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The eapturtiof Vera Crut - and . the
Castle of Flan Juan d'Ulloa—
Four thwisand Jitexicana taken
pritimerilSixty-five Americans
- killed and wounde&-Mexican
loss on store said to .be lin
1. aiense. •
The United I'M* war' steamer Prince
ton, bearing theibroad pennant of Commo
dore Connor, aryved nt Pensacola on the
4th instant, and ctimetoanehorof the wharf
at half past nine o'clonk in the morning,
exchanging saltites with the :navy yard as
she passed.
From the Pinsacola Gazette of the 4th inst.
The Princet4n sailed from Vera Crayon
the 29th ult., add brings the glorious intelli
gence of the retiuction of that city;- with the
castle of San uan de Ullea, and their en
tire unconditiculal surrender to our gallant
ar my.
We are indetited to one of the officers of
the Princeton thr the following summary of
the proceedingOn this most brillinut achieve
ment, an achievement that will redound
more to the glory of our army and marine,
among the natiims abroad, than any that has
yet had place , iti our annals.
The followinkr is the narrative of the bril
liant achievement.
March 9—Disembarkation of troops com
menced.
J3th—lusetqment of the city comple
ted.
18th—Trenahes opened at night.
22d—City summoned to surrender ; on
refusal seven mortars opened afire of bomb
shells.
24th—Navy!, battery of three long 32
pounders - and :three 68 cpounders, Paixhan
guns, opened afire in the morning—distance
700 yards.
25th—Another battery of four 21pound
eh, and three Mortars opened this day; the
naval battery Opened a breach in the walls
of the city. The fire was very destructive
to the town. t .
26th—Earlyt in the morning the enemy
proposed for a Surrender.
Commissioners on the American side,
Gerierals Worth and Pillow, and Colonel
Totten. -
26th—Negotiations completed ; city and
castle surrendered—Mexican troops march
ed out and laiif down their arms—American
troops occupie4 the city and batteries of the
town and castle. At , noon on that day the
American ensign was hoisted over both, and
was saluted by our vessels ; the garrison, of
about 4000 men, laying down their arms, as
prisoners of war, ancl being sent to their
homes on parole, five generals, 60 superior
officers, and 270 company officers, being
among the prisoners.
The total lobs of the American army, from
the day of laniling, Mardi 9th, is 65 persons
killed and wounded. Officers killed • Capt.
,John D. Vintoh, 2nd artillery; Capt:Affinr
tis, 2nd infantjy. Midshipman P. B. Situ
brick, navy. 'Officers wounded, Col. Dick
inson, S. l e N Volunteers, severely ;• Lieut. A.
S;Baldwin, navy, slightly. Lieut. Deloue,
in Davidson's `second infantry, very slightly.
Lieut. Lewis Neil, 2il Dragoons, severely.
All the wounded aredoing well.
Of the Mexicans the slaughter is said to
beimmense., ;The commanding general sta
tioned in the fifty—second in command held
the castle. ..lifiguler force about 3000--the
same number bf irregulars. Outside the city
was General lt;ai Vega, with a force of 6,000
to 10,000 caiihlry. -Col. Harney, with be
tween 200 and 300 U. S. dragoons, charged
and relished this immense force with terri
ble carnage, scattering them in all directions.
They had bafricided the bridge, but our at
finery soon khOckedlaway this obstruction,
and gave Harp - by -1 s command a chance at
them., In the attack on the town and . cas
tle, only our *mailer vessels, drawing not
snore than 9 feet water were available ; but
few shot and shells were thrown into the
. Castle.
From the N.O. Delta, 27th
BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA._
Description olGen: position--Can
nonading
Post ion - - Can
nonading 4 the 21st—Gen. Taylor's Ex
posed Situatiop--Kis White Horse—Bat
tle of 22nd rib.—Death of Col. McKee,
Cot. Clay `, - ;Col. Ocirdin Adj . % Gen. Lin
coln, Col. 'ref!, Cept. Tirstlis—C 01. Mar
shall's charke—The Gallant Mississippi
' aris--GenATaidar's Left Flank Turned
—Demand' to Isurrefule.r—Kined and
wounded-finon's Discomfiture.
W e had . tin . Plp - Imre of an interview yes
terday with, Major Coffee, of the Army,
who brought aver Geo,. Taylor's • despatches.
' This gallant k officer—a son of the distin
guished parka whp foUght so bravely on ,
the Plains fpfi ; Cl4npuei and in, :various
..other batOes, y_tioe
• ,sicte...cif the . illustrious
Jackson—acted as tie Aid to Gen. Taylor
sn. the bloody, .Aght at Bueni Vista., We .are
yen: tly indebted , Mims Air many particulars
of thiefinrclAinght beide. -.- I
G!!! TaYitii. bail ; felien . in love; at , first
ight, l with tho position at which , be, finally
spade : .l kiii&atltnd- , -at B uena Vint". Bis
movemetkt *Oar& Agun piney* was merely
,a,rusem,4e* Pei enemy .into :tlie;field
le t ickbp !oidi)alected for his hatt)e- i grOni-
Assunio,nn felKitt,.*h i i men. ,40
of an ii-
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ammo; apprapen ailAr s /Nueva, - s.frowerjd
_TPEl9i)bOjeii±OPl.9olPPOrnd,*ft back : to
14 firitt love-ribittmm, Vkatiw . .., The pion
was, at1Fir44 4 4,54 ~ . .: AllM o at :the.
