The New York Herald Newspaper, May 16, 1847, Page 1

Ce eee ee oe em THE NEW YOR? ssa coe aiesces wae NEW YORK, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1847. Poci INTELLIGENCE View of the National Bridge, on the Route from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico. {Sige a stent, -esetns Som ania FROM TRE | Alao from Lieut. Abert, an nasortwment of sonde plants, collected by him in Mexico, his late the northern portion of thet WAR QUARTER. ORE TE wiskn, Oomumamace ar neote of veveral kinds of Brasilian mimosa, sent by Mr Wise, OFFICIAL DESPATCHES United States minister to the court of Brasil—Unieny FROM mee THE KILLED AND WOUNDED AT CERRO GORDO, COMMODORE PERRY, Fieks Lee nee eae eons i RELATIVE TO. THR | the oi wowed. and ming. the battle of cans do. comm: a was CAPTURE OF TUSPAN. pessat ofthat of Gun. Twig ut ented i sonfens- ion for y. Raters or tHe Kitten, Wouspgp, np Missine oF tam | 9p Division or Reoutans, ComManvep ay Baiesviam | Gewerat D. E. Twias, U. 9, A. 1 Actions oP tue 177TH AND 187m of Arait, 1847, at 10 Gore bo, MErICo, lst Brigade—Under Col. Harney—Q@d Dragoons. WOUNDED—OFFI No. Rank, Names. Co. Ree Date. Remarke, ‘om | Yad i Drag’os BV. St Api , & Captain T - led | death” “Thomas Ewell Je y IMPORTATIONS INTO VERA CRUZ. COMPLETE LIST | oF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED CERRO GORDO. | JL 42d do. Sad do 6 Byt.ad 2 4 = ~ - 7 do, 4 d a do : ttn (i. THN aot RS = . = 3 | 8 lst Lt. Ns T. D. sna O 7th lof, OFFICIAL MEXICAN ACCOUNT TE a a ea ae Siig Ge | Bet, Rn if Gencal, INCIDENTS, jit Het ug ON 7 It Fee Sn Sfabe H MA &o. &e. &eo. ‘int unt a ', HAN: ie j Boveat v yale ic OFFICIAL DESPATCHES—TRE CAPTURE OP TUXPAN. THU 4 Y 4 Wm. My 4 (From the ‘Washington Union, May 14, y ff at Y B Ea. AS sie 4 fi» Sa des MeDerby D do The following despatches were received by the Seere- f i § i 4 s i) it he iSeaton D do tary of the Navy by last evening's mail, ‘They farnieh : ue pgs AN | “if I “a an additional evidence of the energy of the Commodore, E sas U A : 4 $ mi * ve H) Ny : and the gallantry of his officers = chal Our navy has E : ry Sey g ee OVE now in possession, or blockaded. every nook on the Gulf as : Ss ¢ ‘ ho) So SE const into which supplios can be received, except some small ports between Alvarado and the Tabasco, Tho Commodore deserves groat credit for the exertions he i making to carry on the war. Wo understand that ho 1s organizing a strong corps of officers and men, with sevu- {9 do John Hooker ral pieovs of light artillery, to be ready for landing, ia ANK AND VILE. co-operation with the land forcee, should it be found ex- Beck | A ietlew pedient to doo, | Mek oA do in ie ) Usitgp States Frac Sir Mississirrs. W. Milles A du 7 do 1 At sea, off Vera Cruz, April 24, 1847. 5 BleCemly A do 17 olighly. ‘ S1n:—Tuxpan being the only fortified place of impor- a Hester Ay io ¥y tance. situated on the gulf const. not In our possession, Apes theererel and soneelving {t to be a point of honor, aswell as duty, i Pe HT severely. to reclaim the gune taken by the enemy from the wreck Wm. Kk. Ford A do 18 severely. ofthe Truxtun, and mounted with others for the defence M E.N. Brown A do 18 ¢ of the river and town, I determined on attacking it, and fg Joh smo Ado i de, left Sacrificios in this ship at Pi on the 19th fo W. We Breeden 4 tightay. instant, having in tow the steamers Spitfire, Vixen, and | The Puente Nactonnle, a National Bridge, 30 you are struck with the pleturesque appearance of with this profsion of flowers many of which are most to disponse with. If a horse be sled tothe establish | 1; 49 Ayersyifllen A do WF severely the gua-boats Bonita, Petrel, and Reefer, | miles from Vera Cruz, formerly called Pu- the bridge, for there you perceive most distinctly the delicately colored, (particularly the varieties of the con- ment, which is indispensa)le where there is any mixture | 16 do Wm, Butterfield A do 1 slighdly. ‘tachment ot three hundred officers. seamen, and ente del Re: curve in which its peculiarity consista; while the volvulus kind.) while the plumage of the birds, of which of white blood, the (furnishes abundant pasturage, | 17 do Jacob Myers B_ do 18 seve yf marines from the Ohio, distributed in this and the ‘si fine masses of rock that command it, and the ra- in some places the woos aro fell, is hardly less brilliant and it causes 1 ional expense. A saddle, anda | 1. do Darw. Carpenter B do rT} siahdy. smaller vessels, On the following day we arrived at [From Ward's Mexico } pid stream that runs below, forcing a passage over than the flowers themselves, Flocks of parrots and ma. machete, a lon. thrust sword, which fs’ almost | Gee 06 , Lobos, the appointod place efrendezvous. ‘The Raritan, | _ On the morning of the 17th of December. we quitted @ thousand obstacles, form ® scene far superior to caws are seon in every direction. with cardinals, censon- always worn ocd costly articles; but these are ae +4 17 slightly. with adetachment of ome hundred and eighty officers, | Santa Fo at about 9 o'clock, having tent off the carriages any that wo had met with siuce our landing. No- tils, or mocking birda, and a thousand others, thenames transinitcod in the family, from one genera- | © d ES reamen, and marines, from the Potomac, added to her | and heavy baggage nome hours before. Our day's journey thing can be more monotonous than the general of which, in uny language, I cannot pretend to