The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-02-27
WAR MATTERS.


dicator, of Vera Cruz, running from the 3lst
December to the 18th January. Besides their
original matter, they ernbody copious extracts
from the newspapers Ofthe capital and OF the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES not found in the news
brought us by the usual methods.
This Monitor expresses great dissatisfaction
at what il considers the failure of Santa An
mas plan ofrepeIling our invasion, Wy with
drawing his defensive force from the frontier,
and letting us advance into the interior, until
to eXtricate ourselves from hostile popnla-
lion and superior forces becomes impossible.
Now it says, the Americans have got,through
this system, unresisted possession oflarge ter
ritories; and, instead of pushing on into the
interior, are sitting down TO secure their con-
quests. The Monitor thinks that the Con-
gress ought to call Sunta Anna 10 u severe ac-
count for this unpropitious event.
The Diario del Gobierno Of the 30th De-
cember gives n letter from Acapulco, of the
18th of December, which says they have their
intelligence direct from Monterey de Culifor-
MIA and the port of San Francisco to the fol-
lowing effect: That since the late expulsion
Of the Americans from Ciudad de los Angeles
they rallied force of 400 men, aud returned
to attack il: but that at San Pedro, three
! leagues from Los Angeles, they were emcoun-
tered by the Caliiorniuns, aud driven back To
the coast with considerable loss. 1t is prObaA
! BILE that the news ofths unexpected resistance
of the Cafornians has led TO n proposal ofu-
bout the same date, in the Mexican Congress
to raise Il special loan ofhalf million to MD
the New MeXcans aud Caltorniuns III their
efforts to eXpel the invaders from those terri
tories.
The papers contain notices of various vol
untury contributions to the expenses of the
war. Two of these merit particular mention.
| In Vera Cruz number ofprivate individuals
were called on to assist in furnishing suits of
clothes for the soldiery, and they at once sub
scribcd for one hundred and ninty-three full
suits; in Peubla another body ofpersons has
given the example ola sort of contribution
still more likely To be etleclual. They have
each taxing himselfin proportion to his
meuns-raised present sum ofiour hundred
and thirty-nine dollars, and further engage to
contribute, us long as the war shall last,
monthly amount OF one hundred and thirty
seven dollars.
Under date ofJanuary 18th, the Locomotor
gives u view of the new plan corporations for
which General Scott is sent out. New Leon
and Tamaulipas are, it says, TO he left TO an
army of occupation only, and the main forces
with as mauy fresh ones as can be raised, are
TO be sent TO the attack of Vera Cruz. Our
Government, it says, is confident of success
there, with force of % 900 men;and expects
after taking Vera Cruz and its Castle, TO
march upon the city OF Mexico. The attack
it adds, may be expected within from forty to
sixty days ot'that date. 1t eXhors the Govern
ment TO assemble an army of observation
there.
At the entrance of anew year, one Of the
Mexican journals(tbe Regenerddor Repubiicd-|
no) reviews the comparative condition ofthat
country, at the beginning of 1916 and 1S47.
1t says ga year since this nation presented a
spectacle the saddest,such as seemed TO prom
Use nothing but its speedy ruin Ii had suf-
iered Il revolution ending in nothing but the
illusion of all the public hopes; and the army
assembled to protect the integrity of the ma
tional territory, had shameiulIy turned its face
from the cnemy,in order to aid in enslaving us
at home" &c. Proceeding thus in its picture
OF the hopeless state of things year since, it
next comes TO the present: THE year lS41
opens, then, with better auspices. The ma
ton is governed by the CONSTITUTE onal forms
for the restoration ofwhich it had long sighed;
It is free; the states have resumed their sovcr-
eighty and Independence; are reorganiZing
their internal administration; are raising aud
arning their milita;ar casting about for the
means ofreplcnishing their treasures; are
cndeavoring TO find further financial aids for
the General Government itself in the war
which it is wnging, aud are preparing all the
elements of national defence which can he
devised. At the beginning oflS46 we could
see nothing but omens OF calamity and d:sso-
luton; at that of 1917 only signs Of regenera-
ton and ofrecovery greet u.s."
Mexico, in short, has derived from this war
only renewed union, IL reauimated public or
der, treer Government. We wish all the
world could say as much.-.Ndt. mteLfgencer.
A letter to the Mobile Tribune, dated on
board the Sptfire, off Anton Lizardo, Janua-
ny 2lst, says
On The 18th, the schooner Loredo, from
BrazOs, arrived with Lieut.. Rains of the ar
my, and some dozen Mexican prisoners on
board. The object other visit was two fold;
first TO exchange her prisoners for The SOM
ers' crew, and last to deliver dispatches To
our Commodore.
They are said to relate to an attack upon
the town and castle ofVera Cruz, to he made
by the combined land and sea forces under
General Scott aad Commodore Conner, Lieut.
Rains stated that every effort was being made
to procure vessels for transports To bring
down the troops by water.
Gen. Scott was at Camargo, fastening the
concentration and forwarding of soldiers
from the BraZos and Tampico.
ATTACK UPON THE CASTLE OF VERA Cruz.
We have information, derived from gentle
man direct from BraZos, who is well inform
ed, that Gen. Scott is making active and eff
fective arrangements for an assault upon YER
Cruz. The place is TO he invested stimuli
taneously by sea and by land. A Flotilla is
i'll readiness to convey the Army 10 point
within fifteen miles of the castle. The de-
monstration is to- I've made by the 9Th, or Mt
the latest, by the 10th Of Mnrch.-.Ab. Eue
Jour-, Thursday.
The Picayunc has rtirnor tina; the U. S.
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