JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, July 1, 1847.
Terms, $2,00 in advance : $2,25 half yearly ; and $2,50 if not
paid before the end of the year.
.Democratic Wilis dominations.
FOR GOVERNOR,
JAMES IRVIN,
OF CENTRE COUNTY.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONED,
JOSEPH W. PATTON,
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
United.
The United Stales Gazette and North Amer
ican, the two leading whig papers of Philadel
phia, have been united or, rather, the propri
etors of the North American have bought out
the Gazette for $45,000. The paper will be
conducted by Messrs. Graham, M'Michael and
James R. Chandler. Joseph R. Chandler re
tires from Editorial duties, after a service of
twenty-five years.
According to the Locofoco papers, the Ta
riff'of 1846 caused the rise in flour and grain.
Will they inform us what has caused the fall ?
FOURTH OF JULY
Celebration at Stroudsburg.
The coming Anniversary of our National Inde
pendence will be celebrated by the Sabbath School
of the M. E. Church, on Saturday the 3d, in a
grove on the banks of the McMichael's creek, on
the premises of Morris D. Robeson, Esq. A more
beautiful spot could not have been selected for the
exercises of the day. The beautiful and quiet vale,
lh meandering stream fringed with laurel and
myrtle, the sweet cadence of the distant waterfall
are here beautifully blendid together, inviting those
who desire seclusion from the hum and bustle of
active life, to enjoy the tranquility and peaceful
retirement of its shady groves. Here, in the cool
retreat of the forest, the sincere offerings of grate
ful hearts can be tendered to u Him who holds the
destinies of Nations in his hand," for the enjoy
ment of civil and religious liberty; while the mem
bers of the School can attune their voices and
wake the distant echo by their strains of sweetest
praise. ,
Order of Exercises at the Grove.
Singing by the Children.
Prayer by the Rev. M. Dungan.
Singing by the Children.
'Reading the Declaration by B. S. Schoonover, Esq.
Singing by the Children.
' Address by the Rev. J. W. Mecaskey.
Singing by the Children.
Address by Samuel S. Dreher, Esq:
Singing by the Children.
Benediction.
The children will meet at the Church at two
o'clock P. M. The public generally are respect
fully invited to attend.
At the risk of being denounced for " moral
treason" by those patriots who have remained
. at home to guard the honor of the country and
leceive the pay of Government, we insert the
following, the application of which will be well
understood : "
4
" Hallo ! Jim ! You great six fooler you.
What are you beating that poor old nigger fori"
Why, Lor bless your soul, massa, I is tryin'
lo conquer a peace! Ye see dis old nigger kep
a fuss all de time 'bout me takin' his tater patch.
I ax de ole fooljf he did n't know it 'i was my
destiny, an' if he eber hear 'bout de Angler
Saxums, as how dey was bound to lake ebery
ting dey could. But he jist go on sayin' it was
hU'n. Den I jist takes half his patch from
him, and told him help umself if he could. Den
,he got mad an' told me I'd belter not. Den I
gives um jesse a few times, an' he kicks back,
an' now I is tarmined to conquer a peace, as
massa Polk says, an' take de hull patch from
him for his sass." Hamilton Intelligencer.
White Negro.
The extraordinary fact of a black woman
turning white has recently occurred at Cario.
The woman is married to a black belonging to
Ibrahim Pacha's guard, and, according to the
evidence brought forward, it is during the last
two years thai her black skin peeled off by de
giees and without any inconvenience to her
self, and has been replaced by a white skin.
Her features distinctly belong to the Ethiopian
race, and her flat nose, thick projecting lips,
wooly hair, peculiar cheek bone, accent, and
-the bhape of her feet, all denote her origin.
i- t i . t
rive iuropean meuicai men at uano nave cer
ufk'd lo the above.
Money was first coined at Rome, under the
retgn of Servius luluus; and the figure stamped
upon the coin was that of the Ox. Hence mo-
ey came to bo called pecunia in the Latin Ian
guage, Uowpecus, cattle.
There are now seventeen thousand Post Of
Sees in ihe United States. Who savs'thatwe
ae sot s. Uttsr-zxy peophi
From the Harnsburg Intelligencer.
SHUAK ENTHUSIASM.
Locofoco Union and Harmony.