give; tion to anot! young man’ who obtains pos- | o So own complement. Tho Albany, John Adams, and Ger. | was to be only twelve leagues, as we had been advised to character of the eountry from Vera Cruz to the deer, 00, occasionally bounded ueross tho road; bet of session of during his father’s life time, | CG do mantown. with the bomb-vesscla Vesuvius, Etna, and | sleep at Puente del Rey, a largo village, celebrated asthe Puente; the sand hills do not indeed extend above the jaguars, (Mexisan tiger.) and other wild animals, by any exer u, may be said to have estab! | © do Heela, had been previously despatched for Lobos, where | seene of many a sanguinary engagement duringthe revo- threo miles into the interior, but for some leagues there we saw none, although their skins aro to be met with in Ished his ins ce, gf! Dd i they arrived in good time, and were subsequently joined | lutionary wars; but although the ground rises but little seems to be a struggle between vegetation and sierili- great abundance. Throughout the tierra caliente. not “Friday. th d the Puente, where our eye by the Decatur. in the intervening space, we found the greatest diffcul- ty. Patches of a rich and luxurious green are inter- one-hundreth part of the soil has been brought into cul. accommodations y similar to those whieh ae On the 15th all the vessels left Lobos for the anchor- | ty in advancing. from the extreme badness of the road, sected by long intervals of rock and sand; nor iv it till tivation ; yet in the Indian cottages, many of which [we met with at. Sau us we again bivouucked in we E do ago under Tuxpan Reef. but were separated during the | Which was in many places @ wildernes of sand. ‘The you reach Paso do Ovejas that anything liko regular entered, I alway: found a plentiful supply of Indian front of the house, which was not nearly large enough | 3 ve Saimpron Ede night by a norther, Having again concentrated om the | carriage-mules knocked up, and the conchmien mutinied Cultivation is discovered: ‘There we passed the ruina of corn, rice, bavanae, oranges, und pincengles, wiote Cocontaite ame Wee eee tant early large onough = Gavid Bear e morning of the 17th, the whole of that day was cm- | both at Fl Manantial and at Paso Ovajas, two ranchos, a large sugar hacienda, which had been abandoned dur- though ceitainly not equal to those of the Havana in the bridge, and at the little eminence upon whieh Vieto: | 3,4, Wm Hammerly Edo ployed in lightening ihe sinall vessels, in sounding and | at each of which they aveined deterinined to pass the Ing the revolution. and saw evident traces of a rich and ftavor, seemed to us, when heated with travelling, a ria had entrenched hiniself above. Itis sufficiently pre. | 3{ G01, W.Jt becchman F do buoying the ehagnel of the bar, and in other prepara- | night; and although we forced them on, and left * guard productive soil. But on leaving the river, to which this delicious fruit, Of the banaua, | am not admirer; its etpitous to render any attempt to carry it by wasault ex. | 35 Yo At Rotman! fae tions for uscending the river. with them at last, with strict orders not to allow them Sertllity is due, we again found ourselves in a sandy de- taste reminded m» of sweet pomatum, and [ gave it up tremely diffleult; but, asa military position.it is untena- | 37 Sergt. H. Low @ do The following morning (the 18th) the bar was safely | to stop, they did pot reach tho Puente until two in tho sert, where little but the mimosa was tobe seen, except after a very thort trial. All these fruits are produced ble; being liable both to be turned, and to’ be deprived | 3b Private Justus F ecuan G@ do oroased by the steamers and gun-boats, with about thirty | morning, We arrived ourselves about dusk. with bare- in spots where some snperently, insignificant stream with little or no labor, on a spot of ground in the of water, with which it is supplied from the river below, | 22 do Adam Ryan = @ br barges Giledwith detachments from the different yesseis | ly light enough to} enable us to admire the beautiful called into existence at once the luxuriant vegetation of vicinity ef the cottage. which, though apparently too Victoria experienced this when attacked by a regular | g | at anchor“outside, having with the scenery by which we were surrounded. The bridgewhich the tropics. In thexe we wero quite bowildered by the small to support a single individual, ig usually suf. force under sliyares, (as stated in the Skeicheot the ite, | te bey Hooker ( go artillery. ‘: Meine Petrie | tp they aver tip vevec wa tuipeas AHIR placeeblike -vacietgret-plantecelenen bathe Reepreere sole | Select awithe soeyaaditinato€ ¢ fare lol’ te fon) agate wiakneucad ino: | ft peewee g ‘After crossing tho bar I holsted my flag on board tho | Most Spanish works of this deecription. admirably con- nerally thrown toyether in auch fancul confusion that anda little chil from the interior, to ind; but as a stronghold ina guerilla war, the | 4 do Williaa Hiegine Spitfire, and immediately led up the Fiver to the attack ; | structed. The archos are of stone, and the bridge itself the most expericnced Votwnist would have had some subsistence of the whole family. For this, in of Puente del Rey was of importance, by ena- | 45 do William Fort é the steamers having the gun-hoate and barges in tow, | Communicates with a causeway, which on the one side, difficulty inclassifying them; for, as cach