashore onnoFtte: oanfic os
of which the Eliza S. Lcpncr was ot ofT
by the beats of the P.incston.
Durincr ,- whole of thn dnv. nmidst
prevalence of the storm, the cemmw-
j -j , .
works from whence the enemy was firing, meeting m ;::e u.
The following is the size and weight of (-'n. Patterson s battery was r-,uer,J
the guns, with their officers, as far as I t,vd,.y by the fodowmg otacers from t!,.
could learn them: y-I--; Torres t; L:cat8 Case.
Potomac Two 32-pounders, G3 cv. t., Blunt, L:d, Humphrey, A, ray, Ror,
doners were endeavoring to settle the
terms of treaty. I hey adjourned at
night, and gave the Meccano untd 6 o'-
clock ot metn, to accept .or rej-ct.
1 nc enemy was r viuenuy in a uau posi
tion and trying to get the best terms pos
sible. But General Scott, I think I nuv
safclv sav, representing the interests f
r-i i
our country, ano ::oi-Ji:u, as it were, ttj
honor of our arms in his g"a?p, willnc-
j cede to no proposition b.tt
"UC.1
i
. 1.1
He
; gnfTa
il terms, as he nny
.'1 V". P ."
1" hnp;ng t.rms out ol tacn,
, inc.i b inch, il necessary, thuti to yi,U
the interests of the natmn, or honor rf
1 our flag. Our banner must be p4aniM
i upon the walls of the csty and cuoUe u;
an J nan u uiua, m
T 1. t Tl ? -
honor and respect
by the world at larg
March 27. Tins morning the Max.
ill 3 did
not accede to the terms r.f
the
commissioners, and orders were given u
flirt again at 9 o'clock.
However, :
J ; that hour the enemy solicited ur.
- of the commissioners
ana viaiuorne; .muasiipim-u numsr, u;?:i
shuw, Cilley, Smith, Genet, Barbour,
Carter, Jones, and Lodge.
A general impression pervades the camp
to-day that the Mexicans r.rc treating on
ly for the purpose of repairing breaches
and fixing up their destroyed furtiik-.;-
t ri 1. 1.: !i
tions;
ficers have not been bel
them in
respect. During the day we have b?c:i
placing our guns in better position, im
plying the magazine with amraunitliu,
and providing the army yvith scslinjr lad
ders and their appurtenance?, reai'v to
scale the walls and pass the breaches, if
necessary to take the city by storm.
The terms, however, were agreed upc:i
and submitted for ratification.
March 23. Com. Perry was prepa
ring to land another battery of ten gutu
from the Ohio, but the necessity was cb
viated by the ratification by both parties
of the stipulations agreed upon by tho
commissioners.
The Mexicans surrendered the city of
Vera Cruz and castle of San Juan d'lIua
and the armament and munitions of war,
together with their smail arms. The of
ficers retained their side-arms, aud the
whole surrendered as prisoners of war,
and are allowed to retire into the country
on their parole.
W f
r eis' n s y l v a x r A . j num.
Barjkcf Pittiliurf par Slate Ck A Lranchea
Exchange bank par, Mount rioucaiii
Mer. it Afars. bank parjSteuU'nvil.'e
Bks.c-f HiiLik-Tpiiia parjeit. Ciairsi!!a
Gi.ar-1 liank .iri Marietta
I3k. of Germ.mtO'.vn j.nr!.ew Lisbon
" Chester county ar Cincinnati D.uiia
" Dehivvaro Co jiarjCo!uii)Lu J
" Montgomery Co purjCircIevi.'ia
" Northumberland par Zanedvillo
Dovle.!owu bank
Far. Bk RcaJi.13
Far bk Burks Co
Far bk Lancaster
Laruaslf r Co bank
Lancaster bar:k
UmieJ Stales bank
par Woi.ter
par MasHlioii
par;5'aneluky
paiGeauga
par Xorwalk
pur Ci'cTrlauJ
30 Xcnift
4 'Day ton
i! Western Keerta
3;FrnK!in B!i Co'un.bui
'Chillicoiha
-'Lake Ena
-ScioU
Brownvi!!s '
Washington '
Gettysburg!! "
Cham'jcrbur
Susquehanna Co bk
Lehigh county bank
Lewi-tjwu
MilJi-town
Cr!i!e
J La:. raster
j Hamilton
G.anvi'bj
i Farmers Ek Canton
19
13
I'd
10
Erie bank
Fanners" an J Droera
Bank, Wayne. bur
Harri.-bury
HouesJal
.Lebanon
FalUvijb
Wyominy
York Baak
West Branch bank
j Urban a
" MARYLAND.
'jUaltimora banks par
;B. & O. R. P.. Scrip 13
" Cumb. Bk Allegany f
Far, Lk of Maryland "
"jFar.il M.bk Frederick "
,Freib.i ick co btiiik "
'Hazer:tovn bank '
Relief Note Mineral bank
?Ierchants & Man bk Patapsco Lank "
PiUs. relief notes parj Washington bank "
City ct County Scrip jiB ink of Westminater '
Tr.. v T
down for trial for May Tenia,
commencing
on
Monday the 54
Stoner
Husband
Fritz, Garnishee
of Kimmel
Countryman et al
fi'cfTand Rankin
Bauchaiau
Arnold
McCullougU
Deighley
Liisheberger' ex
ecutors F ream's Adm'x.
Koontz Admia'r.
day f May 1847.
Land is vs
K. aud p. Faber v$
Fighter vs
Kedfield and Co. vt
Piick vi
Suder vs
M iller anJ wife vs
Uowerj vs
Movers va
Durkhart and wife vs
Fream vs
Knuntz vs
Ogle's Ex'trix ts
Si:z;u:in.
A. J.OGLE.
Proihonotary's office, Sotner- ? P roth y.
net, April 6. 1817. 5
AT a Court of Common
Piea3 held at "Somerset, in nv.-.l fr ih
county fsf Somerset on t!e 5;h du of
May 1815, before the ILm J S ab.:k.
and his associates, J 11 Jgs cf our ?aiJ
court. The account f Joseph Cum
mins, assignee of Daniel Hoover, v as
confirmed by ihe court, and 15 h Febru
ary 1817. On motion r.f F M Kirnrnel.
Esq. Samuel Gaither, Esq.,wy appoin-
tee! auditor, to make
distribution of the
fund in the assignees
Lauds
among the
creditors.
Somerset Countv, s.s.
a
oirV-y Extract from the
minutr s.
day of
t certified ibi ih
March, A D 18 47.
A, J, OGI.K,
Pr.thonftarv.
NOTICE. In iuv-5u:incs
of the a'xve coni;iii"!tinn rvill attend at
mv oilice in So:ucr.-tt, on Friday the 5ti.;
s, -of April next, t h"c!j?rge the dan?
therein enjoined
upon 11. t, of
wi
interested
1
nersoi'H me
1 tie
SAM'I. G Aim Lb'.
-
Mar-; 23, 15U,
A.;Ji..'f,