American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-08-31

Day before yesterday we all got under way
and stood down to Alvarado for the purpose of
attacking that place. We took our position,
as did the Princeton also, and commenced FIR
I ing; but the current running so strong that we
were unable to spring the ship, we could only
use our bow guns. The other ships, with the
exception of the schooner, were not within gun
shot. We found it useless to send the boat eX-
! petition, as we could not stem the current
! Night came on and we stopped firing. The
Commodore said we would recommence the
next morning. When morning came, the signal
was "come here again, and SO here ends our
first fire on the enemy. We shall not renew
! the attack until the arrival of the steamers
| Spitfire and Vixen. They drawing but little
water, will be used to tow the boats across the
bar. The schooners Bonita, Pearl and Refer
were lying in shore during the attack, and they
received many discharges of musketry, which
fortunately did no harm; but one of them let fly
a shell and knocked Mexican lancer off his
horse. The shell burst, and blew lancer, horse
and all to the ID. You will receive more par
| ticular accounts by some Of the newspapers
and from the officers of whatever vessel takes
this letter to Pensacola-for the Commodore
will not tell us what vessel is going to Pensa-
| COLA but think it is the Princeton.
We have met with quite misfortune in our
mess mean the loss of our messmate Pills.
bury. He, with Mdshipman Bridge, was sent
in our launch to cut off vessel and prevent
her from entering Vera Cruz. The ship turned
out to be the 81. Mary's. On their return to
the ship the launch was knocked over in a
squal, and Pillsbury and one more were unfor-
tunately drowned
The Truxton Joined the squadron yesterday.
She is last from Havana. The Flrt has not
| arrived, but is expected with the Relief daily
To the above we have only to add the follow
ing extrac, from letter dated
PENSACOLA, Aug. 10, 1916.
The steamer Mississippi arrived
here this morning from Vera Cruz, and brings
news that the castle and city and several of the
provinces had declared in favor of Santa Anna
and that he was looked for daily in the British
steamer Hector 1t said to be Commodore
ConnerAs intention to make him prisoner on
his arrival 10 consequence of his avowal that
he should take part in the war against the
United States. He will, however, | think
have sense enough to land in Mexico in some
small port where we have no vessels. This
is substantially all the news she brings, and if
true, we may expect from Santa Annals firm
ness and decision ofcharacter that he may pro-
long the war and give our troops another
chance Of adding to their laurels.
LATER News FROM SANTA FE. We copy
the following intelligence from the St. Louis
Republican of the cath inst
Several gentlemen arrived in this city on Sat-
urday evening from New Mexico and Chihua-
hua Among them, we hear the names of
Messrs. Midnight, Stevenson and 'Aubry.-I
They left Santa Fe on the 10th of July, and
Mr.. Midnight left chihuahua on the Sd july.
On the nth, they reached independence, hav-
ing performed the whole trip from that point
and back in nlnety-three days, remaining thirty
days in Santa Fe. These gentlemen crossed
the Arkansas on the LIST. Gen kearney, with
his command was then at Fort Bent, and was
to have left on the Sd of August for Santa Fe.
1t was expected, we Learn, that Gen. Kearney
would enter that town about the Goth or 22d
of this month, and that no resistance would be
offered, either there or at any point in the in
terror against which they might proceed.
Business was very dull in New Mexico. The
mines we've almost deserted. 1t was said that
the Governor had offered to the Comanche and
Apache Indians reward ofS5 per head for all
the mules and horses which they might steal
from Gen. Kearney's command. They had al
ready lost eighty horses, ten of which were
found by this party and sent to Fort Bent. They
met no Indians, and were not molested from any
quarter The companies which left in the spring
paid duty OF II l-2 cts per ID, or SG25 per
wagon load.
There were some reports at Chihuahua and
Santa Sc, of the march Of inconsderabe forces
of military, towards different points, but no
serious opposition was expected to the entrance
OF Gen. Woo's command at Chihuahua, of
which thew had hna ri nr chat oCCar Eaorro,,
at Santa Fee Plenty of grass and water was
found on the route between Santa Fe and In
dependence, but it was exceedingly question:
able Whether subsistence could be obtained for
Gen, kearney's command, in New Mexico.-
1t is believed that the army must depend alto
gether for subsistence on supplies from the
United States.
LIVING IN DosroN. The Boston Traveller
of Thursday says;-The rain Of last night and
to-day is indeed and in truth God-send to
multtudes in this city who were entirely desti-
tute of water. AS an illustration of the eager
ness with which the precious element is collect
ed, we may mention that we counted sixteen
vessels Of different kinds. set in a single ward
to catch the falling drops. Large families have
been without supply of water, either hard or
soft, for weeks
The New ENGLAND EARrHQUAKE. We
learn from the Boston Transcript that the re-
cent earthquake was felt as far north as Con-
cord, Keene, and Centre Hatbor N. H., where
the sound seemed to pass from south to north
1t was felt at Amherst, in Whately, Greenfield