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have already stated, are said to have been unhes
itatingly rejected.
According to a letter from l epic, thr Ameri
cans were about to attack (Juayinas. Mazallan,
nod San Bias. We published a tew days ago
aonifejater news from California, in which it wa
r*t§sߧiat our Circes there had entirely destroyed
C> aaytrwiH.
IMPORTANT FROM VERA CRUZ!
•Siff'ces-iSul l.umliitg ot our t’mris!
Bttrtic of Uiilsiiipinin Keduulit*-
Lovt of Ct.pt. \lbtjnit rt nil 1 nifit —luvestsni ut
of Irra I'rtK, fcf. it.
W.iter and Supplies cut off from the Enemy! !
From the .New Orleans Della.
By the arrival, at an early hour this morning,
of the schr. Portia, (.'apt. Powell, which led Sa
critacios on the loth instant, we are in possess
ion of the following high y interesting intelli
gence from the forces cooperating against A era
Cruz. For the facts detailed we are indebted to
our correspondence and conversations with pus-
sengc rs.
Troops were landed after a reconnoisanec o i
the 7th, by Generals Scott, Patterson, Worth,
Pillow, Quitman, and ‘1 wiggs, with their Aids
p.nd the Topographical corps, which approached
near the shore, towards the direction ot the Cas
tle, tin guns from San Juan de Ulna opening
opening tire up'in the party, tin owing shell ami
sSot,'T>ut without doing any damage to tics
reconnoitoring party —th) round shot either
passing over or falling short, and the shell, al
though thrown with precision, bursting at a con
siderable elevation, doing no harm. One shell
passing over the steamer Petrita, (the vessel em
ployed in the reconnoisanec,) and another burst
ing under her bow, without doing her any injury.
The reconnoisance was made while the trans
ports and convoys were lying o(Tat Anton Lizar
du ; after their return and the least possible de
lay, transports and convoys weighed anchor and
stood to the southward of Sacrifacios, bearing in
towards the main-land, with a tair breeze and in
gallant style, when they came to anchor, the
convoys taking position in such a manner as to
protect the disembarkation of the troops, the
first, 0000, being landed at 2 o’clock, P. M.. on
the 9th, and the remainder during the day. The
landing is spoken of by persons who were eye
witnesses, as a scene of magnificence, rarely
witnessed more than once in a lifetime. The
troops landed amounted to the exact number ot
12,100.
After the landing, the different columns took
up their line of march for the positions assigned
to them in the important action and siege of Ve
ra Cruz.
The steamers Vixen and Spitfire, laying under
Punta de Homos, opened on the city across the
point and in the direction of the Castle, with shell
and round shot, which was returned by the Cas
tle, but without effect.
Gen. Worth’s division, which, it is said, lias
been assigned to the operations on the left flank
of the city, from the ioculis of the landing on the
South and under Punta do Homos, had necessa
rily to move in echellon to the rear, pastthc right,
in order to gain his proper position—in the exe
cution of which it became necessary to attack
and take possession of two redoubts thrown up
bv the enemy, on one of which was a piece of
artillery, and both tilled with infantry. The re
doubts were attacked, charged, and taken, a
spirited resistance being made by the. enemy,
wlfn*ldst in killed, wounded, and prison
era^-our~loss, Wine’ seven* killed ami several
wounded. AI hurt us, of the 2d Infantry,
was killed by a round shot, supposed to be lrom
the Castlo ; the ball severed bis head from his
body, the same shot taking off the arm of a drum
mer (a boy) and wounding a private. Capt. Al
burlis was a Virginian, and formerly conducted a
newspaper in Fredericksburg. Col. Dickerson,
(of the Palmetto Regiment,) was wounded ill the
breast by a musket shot.
The skirmishing was, however, no check to
the advancing column, which passed steadily
forward to its position on the left and rear ot the
city, where it halted and commenced the work of
entrenchment.
The pipes used for the purpose of supplying
the city with fresh water, have been discovered
and broken up, completely cutting off’ the supply
from the tanks, which are situated some distance
from the city.
During the advance upon the roar of the city,
passed midshipman Rogers, who had not yet been
sent from Vera Cruz, was bound on a cart and
ordered to be conveyed, under a guard, to the
prison at Perote, but fortunately they were en
countered bv our forces and Mr. Rogers was
rescued, and is now on board bis ship.
Tho city is now completely surrounded by our
troops, each division having taken a strong nnd
advantageous position, with entrenchments, com
pletely cutting off all communication by sea or
land, and, at the same time, are safe from the fire
of tho Castle. The positions of divisions were
established on the 13th, extending from Punta
do llornos, on the right, to Punta de la Catita, on
the left, in one unbroken line, and active prepar
ations were on foot for the immediate subjugation
of this formidable place.