The re-nomination or the VETERAN OF
FICE HOLDER, F. R: Shunk, has thrown an
icy chill over the whole Locofoco party in
Pennsylvania, and it is useless for the "Union"
to deny it. There is not a particle of enthusi
asm in their ranks, and every attempt to get up
a Shunk meeting, results, as the Frenchman
would say, in "one grand failure !" He is ob
jectionable to the People, and a stench in the
nostrils of his own political friend's, a great ma
jority of whom have said, " we will not have
ihis man to rule over us." Two weeks since
we published, a number of extracts from the
"Harrisburg Argus" the leading organ of the
party in this State, to show that the great mass
of the party had no confidence in Shunk thai
they were bitterly opposed lohis re-nomination,
and predicted certain defeat as the inevitable.
result of his being the candidate. And that the
anti-Shunk portion of the party entertain the
same sentiments, and occupy the same position
they did last fall, with regard to the Shunk ad
ministration, is so evident that "he who runs
may read." There is no union, no harmony,
no enthusiasm in the ranks of our opponents :
"The party's to its centre shaken,"
and the defeat of the old OFFICE HOLDER
CANDIDATE is just as certain as that the
second Tuesday of October will arrive. As
evidence that dissatisfaction and discord does
prevail, and that the Administrations of both
Shunk and Polk are objectionable to a largo
portion of the Locofocracy, we submit the fol
lowing extract from a genuine Locofoco paper,
the Philadelphia "Keystone:"
" It is in vain to attempt to convince the
well-informed that there exists in Pennsylva
nia, at this lime, a spirit of satisfaction in the
Democratic party. It is equally vain to con
ceal the existence of this spirit. There is a
restlessness, an unquielude and discontent, both
North and South, East and West, which evinces
a disposition in the Democracy either to demon
strate it by a lukewarm support of the party, or
by an explosion, one of those volcanic eruptions,
not less frequent in politics than in nature.
These feelings have been occasioned, as we
believe, by an impression that the objects sought
to be attained in the election of Shunk and af
terwards Polk and Dallas, HAVE NOT
YET BEEN REALIZED -and a fear that
there is a little probability they will be realized
under cither administration.
It will be remembered that we quote from
genuine Locofoco documents, and of course con
sidered good authority by the "Democracy."
As another evidence of the "Shunk enthusi
asm" about which the " Union" says so much,
the followers of Shunk in Lycoming county,
recently attempted to get up a meeting for the
OLD OFFICE HOLDER, but it was no go.
The hour arrived the house was lighted, and
bell rang long and loud but the People would nt
r-v :.t.
come: nunners were sent out 10 gamer in uie
faithful the prominent men of the party were
waited upon and urged to participate in the
meeting, but proscribed ana insulted as tney
have been by the present imbecile Executive
and his minions, they could not do so without
compromising their dignity as freemen, and of
course ihey refused. The meeting consequent
ly resulted in a total failure ; and a Locofoco
friend who was an eye witness of the farce, in
forms us thai the few office-holding and office
hunting followers of the OLD OFFICE HOL
DER CANDIDATE, finding all their efforts
unsuccessful, extinguished ihe lights and "went
away sorrowing."
I his apaihetic feeling is not confined to any
particular county, but extends over me entire
Commonwealth. Shunk is equally objectiona
ble to the ONE TERM Democrats of ihe
whole State, and we have the authority of ihe
"Harrisburg Argus" for saying that he will be
overwhelmingly defeated. He succeeded by
unfair means in FORCING himself upon the
party, and the party will in return FORCE him
to retire to his original obscurity.
The following paragraph from the 'Delaware
County Republican,' furnishes another evidence
of ihe "enthusiasm" that prevails in favor of
Mr. Shunk :
" TjjP The meeting of Shunk democrats held
in this borough on Saturday evening, to form a
Democratic Association, was quite as much
crowded as we expected. The candles were
lit at 7 o'clock; at 8 no one was present, and at
half past 8 there was a dropping in of one at a
lime, until there were FOUR PERSONS as
sembled, all told. An agreement was made lo
adjourn; the lights were put out, and the Shunk
democracy retired to their homes to muse on
the certain defeat that awaits them next Octo
ber. Thus terminated the first Shunk meeting
in this quarter, and it is but the beginning of
ihe end."