0 mtootto4tPe-fir. ~ fiP" ) , , int
oi t
y*WealOtkektgeß .....niiaffirci,oll, , 4ef
gpramilley,„ 99- kis 4.i tharolroot.a. liftP
3sr#!ft , 5af 014 1 ..4. - ' Ast , 4,O r t4 lll Fe ,,, e f.
''• rl.l7.ll.'filf-, 4.4:o,oglwkits._#l-1d
1 ve.done. I he left of '9o!‘ -Witi,r s
rood on the L base of a licaiikuun: The
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road in the can auk -4 i:t
fended by st aribatt*. Ir,t r ffront fiat
ground waa - Onevin4broken intol. hills, ati
deep ravines' , - s well,fiaptikil to Ali Mode Of
fighting,:sultelfttrodeaolorieerOintrbylis
peculiarities:supplying the disadvantage of
a great inferiority of number&
On the 21st the enemy was described,
proaching over the distant-hills.: At-their
appearance the volunteers raised a great
shOut, and have three tremenduous cheers.
Their eng ineers and officers were seen fly
ing over , the4eldr!us/AmegOvtiseir-mun•
non about toilet them tote position s ; but the
nature of the ground did not 'favor the, un
dertaking and k was, later' het day before
their big pips began to open.
The enettly bad Witt diem thirty-two
cannon,,tetattly,eflarge .calibre. Their fire,
though' i very briskly,,and apparent
ly w ell, manned, did so little execution: in
our ranks ikatir was not :deemed necessary
to return their fire. Our cannons were
therefore silent the whole fo the 21at: Eight
'or ten killed mud wounded were the extent
of Ole ealualities sustained by our army on
the 21st. During the day, an officer ap- :
proichedoer lines with,e, flag of truce, and
requested ll' be shown toi,Gen. Taylor. The
brave old man was sitting quietly on his old
white charger, with his leg over' the pom
mel Of his saddle, watching the movement
of the enemy, when the Mexican officer
was :presented. It a very courteous and
graceful manner the officer
,stated,that " he
had been slant by his excellency Gen. Santa
Anna, to his excellency Gen. Taylor, to in
quire, in the must respectful manner, what
he [Gen. Taylor] was waiting for." Prom
the silence of Gen. Taylor's batteries, and
the quiet manner in which he received Santa
Anna's terrific
,cannonading,' the Mexican
supposed he was asking a very pertinent
question, tq which, however, old Rough and
Ready gave the very pertinent reply, that
",he was waiting for Geeeral Santa Anna
to surrender." The MeXican returned has
tily to his lines. This !message proved to
be a rust to,ascertain where Gen. Taylor's
position was, fur after tbe return oftbe Mex
ican officer to his own, ranks, the whole
Mexican battery seemed :to open upon Gen.
Taylor's position,,and the balls flew over
and about him like bail; Utterly indiffer
ent to:the perils of his Situation, there sat
the old chief, on his 16onspicuous white
horse, peering through h is spy glass at the
long lines of Mexican troops that could be
seen at a great distance On the march. The
persuasien of his aids could not induce him
to abandon his favorable, position for obser
vation, Oor give up.liis old white horse. To
the suggestion of his ;staff that old whitey
was- rather too conspicuous a charger fur
the commander, he replied " that the old
fellow had missed the fuO at MOnterey, on
account of a sore foot, and he-was determin
ed he slioeld have his shire this time."
At sunrise on the 22nd February, the bat
tle beganip earnest. Tbe Mexicans were
drawn out in immense numbers' The dark
columns of iefantry extended, as far as the
eye could reach, and the cavalry seemed to
cover the whole view with their interaiinable
lines. At, intervals betweei the infantry
and cavalry, their big guns, strongly pro
tected by a large artillery fioree, kept up an
hicessant cannonade against our lines.—
Their forces were scion in motion. Our ar
tillery were thrown , forward to meet them,
protected by the volunteers. Gen. Wool led
the main body in persoili and was seen eve- .
ry where, rallying and encouraging the vol
unteers. The two armies' were' soon en
gaged in hot conflict. The, broken nature
of the ground divided the forces, so that in
stead of one general engagement, the regi.
