The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-10-24
TAMPIco.
Its Position and Notifications.

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As Sits generally understood that the ADJ
ministration at Washington have resolved to
attempt the capture Of Tampico, the following
extracts from W letters which we find in the
New Orleans TroPic, will be read with interest
They were written on board aaman.ofwar of
that port on the 28th and 3lst Ialy. Though
somewhat old they were not the less important
at this juncture. The writer says:
"1he people here have on more than @one
occasion, manifested an intention to declare
against the authorities, but so accustomed have
they become 70 tyranny that they carry their
measures Of opposition but little beyond a
grumble or a threat, and lie down again.
The slightest inducement held out to them
by an agent o fthe U. States, would lead to the
most desirable results.
have a letter this morning from an authen-
ZIG and impartial hand in the city, assuring
me more firmly than ever, Of this fact, and
giving me a pitiable account of the state of
affairs there. With regard to the defences Of
theaplnce my correspondent says:-"On the
street running from the Lagoon to the river,
Panuco, there isa garrison containing six huu-
dred troops, and in the said street there are
three pieces Of artillery pointing to the river,
and attended by o number of poor objects just
ready to drop to their parent earth.
On a mound on the opposite side Of the lake
therei lie a fort and two pieces of cannon, and
on the canalSW hich leads from the river into
the lake, there is another composed Of sand
bags Outside the town there is one other,
which is ina state Of dilapidation. In!landing
there would be little to contend with indeed
many Of the native Mexicans are ready to
change their task-masters.
AT the bar there are about " hundred men
under the command Of Gen. Cos, Of Texan
memory. Parroddis is still Commandant Gen.
eral and Col. Castillo, mayor o ftheIplace. The
whole force at the bar, in the city and in the
forts, CONSISTS of but one thousand and twelve
mer, Of whom two hundred and Fifty are com
missioned officers!
This picture is neither aattering to the Mex
leans nor the vanity Of their enemies the Yam.
KEGS as but little glory is in reserve for tn,
captOrs Of a place SO guarded, bet glory is lesi
an object with a true American, than the dis
charge Of his duty. The natural defeRces Of
! TamPicc, nullify somewhat its advantages IN
iu moral and the physical defects ofits militia.
ry protectors. The approach to the city i.
a guarded by bar Of an average depth Of les,
than ten feet ofwater, aud over which a dam
: gerOuS surf is setting for the greatest part d
the time. have known boat to EMPLOY fou,
days in Intellectual attempts to cross the bar
b Then the channel of the entrance is a perfect
labyrinth, and a single gun we'll served ant
manned, could efEectually protect it aRains
two or three boats, Or one schooner Of prone
9 size. These things will entitle the capture Q
TamPico to great respect, ever if its defence
= should be reduced to far below their presen
strength.
We take the following extracts from tn,
letter Of August 2lst.
The force occupying the d~efences Of thi,
# place remains about the same as atthe date 0
my last. Including officers, bands .of music
andsappers, the whole regular force is five hun
bred and fifty. Of militia there are four hum
a bred and sixty on the muster rolls. IN al
1920 Of which number two hundred and forty
FIVE are commissioned officers, an increase 3
S since my last.
Fort Andonega IL armed with one brass 3
d FOUNDER, two brass 10 Founders, one IL, an
1t two 8 pOunders.
p The fort on the canal has four 10 FOUNDER,
le In the city are SIX l2 pound field pieces.
The fort on the bar has four 80 Founders,
r believe, and the guu-boats three, one SPANS
IN IL FOUNDER each.
Gen. Parrodis still commands, and has wit
him curial, Cos, and MoreIa. 'i-SGUGnnGh Re
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