So closely is Vera Cruz now besieged, and
so entirely are every means of communication
cut off, that, in a very few days, the news must
reach us that both the city and castle are occu
pied by our victorious troops.
Tho general impression seems to be that the
city will surrender in the course of ten days or
fncnwft°kg- is expressed of the suc
cessful termination of the enterprise.
Tho Portia was delayed from the 13th to tho
15th, by the prevalence of a norther, during
which time tho discharge of heavy ordnance was j
frequently heard, which doubtless proceeded from
the Castle.
The vessels belonging to the squadron cm
ployed in the service as convoys, and tor the cov-;
ering of the landing of the troops below Punta de
Homos, are : flagship Raritan ; frigates Poto- ;
mac and Princeton; sloops St. Mary’s, Albany,
‘anffi John Adams ; steamers Vixen and Spitfire ;
gunboats Reefer, Petrel, Bonita, and Beil. The
gunboats carry medium 32 s.
If the bombardment should prove inadequate
to the opening of a breach jn the walls ot’ the
Castle, an attempt will be in a it- to hoard, and
1500 sailors, aimed with cutlasses and battle
axes, will he let into the castle. For a iiand-to
hand tight, sailors arc superior to anv other elans
of men of war. The naval force of Com. Perry.
in a. charge, will prove fully equal to f> or tt,UOO
Mexican soldiers.
if is thought by some intelligent officers, that
the bombard will take place at night.—
Buoys bcing-Arown out ami stationed ut cer
tain points, tho ships might approach close to
the castle, aed'direot their tire with more effect
•gainst its walls.”
Capt. Vinton, of the Artillery, took up a posi.
tion at a lime-kiln, close under tlm walls ot the
city, without loss.
A magazine was raptured on the 10th, with
150 case* of powder, of English or American
manufacture !
The landing of 6,000 troops is said to have j
been one of the most imposing scenes ever wit
nessed. So great was the ardor of the troops,
‘hat they could not wait for the boats to land, but
- into the water, waist deep, and rushed j
to shore, and up to the top of the adjacent sand
bills. Strange to say, the Mexicans did not op- j
pose the landing, although they had every chance \
of doing us much mischief.
One thousand Mexicans were seen coming ;
down towards Vera Cruz, on the main road from i
Mexico,on the evening of the 11th, with a large J
drove of cattle for the beleaguered city ; but they ;
could not be taken, a, the investment was not j
then complete. Gen. Twiggs had succeedeil in >
capturing some cattle.
On the morning of ;he f l3th, at hall past 3
o’clock, the enemy opened with round shot and
shell, not only from the batteries around the
town, but from the Castes. The sky was coin
■ pletely lit up by the rockj ts. Our troops had to
receive them, in their entrenchments, without
’ returning the compliment.
From the Commercial Times. March 2,0.
THIS LATta B ATT LIS-
FunTIIKK writ • schr. Emma
i Norton arrived yesterday trom Bin.,os. brought
| verbal information to the effect that Gen. > .rs
■ who had occupied the country between Moi tm
, and Camargo had been defeated by Cob Cinti-,
and driven off with great loss. Tim following
is the report:
•*Gen. Urea, with 6000 cavalry and infant-v.
was between Camargo and Monterey, on the
7lh inst. and Col. Curtis, with the Ohio n-g ; .
ment marched out to meet him. ‘1 he fight lasted
several hours, and Urea managed to surround
Col. C. who was for a time in ail unpleasant
dilemma, as his retreat to Camargo was cut oft,
but be was encouraged by the timely aid of Col.
Drake, who commenced a sharp tire upon the
enemy’s rear. As soon as the firing was heard
by Col. Curtis, lie made a desperate charge and
effected a conjunction with Col. Drake, which
enabled them to gain a decisive victory. Urea
retired precipitately, and the line of communi
cations on the. Rio Grande is thus entirely re
opened.”
It is also reported that Gen. Taylor had reach
ed Monterey, on his way to Camargo, with a
force sufficient to open the communication be
tween the two points.
Along the whole line of the. Rio Grande there
is but one tone of exultation pervading our
troops and sojourning fellow-citizens, in conse
quence of the late glorious news. In Texas,
also, the whole country is alive with joy. and
triumph.
We find in the Galveston’ Civilian of the 18th,
some details of the late have not be.
fore reached us : (
The discomfiture of die Mexicans is described
as complete, and tho fugitives were, pursued by
our troops as far as 18 miles in some cases,
Gen. Taylor, (luring the battle, sent 500 men
round to occupy the pass ini the mountains in
the rear of the Mexican aniny. Santa Anna,
with 250 men, was the first Mo retreat, and had
b&relvjHMHg'Cscnpe this Ajefimhincnt. The
i Mexican hemmed
in on this side of the pass, Slid can only effect
their retreat by desperate measures. Besides
the difficulty of effecting the pass, the desert
lies beyond them in the direction of San Luis
Potosi, without water or other supplies.