ments were compelled ip a great measure
to fight on their. own book. Our officers
were always in the advance, leading their
troops—hence the great mortality among
them. In this general , melee, one of our
small regiments, of 400 men, would be at
tached by,a whole Mexican brigade of sev
eral thousand.• Thus the. Kentucky -idea
my was attacked at the :foot of a hill, in a
deep ravine, by an immense force of the en
emy. A large uumber,of the officers were
killed here—among them was Col. McKee,
who fell badly wounded, and was immedi
audy despatched by the.enemy, who.pierced
hid, with heir bayonets. as be lay on the
ground. :Lieut.,CoL Clay was shot through
the thigh, and being unable to walk, was
taken up ,and carried some distance by some
of his men,- but owing jto the .steepness of
the hill, the men finding* difficult to carry
him, andAhe enemy nil/great numbers pres
sing upon , them, the gallant Lieut. Col. beg
ged them to leave him and take care of
themselves. ntrced to leave trim on the
field, the 'last- that was .seen'uf this noble
young offieer h was ,lying on his back,
fighting with 14s , sword the enemy siho
were stabbing him with ;their bayonets.—
The veteran Capt. WEn„' S. Willis, of the
same regiment, at the head of his company,
with three stalwart sons Who fought at his
side, wept badly wounded, but still continued
to fight until be was overcome with the loss of
blood. ,
In the ,mean time, the Indiana brigade,
who were drawn out anal ordered to charge
;the away, were seize with ' a panic, and
displaying some hesita tion, Assistant Adju
tant Gcnetial Lincoln rpshed to their front,
and whifiat upbraiding,thenkrar . their cow
ardiea, wns shot, tseverafballs passing through
his hody.: in justice tathis.brigade, it should
be stated, that . .they Aulasequently -rallied,
and fidly',redeemea their reputation by the
most gallant, and iictivn fi ghting. , ,
Col. - Hardin led the . Illinoisiansin very
handsome style, abd the-sturdy "s uckers"
fainght,)jktiitinp. 1_31140 int.Tepi4 vol. fell
weeedat . and PeßeOetred the fate of :cola-
Opts. ka i lf t ee *ad Play,:taps, seas Wiled, by
the: enOty: ! =not, ;however, .before be had
Wed .otie ;Pfihe cawatilly miscreants with
At Fietetim#4
,h 4! fire while trim wo: she
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COL *o l le : dtihe tdrfurff man,. a. charge
Of I ,is, mnonte.4 - ifereqlf€P against a large
body oflancers,,and;Wani kik& by . fil . ho me ,
Whieh entered t hicatinlo! 10 tore off one
sidtt: othie: l flito... •,, •., .ir , I .. ,
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IF it-teqciOgilark 401,1 Is •elPrinieh., ero,
Ift,%:,f,g,d into litia . fo;,r,fce. l 7,e' a:. , Pliarge
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ast, itnr'ereA.dooF titu _wiii_.* joi, ,4:d
frian. The' ehiiihodtiiii;iii. ca' liwittig
siasl u i s it e ssod fiont - sloitiklds share ot'thei
tild4cli of Ihislbrilliatit fight by' tha.
tterqua wounds reeeidet at • t h e h a sti e r,4
Illloritereyi,Whidi still (*fines him 'to hist
hed, F and from which' t iiinuCh feared by big
friends he will never. recover.
Col. Humphry Matsltall's splendid;
Meite,Of - Kentucky cavalry' were' impatient
fur an opportunity of shOwing their mettle,
and avenging the captiMe of their brethren,
then in the hands of theinemY; They Were
soon &foiled with the desired 'opporttinity,'l
by:the:approach , of a- -flarce- ofsmore -.than !
2000 lancers and hussars, who gallantly
charged them. A like! charge was made
by, Col., May, at the head of a squadron of
dragoops, - and one of! Arkansas cavalry,
aria* a large body of the enemy with like
results.
During the engagetnent on the right,
Santa 4nna, seeing that Gen. Taylor's force
was not well protected on the leftflank, sent
a large force of cavalry around thnt point,
and outflanking Taylor; succeeded in throw
ing 2000-men in his rear ; but Gen Taylor
immediately sent Capt.ißragg, with his ar
tillery, against this force, who succeeded in
cutting them off from the main body: Lieut.
Crittenden was despatdhed with a lig of
truce, to demand the iknmediate surrender
Of thii force. The Mexican officer, pre
tehding not to understand the chat-neer of
his mission, insisted that be-shouldle blind
folded, according to the rules of war, and
thus had the L . eiut. carried into the camp
of Santa Anna himself! This was a ruse to
get time to extricate the Mexican cavalry
from their dangeroussition, and pending
this truce they were a ll drawn off by a dif
ferent road than that by which they had
gained that position. !
