The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-11-14

ne may opeu 10 the SCUM cou'""'''"
ion with ern. Wool, but the Mareh 10
Mexico must be land aside, Os one O
hose Munchsust u lonlasl.s Tor whl''
.leuer wrllcts' are b coming ceIeOt''t"
Grn. Wool, wuh 5000 Hro," pro
ceedIus from San Antonio de b'N'H
due Wes 500 miles, TO Chhuahu'
which is 800 miles south OF S'nl' re-
and 500 nor,h Of Monterey, and sprsTo
iag his forces westerly, through 'he u''
,artmen,s Of Cnlhndhua, and SInora, NJ
h. vii occupy all IRE commanding pc
.i,ious 10 the Cuff OF Cal lOrma 500
miles. and thus cut of another 'nce
from which the ou,horrtes Of NJ xlco
must withdraw.
Gen. Tay Ior has, as we k1ow' rS''"'
ed Monterey, with o'ders to take Sal'I''
TO, (Which appears 10 be on the table lana
n The had of :he pass, or 'Can'o''
leading down to M1ole"y, Io IN 10"
land. SIullo and The pass, when 'a'
ken ard garrisoned by he volunteers
will protcc, The low lands 10 MsI'mef''
and the gulf from lovosons OF 'heMeA'
cans, and thus enable the g"oeraI 10 pro-
ceed souh, with the regular troops TO
Sas LoulsPolosi, 400 miles The long
t,lked OF march from SiIlilo TO Mexico
will turn out smother ca mpa'gn OF the
Iettcr writer's fer where no portion o.
he population are favorable 10 the IoV'
ders; aud all supplies must De broush'
Irfom The rear THAT is 800 miles i'om
ICsmargo, it would qajre $4,000 men
10 keen COMMUNICATIONS open, and con
duct wagon trains, 10 say nothing OF
he fighting part. People who buy
heir beef on The market don, calculate
how many wagons ii would IOEe to
draw The provision Of 10000 men, and
lpreveAder for their horses, 1000 miles.
| Gen. Pate .on is ordered upon Tam
'|pico, place of 70 strength; bu' ii re-
remember rightly, there is but ten I'e'
Iwa.er ON the bar, and, consequently, so
vessel Of war, except schooner'j Can
Igel in. The city is 400 miles south OF
'IMllamoras, and being accessible 'e
small crall and steamboats,, supplies fo'
10 Ameieon army, operating in the
err, could be placed there with erea
t.eonomy, dispatch and facility. Sat
Louis Polosi lies sb0n 200 miles ives
[ol Tsmpieo, 400 mlcs soulh OF Mon'''
'hey, aud ESQ m lies north Of The CITY G
Mexico. The ease with which mer
land supple, can be thrown on ih spoInI
will probably make il the pivot oIAmer
can operation in Mexico proper, dur'ot
the Winter, should hosIlites Co0,Inu2
The las, movement IN the plan Wi
be Inc capture t San Joan de UIoaan'
Vera Cluz: for the naval heroes mus
have their share Of 'slory.' The pos
5essoD Of neither Tsmprco nor Vera
ICruz was desirable in summer, tor 'h'
The climate Of lhe low or hot couotry o
, Mexico, iu this region, [tierroS cql'e"
Vas, hssthe reputation oil being, al Ihs
season, deadly TO strangers. The cosu
is spoken oI as amazingly strong, whIci
p IS good policy, for Otherwise ihei
' would be but little ry in lis reduction
hui os lhe Americans can brng 90 IN
lrense weight of metal TO bear againS
T., | do not think the exploit will a
noun 10 much, after oil. San Juan d
UiIoa was built Song, long time Ogo,
when engineers were not quite so sci
enufc as at present, and when attack
from artillery Of modern calIbre wei
' little dreamed of in lba, q0'uer'
II there be not masonry not exceed
ing SIX feet thicR exposed TO shot, an
psrapels of four feet aud hall--snl
p there bo not bomb proofs that hov
rouble enough TO support their ow
} weight, slight az it is, without havin
D bomb shells falling on them, am misIu
) ken. During the IotIer days oI Span
B N America, sll the puhIc works wtr
- tending 10 decay and rui"; and ss al ,b
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