Tho San Luis Soldado publishes a statement
of the Mexican loss, in killed and wounded, and
says that it amounts to -1,500, and 1,000 priso
ners—among the latter Gen. .I lexia, and Santa
Anna’s Adjutant General.
Three Mexicans employed in carrying de
spatchcs from Matamoras to points above, have
been captured and executed by their country
men. Two out of three who were employed
in bringing, from Saltillo, the news of ike late
battle, were killed on tho way.
Simultaneously with the receipt of tho news,
at Galveston, of the battle near Saltillo, came
a call from tho Government of Texas, for two
thousand mounted volunteers, to serve for six
months. This call was based upon a requisi
tion from Col. Curtis in command at Camargo,
and is made xviih an urgency and want of for
mality indicative of the strong emergency sup.
posed at the time to exist.
The Picayune thinks that the rumors of the
action between Col. Curtis and Urrea are at
least premature, the Matamoras Flag of tho 13th
making no mention of it, but on the contrary
stating that without risking a battle Gen. Urrea
had put out for Tula Pass, with his 3000 chosen
troops, “ all dressed in yellow buckskin.”
Col. Drake of tho Indiana Regiment had sent
. 3 companies under command of Lieut. Col. Lane
j to the aid of Col. Curtis.
Two companies of the N. C. Regiment arri
i ved at Brazos on tho sth inst., and two of the
j Virginia Regiment on the Bth, and three of the
I Massachusetts Regiment on tho 13tb, the last
j under command of Capt. Webster. More Mas.
; sachusetts Troops were on board ship i ft’ the
Brazos on the 14th.
It is reported that Santa Anna is in full retreat
to San Luis Potosi. Dr. Turner says that the
better opinion at Camargo was, that he had litll
i en back on Parras, where lie could get supplies.
The Picayune thinks this more probable, as on
i the first march 4000 pack mules laden with wa
ter accompaniqfl Santa Anna's army across the
desert, and that the greater part of these mules
j had been dispersed.
Col. Davis of the 2d Mississippi Rifles issued
a proclamation on the 9lh to the citizens of Mat.
amoras, urging them to remain at lunie and
’ promising to aid them in protecting their pro.
perty.
A Mexican has offered to deliver Canales,
hound hand and foot and alive, for 62000.
The corresjKimlentsof'the Picayune from Wra
Cruz have furnished that paper with a regular i
memoranda of all the incidents of the investment
of that city, up to the I3th inst.
The bombardment did not take place pvoba- j
1 blv before the 20th, because of'the delay in land.
■ iug the bombs and shells in consequence of the
prevalence of a norther which commence I on
the 12th.
Neither Dunean'i nor Taylor’s hnt'eiies had j
arrived, nor Col. Harney with liis Lb- goons, A j
; number of vessels with troops and on; i mn due I
a week In lore had not arrit> and.
[fiifl (UJ § (g ® @ i 1
Landing of Troops at Vera Cruz.
The following interesting letter is from the N. O.
Tropic’s intelligent correspondent “ Indicator.” The
description of the scene on landing is vivid and full
of interest,; —
Sacrificios, March 9. —A boat was this morn
ing taken up by the John Adams, having cn
i board three men, apparently volunteers, cn
\ deavoring to desert. They gave their names
i and stations; one as captain of a brig at Anton
! Lizardo, another as a captain of a company, who
i distinguished himself at .Monterey, and die third.
1 a tall slab-sided yankee, as a Philadelphia pci:.
| tlcman , who has not yet accepted an office, ii,
j the. service ! They had been on a ti.sl.ing ex
i cursion, but took no books and lines ; two ot
j them bad a musket each, and the other a pah
|of pistols—as substitute.—l fancy.
The steamer New Orleans came from Tam
l pico, having on board Gens. Jesup, Quitman,
j and Shields, with 800 Georgia volunteers. The
j captured Jishcrmcn were transferred from the
Adams to her, as she. passed Vera Cruz,
j At about 11 the fleet began to move, and be,
: fore 2, p. m. came to anchor at Sacriticios in
i the following order :
The Raritan frigate, containing 2800 troops, just
inside of Sacriticios ; tiie Spitfire followed, towing 20
sort bouts ; the Princeton, with near 2,000 men came
next; the Massachusetts, bearing the broad flag o!