Lieut. Crittenden Was conducted blind
, folded `to the tent of the Mexican General
' in-Chief, which - he found a long' distance'
from the scene of action, and which he
thought the safest place he had been in du
ring the whole day. As he approached
! 'Santa Anna's tent lie was greeted with a
most- tremendirus flourish of • trumpets,
which might have beep, heard a mile off, but
produced no great terror in the mind of the
'Kentuckian. His Whirl was_ taken oft and
he found himself in the presence of the fa
mous Mexican Chief, surrounded by a bril
liant staff of bedizzened, gilded and mous
! tacbed officers. Santa Anna apologized to
the Lieut. for the act of his officers, in hav
ing him blindfolded, Baying that so far from
having any desire to entreel his situation,
he was desirous of exhibiting to Gen. Tay
lor
the utter folly'of resisting so powerful an
army as he had under his command. To'
which the LieuteeantOplied that his simple!
message was to demand his (Santa Anna's)
immediatisurreader to-Gen. Taylor. When
this extraordinary demand was translated to
-the Mexican, he raised his hands and ,eye
brows in utter astonishment at the temerity
and presumption of sitch ,a message, and
replied that he would expect Gen. Taylor
to surrender in an hoitr, or he would destroy
all his forces. Lieut. Crittenden's reply,
which we have already given—" Gen. Tay
lor never surrenders"-.-terminated the inter
view, and the battle re-commenced, and was
continued until night.
Santa Anna took three small pieces of our
artillery, which, under Lieut. O'Brien, lad
been posted too far in iadvance to be covered
by our infantry. All the gunners were shot
down, and when the 'guns were captured
there was not a soldier left to man them.—
One of these pieces Was an old Texan six
pounder, which, 4iring the Texan revolu
tion, had dune godd execution , among the
Mexican , ranks. As !to the flags he boasts
of having taken, they lire very probable mere
company markers, which were dropped on
the field and picked up by the valiant Mex
icans. His excellency of the war depart
ment,,to thorn Santa,Anna has sent these
trophies, will no doubt be sorely disappoint
ed in the size - texture and beauty of these
standards. liexican !pride is easily satisfied
when such feeble mefnentoes of their prow
ess and valor as these console theta for so
inglorious a defeat.
All the officers on our side, in this hard
fought battle, distinguished themselves. The
details of the battle ore con fi ded to Gen.
Weal, who 'nobly justified the confidence in
his commader and brother veteran, by the
most active, zealous,' efficient- and gallapt
conduct. Throughopt the whole action he
was constantly engaged in the disposition
of our forces, and in 'rallying them to the,
onset. It was a miracle that he escaped the
thick flying balls that thinned the ranks he
was marshalling. - There was but one com
plaint made against him, and that was, that
he exposed himself too much. Brig. Gen
eral Lane also showed himself to be a brave
and capable officer, Although wounded
early in the action, ha kept his horse until
it closed, and never for a moment left his
post.
The old General-ii-Chief remained at his
original and much exposed position, super
intending the battle Und narrowly watching
its events. An oscopette ball passed through
his overcoat—that same old brown,, so fa
milliar to all the offiders and men who have
ever been under his command, and which'
has seen several campaigns in Florida, in
Texas, and in Mexido.
The Battle of Baena Vista—lact•
dents hal, the Field.
A letter in the N. O. Delta, dated Buena
Vista,Tebruary 26, speaking of the action
on iher23d, says: t
The Mexicans fought well, but wherevet
their superior numbers drove back our in
fantry, we were sure to see the artillery gal-
loping through the ravines and checking
them instantly ; .indeed , the artillery well
'deeerves the name 9 r ..
a yinA'—they ,ap
peered to me to be-gifted with übiquity 7
they . were here, there, and every where at
theiiame time. ~Capt ain Washington' acted
end j`lonhed ' as we ' may suppose his . rea
namesake did before him. ~ „
'CinaT Brnggs , Sherman, and the other
OS 'rs..and men_of the different , hatterien •
did iheir duty nobly.
...Briel,,,iirm ' asaisted
Ake,,ethsr. Cot May. Df .the 3d Dragoons,
4 - 04 'Copt . Piki, of the. pi l, were flying every
!ilierO, an they were, .wanted .. Captain -
,3110:1119FINC4TPa.4.Yrifk;'"i* '
thela7kiii.
11,0f#e tii, shpt.. moe!, itimi- 7 1,,,k, riding
next; tang offered I ,ii,4 3 'Alpig, !il l i„)le
. 06410 another. ~ '— - ' . ' '
'141101440W tbe ac tion , p en. llity***•
the r e.iliOril; in% 411, bOtteit inid:iii,o4 t ;i l .o
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unem%Prg!?: lit,fit4V, 1 004(4,,.
WiiOrirse ir 'vier , 'is`' presence Wee 'Tie*.
exertion. The q,:ppeintionst f pan. 144
were*lnfinail brigade,
diana;) and his effortti. were *witty of bets
Metetialiorlittir afridicatioh. :• . lisijor Bliss
bore himself with his usual gallantry, leaping
his horse, as at Palo Alto,•shot in the head.
