Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-11-09
MEXICO.
Late From Vera Cruz.

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Anna abandoned By has troops-Ln
flight fordrds Oaraca.
BY the arrival of the steamship Jas. l..
Day, from Vera Cruz, 10Th inst, we have
five days latter intelligence from that port.
The Arco Iris, of the 18th inst, con-
tains copies of two communications that
were lately exchanged between Santa
Anna and Col. Chiids, in which the for
mer summons Childs to surrender his
positions, and intimating that he would
be allowed to retire with the honors of
war. either to Perote, or to join Gen.
Scott. Santa Anna states that he is at
the head of 5000 men and should be
obliged, if the Cononel's answer were in
the negative, to attack. him forthwith
Col. Childs, in his reply, respectfully de-
clined to comply with the request, adding,
that having been honored with the duty
Of guarding the position, in question,
he shall preserve them to the last. and
is fully satisfied that he shall be able to
defend them successfully, having album
dant resources at his disposal.
These communications are dated the
25lh ultimo. Nothing was then left Santa
Anna but to carry out his threat OF attack.
This was done on the 28th instant; it
seems to have been a very feeble affair,
being limited to a cannonade on our pos.
itions.
Puebla, 28th.-At 5 o'clock on the
evening of yesterday, the points of San de
Dios, Santa Rosa, and Santa Monica,
commenced heavy cannonade upon the
American works. The latter immed ateIy
began to throw cannon. shot, bombs and
grenades into the centre of the city, which
suffered in Consequence some considerable
injury.
Puebla, COLBY order of Santa An.
ma, body OF troops was yesterday posted
in the convent Of Santa Teresa, at one
of the corners of which breast work of
cotton bales was erected. Four hundred
cotton bales have already been demanded
of the house ofVelasco, for the defences
ofthe city. To prevent the com! letion
oflhis work, the Americans from the fort
OF San Jose kept up continued fire upon
the workmen, which. being stoutly return.
ed by the Mexicans, the discharge of
bombs and grenades from the American
lines greateiy increased. Atthis moment
a considerable number Of private citizens
went to Santa Anna, who was at Carmen,
and requested of him piece of artillery
which being granted, together with a
small body of men for its management,
they quickly marched to the convent of
Santa Rosa, aud opened a well directed
fire upon the American works. We were
in the gratest CONSERVATION, but night at
last supervening, everything became
quiet.
This Intellectual cannonading lasted. on
and off, until the first instant when Santa
Anna quilted Puebla for the ostensible
purpose of intercepting Gen. Lanes train.
Gen Rea remained behind with his guer-
rilas, but, adds the correspondent OF the
.Arco Iris, everything betokens hopeless
result.?' The Genio of thu 14th, res
pecting this movement of Santa Anna,
says:
On the 1st of the present month, Gen.
Santa Anna at the head of 1000 men
cavalry and intantry,and with three pieces
of artillery, sailed out of Puebla, intending
to attack the American train which left
Jalapa on the lst inst, and reached Pc.
rote on the 4th. But before arriving at
Tepeyahualco, the designs of the com
mander-in chief Of the Mexican forces
were wholly frustrated all his men, with
the exception of 100 hussars OF his per-
sonal guard. having pronounced against
him. As an excuse for this proceeding,
the officers and privates alledged, that
they were firmly convinced that their
further continuance, at the disposal and
under the orders of the ex President,
would only be followed by their complete
sacrifice, and that withal their country
would not derive the slightest benefit
| from it..
Santa Anna having gotto Tepeyahual.
co with his $50 hussars, he received an
order from the government at QueretarD,
directing him 10 proceed thther at once
with all The troops which were at his or
ders. But the General did not deem it
convenient to comply with the mandate
of his government, and took up his line of
march for Oaxaca, whittier, by the last
accounts, be was vending his way. He
publicly declared that his intentions in
going to Oaxaca we're to see whether he
could there raise another army, with
which he might return to renew the com.
bat with the enemies of the republic.
While Santa Anna was thus gradually
touching the end ofhis career, the posi-
tons of Col Childs became less exposed
to molestation, and no doubt the cannon.
ade ceased altogether when the tidings Of
Gen. Lanes near approach reached
Puebla. The following is the latest
thence:
Pueblo. Oct. 2d.-Since Santa Anna s
departure, the cannonading has totally