tree eupports much is required, They seldom partake of anim 1; bilng surgents to cut of theordinary communica. | 48 do bra White G until we got into tho range of the fire of tlie enemy, | Winds down asteopdessent. and on the other. forms au twoor three creepers, the fruits aud flowers of which thelr fowls supply them ah G adantly with egs, and ena> tion with the capital, and to bid deflance to small de- | 17 g 49 Gerree Tucker when I ordered thom to cast off ; the gun-bouts to follow | ¢levated road, along which the huts, of which the village bear no sort of proportion in point of size to the slonder ble them, when sent to the mi dge | 49 Private Chas.A-Albura At up the river under sail. and tho detachmente in the | of the Puente ix composed, are scattered amongst ron branches of the mother plant, it is not enay to distin- to purchase a little eloth Ket of the nearest town, tachments of the royalist troops. A sketeh of the bi This, however Setetestses: and hoisted his broad pendant. Just about been appointed Joha Woolley vernor of the place, by the Comm the ba framsdempen the river Tabasco; and the Vesuvi. | town, was the fort called the Hoxpital, surrounded bya ‘Tattuail in their flight. ‘The national colors of our coun- | us and Porpoise the port of Laguna, while the German- | ditch, and having a 32-pound chambered gun of 27 ewt, that time Mexican troops were discovered some and here we have been for three days, with « james Burnet Ms the beauty and surrounding rocks will be found in the first volume, | wo do Hiram Bell barges to land with the artillery and storm the forts and | Jntge trees, at considerable intervals from each other. guish them, at first sight, from the produce of the tree of the climate, and a sufleicntly primitive notion of which, though on # suall scale. sufficiently indicates | jt do Wim town ‘These orders were executed with extraordinary | But it is on looking towards the Vera Cruz side. that to which they cling. ‘he air is quite perfumed at times what decency requires, enables them in # great measure both the beauties and the difflculdles of the pa | w i Tapidity, while the fiotilla continued its course up the | fake Li a Flier, nud driving, by its welldirvoted fire, the enemy | = = SS — — nn == | qe a) Fy from his defences. y The dispositions of the enemy for defence were judi- | with sawed timber, and Oiled in with dirt, Botween tho Perry's flagship; the frigate Raritan; the cqpvottcs was called awoy, wt he, with his staff, proceeded to the without arms of any kind, would be an undertaking that | ene: | = side elous; they consisted of two forts on the right, and ono Lota wana banquette for the service of infantry. Tho Germantown, Albany, John Adams, and Decatur; the shore, aud took possession of " without the least few would ear pout essaying; whi hea must i have , c Rd “u severeiy. on the left bank of the river, with positions well selected | Truxton’s guus and curriages bave beeuembarked, and steamers Spilfire, Vixen, and Scourge; the gunboats shadow of oppesition ou the nem we- been to men encumbered with mus 7 K do E for commanding the reaches of the stream. They had | the 9-pounder destroyed. ‘The breast-work and shed for Reefer, Bonita, and Petrel—and every preparation was quently we learned that Senor General Don Martia P. boxes, and obliged to dispute every step of the precipt- ot B tt Arty 17 neverelp. sevea guns mounted and detachments of infantry firing | the protection of the garrison were set on fire made for commencing and finishing a succesful attack de Cos, Commundante of the place, hud struck god ascent? Murderous showers of grapa | &! Artiicer Hiram Melvin Bde vn from the forts and the thick chaparral along the | The next fort in ascending the river. called La Polma- upon the forte and city on the following morning ‘i tome time before the fight w and canister greeted our men at the onset, and arthey yale SETAE MEN te) G0 cH margin of the left bank. sola, was a water battery, placed at the ction of small stesiwers were lightened, so aa to enable them to ts ttered Loats could be colle toll-d unfaltoring throwgh « tempest of iron hail, a heavy Sal .ioGhanten Pecan it nae B 2 Genoral Cos, chief the Winward military division of | Tuxpan with one of ite tributay d cross the bar, by removing @ part of their coal, masts, ther, the debarkation of the marines was effecte fire of musketry opened upon them, Not # man quailed do) coher eee Setar: feo ww do the Mexican army, was in command. and had with him, | down the stream. It had also a breast-work faced on spars, rigging, Ke., and on the 18th Snst., at daybreak, battalion of stalwart rea soldi —with loud shouts they still pressed upward and on- do orge Bryting Bo do ww ais brlieved from the evidence of his order-book, about | both sidea with sawed timber and filled in with dirt. It we ran in towards the mouth of the river, with thesteam thoroughly the fe ing citizens of ‘i ward, Al every step our ranks were thinnod; but for- do Steph. Renuisou B do ie do 650vank and file: had three embrasures, and a banquette between then frigate and ail the light draught vessels, each one having pan that it were better torecuive ws av friends than cous ward went the survivers. When within good) musket Ope oa Se a 18 slignuly . But if the dispositions for defence were judicious, the | for infantry, Only two of the embrasures had guns in tow a train of boats from the larger veswls