Aft :Crittenden, a son of the Senator (Mitt
Kentucky, was conspicuous in the fiat] as
volunteer aid to Gen. Taylor ; and the Med
ial rector's aeiiiita.nt riuOn, Hitch oink ;
could be sometimes seen where the ball* fell
fastest, binding.un—a.woutid ordressiog-A
hi.oken leg, with true professional_ zeal O l and
antra. gilloping With the ardor of an amateur
knight, conveying orders to different kora
mender&
,During the battle, the second Ken4cky
regiment of infantry became closely etrgisged
with the enemy's lancers. From the Over
whelming number of the lancers, the Colo
nel, considering his regiment lost and +out
to be cut to pieces, despatched his Adit,itant
to Gen. Taylor, to say to him that "hit reg
iment was completely surrounded, theft
_he
was fighting hand to hand, that in all 6rob.
ability he would be totally annihilated; and
to ask Gen. Taylor what he should do-1'
General Taylor promptly replied to the
Adjutant,-whose countenance was diet per-.
feet picture of despalr,) in the coolest man
ner imaginable, saying, " Go and tell your
Colonel that he has got them just whelv he
wants them, and now is the time tol give
them Jesse." Whereupon the Adjutant
wheeled his horse, clapped his spurs tcr,liim,
dashed up to the ittle band, and shou(ed at
the top of his voice, " Boys,'Gren. Taylor
says we've got them just where we 'want
them, and now's our time to give them
,h-11."
The intrepid Kentuckians caught the im
pulse like electricity, raised n cheeri and
with their naked bayonets, in less time: than
I have been relating it, routed them com
pletely, and drove` them from the field.•
About half past 3 o'clock, on the !23d,
when Santa Anna saw dell his all depended
upon his breaking Gen. Taylor's find., and
silencing of Bragg's battery of six pou4ders,
Which had been pouring death end dettruc
doe into his ranks all day, he ordered one
-desperate charge Of about five thousand in
fantry upon the battery. Bragg saw them
approaching, and fearful from their iover=
whelming numbers, that he might 10+ his
pieties, prepared to take another more de
feasible position.
The eagle eye of the gallant Capt. llfans
field, of the Engineer corps, saw at a glance
that the fate of the day dependediupon
Bragg's holding his position. He imiriedi
ately rode, up to Gen. Taylor, (who; from
his position, had not observed the move
went, ) explained the circumstances td him,
end then said, "I beseech of you, sir l , that
you will not allow the battery to movo "
". No, sir, no, sir !not at all ! said the; Gen
eral. "Tell him: not to move ,one inch, but
to give them grape and canister !"
While Bragg was staying them, right,left
and centre;, Geri. Taylor quietly rode lip be
•hind him without' being observed, andlin an
under tone of Voice, said, "A little more
grape, Cape, Bragg! " These few .Words
so completely. i*iirited him and his men,
that they fired with redoubled vigor, and the
result shows the effect of "a /WM snore
grape."
Mexico.
Through the Mexican papers, occasional
ly received,
,we get some idea of the Progress
and extent of thorevolution which hus bro
ken out in the city of Mexico, though noth
ing like a correct narrative of events has yet
been received.. The Mexican paper pub
lished at Tamaulipas, called El Defensor,
dated the llth of Alarch, is entirely; occu
pied with the revolt of the troops whidb late
ly took. - place in the city of Mexico.
" It appears that the troops, to the; num
ber of about 3,Q00 men, were on - the eve of
starting for Vera Cruz, to reinforce the gar.
neon of that city, when, excited by the wo
men of the metropolis, whose fanaticism
had been wrought on by the clergy, in op
position to the g4vitternent, they broke out
into mutiny, and pronounced, as they San it,
for a return to the state quo of 1845.. Gen.
Canelizo was - directed to suppress it, and
i g,
called to his aid all those who were for
standing by the[ vernment.. Thei Con
gress, alarmed at he intestine co:mitotic)°,
offered full pardoe to the rebels, prOvided
they returned to their duty. This, holwever,
was taken as a proof of weakness by tote lat
ter, and they became more insolent. I -
"The Ministet says that hostility to San
-1
to Anna, a dispo tion to embrace monarch
ical principles, a d disinclination to :march
against the exte
„al enemy, are the tOoving
causes of this prommciamente. The ;major
part of the National Guard—all with the ex
ception of four amps—with the whole; of the
artillery, remained faithful , to the govern
ment." . .
From the NiO, Picayune, Extra, Mtuih 30
Later *ram 'Vera Cruz.
The-ship Osiveko, Captain Johnsob, arri
ved from Vera Cruz this morning, having
sailed ott the 'ph inst.
The ship Yazop, with Capt. KePaisquad
ron on board, as; been- lost ou AntoniLizar
do. More th an erne hundred horsek were
lost. Col. Thinciti lost several of hisi horses
in the gale.ti4i, loss of horses is severely
felt. Captairi kenriley, of the U. $. Dra
goons, had ncot laiided, and we do nth know
how many of his may have been lost?