This is indeed but the "beginning of the
end." The determination-of the honest portion
of the Democracy to Fosterize the "VETERAN
OFFICE HOLDER is too evident to be mis
taken. He is destined to sustain a most signal
defeat. The people the honest, intelligent,
patriotic people of the Stale have willed the
election.. of-Gen. JAMES IRVIN, and it will
take place.
The mormon Temple Sold.
The Warsaw (111.) Signal of ihe 12th inst.,
stiles that the Mormon Temple has been sold
a committee of the Catholic Church, for the
um of $75,000; and the purchasers had also
ought some considerable oiher property in the
rtt . r . i rn I l
dity. I ne comract lor me l empie, nowever,
w.as so far incomplete, as lo requfre the ratifi
cation of the Bishop.
A person, looking at some skeletons the oth
er day. asked a'young donor present where he
got them. He replied 1 We raised them.1
JL ocofoco Patriots !
Ii is stoutly urged by the Locofocos that if
their President made the war, they have fooght
it ! If we were to take the accounts of these po
liiicalMiistorians.who like Bancroft shape fact?
to suil their partizan leneis, we should believe
that Scott, Taylor and Worth were inglo
riously reposing at home, instead of gathering
military laurels in Mexico, and we should be
compelled to believe-that the blood spilled by
ihe noble McKee, Clay, Hardin, Watson
and others on the battle fields of Mexico was
as purely " Democratic" as that against which
Mr. Buchanan once so loudly fulminated, and
which with the lancei of his indignation, he
threatened to let out, should ii bo. found truantly
current in his veins. But when we come to
compare locofoco professions on the war and
locofoco practice, they will be found widely
different. Locofoism can vapor with as much
noise of steam as Santa Anna himself, in a pro
clamation ; but when hard knocks are required,
many of its adherents are inclined to show their
knowledge of the- Mexican language by exer
cises in the art of " vamos."
We are led to these general remarks for
there are individual exceptions, and we know
some truly brave locofoco soldiers by noticing
in the Corydon (la.) Gazette, that, during the
last Congressional canvass in that district, the
Hon. Robert Dale Owen,oii several occasions
said : " I will agree to do all thefighting which
may grow out oj annexation." Upon this Pren
tice exclaims " What a blunder it was on the
pari of the Administration to expend so much
money and raise so many men to fighi at Palo
Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, Buena
Vista, Vera Cruz.Cerro Gordo.and Sacramento,
when the Hon. Robert Dale Owen might have
won all those battles single-handed, and when
he stood positively pledged to his constituents
to do so !"
Bui there was another locofoco member of
Congress from ihe same State a brawler for
War, for Mexico, the Halls of the Montezumas,
and the whole or none of Oregon Thomas J.
Henly. The Indiana State Journal says he
was one of Mr. Polk's electors in the State,
and ihen told the people that the annexation of
Texas would not produce a war with Mexico,
and if it did he would undertake to conquor
Mexico with a dozen old ladies armed with
broomsticks. The annexation took place and
the war followed. Mr. Henly did not conquer
Mexico with his dozen old ladies, nor did he
volunteer when the State called for troops. As
an excuse for not doing it he wrote as follows :
" And now in conclusion, as the occasion is
a fit one, allow me to say to the troops ai Camp
Whitcomb, that having voted for the annexation
of Texas which is alleged to have originated it,
if my duties in Congress would have allowed it
I should already have been one of their number ;
and ij they do not march before the adjournment,
or if I can leave at any earlier period without ne
glecting the duties which devolve upon me here,
I may yet join them before they reach the table
lands of Mexico. ' They have my ardent wishes
for a safe return to their homes and families.
Very respecifully, your ob't serv't.
THOMAS J. HENLEY.
Washington June 26, 1846.
So much for Locofoco patriotism ! Then
there was Judge Wick, another Polk elector of
Indianna, who was willing to whip Mexico on
contract ! We do not hear of him since the
war, and when we do, he will probably be feed
ing the American army on contract, and making
a fortune.
We take the following letter, on the resour
ces of the country, from the N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser :
Something which I saw at the West.
It is interesting at such a time as this to know
the resources of our country. What ever inter
est speculators may have to misrepresent them,
and to report for their own advantage things fa
vorable or adverse to the sales which they de
sire to make, I have no such interest. I view
with pleasure the rapid and healthful growth of
our country, and retired from the cares of busi
ness, watch ihe developemeni of our resources
as a nation, and advancement to wealth and
greatness.