of tho ines. range, but not until then, was the fire of the enemy re- Fyegorisiemtoth ee -go ego defence itself was feeble; though, had it been more ob- | Mounted on them. There were two long eighteens of squadron. ‘The Mississippi anchored in five fathoms — Two brass tleld pieces, drawn and worked by seamen, turned, and then coramenced tho dreadful earnae of sWilfiams HH do i a stinato, the renults would have beeu the same, for | can- | iron, which have been destroyed. One of thos guns hud water, within a mile of the breakers, and, as all things and contmunded by Livutenants Blunt and lienry le: the strife. ‘The Mexicans held to thelr guns with mors | i bauble task’ Andhaa Hae Guageriy, not exaggerate the iutrepidity of our officors and mon, | been struck by our shot; and the exterior facing of the were in readiness, bont-load after boat-load debarked gers, of the Mississippi, were stationed in the?’ 4 than their uaual bravery, but nothing could resist the Jo Aoth’y Bracklin Ho do 7 ‘ly. or ey eee mach of the spirit that animated them. fort, particularly about the embrasures, was much cut, from the vessels, stood in for the shore, dashed tbro with due ceremony fired & national salt honor of fierce onsetof the stormers, Over the breastworks with Hamuel Downey H do 17 severely. ‘The Truxtun’s guns were brought off, and the others | bearing testimony to the accuracy of ourfire, ‘The shed the breakers into the smooth water of the ri the vletory. Com. Perry established his headquarters i ax had surroundered the crest of the wr eases Doe Very seve destroyed; the forts were also destroyed, for the shelter of the garrison was burnt, and fire set to then landed their men in safety on the sand-be in the custom-houke, ong of the best constructed build hill they charged, and shouting, attacked the enemy in inp poy heh pe 2 shighity. ‘Our loss'in the attack hes been, vinell--fourteen killed | the breastwork. ‘The small steamurs, with the gunboats in tow, likewiss ings in the city. The mariue officer. with th guardof his very stronghold. ‘The latter now fled panic-strieken, ‘damep Keegan, Ht do F morally. and wounded. Tho enclosed papers, lettered A. B. ( On the left benk of tho river, near the centre of the hed their way through the foatning surge, aniely the steam frigate. was quartered on the ground but still thoy were pursued; and it was not until the OrnLawton 17 lightly wnd D. will farnish all necessary details, town, and on the beach to defend the landing, was a 9- d the bar, and anchored where there was scarcely (he same building; and Captain Edson, affrighted fugitives had reached a point without the ex- dobu Rooney H 17 severely. ‘The Albany and Reefer have been left to watch Tux- | Pounder carriage gun of iron. which has a. aripple on the surface of the water. Commodore marines of the home squadron, oceupied th treme raage of their own caunon, which had been Jolin A. Sloan Ht 7 ere pan; the Heela is ordered to blockade Soto de la Marina; | _ On the centre of the steep bluff, in the centre of the Perry came ou board the steamer Spittire, Commodore barracks and anold church in t nis. Capt. Bre turned upon them at the onset, that they ceased | isnheene i i } ; wre 9 try now supplanted the banner of the enemy, the Teak prmgeir: town is seouring the coast north of Lobos. fermerly of the Truxtun, mounted on a pivot, and coin- distanee above. on the bank of the river, appa- most judiciously arranged, and are’ as e dilferent regimental flags were also planted on’ the Andcew sf I am, sir, with great respect, your most obedient ser-.| mSnding the approach up tho river to the extent of its rently engaged in throwing up a breastwork ; and in- circumstances will admit of. From ong of the crest, and shouts louder than ever from the vietors ye hele. vant, M C. PERRY, range. This gun with its carriage has been embarked. stantly the order was given, “all hands up anchor ;’ stores we have taken sails, rigging, &e., that belonged rows upon the sir, striking terror into the very hearta of 4 TT severete, Commanding Home Squadron. ‘The launch’s gun of the ‘Truxton, an fron 6-pounder and in the shortest posvible time the almighty st he wrecked brig Traxton; and an expedition has just the enemy in the works still untaken, for they knew that |! Private F 17 bight y. ‘Tho Hon. Jony ¥. Mason, Secretary ot the Navy, | ¢affonade, was sound not mounted in a remote part of was driving us head on to the enemy, but as we nes returned from up tho river, with hor boats, bosides their strong positions had been turned and that they | {9° 4 Sa Washington. the town.’ It has been embarked with its carriage. to- them wo were convinced that th F,vere only « re schoouers, inuneher and bonis eaptured from the ene- were at th the men they had scoffed at inthe | $4 4° SL Boral (A) gether with a considerable quantity of the arms and mn- counoitering party, and they fled with the utmost tay. Gen. Cos’s house is handse fitted up with cost- morning. Nover was victory more complete, although | do ” IF severely Unrren States Steamxa Misssesie?i, nitions of the Truxtun, a list of which is herewith en- cipitation. ‘The steamer was then put about, and w ly furniture. and he must have fled in great alarm, for purchased with the blood of some of our best men. Lt. | 9 do 3 13 "to OM Tuxpan Bar, April 32, 1847, } closed. took up her position preparatory to forming line, ior 6a going to his quarters we found