Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-04-06


ese them: ,s f,,,o,yod c,oso
- ,s,sitions. Gen. Patterson sent
pillows brigade TO the interior, and
Ue" -. ,oxtion on the left of Gen. Worth's
naICien. Twiggs took his position
he rear Of Patterson's. An old cathc-
e',~,s taken possession ofby Gen. Pillow,
.oon afterwards magazine contain.
,s1 boxes of ammunition. During all
~ .;,,e the enemy kept up fire OF shell
ns s.,,d shot from the town and castle,
sno Inch reached our line, and those do
ne ~ q a,ciock. 4. NJ, the little l. ;.
=. so;,fre ran in close TO the town and
,,,mbcr of shells into the place, re-
W.: :.;na fire from the castle i'll return.
CHS THIS morning our army moved still near
he ,own-Worth's division on the right,
ID resting on the sea shore; Gen faftcr-
-. in the centre, extending back INTO
no country, and Gen. Twigg's DIVISION on
he left, still farther into the interior
They have approached considerably within
,,nce Of the guns in the town, and can be
,s,ched by those i'll the castle. from both OF
.b;eh a brisk cannonadng has been kept
no during the day.
The line extends across the railroad
.a,eh goes fiOm the town 10 the magazine,
.,dhe aoucduct which supplies the city
iii water. is likewise in our possession.
I. short. the city is farley invested, and
communication by the main road cut oil.
r,,,onchmcnts have been marked out, (and
iii he cd on tonight which are near
enough TO the walls 10 render our heavy
mn. effective. These guns have not been
aiken on shore. S.ep'oc's light battery,
nth the Horses, have been landed, with
eycral pieces of larger callbrc. Neither
mncan's or Taylor's battery has arrived
nor has Col. Harvey reached here with the
Dragons. 4 number of vessels with
mons and ordnance, which were due
week ago, have not been heard of.
There has been considerable skirmishIng
to-day, aud some twenty of our men wound
ed. among them Lieut.. Col. Dickson, OF the
South Carolina regiment, but not danger
ousy. Fifteen or twenty of the Mexican
cavalry have been taken prisoners, horses
and men, and some fifty killed. 1t is said
that there arc only about 1900 troops in
Vera Cruz and the castle.
March l3.-Ycstcrday was a bo'stcr-
Gus day. A heavy norther sprang up i'll the
morning and continued all day. There was
no firing on shore, but | suspect our people
we're busy preparing the entertainments.
The bark Tamaroo has Just been turn
ed 10 position convenient for landing the
secc guns with which she is loaded. The
NDragoons have not arrived, nov have the
Tph, batteries Of Duncan andTaylor. The
Alabama goes out to Tanpico tonight, and
will send this by her, hoping il may reach
you early.
A letter from Mr.. Kendall, dated at the
Camp ground near Vera Cruz, on the 18th
ult.. says:
81 do not think, from all that | can sec
and learn, that Gen. Scott viii be ablc 10
plant his baltries for several days 10 come;
and until he can make good show he Will
not open upon the town at all. When the
bombardment does commence it VIII be in
earnest
On the morning of the 18th, ut the
moment Of the starting of the Portla. he
again writes as follows
SAT half-past three O'Clock this morning
the enemy opened with round shot and Shell
not only from the batteries around the town
but from the castle. Rockets were also
thrown, and the sky at times was completely
E,up by them; yet large portion of them
fell far short. In the mean time our men
are compelled TO remain quiet and take
this fire-the hardest duty Il soldier has to
perform. All are anX ,ouS 10 strike back,
and they will DC gratified in the course of
a few days.
"Hung be the heavens. with black Min Mcah