I have just returned from a visit West, and
having travelled over the slate of Ohio in every
direction, desire to present some ihings which
I saw and which are worthy of attention. 1
had supposed that at this time Ohio would be
drained of its provisions, and that the farmers
would have already taken every thing in ihe
shape of breadstuff's to market. Judge of my
surprise when I discovered every where, vast
slacks of wheal unihreshed, and corn unshelled
in the cribs, by the way side. The produce of
former crops in Ohio is far from being market
ed as yet; when other States West are in the
position of Ohio, then must our country indeed
be the granary of the world.
On the road from Delaware to Mansfield,
which is the terminus of the Sandusky rail road
in "a Southeastern direction, the road was lined
with wagons innumerable, all loaded wiih wheat
or corn; so that six miles beyond Mansfield the
stage coach in which I was took a cross cut
and a wood road on purpose to avoid them. At
Mansfield, Sandusky, and every intermediate
station, ihe produce collected was immense.
So also at Cleveland, Erie and Buffalo. At
one time on the lake there were forty-lhreo ves
sels in sight, navigating those waters, and em
ployed in their downward trips in transporting
breadstuffs lo market.
1 have heard it said that the coming crops
were threatened by the fly. Permit me lo say
that tny eye,-for a thousand miles travelled in
tho West, rested not on "a poor field of wheat.
The crops are fine. The corn though late, is
doing well; and such immense fields of it were
spread out to view at a time as could not hut
las'onUh an Eastern man. Such fine pastures,
i
in some of which 1 counted more lhan a thous
and head of noble cattle fitting for ihe market,
I never saw before. The resources of our
country never appeared to me so vast as they
do at this moment. P1SGATOR.
MEXICAN NEWS.
Attack of the Train.
We learn that the whole of the immense train,
under the escort of Col. Mcintosh and 800 men,
proceeding onward to the head quarters of Gen.
Scoff, were allacked by a guerilla party at a
point just fifteen miles beyond Santa Fe, a vil
lage eight miles from Vera Cruz. The moment
tile attack was made on the head of the train,
the dragoons charged on the enemy and disper
sed them. After ihe lapse of a ery short time,
the Mexicans again made iheir appearance in
seemingly overwhelming numbers, at least 17
or 1800 strong, and opened a fire on several
points at once. Here a considerable number
of pack mules fell into the hands of the foe,
from the extended line which had to be kept
up on the march, owing lo ihe narrow defile
through which the train was passing.
Col. Mcintosh, after a raiher severe contest,
beat off the assailants, and then fortified himself
behind his wagons, deeming it imprudent to
continue on without a reinforcement, particularly
requiring artillery. An express reached the
city on Monday, the 7th inst., in the evening,
and on Tuesdy morning, Gen. Cadwallader
marched to his relief, with a section detailed
from the howitzer battery, 10 gun?, attached
to the voltiguer regiment, under Blakely and
Cochrane; four companies 11th regiment un
der Col. Ramsey ; one company of the 9ih and
one of the 7th Infantry, and company K, of 3d
dragoons. Twenty wagons accompanied.
The Mexicans are said to be posted in con
siderable strength, in ihe vicinity of the Na
tional Bridge, (Puente Nacional.)close to which
the train is entrenched. They are determined
to dispute the passage with us. Gen. Cadwal
lader on his junction with Col. Mcintosh, will
be at the head of about 1500 strong, and he
has declared thai he shall soon be able to clear
the road of ihoso desperadoes, tho guerillas.
Although the name is not given, there is little
doubt of the Mexicans being under the com
mand of Pedro Jarueta, the Spaniard, of whose
exploits we have already spoken in these col
umns. The exact sum in specie conveyed by
this irain is S350.000. There is no authentic
intelligence of the loss sustained by eirtier par
ty in this encounter. Dr. Harley, brother of
the Colonel, it is said, received a musket ball
in ihe leg, which was, however but a flesh
wound.
Fredericksburg, Va., June 25, 1847.
The New Orleans papers give additional de
tails of the attack upon "the train. Our loss is
now stated to be only five to seven killed. A
most desperate charge was made upon a portion
of the wagons carrying ammunition, probably
mistaking the powder kegs for tpue kegs.