his bed Just ashe had Ewell, of the rifles, was among the first within the ene. | 95 Serat. F 18 mortally. Sin : Thave to report the following list of killed and Thave the honor to be, very respectfully, your most dor to ascond the river to the city, some five miles dis- turnod out of it, with shirts, drawers, Ke. strewn about, ‘s broastworks, and it was here that he received his | 26 4 F 18 slightly. wounded in the action of the 18th instant. viz: obedient, tant. The Spitfire, flagship. led the way; then followed inmost admirable disorder. On his table was t th wound. ‘The interior of the work was covered | 9) Sent Mf. d: Mans B aa Killed —Lewis Clayton, scatman, of the Uuited Staton ALEX, SLIDELL MACKENZIE, | the Vixen, Commodore Sands; tho Seourge, Lieut. Com- maing of a jollifleation--boitl g them Gen. Vasquez, | 9 go JUS rome ¢ ere ship Ohio; Antonio Francis, seaman, of the United States Com’r. and Aes't Inspector Ord. U. 8.N manding Lockwood; the gunboats Bonit: jeut, Com- sherry und Mac « 1 Palaclo, and many of their officers, while the hill | 1c0 do duathan March 18 severely. ship Deentur; John Griffin, seaman, of the United States | Commodore M. C. Penny, Commanding Home Squadron, manding Benham;’ Petrel, Liou’. Commanding about im all di ainored th ido down which they fled was strewn as well. Near 200 | toi do. James Heelers FE do iw i ship Raritan, was murdered by the rancheros, on the Headquarters, Tuxpan. and Reefer, Lieut. Commanding Turi and Gen. Cos would bear dowa upon us, and give us“gose.”’ men were left dead, while the wounded would swell the | 102 Corp Crangle Edo 17 st 19th instant. Li Ord . ? cutters of th adron, under the commands of Capia, witha thousand lancers; ang to prevent Lie catastrophe number to at least 500. je even put it down as bigh | 103 Sere’, Joho be Nar Ho do 8 Wounded —Commander Tatnall, of the United States |, gt s. rdnance, ge. captured at Tuzpan. Breese and Forest, and Commander Buchanan—and it t “our harness on our backs" wut as 700. eet ge ie, ae 1s at owe steamer Spitfire flesh wouod of right wriet: James Mo- -pounder, 27 cwt., chambered ©. A, & Co., No. 41; one of the most beautiful processions that I hiv The n of Killed, wounde thin: dont sanpoiing , |e: cdo: -Retetek re 4 jf clighely. It | ie 1 carriage, slide, and circle, ‘Truxtu ‘2 sponges, do.; r The regiments composing Col. Harney's command, | 10 do Patrick Dunigan 1 do 1s Cann. seaman, United. Staten rteamer Spitfire, severo | | SMrTisEe, slide, em _Spong ever witnessed, and so well planned that the expedition correctly ascertuined, and it will be ¢ and which successfully stormed the noted Gerro Gordo, | 07 do dames Garand DD do W severely. wound of right elbow joint; Flag Lieutenant James L. | ferew dos] bresehing, din 62 chant hot, 3 Aline could not have failed. ‘The sinooth surface of the water Ho wo with any degree of cortuinty until we return were the Ist Artillery under Col. Childs, the 3d Infan: | 98 | do JohnJones, do ® do arker, United Staton #teamer Mississippi, nid to the rset ma reeching, do.; 62 round shot, 32-pound- for over a hundred yards was dotted with boats, with espective vessels. Somo of tho Traxton’s guus try under Capt. E. BAlexander, the 7th Infantry under | 100 Private Jac« » Halpin do Commodore, severe wound of upper part of left breast: | ST* 40; Ne Un aera partly full, do; 3 firo buckets, streaming pelndants and their brightest ensigns. The @ tuken from the forts and conveyed to the shipping, Cai Pympton, and a portion of the. Filles tndex Majer | 22 do Denis MeUrystal do Lieut. Whittle, United States ship Ohio, flesh wound of | O0° tyota® Trecumter donde pound earronades, river, too, winding along through » verdant country, is And ail others rendored useless. by tho usual process of Loring’ Rauy casos of individual beavery. merteet | Ih 4a. Bneas Leone bg right lex; Lieutonant Hartetine. Traited’ States 3 brig | Cb, pivots, Traxtun’s; 1 P-pounder carringe gun; 1 picturesque and beautiful in the extreme; and thus we dismounting, spiking, breaking off the trannions, &e, y Many bravery, performed | 112 do Kdward Peters do arringe gun, (iron); 1 6-pound curronade, xtun’ 1 slide and bed, do ; 6 boarding pikes, do ; 2 passing boxer, do.; 3 sponges, do.; 1 worm, do.; 1 la: dle and scraper. do; 3 boxen percussion capa, do muskets; 2 powder-horns; 146 32-pound round by subaltorn offic en mentioned; butastoan- | 113 do Christph. kiliott not particularly notioe ax have heard of without | 14 do James Godfrey perhaps doing’ 4i ¢ to others equally meritorious, | | 1% do 8. Hopner n by shall forbear writin, ts ron ft r 16 do Wm. Langwetl spec . 