One dragooniwatt drowned from the Yazoo,
and . three in4n fOom the store-ship !Relief
were drowno in endeavoring to rescue the
'
dragoons {
had; landed ten mortaia, but
Gen. Sco
had Dot ope
Pd hitt Sri at last accounts.
nor fired a salute on the 17th,
en. Taylor.
o:Jaime Mercury of March 30,
s: '
Coin. Co
io honor of
The Pie
evening, ea
' 'The $h
tailed One, ,
arrived et
pinbabilit
Oregon, Capt. gliddonk which
r two , days attee'llie Oswe go, has
le S. Pass ititd in all
be Up in the course of tha day.
ItiNiiloiss.--An order from the
utment has been• Deceived? at , the
;neo St. Louis,for twt; mill
i cartridges, to be forwarded to
twithoat delay. •
•
WAR
War De ,
8. , A
ions of :
Goo. 8
rarT
mid ,by
between
„miles fr
-thickue
Nortii,River.
ice,.4pd intercepting, all ,trade
• beep And:: New :York.. 1 A.,few
- AlbaWy., the ice is:filled Air to the
of Nix Of eight .feet.
3 3S tar
called,
ifs 'Via
hcatito s of" New, Orielso have
• 1.
town i*etipg on Iltel 30th , o
- ei TO
,honor tide fiqook p i,Bue-
Noochefterliserie r
WAR9C .-43ri*PRIfinivit. JoutO • of
Commerce '- yst,l" ich igt, he appetite 'for
~,.
warlike ac ' veOjetilthatibe :publi e l . mlnd
i
is on the al' *lt nel i f"the r uc t ton
of the city Viivh uz a the cmitl of
San Juan, b it wi,l look coldly on the .ifr o ir,
if every fiftimor sixth man engaged of
destroyed." t 1
,
Very true 4 The public,metomre the *r at
ness of an aOhlevement in war by the nt
of blond silt in its accoutplisbm '4f
Gen. Scott loses a fourth of hit; men e ill
becOum. ing040.344-4074.0145: 0 4.4thg. 0 . 1 1. i.
1 1 1
st .
obtain the town, by, capittilitMiti . Ili hciet a
fight, feW.WIII give Willing '64dii,fii , teiker:
alship, ind Most Will 'tbink"!ihe Ifeistrut
,oxpedition 4 littenhiik 'Ye't tbebittel.wiltild
be accoinplishing his object iii the'best m , e,
r
because'with theletist sacrifice ; _Bed, in ght
be the result entifely otibe* superior i ful.
rt.
ness of the!Gee4ittl; and the leZcell tic.ip-.cif
his pidns.4Ledier. " 'l' • , -1 r'
. i I, i .:
The Peeineylvaniseee ha Batlle..
The.,Peniisylvania volunteers have aea
dy shown the ardor and [daring df true gold
iers. A letter in the Washington Union,
from Vera Cruz,. speaks of their coodutt in
the field, and shows how they . may may bet de
pended upob. Gen. Pillow's hrigadC,l o tie
assisting to.:invest the town, came in, lis
ion with the enemy. The latter. fled toi the
chapharel. i i
They were hotly pursued by this ihriOde,
the Genera' leading,encuuraging, anti elieer
ing his forces with the most ;commendable
gallantry. The passage of this mini, so
thickly coviired with cliapparel,'narriniand
winding, wits pretty sharply{ conteltect by
the enemy ,who occupied a strong Poltion
in an extensive ruin on the other side, , called
"liaciencht Malebran; " and hithough 'tome
five hundred strong, he , soon [fled, a before
the wind, to a large and specious building
on theheights beyond, used [by the Mexi
cans as a thagazine. , General Pillow l was
now in poisession of an important 'point, a
foothold, where he could rally and - refriiilhen
his men fot further pursuit, I With the first
Teitessee regiment he ascended the hill in
tervening lietween the ruin and the niavi
ziae, carrying the latter place with little or
no difficulty. The Magazine, at the 'ime
it was taken, contained from one ton two
hundred lritmb shells and ft quantitrbf sig
nal rocketi'. tik
The enemy, who bad now been, thiven
from hill to hill, and from stronghold to
stronghold by General Pillow, fled across
the valley, plong which runs the railrosid in
to the dente thicket beyond, and reorgani
zed to sod& extent, under cover ofthe ',limp
parel, to dispute the passage of our trOops,•
to the heights beyond, which overlookl and
command 'the city, on which heights alarge
force of Mexican cavalry and infantry had
been parading for hours in a spirit of idefi
once. A 4onsiderable force of the 'e emy
had also tziketi position across the rai oad,
where ourflorces would probably pass on
their way to the 'heights. . .., "e,
Leaving the Ist Tennessee regiment, un
der commend of Colonel Campbell i in pos
session of the magazine, General Pilll4w, at
the head cif the 2nd Tennessee regitnent,
under Calimel Haskell, and the Ist )Fenn-.