I,'en. t'coff. nrrd o vi*t 1.000 troops ; the propeller bark
K.lith, the he:ir|.quarters of Gen. Worth, also crowd
ed; th-- piop-'ie r Kodora, filled with troops, and the
Aibiriy, ■ corvette.) tided with 900 soldiers, and toxv
uig 11 boat v next passed in the order I have here
given them, and cams to anchor in beautiful style.—
Then cam.-the frigate Polonies, crowded with soldiers
alow and aloft,” I should say full 2,000 men ; then
the old Pei ri a • die v her slow length along,’ followed
by the btrk Floyd, towed fore an ! aft with “rough
al.ies,” (teamsters, I snppo.e-.) The steamer Vixen
(■nine next, til'd with troops, ant towing 1 t boats;
and then tin -St. Mary,-, siooji.of-war, also crowded
and tovv.ug 9 boats. To her sir’coeded the Oregon,
(ship.) full of “ icd coats,” or red hack of some kind ;
the itcain r T New Orleans, with Gun. Quitman and a
part of bis brigade, and Gens. Jesup and Shields;
next ilit? st -ener Virginia, crowded ; the steamer Al
abama and the ship Alabama, both crowded : then the
U. H. brig Porpoise, and the brigantine Umpire, both
as full as led ticks ; next followed the transports
Montezuma and Catharine, also crowded with troops,
and the Huron, Maine, Columbia., and others, with
Magazines, Ordnance,stores, &e. between thirty and
forty sail in all.
Not a single collision occurred, A number
of gun boats had preceded the fleet, and taken
posi lion in a line above the Adams, in front of
Sacriticios, at the same time with a ship. The
Spitfire and Vixen subsequently fell into the
same line.
Before the shipping had all fairly anchored,
the process of debarkation commenced, with the
first division, Gen. Worth in command. The
.Spitfire and four gnu -boats then shifted their
berths, and took a position as close, in to the
main-land as they could anchor with safety. In
this movement the Spitfire got ashore, but suf
fered no injury, and Capt. Tattnajl, her com
mander, at once passed through the surf with
his boat to point out the way.
At 5.20 p. m. at a signal from the Massachu
setts, llie column or rather the field of boats, be
gau to move, and in 10 minutes the whole, line
grounded, and the. scene became one of yjdo
scribable interest. In an incredible short time,
the American standard was seen waving on the
sumjnit of an jdevatioi) low rods from
beach, and a regiment was standing by it, com
plete and rock-like. A neighboring hill, at the
same instant, presented a like magical feature,
and another and another the same. The work
was done—the sovereign and independent Suite
of Vera Cruz, was a chattel of Yankee land.
Not a gnu was fired, in opposition; not a
Mexican soldier was in sight to forbid ; nor a
representative in sight to protest against the
profanation of his native soil. Groups ofsorry
looking beings stood about, on the hill-tops,
watching the proceedings, but betrayed no ex
traordinary degree of interest in it, and some
few straggled down to the field, and silently ob
setved the evolutions preparatory to the bivouac
for the night.
The division numbered, including marines,
about 5,000 men, all of whom, with their most
important ordnance stores, were cm shore at
sundown. At sunrise, this morning, most of
the boats, in which the troops landed, wore on
board the ships which brought them from the
United States.
I write at 10 o’clock at night, and the work
‘of landing still goes forward around me. The
horses are yet to be landed. Two or three
! light pieces of artillery have come ashore, but
i i think none of the howitzers from the southern
I end of Sacriticios. It was exactly there that
; Gen. Worth, Col. Belton, and Lieut. Ganscvort
j (of the Jolin Adams,) sprang simultaneously
I from their boats, the lies! to touch the land—if
; indeed, there ,vere any first mitotan hundred.
The w hole affair was excellently managed
! and reflects great credit upon ail engaged, it
any enemy had stood ready to oppose them to
the knife., the icsult. except in the matter o!
blood, would have been the same,
i The British Mail steamer, which has been
! for some days lying at the castle, came down t.
‘ Sacriticios, and anchored between that Islam!
! and l’anjaras Reef, to witness the landing. Hoi
decks were filled with people, amongst whom
j were several ladies, i presume they are Eng.
lish families, resident in Vera Cruz, who have
taken refuge in the steamer, until the city shall
have been captured and quid restored.
The Commodore received intelligence this
afternoon, ldo not kin w through w hat channel,
that the city will he quietly given up, that no
force will endeavor to obstruct the entrance of
our troops. lion, soir .
10th.—The view from the shipping this morn
ing is very line. The beach, fora long distance
abreast the island, is crowded with troops pre
paring for their descent upon the city, w hich is
distant a short four miles. Tho landing of the
artillery and horses is gi ing forward as briskly
id possible, yet nothing is hurried. Gen. Scoti
is rn slum 1 . ‘lire castle lias tried the range of
stitiie of its heaviest guns iu our direction seve
ral times since sunrise, but their shot w ill not
reach us. A 9 o’clock, a. m. a body of cavalry
left the city, and is now winding amongst the
liiils above our columns under protection of tl.eit
batteries. What their object may be, it is im
possible to say.