An old priest of distinction at Alvarado re
ceived a letter on the Sth inst. from his brother
in the city of Mexico, to the effect ihat Herre
ra's election was to take place on the 20th June,
and would be supported by ihe United Church
party, deciding the issue as to peace or a con
tinuance of the war. The letter declares that
the continuation of the struggle would be the
downfall of the church, audit therefore behooves
them to unite with the peace party and put an
end to the war. That immediately on Herre-
ra's election a decision in favor of the proposi
tions of peace will be made to our Government,
and the terms concluded in a short time after
wards. Information received thro' this source
has always been found to bo reliable.
Commndore Perry has sailed with his squad
ron for Tobasco. The Mexicans appear deter
mined to station troops along the banks of the
river, and fire upon ihe squadron as they go up.
The enemy has two thousand good troops, while
Com. Perry has but one thousand troops and
marines to oppose this force.
The Matamoras Flag of. ihe 9th inst. gives
the particculars of the wreck of the brig Mobile,
bound to the Brasos from New York, with 180
troops; part of them were saved by tho schoo'ner
Madonna of Philadelphia, which has since ar
rived ai the Brasos.
General Taylor is not to advance on San
Luis. Gen. Scott has required seven of Tay
lor's ten regiments to join him by Vera Cruz.
It is thought, however, that there will be some
skirmishing between Monterey and Camargo,
as Urrea is in that vicinity with four thousand
cavalry.
Latest from Scott's Army.
A Battle at the National Bridge, between General
Cadwallader and the Mexicans The Mexi
cans Defeated.
From the New Orleans Delta, June 20th.
The following highly important intelligence
was communicated to us by Lieuts. Floyd and
Williams, of ihe 2d Pennsylvania Volunteers,
who came over in the steamship Galveston this
morning.
On the Sih, a small reconnoitering party, to
geiher with some citizens and disbanded sol
diers, in number about 150, with 75 armed men,
and 30 mounted, left Puebla for Vera Cruz.
This party was under the command of Capi.
uainbridge, ol the du artillery.
On leaving Jalapa and gelling near Cerro
Gordo, this party was informed that it would
noi be prudent to go through the pass, as there
were about 4000 Mexicans in iho chapparal
along the pass.
Previous to this, the officers who had gone
to the rear of the irain were fired at from the
chapparal at the mouth of the pass the parly
was organized and marched through without
meeting an enemy arrived at the bridge thai
evening Whilst they were bivouacking on ihe
other side of the bridge, being bo fatigued that
they were unable to furnUh a guard, they were
informed that some persons were barricading
the bridge. A guard was then sta'ioned be
tween the bridge and the encampment, to pre
vent ihe party being surprised. At this time
signal lights onhe ridges and cliffs were .dis
tinctly seen. Before daylight ihe scouting par
ty was sent out, and also a party to clear the
bridge, which was done without opposition.
The main body of the party then passed over
the bridge, every thing appearing to be safe, all
danger being past.
Lieut. Williams and Mr. Frazer were sent
back to bring on the train on the other side of the;
bridge. Just as they were entering the bridge,
a party of twenty-five Mexicans appeared on the
bride, and fired several volleys on them. The
Wagonmaster and four others, who were passing
the bridge, were fired on and the whole five kill
ed, and the wagon was captured, which, however,
was of no great value.
After the fire had ceased, a party of lancer.-;
appeared on the bridge, and seemed to be pre
pared to charge, butseeing (hat Capt. Bainbridge's
party were preparing to receive them, wheeled
their horses and galloped off. Bainbridge pursu
ed his march in good order, followed by 400 or
500 foot .lancers, who hung upon his rear, and
flanks for four or five miles, but at a respectable
distance. Thus hemmed in, this little party pur
sued its way, until it arrived where Col. Mcin
tosh had encamped with his large train. The
Mexicans whu iad attacked Bainbridge's party
were the same who had compelled Col. Mcintosh
to halt and wait reinforcements. The party re
mained that'night in Mcintosh's camp, and du
ring the whole time the Mexicans kept up a con
tinual fire on the camp, approaching with the
greatest boldness very near to our sentinels.
On the next day Capt. Bainbridge's party re
sumed its march to Vera Crrrz, being joined by
Capt. Duperu's U. S. dragoons, who were sent
back after their horses.