sylvunia r4giment, under Colonel Wyncoop,
descended to the railroad, driving that por
tion of thenemy who had Pilsen- possession
of it towards the city, and then bearig off
to the le ft [ through the, chaPparel a d to
wards thetheights. A brisk iv fi re soon a l
opened on both sides; but the impetUosity
of the Anterican troops wa perfectly, irre
sistable and overwhelmin g; officers and •
men, rank and file vying with each ' ? ,ottier
for the advance. All on foot, (for no horse
could hold a footing there,) , they asepnded
a,steep talon angle of not less than forty
five degreps, with the sand knee deep let ev
ery step, drawing themselved up by thtlroots
and brushwood and briars that' covered the
grotind—(di the while keeping up an Sctive
fire upori fthe retreating enemy. Gaining
the sumnfit ofthe heights, the Mexicatforce
there was found to be about 8000. They at
tempted to make a stand. 'Gen. Pr ow's
commandicharged upon them, and puthem
again to flight. 'They rah Off briskly', and
'were as briskly pursued, until the fro.ning
batteries of the city reminded theirpu suers
that no orders had yet been given top eed
l c
any furth4r; so they returned to.the s mmit
to survey the surrounding country, an wit
ness a beithtiful sunset behidd the lofty peak
of snow-clad Orizava.
Lpter tram Vera' Cruz.
Further Particulars of the Preparatil
. v the Attuck upon the G'ityi :
.WAsuistarost, April 7,9 P. M.
The ship Oregon, Gliddons, arrived at
New Orltinns on' the even.hig ,of the 30th
ult., fromO,Anton Lizardo, which plat* she
left on the morning of the 20th.
Capt.liddon saw the steamship issis
l
Ilit
sippi, with Commoddre Perry, on the,2oth,
about sixtmiles off from Veta Cruz. Wand
I
in*
Cant. ti I .
liddon was on ..shnre on the 19th,
and in die American camp. It ed
there to be the general impression th" 'Gen.
Scott wotild 'open the attack', upon Yeti eras
on the noon of the 20th.
,'
Three lot' four hours a lter' the Oregon
.sailed 66 , heard heavy firing,which it' is
supposeOvas from the Atn ' ericitti-wc,ike.—.
This is 'rendeed more probtible,' Mr.
it
Kendall 4'rite i to the Picayune und,
.r . date
of the 19111—" By day :after to-tnorro ' I am
in hopes bf being able to send .you so eae
count of Oen Scott's doingti.
Gen, Worth was Eitationid with h
mand wiihin alxiat seven hundred y
the city.: ' ',,
It wati'l generally belieie l d' thlit '' ''.'city
would surrender immediately - stet* it'• not
that the Citizens had intimdon thati 'such'
was the ease the castle wo Iditiiita#l 'turn
their guds upon - the city a n - deiltioi . r.,
tk i
Firintfrom the castle-stt fe.ontinutit.' A
shell ha fatten in ihe A ' erienalitlaiters,
in the iimghbarhiXl of pi .of Giii: entt's
aids, bid "eiploded . with t`" doing Much
damage:? '-' ' ' '''' ' `... '.:"-'''' " '
The litine ittiniestailid i es etiimpl e ; tea
i
mortar); liadlie v en landed ' ''' '. '' ''' 'I: '
Th e Blieuicuit Threilii i s':idyll " {tail).
ted' at' eightiel hundred:o v ' ' din • the: ''e r tistle
twelve' suildied ' iiiiii.'„- .he tiro iil - ii,
confide))), ; however that'th 'restittiet 'Ulan
v tn. /ersap' erriieditt-, 'lnt Cr Iritgit
:
T pit. ',' ...- ..itopi.lf.,,i- L . , ', r ,-..„ 1
' The 'oideokip , liaku r• • , Viree - Ink 'i 1
i l i
reekaibithOragOOni.‘ '':'' '''' 4 ''' '''' ' ' ' „-. '''', l. '
' - 'Tile kiiill af the hilliest iii it4lBlo'l4lll ye
ca a 4d Seyerety, felt. ke "Pur w
,0„,.... 1 ,,,.., . , •.-, , ~,.- ~ ,• .
~
dwur -...
i f er AthP- 11 4 ifi lifSqit,i •
ty.,
The volunteers of Gen.Pattemon'a
iou were in gOod sprits,though im
at the delay in attackin the aitr.
The revoluiiOn'in diO.,eiti of Meti
stip progressing. - ' _
, c i,i,f2kspb`
oij-i7i' it ''' - '
3011 L Rimy puscismsa:
Trei4rAndftgt%iWlliii'Ve4
Unwed by influence,4l4,•aibed
mommosz, APRIL U. 1
NONINLTIOIL
,
Fop. fIov*RNOIL,
FBd.NOllO B.
