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

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Mexico must be laid aside, as one OF
Those Munchsust n lanlssis for whicf
Hetter wrll,r,' sIe b coming celebrsled
Gen. Wool, wiih 5000 meo, ~ pro-
Icee dios from San AniOnlo de Is xAl
dae Wesl 500 mites, TO Chlhuthu,
(which is 800 miles suulh II Saut. F.
lnd 500 worth OF Monterey, and spresd
log his lotces westerly, through the de-
Ipsrtmen's OF Cnhnahul, add > mora, b,
h. will occupy all 'te commandlng p".
,iious to The Gulf Of Csl Grnla $500
miles. aud lhus cot of another size,
Il ON which The az hor,ues Of NJ Xico
must withdraw.
Gen. TsJ lor has, as we know, raech
ed Monterey, with otders to take SIhll
10, which spp-ars 10 be un the table lane
a lhe h' sl Of ;ha pass, or 'Cdnsdd,
eadiug down to VI inler y, iu tn low
land. S,IlllO aud The pass, when IA
KIN aud g,Tr.c ned by the volunteers,
will protect the low lands lo Ms'amuras
md the gull irom luvasloos OF lheAleXI
Ecans, aud lhus enable The geocfol 10 pro
lceed suu'h, with the r-gu}r uoops, to
San LouisPolosi, 400 miles. The long
t4lked OF march f,un, S,llllio to Mex,cu
will turn out sOoDhtr 'mpaign OF The
Hetttr writer's f. where 10 portion 0
he popnlSton are favor bic 10 the ipva
derS; and oil supplies mDs, be bIongh
from the rear that is 900 miles fiom
Camargo.] it would qpirc $4,000 men
to keep communications open, and con
Huct wagon trains, TO say nothing Of
be bghIlng part. People who buy
heir beef on the market dou't calcuIott |
how many wagons il would lohe /,
draw Me provision Of 10 600 men, and |
proveDder Cor their hotses, 1000 miles
Gen, Pate son is ordered upon Tam
pico, place of 10 strength; bul il | Re.
c me N beF rightly, thtie is but ten f,
water on the bar, and ,conse quenllJ, no
vessel Of war, except ,choonets, can
ge, in. TIE city is 400 miles south OF
NJ M,Ismorss, and being accessible 10
,msll craft and steamboats,, supplies l.l
IN AmeIican army, operating in the
,e r, could be placed ,here with grea'
tcesony, dispatch and (aclliy. Sar
Louis Polosi lies sbon 200 miles ives,
OF fsm2eo. 400 mlI,s sou'h OF Alnn,,-
rPy, and ESQ miles norh Of The city ci
Mrxico. The ease with which mtn
and supple. can be thronn on th point
will probAbIy mske 1T The pivot o(Aner.
rcsn operation in Msx'co proper, during
the Winter, should hO.lliies couiinu,.
The last movement IN The ploa viii i
be The capture Ct San joan de Uloa and
Vera Cruz: for The naval heroes mus
have their share Of '.lory.' Ths pos.
session Of neither T.mplco uor Vera
Cruz was desirable in summer, for III,
the slimste Of the low or hot country oil
Mexico, iu his region, [tcrroS cQiien
fGs, has the reputation OF being, al Tia
season, deadly 10 strangers. Tae cas,lr
is spoken oi az amazingly strong, which
IS good policy, for Otherwise there
would be but IiuIe q ry in ils reduction
but as the Americans can brlng an in,
nense weight ol metal 10 bear against
e, do not thiok The exploit will
moun' 10 much, after al. Slu Juan de
UIIoa was bull, :Nong, long time ago,
when engineers ware not quite so SC,
eniiilc as at present, and when atl,ck.
from aT'llery OF modern cshbre wee
little dIeamed of 10 thai quarter.
II there be no, masonry not exceed
ing SIX feet 'hick exposed to shot, and
parapels of four feet and a hulf-snd n
there be not homb pools that have
roub'e enough 10 support their own
weight, slight as it is, without having
bomb shells iallNg on them, am misla
ken. During The latter days 1l S,.an,,
IN America, siI The public works w,rcI