1 forber iz until | have more fall information. | 5)? ~4 i hot accept of anything without 1 Haq almost forgotten to state that. four companien of | iy 40 be debaele i. po asics aed pre Infantry, under Col, Riley, took an active part in | 119 do James Joiew ult. | 120 do P }igt do Mahan Mexico, April 20,1847, | 122 do Heelan flesh wound of right wrist and thigh: Hiram ‘Townsend. ordinary soaman, United States ship Potomac, vere wound of Fight Chigh- Andrew Swoeney. seaman Vatted States ship Germantown, flesh wound of left snanlowsh slight wound of right obsel; Javes Matfalisn, deregelan ges py tx oagee a Pe grape part dos 1Watend struxelo; but thelr shot fell abort, and the Commodore, ec Mlstieatppt, wound tn lef foot, while on duty, ou the aan bastion atte cae ‘Traxton’s: 1 dling her wheels indouble quick time. And thentheene- Sian of th 19th, necidentalty; John Monroe semnan, United States | Randspike; 3 short crowbar, J “kmerioan cutlocce, MY opened on us in earnest; shot afver shot tlewjoverour eur in the cour ran along, under easy steam and sail, until we arrived The citizens are returning to their homes, and within sight of the first situated’ in a bend of the i toaccommodate us in any way they ¢: river, about # mile from the city. Here from the forta they are an uaforiunate race of beings. take th: curling smolw and a boomiog sound passed the intima- and large, and we do tion round that we should not tukethe place without a making full and satisfi wm very but do 18 severely. do 18 wot ke > do 18 slightly. - ) 18 severely. » do ww do > ) or IAL MEXICAN ACCOUNT OF THE Do. ATTLE OF Favara nate reverses which willoc- _ Here we aro at Inst, in cn productive of most places in all Me: the most delightful | 123 do ne in this morning. alcx m1 do thy steamer Missiasippi. severe wound in left hand, with lors | Truxtun's voawel, and atruck tho water some distance astern. ‘The diaastrous consequences to thia army, and that under toad fringed on either side with the richest vegetation, | | b freely % of thuinb, while oa duty at guard-house, on night of ji (D.) fort was located high above us, on asteep bank of the circumstances that seemed to indicate that fortune wns the white erest of Ovizaba piercing the very vault of | | Sheehan the dist. 3 rivor, and therefore they could only bring a plunging oa the point It ia with pleasure I inform you that the above wound- | «1 general order of the 16th of February, when an attack fire to bear uponour approaching aquadron. This proved entire favoring us, as the enumy wore repulsed heaven, wax plainly visible, anda busy humof admira- | 19) lo John Bruen on the previous day in their charge on the Cer. tion ran along the ‘line as the snow-clad mountain first | 120 do Neill Donelly fo ed are doing well. appears to have been expected. of great advantage to us, for as we ran rapidly Lowards ro Telegrato, situated to the right of our works; but thia broke upon the view, A spectacle of greater magoifi | 10 do Patrick Healy do Very respectfully your obedient servant, Liout. Col. Flores was ordered to repair to the Fort of them they mast alter the train of thoir guns morning at '7 o'ele Joubtiew, cence or grandeur is not to be acen the wide world over. | 131 do Daniel Downs do SOLOMON SHARP, Surgeon. La Pania an hour after daylight; Capt. Fella was order- they delivered their fire. And now the s of their better yuaintance with the cow Here were we, in ft, bland air, and with verdure and | 2° john Franie do ‘To Commodore M. C. Penny, ed to remain in the barracks, keeping his troops under admirably exciting. Tho whole of our xmail squadron try, they charged with thelr entire foreo ins Howers of rarest beauty and fragrance all around—abov - | ' tH do Peter Maloue: sit wore. towering to the very skies, yet in plain | 1% do doha Davidson, | | | ‘will nlso remain in the barracks wn, Commanding Home Squadron. arms; Capt. Sall 1 © d closed up so that we formed a perfect phalanx of a mannor as to B. arms; the cavalay of Tuxpan will assemble ut the bouse steamers, gunboats, and cutters. ‘Tho marines of the tl. ) of its eaptain, and the infantry of the town in the muni- Mississippi were drawn up on the wheel houses. and jai expeiton again Pikpan conse of the fu cipal hall before revieile. from my position, on the starboard wheel house, |had a ndge the troops that w ly finished fort After this t and other poi © guar’ ations, after a most vigorous sy succended in taking tho sof our encampm : was old Orizabo, clad in hiseternal raiment of | 13) do Michael Dwyer 137 do James Figun 138 do Michael Ryan nd you files of EL Repudlicano. In the number I 1 i 1 I I i I L L i B D D K 133 «do | Samuel Rateliffe R do K i D 1 I 1 1 I C. Por Liout. Col. Rosas, commanding the troops of this city, fair view of the tout emsemble. From the flash of their infusion and disorder on our ald publishe of the great battle at Cerro Gordo, o foaiaee os Tho ctuamer Spitfire, Commander J. Tatnall. will be in the square at the same hour, and will make guns! could judge that the shot were not going to st even the commander-in-ehief, aid enerais, and un¢ “Long Livethe Mexican Nation!” | jl! 49 Perey MeCabe be ibe stenuier’ Viton, Uomneeantier dclie Grock, known to me any intelligence he may reovive through us, and then | watched them in their course uutil they found It imposible to restore, oceasioning thereby the th teeount of the skirmishing on the 7th is | 1 do Thompson 4 The schooner Bonita, Lieutenant Commanding 7. @, | tyemediui of Capt. Pe rie Ye i a mech pore p egress sho tr fy ok plete dispersal and route of the infantry troops, giv ds ag follows, and is most decidedly fat. | 13 do Aaron Hianafor do 1, c Dd. s : Fort ds ie te a ‘llery @ cavalry forces only were not includ- the enemy, composed of 6 or 6000 men, attacked our po- | je Jo : Fa a ay dude amp rea subaltern officer in elms Sole, and another ia Usgeyuare say wive, And now we were ranning up to within © ed in this disorder, but being hemmed in by a sition at Corto Gordo, ‘They eame commanded by Urn, | 1% 48 pam'meciwe 48 The schooner Recfer, Lieutenant Commanding Thos. | ith the igh Pigovs, and e sergeant and corporal ou the hundred yards of the fort, and the enemy comineneed eoluinn