Before 10, a. tn. our columns began to move
along the beach, and soon after a small battery
on a sand hill near the town, opened a slow,
ineffective fire upon them. The first division
soon after diverged from the bearli to a pat!
hidden from us by the hills, but we judged o
the character of their progress by the increased
activity of the artillerists at the enemy’s buttery.
The castle opened upon them with their shells,
but doing ii” execution, censed the lire.
The hark Dudley and revenue cutter Ewing
came up from Anton Lizardo this afternoon, the
■ former bringing more troops.
J During the afternoon an advanced body reach.
| ed a position within eight hundred yards of the
I city wall. Here several shells fell amongst
: them, but two men only were wounded. A num
j her of Mexicans were killed,
j The body of horse above referred to. has
I been cut off, and will not probably get back to
the city.
From the New Orleans Atlas, 26th March.
T.Te KattEe of Bacua ViMa.
Further details furnished by Major Coffee —
3500 Americans in the bnli'c, and 29 000 i
Mexicans — The h ided and wounded ■ —or nee- j
als Taylor, Wool, Churchill, <s*., sc.
We have, as v. I I be seen by reference tooth
er portions of our paper given such details < t
irrny intelligence from Mexico as were within
our reach. _ ‘
On last evening we had an interview with j
Maj. C, dec, of the paymaster’s department, just
arrived in Ncw-Orleans from Monterey, and who
was present at the engagement of Gen. Taylor
with Santa Anna on the 22d and 23d of Februa
ry—and |>y this gentleman we are very politely
favored will) additional particulars of great inter
~ Umbt, from the statement of
Santa Anna himself transmitted to Gen. Taylor
when he’ asked the surrender of the latter, and
from the reports of the Mexicans themselves,
that the force of the enemy exceeded twenty
thousand, and that a large proportion were effi
cient and well appointed troops.
The force of Gen. Taylor amounted to forty- ■
j.seven hundred men—not more than thirty-five |
hundred of whom were actually engaged iu bat
tle.
It is difficult to estimate the precise loss of the
! Mexicans in killed and wounded —nor is it prob
i able that it will ever he ascertained with entire
accuracy by the enemy himself, as great numbers
I deserted, or abandoned the ranks to seek forsub
| sistenc.’ in the adjoining country. The loss,
However was very great —amounting certainly
to three thousand.
The American loss in killed and wounded
wns about seven hundred, and of this number
tour hundred and fifty were killed.
Mi di of the arrangements of the battle, and
of its conduct, were confided by Gen. Taylor to
Gen. Wool, and gallantly did the latter bear
hiinstif. iI is skill, bravery and noble daring
throughout the day, on the 23d Feb., attracted
the attention and admiration of the whole army,
and adjoined in praise of his judgment and val
or. she veteran Col. Churchill, who was upon
the field, shared actively iu the dangers and tri
als cf tho conflict, having during the day several
horses shot under him. Gen. Taylor was, as
all feemints have represented him to have been
at Hfesnca de la Palma and at Monterey, perfect
ly cio! and self-posscss-d. keeping his eye stead- ]
fix directed to every portion of die battle-field.
The scene between these veterans, Taylor,
Wool and Churchill, on the morning of the 24th,
was, w>! are told, peculiarly impressive and as-!
lecting—exchanging congratulations upon the
triumph of the American arms against such fear.;
till odds, and at the same time deeply affected at j
the loss of the. many gallant spirits who had fall- j
on in the conflict.
_Tlie attack made hv on>- troops on the :
morning on'fTvVM, led by Gen. Lane, was met
by the enemy wi b. great firmness and bravery,
and with such foarfui odds in their favor that vic
tory for the moment seemed doubtful—but the
skilful management and the destructive effect of
our artillery, supported by bodies of fresh troops,
soon changed the fortunes of the day. The In
diana volunteers who bore the brunt of the first
attack, and who received a terrible repulse which
compelled them to fall hack, were subsequently
rallied after a little breathing time, and were en- j
gag ‘d in the latter part of the day in the hottest j
of the conflict, and fought, as our informant ex-i
presses it, with the desperation ol devils.
Os the Mississippi regiment, composed of
about four hundred men, ninety were either
killed or wounded —one-fourth. Col. Jefferson
Dnvis was shut in the foot by a musket-ball,
which passed through it. His wound, although
a bad one, is not considered dangerous ; the only
fear being that mortification might ensue.
W e might pursue these details, but want of j
room compels us to defer this interesting subject
until to-mornrtr.