,SIIIIMTK.•
i , [ 4ll 4icits co.
CANAL commumoNen,
NORMS LONCISTRETIII
of Montgomery io
WHIG NOEN/TIOn.
For Goieinor,
JAMES
of Cestre co.
Canal Commissioner,
JOSEPH W.-PATTON,
of cumber/mid co
Er Subscribers who prefer it ma
their papers left . by drivers, by mak
rangements with them or , with us. '
I 26" Whoever may, have taken
No. of the Appendix to , the Con,
Globe from our office, will confer a
lar Tavor by returning it,! or call and
remaining numbers, ass broken v.
of no use to us,
Latest from llMexico.
In another column will be !bandit
ly important intelligence of the uncoi
al surrender ofVera Cru i s and the C
San Juan. d'Ulloa to Gen. Scott. Ti
tle is said to be one of the strange*
cations in the Republic'of Mexico,
total subjugation in so short a peii
the landing- of our troops, ; one of
brilliant achievements ever accompl
American arms. The loss in kil
wounded on ear part, it will be pe
not so great as could have beea
From such a gigantic undertaking.
telligence, as far as it goes, isnot:ben
will give funher particultifs_next
The uffairs in Mexicobegittiii as
upect of the meet thrilling ifitereie
ry has followed :voetoyyla quick tiul
—wherever the Mexicans.have tak
sition they have been routed--theit
est holds have been. forced, and thei
generals defeated. The Mexicans have
learned at their cost, that tint - " northern
! i i
barbarians," whom Santa Anna h i sworn
to drive from Mexican soil, are va y their
superiors in military skill, discip ine and'
courage--that MetiCan batteries a d acres
of Mexican soldiers are utterly in digitate
to prevent the , triumphant advance of our
gallant army into. the heart of their country..
The I'rincton, brings intelligence that
Santa Anna was marching for the
Mexico at the - Mead of 5090 caval
presence is probably needed to quell
olution now raging in that doomed
if they wilt wait a little, Gen. Scat
range the matter far. them.
Ad.vertised Letters.
The inquiry, is frequently' made, where
Were the letter! which remained in the post--
pffice -at Montrose "uncalled for" at the
Close of the brit qtiatter or en. the first of
April, advertised - 1 Our' answeri is, they
were nowhere edvertised•in accordance with
the Post9imeiter's duty under th requisi
tions of the lairs regultiting• the Pust-iiffice
Departmeint. -ill was' his duty to have ad
vertised them in 'a g" , News paper," and to
have,ofretled the advertising to thee " imuw.
paper", published in Montrose haring the
greatest extent of circulation. I He has done
'neither; and ill' therefbredereliet in duty to
, „
the public. pe4hotild :hare Offered it to
the "
.People's Adspeate . ," the circulation of
, which is altogether, _unprecedented in the
history of " newspapers" in this county: It
is said he handed ft 'list of letteto the
Gospel sielionary' -4 religious paperde
is
signed for the f elucidation and propagation
of the principlesolUniversalism. IThat the
littler sheet referred to, is not and never could
have been intended to become an adverbs
ind
,nese spape . ris evident ;fro nt, its titfr,, its
size, and its contents. nowever fearful a .
Pon-master. may be-of giving infiirmation
to the People,;(whom smear the , is if he did
but know it) he should from e stern seise of
duty advertise j nt a " .11rewspeOrri and that,
too, having the
greatest circa do , even if
it be .the 'El' i l iople's Advocate." This he
I
ought to do, thiitrilv heshotild theretiy' in
cur the ceinstire'cifediSperittei agile in and
' about the i''''''' ' t 'h ' t in all. thin
•- 1 -Ir ! -Pme w . , R., •, '
touching. elections : -end the iiel n ' a° " th
official-duties, With a smile on th face but
'with miliehief in the heart,set at / defiance
`the - popular* sh,:constift their own ceriven
ii:de'rOoi, ` o_,° iiP - 40.cgr04:u kfifY 44 #
eepricious preterences ! and isvo mtect,
tithes for their suppOrt if they icou bon as
:force theircollection f from the Tomli n. :
~
„ i 7
'‘whii placed thtlo in,'olfice.._ 1 1 '
:i Ii Y.; ,6 - .4i Fil Pc!Pg_, l ivis 'Pr"' o": 4 4iimh
18if,,tn mettekZU:it it Pitev .4 is-. faIL
4
.lows:
':-.,,. 0,11 0Z..• ',.•.,' -,' ',Yi . , 1 .. .•, 7. ,7 • •
t r 41 ' The po asters eleakteirpecti;ely;
I :
fish' Irk st thwe: ' -of eeet , 7lisontlig,
sttf raboo
, or - o ft ene r -w On ', x tbe; - Pont mlutiT IGeeeritl
aballso direct, -brims- altibt-Pfriir Milfs
pataithed , lli* iiilf the . ooEl - hit I*
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