of the enemy'stroops that were iu the vieinity Seott, who, inflated or puffed up [engreide) with tho | lat do Joweph Dr i z ‘Turner. arme with tho enemy I hopo that borh the soldiers, as turned the fire with maskrtry, when Lieut Parker from fu wood on the leit, it became necessary for themto gsenedinations he committed. with impunity at Vern | 0 do Conrad Fisener 5 let An. The steamer Scourge, Lieutenant Commanding 8. | well asthe othor defvaders of this poin, will beat them. the hurricane deck, called out “Don't fire yet; butths prisoners? aed this it ea thet were ng taken Crug, hoped with the same impunity ty penetrate ov ‘ maesive. Loekwond en with valor aud serenity. since presence of mind, Ta e within musket range,” fommander in chief, and the other 1 Hing tho camp hers. At the erment of the firing, Gen. | 1 Private Lewis Mouroe © 7th Inf, 0 Detachments of officers and men from the different | thesy case is as appropriate aschattering and confusion audesarecly were tho words spoken when Mr. P. and engaged in defending the battery situated in front of a ibe Opteron cee Soeps te votive. ie ne ingen 2d Brig.—Under Bvt. Col, B. Riley—Od Infantry vessels - EY pale ag the landing party in | aro prejudeial, if nothing should oveur when the captain three other officers were. simultaneously, wounded by the head. quart During tia time | was laboring estee wars bavecee’. dad ther ctr cldiaeete- | eet of the port returns from the bar, the troops will retire to the enemy's fire, whieh feelingly demonstrated the fact under the most serious apprehensions as to the ployed in duch s mabeer as to facilitate: the ectien of 10 omeymty. bee their quartors and dwellings, that some wore inclined to doubt, Comm'r ‘Tattuall, fate of the commander in chief; whether ho was kilied DuJct,in much 2 manner ae to Tallinn tne atta non Officers. Maines, Tot. (0) Lieutenants Parker and Hartatein, and Passed Midship- or taken prisoner; but ws I passed Jalapa I happily filtery and infantry, encircling the enemy, who wes ba) Plgship Mississippi, Liout, J. Decamp. .15 128 (True translation.) ‘Y, aud several of the crew, were wounded, heard of his safety, aud hope soon to be re-united with obliged po tad having twice afterwards attempted | RULED—RaNK OND FiLe, . Potomac, Li wt E.R. Thompson Mi § Extraordinary order of the \\th April. 1947. but not 0 a6 to endanger their lives, very fortunately, him. In bricf, I will say to your Excellency, that with ty force (tions, he was twice compelled to retire 1 Private, James Olsed tink Ape Ohio, 1, Goldsborongh. .. 16 713 | .. The commanding gencral of thie military division has &4 therefore their friends at home have ‘no cause for the few remaining troops, infantry and cavalry, that | Phere thr: shave cost the enemy 1000 men in| 2. do John Schenecke ay do “rao Iu7 | hitherto pcesorved silence towards those under hie cor. disquieting themselves thereupon, A fow discharges have re-nuited. and of which I shall hereafter give ® {iied and wounded; we have lost 100. of whem we count | Sera. Michael Christal J do * Pore ty 121 | mand concerning the unfortunate fate of Vera Crus, be. {fom the pivot guns of the Spitfire. Vixen, and other v detailed account, 1 pursued my march, passing # killed and the rest wounded.” | $ Private, Andrew Divin § a 1:2 | cause hy had reevived no offsial intelligence on the gus, Yesselt, kerved 10 eilenco the batteries of this fort, for Hoya, and T shall proceed until | receive 20 O* Killed and the rest w | 2 de We Tumer” fd de i F Ba 151 | ject, and because he did not censider it necessary towx- the peculiar tune hummed by our Paixhan shells had or orders fei as I am unable to TROPHIES OF WAR 6 one apap fe se tues ome, G. J. Van Brunt 23 | ‘cite, by addresses, tho enthusiasm of faithful and obe- Stich © startling effect upon the elongated nerves and defend any point equence ofthe total among the most beautiful trophies which have been | 2 James Wilson do & Cuiltey epramanded dient soldiers, Now, however, that he haa reeetved a simew> «four ememios, that. beyoud a doubt, they ara artillery and amunition, as {have not sufficient pit tothe tnited States, ure some ofthe rare flowers ot |? mea. Couway K a penyoe ne roclamation from the illustrious chief of the nation, he Tuning yet. On passing by the fort we observed that o poreer left for one round. 1 would also mention, that 1 See te ieers would f not what fine addi-’| Giles Iona K do Not, Comm’. G...A, Magrader, of the Rastens to communicate it by general order, that we tay party of seamen and marines, commanded by Captain have at present no means for supporting the troops that {10% senpetens. $0 RABE 40.088 omen hotae: | POUNDED RANK AND FILE, i a RY RR OCR S | 2 25 | be read this evening, at the eniling of the roll, the troops Breese, and led by Lieuts, May, DeCamp, aiid ot follow me ; and as for the cavalry, in consequences of the pon* “h ~ of. the, protections what Soe ae Ap. 18 No 2. Lieut Com, A.B. Fairfix, do Hecin 9 22 25 | being formed with shouldered arma, and the office had tnken poesession of the fort, and hoisted the soul- jengthy march they underwent from San Luis to thie %O™ a ; Ad Moers and Pp y 4 they have eonquere would imitste the exampl do 6 SF, Blunt, of the Mississippr 2 25 28 | chief, in their respective stations, with drawn sworda.