Lateu ritow Saltillo. —We. have a letter
from Col. Jeff, Davis, dated at Saltillo, March-8,
w hich speaks .of his wound (in the toot) as not
being of a serious character, and that he is doing
well.
11c also states that the enemy had run beyond
the reach of Gen. Taylor, dispirited and dis
heartened, i:i a complete rout.
We are indebted to Lt. Crittenden for the let
ter from Col. Davis. Lt. C. confirms the state
ment that t!ie Mexicans were in full retreat for
San Luis Potosi. The Americans wore in fu!i
possession of Buena Vista and Agua Nuevo.
The road between Camargo and Monterey was
again comparatively free from interruption.
lt was supposed that Urrea had re-crossed the
mountains.
It is said that Santa Anna bad great difficu’ty
in keeping his army from deserting during the
battle, and that many were shot down or killed
by tho lancers-itrtlictr attempted desertion.
Santa Anna gave as the reason for his retreat,
that he understood that Gen. Patterson was at
tempting to cut him off.—JV. (). Jeffersonian.
ITEMS OF MEXICAN NEWS.
From the Matamoras Flag 11 th inst.
The second Mississippi regiment left Mata-
I moras for Monterey on the 14th of March. Its
j present slrenght is six hundred and fifty, ithav
j ing lost by death since its organization one hun
! fired and thirty-five. Sixty-five have been dis
| harged. Os the six hundred and fifty, of which
; it was composed on its depaituie for Monterey,
fifty arc on the sick list. ‘1 he remainder are
in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits.
Five companies of the \ irginia regiment
had reached Maisunoros on the 17th. Two of
lieso companies had proceeded towards Mon
erey.
Two companies of the North Carolina regi
ment at Matiimd.as, commanded by enpts. Wil
on nnd Di:g<;.\>, the former of whom had, on
he departure of ihe colonel of the second Mi--
-issippi regiment been left governor of the
town.
Fix companies cf the Massachusetts regi
ment were lauded at the Brazes on the 15.’h.
The Mammon s Flag contains the follow ing
iddilionnl particulars inspecting the uttnekot l
ho wagon train, alluded to in this paper yostcr
!uy :
Domingo Martinez, nn old, wealthy nnd in
telligent citizen of Matanioros, readied lien
on Saturday evening last, from the .Mexican cn
cnmpinent in the neighborhood of Crrralvo.~
Martinez, on the sth ofthe present month, pla
ced himself and son under jhe protection of a
guard of five companies of Ohio volunteers,
who were detained to escort a train of one hun
di ed and ten wagons to Carrnargo, On the
Bth, within one league’s march of Orralvo,
they were attacked by a large body of Mexican
cavalry commanded by Gen. Urreg, with Rom
ero and Ponce de Leon. Martinez, with his
son, was in a close-bodied carriage, and can
tell but liitle about the fight, only that the Mex
icans were beaten off. As they sat in the car
riage, his son was pierced through the body by
a lance, and himself, slightly wounded, drag
ged away as a prisoner.
They took fr om him one hundred doubloons
having previously robbed his carriage of nine
thousand dollars—despoiled him of his clothing
giving him in exchange a few old rags, and re
turning him a single doubloon—and guarded
him a long way from the spot, cautioning him
not to attempt a return to the wagon train.
‘] he catholic priest at Mat a morns was per
fectly incredulous at first in regard to the re
ports of the defeat and retreat oi' Santa Anna,
deemed the supposition preposterous that 20.
000 of his countryman were beaten by 5,003
Americans. When doubt was removed, he
accounts for it by seeing in the defeat of the
Mexicans—--a plain explanation of that reas< a*
which induced president Polk to grant a permit
to Santa Anna to return to Mexico.”
Two government steamers, the Panola and
Enterprise, employed‘on the Rio Grande, have
been snagged and sunk recently near Rejnosa.
A brisk business is carried on at Matamoros.
Large quantities of goods are being received,
and they find a ready sale.—„Y. O. Atlas, tilth.
The ,\cws by the Hibernia.
The political news from the entire continent
of Europe is devoid of interest, and we there
fore confine our extracts principally to commer
cial intelligence :
It is said that the Great Britain steamer is
now secure. The Emperor of Russia has for
bidden the establishment of the Telegtaph in
his dominions without his permission. The
French Government lias authoii/ I the con
cession to a company, headed by Messrs. Her
mit iV Handel, of four steamers belonging to
the Navy, to establish a line between llavie
and New York. These vessels are worth
1,900,000 francs, and arc to carry the mails for
nothing. Immense numbers of French people
are preparing to emigrate to the United Stales.
