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GREET ACHIEVEMENT
ss;RRENpEn Of .vEnA snDx'
Al he Castle 4 SIN Juan II plloa'


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The Official accounts u The surrendsf Of H<ra
Cruz and The Castle 4 SIN juan diUllca were
hIonghttq Washington on Saturday eyrning' BY
Col. Iolten and Uiiskirmnn HuRsr, Who arrived
lee Rsnsstdla q he 81 inst. II ~ s.eamer]
Princeton. Capl EnlleA
This bsiIlant eiciosy has been achsesed NTH
the loss 81 but few lives On oar part The IN
vestment Of The city Nas ednpistsd on ne fsth q
March, and the time up to The a2d Wa oceupied
II landing Rortars. On that day 81 X. Nj ne
city was summoned 10 surrenders and en refusal,
the Ere was begun from seven niostAEs, which
were afterwards Increased to nine. Onshe morn
ling Of the Gath. the Naval battery ci three -
Founders and three 6-inch paixhan guns hegun
HIS ire and On The 25th, - battery of tcur 2i-
FOUNDERS and 26-nch howitzers opened. These
Iiold with such terrible effect that early % the
morning Of the 26ihs The enemy proposed 9 sur-
render. for which negotiations We're opened and
subsequently completed, and on the 29ths our
army took possession Of the City and Castle. the
American Aag being hOisied on each a Il o'clock
4. n.
Col. To.ten has furnished the Union an inter-
les,ing nemoranda, from which We take the fol-
lowing. u
During The l6 days that interviewed between
the Standardization OF the sloops and the opening
there were five days Of violent
y northers," in which all landing Of stores &c,
was interrupted. And, during the seven days Ct
Iopen trenches there were two days ind nights, in
which il was impossible 10 undertake. any new
works; or even, 6y clearipg ihetrenches and bat
Iteries Of large quantities Of drifting sand, toarrest
the accomplishing damage.
The following is 4 list,of liilei and Wounaed
before Vera Cruz, from the landing to the taking
possession ofthe city and the CASTLE IRON
the 9th to the 20th March.
KILLED.
Aaey.-l officer and men Ia the shore -
tey.
Arsngs--2 officers and IS men.
Total, officers and II men.
WOUNDED.
Nsy.-l officer and g men IN the shore bat Y.
ltmv.-3 officers and 80 men.
Total killed and wounded, a officers and3s Inen
-niakine, in all, 65 persons.
0Afcers Killed Capt. John r. Vinton, I'd artil-
|lery; Capt. AIburtis, % Infantry; Mdshipnnnan
IT. b. Ehubrick, navy.
Carolina volunteers, severely; Lieut.. A. =. Bald
win. navy slightly: Lieut.. Delozier Davidson, I'd
EInfantry. yery slightly; Lieut. I,eYis Neill, I'd
dragons, severely. An the wounded are doing
Iwell. So
The number drank xnd file prisoners he'd not
been ascsSteiped, bai (reckoning on all previous
accounts of the strength Of the garrisons) cannot
be estimated at less than 1900 men-of which
number, considerable. portion are supposed 70 Be
Of ther very best troops.
A friendly communication had been opened
with the town of Medellin, twelve miles south
ward OF Vera Cruz, after sharp skirmfsh, con.
lductedsby Col. Harney, against some troops that
attempted to obstruct The way. And an expedi-
ton, by land and water, was about TO proceed 70
Alyarado; where, however, no opposition was
looked for. Indeed h was confidently stated in
camp, when the-P Princeton sailed, that Mexican
commissioners had alreadyarrived for the purpose
Of treating for the submission 81. that place. The
principal object Of Gen. Seott at.Alsarado is to
open source Of supply Of horses, mules, and beef
lcatte.
The first despatch from Gsn.Scst. dated at his
tCamp before Vera Cruz on the 23d March, gives
the details Of his operations after the planting Of
his mcrtars, and his summons % the Governor Of
Vera Cruz for a surrender. Il