- inspiring stripes and stars, which brought forth peals of point, they are in & most deplorable state as regards x op. . on agely ig: § P Fr A.D: a Master H Ro; Fh 4 | ot rae i of Creneral Patterson, Lieutenant Abert, and Paymaster raneis A. Down A 2a tut. 1 wevevedy Master H. Rogers, of the do 2 2% ‘The proclamation having been read, the chief will state loud hugaas, which far o'er hills and valleys rung, service jexino abounds with the various end. beautiful Wm. Pollock A do 14 dn Totol “Tato | that his command entertain the samo intentions, and check the vulture on the wing, which, poised in air, hung I fvel inveh, at having to communicate, throngh you, sone of the garden. and: nowe sore aaehath Daniel Hogan g 3 Ww de Tho Miscissippi! Commander #1.’ A” ‘Adams, tying at | form the same resolution, as the supreme magistrate of hovering, to watch the strife beiow. ‘The river, at this tothe acting President, euch unfortunate news ; but inary family of tho eactl trick Sheaden m do anchor nese the bar. prepared to cover the landing of | the republic; and that he may count upon the services PASt, Was #0 narrow that we could have jerked m stone nevertheless, I present you my respects and con tioi Conservatory of the Patent Odie | bey 5 se Tyhiaea the party sn case of opposition, and valor of his subordinates; this done, a cheer will he ON hore at cithor side; and the second fort, half milo ation pce sgt Say Ph re Md B49 18 danger'sty. "MC. PERRY. given for the Mexican nation, and the troops will retire Sbove, had already opened a raking fre upon us—-but — God and liherty fet Papal meek Bet Bh es Das | W do Commanding Home Squadron. | {0 hele quarters, Aho whole procendiog belog terminated She dh lather short or Sen over cur anipyendonly Mond-yuarterh Bandera, May eth 1847.7 FM, Capialm Wilke fn Ba § @ beat of the drum. . . 4 o » esoties which grace the Conversato aren 7 PERFECTO DE COS. tortunntely Just below her water line: consequently it To His Excellency, the Miststax or Wan Jout Covent | nnd ose OR thD. moe Seren | * i Sopp 2 A copy of the prociamation, carefully and clearly writ! ‘lid not pass through her, but penetrated the plank anc Pa $ weirs pA bashinawe f Ne. ot —h Sir: Ihave the honor to report that, in obedience to | ten. thay all may read it with facility, thall be fed at lodged In the thnbwrs, doing but little damage. On the THE STORMING OF CRRRO GORDO. Np ge Ae Rida ony ose he Nias ill ame , h fo JOUr Ode Oe cle aay raing. directing me to vieit the | the door of the barracks starboard hand, all along, the enemy, hid in the chapar- The storming and eapture of the strong workson otner evening blo y point owt some ef | 18 Pritne ete - enemys vatvericn id remove the Truxtun’ gang, and | "Chive jecture on the benefits of “valor and serenity" a TM kept up wstendy tire of mushetzy upon us, but an Cerro Gordo, by the brigade tinder Col. Haruey, may be {Oho en win ad io point out gums of | 38 Eirzaiee 4 oi Lot * sneh of ml y of removal, and to de- | as appropriate and reasonable as on the “prejudicial,” censtonal volley from the marines drove them from their looked upon as one of the moxt brilliant achioven Petia obey Necencfennrfhe dle Phi oc g - % j La Pena, tho sir i concealment. As related of the first battery, the second of the Mexienn war—the fate of the battle turned upon troy the remainder. | proceeded first to La Pena, tho | Ghats of vc ing ond confualor alment. d of the first battery, f the M h f the bath 1 fron: Tamselon; cxproaiee tev tom Oeaianveanemate rene Lill A do eneiny’s principal fort, it was situated on the right ‘The proclamation of Saota-Annn is the famous one Nd third forts were silenced in detail by our Paixhan it, and here the enemy had placed an overwhelming from Fampleo, expressly for onservatory, via: one 1 do bank of the riser. @ mile and a half below the town, on a | yr Sarnuiens blisued, }-—U; guns; and in regular order, under a full head of steam, foree of his best troops. ‘The hilt was xtoep and natu- Darrel of plants, consisting of Fix species of cacti; one | 93 pd blu about 60 feet high projecting into the stream, and | Wich has been so frequently publisued.}—Cnion, We rushed op to the anchorage opposite the city of rally dim wnt; but independont of this, the anish bayonet ; sbx species of t 2 ho commanding the downward course of the river for two THR TAKING OF TUSPAN. ‘Tuspan, All threo of the forts, in quick auceassion, gtound was covered with loose, craggy rocks, an under phitic, or wir plants, Among the Inst wero | 25 de miles. In it I found two 92-pounder carronades of 21 Tesran, Mexico, April 21, 1847. were taken possession of by the seamen and marines, growth of tangled chaparral, besides many amall trees, @ncidiums, epidendrums, brass avola, &e., ke,—all In | 2 do owt, formerly of the Truxtun, mounted in barbette on | | On Saturday.'17th inst, the following vessels anchored tinder thelr Immediate consmanding officers, who had the tops of which were cut off wre four or hve fect trom 004 eouditio Ft cota P i , Dale olvles, and Prodih Se Flash omen. Shree salles Giesaat from, che, bas: ot Soe eagreaen Oe landed tn Loeir boats along the shores of the river, Li- the ground, and turned down the lull Wo impede the pro. From Paymaster William Wich (on his way to Califor. | > Private ie ‘ ue sure, and inpan River—the steam frigate Mississippi, Commodore rectly after coming to anchor, the Commodore's burge gress of the ‘tormers, To climb the height at ali,even nia.) were aleo sent several kinds of ds, fad the root | do dohw B