The Pope is making new concessions to the
Jews, and the Sultan in Turkey is doing the
same towards the Christians. In France the
scarcity is on the increase, and prices are ad
vancing. i I most alarming accounts have
come in from I. or Normandy, and a general
scarcity is appro - Med along the Coast. The
cold in Paris ha.- 1 n intense, the thermome
ter having lalie 13 degrees below the freez
ing point. M. -ib. u Nord, Minister of jus
tice was so i!i ti s recovery was not ex
pectcd. The Ba of Marseilles has raised
its discount to (5 pt vn'.
France is said t > lorienelng a severe
financial crisis, as v> •! . suffering from scar
city.
Alarming accounts of famine come from ev
ery part of France. \ ast supplies arc ordered
from every quarter. Complaints are made in
the papers that much less grain comes from
the l nited States to French than to English
ports. Large orders, it is said, have come out
by the steamer, ft is said that the French are
about io take military possession of Majorca.
Minorca and Ivica. Very large large ship
ments ofgra in for England and France have
been made at Constantinople. The French
Chamber has voted to increase the army by ad
ding 200,000 troops. The Epoquc newspaper
has been merged in the i’resse.
ikelanu. —O’Connell is rapidly sinking.—
His physicians have announced that he is too
weak to write letters, and his son stated this
at o.ie of the repeal meetings. Winner &
Smith’s Times says:
I Mr. O'Connell, it is said, is (tying. The
j state of his health prevents his removal to Ire.
I land. His confessor, Dr. Miley. left Dublin, In
express, to attend to him at London, where he
now remains. His complaint is stated to be
water on the chest and dropsy in the legs—fatal
symptoms ever at his time of life. The num
b£r of inquires daily at his hotel is great, and
it is said a servant from the palace is among the
number. •
The Irish poor are emigrating in great
numbers chiefly to the United States. All the
ready ports are crowded, but the Chronicle savs
‘•unfortunately they are those, whose loss will
he severely ti lt, as they possess pecuniary
means and are not destitute.” Freight for
steerage passengers t.fis risen to 4 guineas.—
Landlords are aiding their peasantry to mi
grate.
Mr. R. S. Guinness, of Dublin has issued
an address to his poorer tenantry in the county
of Wexford, offering £4 to each person in a
family, provided the whole go together, and a’.-
so £1 for each individual, the latter sum to be
paid on the arrival in Quebec, N. York, or any
other American port that may ire fixed upon.
The progress of starvation among tlie Irish
j still continues, Rev. Mr. Fewcll writes that in
; the parishes of Oran more and B iliniicourtv
154 persons have perished from lack of food
since December. The new poor law, {Propos
ed by the Government is strongly opposed.—
The steamer Great Western is advertised for
I sale. The new steamers fir the British Com
| patty to be called the America, Canada, Ning
; ara and Europe. S. S. (lair. Elsrj. one of the
■ partners ofthe house of Baring Brothers, and
| chief manager ofthe Liverpool branch, died on
j the 13th.
“The Maik-Lnne (London) Express of the
I Ist inst, says :—The accounts from Irt land are
| a shade less gloomy this week, —stiil deaths
| fiom staiur.th n were of daily occurrence, and
: in the interior, we are informed, scarcely any
stocks of food. At, Cork Dublin and Limerick
good supplies of \vh-at, meal and Indian corn
j hud come to hand, which, with the flat report
frem this side of the Channel, had had the of.
ect of causing a slight decline in quotation of
these articles.
Naval. —The l , tdoup.of.wnr German,
own, Gemmnndor Buchanan, hound to the
Gulf of Mexico, went to sen from Hampton
toads Sunday afternoon.
Commander I'nrrtigm lots been ordered initial
Saratoga, w hich ship was expected to be ready |
for sea Ik (o.dn \.
MUSCOGEE DEMOCRAT,
BY L.. F. W. ANDREWS.
, Jutle government as possible ,* that little emanating
from and controlled by the People, and uniform
in its application to all.”
Coiiniifetui, Thursday, April 1, 1847.
Relief of the Irish. — The sum of 8789,40
has been collected in this city and forwarded to
.Messrs. A. Lowe & Cos., Savannah, with in
structions to expend the amount in the purchase
of corn, to he sent to Ireland and Scotland.
War News.— Our paper is again teeming
with intelligence from the seat of war, of a deep
ly interesting character, and we nightly look for
more, of thrilling and exciting moment. The
I prospect brightens that the contest will soon
come to a close, from lack of enemies to encoun
ter, if from no other cause—so effectually does
old Zachary use up the Mexicans wherever he
meets them. From the Hero of Lundy’s Lane,
1 too, do we look, for great things. Fresh and
undying laurels, we doubt not, will be added to
! hi •> military ch.-plot, ere the v.a. terminates'. ’So
; mole it be !