The company, with its gallant captain, had Be
haved very handsomely at the attack on Mcin
tosh's camp. Indeed it was generally admitted
that Col. Mcintosh's command was saved by the
gallantry of Duperu's party. Bainbridge's party
continued their march to Vera Cruz, where they
arrived in safety.
In the mean time Duperu's party having a long
return train to guard, and being threatened by a
large body of lancers, halted at Santa Fe, where
"they were charged by a greatly superior force,
which they gallantly repulsed, killing many of
the enemy and suffering no loss themselves. It
was said, however, that some of our wagons were
cut off, and the drivers were taken prisoners.
Capt. Duperu arrived safely in Very Cruz, hav
ing lost three killed and three wounded.
GENFRAL CADWALADER's BATTLE.
On the day Capt. Bainbridge's party left Mcin
tosh's camp, Gen. Cadwalader had arrived with
a force of eight hundred men, and two howitzer.--.
The two companies were then joined, making in
all about sixteen hundred men, with two howit
zers, under command of Gen. Cadwalader, and
pushed on towards the National Bridge. Gen C.
occupied the heights commanding the bridge,
from which the enemy had fired on Capt. B.iin
bridge's party, where he was attacked by a large
force of the Mexicans posted on the ridges and
chapparal, and some hard fighting was carried on
for several hours; the Mexicans losing more than
one hundred men, and Gen. Cadwalader losing
some 15 killed tmd 30 or 40 wounded.
The Mexicans were repulsed, and the bridge
was successfully passed by Gen. Cadwalader, who
was on his way to Jalapa.
Since the above was written we have learned
that in the affair between Gen. Cadwalader and
the Mexicans at the National Bridge.tlie company
of Lieut. Blakely, of the newly raised Voltigenrs,
with two howitzers, charged the barricades and
swept them with a few charges from the howit
zers. On passing through, however. Lieutenant
Blakely received a heavy fire from the enemy on
the ridge, which commands the road, by which
he sustained-a, loss of one killed and four wound
ed the Lieutenant himself being wounded in
the leg. They also lost several horses. The
heights were then charged on the right and left
of the road, and gallantly carried the enemy
flying from' before them m great conluston.
When Gen. Cadwalader had passed the bridge,
he was attacked by a large party of guerillas,
who kept up a continual fire on his men for a
long distance. At Cerro Gordo, it was thought,
that the enemy had made a stand in great num
bers, though no apprehensions were entertameJ
for the safety of Gen Cadwalader's command,
which was moving in a bold and steady manner,
the only way to deal with the Mexicans. Capt.
Gates' company of the third dragoons being sent
by Gen. Cadwalader to the rear to reinforce the
guards of the train, who were attacked by a large
force of lancers, which they repulsed with con
siderable loss.
There is much sickness in Vera Cruz, but very
little in the Castle.
Gen. Cadwallader is much praised for the en
ergy and promptness of his movements to the res
cue of Mcintosh, and for the bravery and' skill
with which he scattered the swarms of guerillas,
grown confident by the sucsess of their previous
enterprises.
The estimated loss of Col. Mcintosh's party is.
about 4000. For miles the road is streyed with
empty boxes and bacon sides which had, been cap
tured by the enemy.
There is a great deal of dissatisfaction in the
army respecting the command which had charge
of the train. There will be a court of inquiry
into the subject.
The garrison at Jalapa has been broken up, by
order of Gen. Scotland all the sick and govern-,
ment stores have been sent to Perote Castle, so
that this line of communication is entirely closed.
Gen. Scott has had a road opened from Perote
to Tuspan, from -which, in future, all our stores
and men will be sent in preference to the oh
road. The success of the attack on Mcintosh V
command has given great confidence to the guer
illas,who are swarming in great numbers through
the country, and attacking a qu parties, large
and small.
It was chiefly owing to the gallantry of Capt,
Bennett, the Paymaster, that the specie wagons
in charge of the party were saved. He was in
one of them himself when the wagon wa3 attack-,
ed, and fought like a tiger.
There are about 1000 men encamped at Vera
Cruz. Gen. Shields was at Jalapa, and was about
to leave for the U. S. when he received an order
from Gen. Scott to join him at Puebla.
There are no preparations to defend any point
between Puebla and the Capital. AH the odds
and ends of the army are collected in the city,