The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-17


C.y.eos fred into the Commodore's steamer from an
ambuscade this is below the DEVILS Turn. The next
Was wounded SO far our map tells the story; the
rest requires but few words the forts which defend the
town yielded to the guns of the fleet before the land
peultion could get into action The enemy stood but
one discharge OF artillery Lieut.. May 1t is said had
his arm broken, and other officer wounded. 1t
wounded sufficient force was left behind to hold
the town. and the Commodore returned to the station OF
Anton Lizardo on the 29th ult
| A rumor current in Vera Cruz the morning Of
the LIST inst that Gen Scott had entered the city Of
Mexico and that Gen Pillow had captured by the
| guerilla parties. We know the former report to be
false and believe the latter be- Our Vera
| respondent put no faith In either story
Our letters from Mr. Kendall were dispatched by him.
by special courier and reached Vera Cruz the evening
of the LIST inst We have few Mexican papers by the
| We append two letters from our Vera Cruz cores
pondent for the local news contained In them though
| VERA CRus, June %, ls47
| wish had something In the shape of interesting
to communicate, but although have letters
one day later than has been forwarded to New Orleans
they contain nothing Of interest.
goods captured from the train under Col
Mcintosh, which said to be Santa Fe well
other purposes returned last night without effect
| ing anything.
So many reports have been started and published con-
corning the health of the CASTLE that beg
nish you with the following facts which have been
kindly permitted to extract from the reports and jour-
Since the captuation of the city and castle of San
Juan dUa the latter has been garrsoned
by company g. of the LIST Infantry under the command
| OF Brevet Major Backus The Phoenix company OF
Louisiana volunteers duty there for about two
weeks and there also in the castle number of
American and Mexican prisoners undergoing sentence
! or awaiting trial, varying from ten to twenty
The deaths at the castle from the commencement to
| the present time follows
Month of April, Co. g, lst Infantry. ......... .
g May, Co. c. LIST Infantry ........... l
May, Phnnlx 20 ...... .."......."... 2
May, frisoners ............
june rrisoner '''.'''' ..'.'....
There also two three prisoners carried the
city hospital for treatment who said to have died
who died at the castle which pronuuced vomito
Dr. Weckam also carried to town and died several
he proportion of sickness was greatest in the month
Of May and least the 20th June when it reduced
one man The sick report Yesterday called for eight
common disease Is diarrhoa but so rng form that
| 1t is easily stopped.
Of the flthiest holes saw, but every
thing is us neat as PIN and does great credit to Its
gentlemanly and obligng commander.
One death from vomito has occurred on board the
Potomac, have been informed by officer of the
ship, but there is but little sickness on board.
jUNE 29th--Lieut. Merryheld, Of Capt Ford's oom-
pany of Sd Dragons committed suicide this morning,
in Capt Duperus tent by blowing his brains out with
pistol His appearance indicated a free OF opium,
is generally Supposed that he laboring under
| its effects when he committed the horrid act
lieves Capt. Hetzen to- morrow, and Capt H. will pro-
coed to New Orleans by the Alabama, which vessel win
|
We have no later news from the army tho city OF
| Mexico.
| The guerilas have threatened a descent upon Tia
cotapan and said to be about 400 strong in the neigh
| borhood
Athouh there is sufficient number of troops here to
hold the city against attack there tho
keep In subsection the marauding parties which
anty hover about the city and until get about 800
Rangers here to the country daily there will be
no security such property as it is i'm
| possible to keep within the walls of the city.
The vomito Is rather on the decrease, which, think,
is partially owing to the want Of subjects in the city
The troops that have arrived encamped three miles
those who are brought in with other
| ly turn into the vomito
| PUEBLA, MEXICO, June 20, l8i7.
The evervarying changing Kaleidoscope Of Mexi-
can politics, which but few days since presented
phase all red, sanguinary and beigerent by the single
turn which the rising and going down OF the has
given, presents and most pacific aspect this
morning. As another revolution of the machine may
bring another change and that within the tong of
short hours on the city clock shall wait until the last
moment before give you what may be termed the!pros
poets of peace.
Within the last tive days some twelve or fifteen pr.
soners, Mexcans, who have been confined for different
periods from to ten years, have been be
| rated by Gen Scott That some of them nave been
guilty Of gross and most heinous crimes there can be
doubt, but that they any than those who
incarcerated them is questionable SO long have
of them been confined that the original charges
against them have been lostone Of them says that all
he did against the law strike officer for
insulting his wife 1t study to watch the faces Of
the poor devils they brought from their dens to
be questioned to their past denquencies and pain
free and saw The face of the blessed sun Of which thew
had been 80 long deprived Their families, too, hearing
that they to be liberated, crowded around the
threshold OF the prison. and the different groupings
formed pctnre which will not soon be forgotten BY
those who witnessed it. The hair Of one prisoner al
though denoted that had not even vet
ed middle life, perfectly white Another prisoner
was one of the most noble specimens Of hu
several years, charged with aiding in robbery
| the road, but had never been brought to trial
Our latest papers from the capital to the 22d inst
frnnN h0vn OInf fhaD 0a~k
Anna striking boldly at the liberty of the press and
hence unable, through the papers to come at
Solo, the printer of the Bulletin Of Democracy Bolen
de la Democraca) has beeen sent to Acapulco, whilst
senior Eufemio Romero the principal writer for La ca
warning Torres the editor of Ell Monitor Republican,,
has been repeatedly threatened by the authorities with
imprisonment but Notwithstanding these threats keeps
up constant fire 1T Santa Anna and his minister's
Why he too, is not sent OF, 1t is hard to say.
tons, and Vincent Romero of Justice Both are said
to be ultra Puros and with little character 1t is
asserted that no honest man will take office under the
present government, and dishonest appear
to retain 1t more than eight and-forty hours.
hhe latest papers from the capital two orders
s es dated the sth MAY and drectiDa the
rs division OF bis army to march the 18th juno for
directing the other division to march on the 22d June
for San Luis Many Of our officers doubt whether these
2l inst pretends have dates from Monterey nm 40
the 9th inst at which time It Is said Gen. Taylor was
connned rem an injury or wound no had received in
OF his feet His dbposable force then put down
at between 5000 and 600 and the impression was that
he would move upon San Luis shortly or O. urse you
know more Of the movements Of General Taylor than
VIC do.
The Mexican papers continue TO brag about the sue
or the guerlas between Vera Cruz and Jalapa
We shall know with what when the train comes
up.
letter from Mszstlsn dated June states that that
neighborhood has been declared under martial law
The u y. ship Independence sailed from Mazatlan on
the st inst, destination not mentioned leaving the Cy
ane only OF the bar.
The only article have seen in any of the Mexican
journals relating particularly the action Of the Con
the question OF peace Is the following in Ell Mo-
nffor Republican, Of the Dad inst The editor says
communication has been addressed TO our govern
ment from Gen Scott, ut Puebla in which tho arrival
there Of commissioner from the United States fully
empowered for the adjustment Of peace announced
but 1t has been 10 the Congress for that body
berate on so impor- mt affair. We think that suf
cient number Of deputies will not assemble and should
this be the the absentees will appear in our CO.
lumns In ordsr fha4 L. p,,bIe ha.a 1900