Post Office Law.— Transient newspapers
| are now chargeable with 3 cents postage which
; must be ‘prr-paid, or they will not be forwarded !
I’lic cflect of such a foolish provision will be the
loss to the Post Office Department of thousands
: of dollars annually, from the postage of transient
newspapers, which have heretofore been sent
oil’ in great numbers from resident subscribers
to their friends at a distance, but which are now
prohibited by the double tax. All newspapers
; that are now sent in the mail from Printing Otli
; ccs are chargeable with the old rates of postage, o
the thirty mile, provision having been repealed.
j Mo cun for the Dr: a u.—\3 bile the nation
iis rejoicing over the successful and gallant
! achievements of our liule army in Mexico, let
u.’ Rot rbrget that we owe the tribute of a tear to
Inc memory of those brave spirits who have fall
en in the conflict, and that our heartfelt sympa
thy should be extended to their mourning friends
and relatives, in this their hour of gloom and
i sadness. With the poens of victory ascend the
. si bs and sighs <.f many an anguished ar.d be
reaved heart, serv ing to chasten cur exultations
and to beget the fervent aspiration that grim
'isaged war may soon give place to honorable
j and smiiing peace.
Nkw Arrangement. — the “Georgia Jour
nal and the “ Albany Courier” are to be uni
ted with the “Macon Messenger,” and issued on
the 15th of April, at Macon, under the title of
the “Georgia Journal and .Messenger,” to be
edited and published by S. T. Chapman, Esq.
formerly of the Savannah Republican, and Simri
Rose, Esq. of.’the Messenger. Mr. P. Thweatt
ictiies from the business. The new paper wi 1
doubtless be ably cAduclod, and must necessa
rily have a very extended circulation.
Rail Road. We arc pleased to learn from
the President of the Muscogee Kail Road Com
pany, that the engineers arc now engaged in
surveying the route from Flint Rii er to this place
and dialling a profile view of the same. This
incipient movement is expected to be finished on
or before the Ist of May.
Resignation and Election. — Capt. Win.
Brocks having resigned his office of Marshal of
the city, Jam - M. Hughes was last week c'ec
tc., to Idl ll.c vacancy, and George Cullen was
elected Deputy in place of Mr. Hughes.
Murder.— lT. A. Burt, a brother, we be.
Sieve, ofthe member of Congress from Abbeville
District, S. ( . was murdered bv one of ids own
negroes on the 25th ult., about 15 miles from
Augusta, Ga., in Edgefield Dist., S. C.
Attempted Assassination.— The Rev. Mr.
Dubose of Sumpter District, S. C., came near
being assassinated on the 1 Oth nit. by the Rev.
.1. A. Backhouse, a Baptist minister of that sec.
j tion. The weapon used by the latter was a
; penknife, with which he struck Air. Dubcse
twice, one blow only taking slight effect. The
. cause of this s!range afiair is not given.
1 hf, next Governor,— ln our last, we gave
| some indications as to the popular feeling among
i the Demoe.aey i j this section of Georgia as to
the nominee ol the party lor the next Chief Ma
gis.iate. On the other side the indications are
. !1, -’ t ltv ' s Pin*'! to unprejudiced eyes. The Whigs
- have as many aspirants for the station as their
opponents, and some of them ofthe true grit and
| P ro P cr mettle. Judge Dawson lias many friends
who have much to hope from the fact that the
ghost of the “tea and coffee” bugaboo is not
j a S ai,i I,k< t 0 ,je raised for his discomfiture !
: Mr - Jnakins, of Augusta, is also spoken of, and,
could lie be persuaded to accept a nomination
i lVom I,is Party, would be hard to beat, as he is
j every where acknowledged to lie a man of supe
; iior ta.ents, moderate tone and gentlemanly de
portment, and is not obnoxious to the charge of
’ any very striking political abberration. Then,
again, (lie Whigs have a Toombs, a Stephens
ana a Chinch, out of w hich to manufacture a Gov
eruor, say nothing of Mcrriwcthor, W. 11. Craw -
ford. T. B. King, &c., Ac. Doubtless a Con
xentinn will soon be held attd the matter ar
ranged, as heretofore—of all which our readers
idiall have due and timely notice.
i he Fate of Santa Ana.— The defeat of
ti'unta Ana s army ol t*o,ooo men by the Ameri
can force of less than 5000, is already charged
upon him, by his own countrymen, as tho effect
J his secret and treasonable arrangement with
President Folk ! The Catholic Priest at Muta
inoras so interprets the defeat of tho Mexicans,
it that indeed lie true, we shall find it in our
heart to excuse the President tor what we have
; always looked upon ns a sad mistake on his part
i - allowing Santa Ana to pan* the blockade.
But we t|o not so believe, Santa \tl is no