New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-19

FOUNDERS. irregular bsstloaed work with demi.
lune and covered way on The seaside
A vast quantity OF ammunition found In the work
Tue Mexcans left their national pets behind 10 the
tie and our troops suffered much annoyance from them
last night sllude Of course 20 iess and other vermin
Ssnilsgo Fort tina, spitsu little place which played
90 warmly upon our entertainments, u besurtul work
with nine guns In bsrOeite most OF them 1ne English
pieces Ia fact most OF their best ordnance Is OF Enssh
Manufacture though they have some hne pieces made in
the United states.
Gen scott ordered 10000 rstons to be issued to the
suffering poor Of Vera Cruz, and Il was an affecting
witness the crowd Of half iamished creatures
IS they gathered umidy srounc 10 receive their respec
tive shares.
These rstons will Mexicans usually eat last 500
people at least four days it probable that
than 1000 will psrake Of the provisions The city and
castle were exhausted Of provisions Il Characters
TIC OF Nexcsns that they never lay in stores, but live
from hand 10 mouth. II
We subjon such of Mr. Kendalls letters IS cave no,
been anticipated altogether
Editorial Correspondence Of ne Pe4yaKc
VERA CRrZ. March 30.
The city OF al least the northern portion Of IL has
been torn al TO pieces-ihe destruction is dreadful
The other parts OF the place would have suffered In the
same way had the bombardment OF the place continued
another day.
the Commandment yet ia certain that children
ard non-combaants have suffered the most. Some say
that $50 have been killed some more and some less
As regards the destruction OF property that shows for
itself
Hardly building south Of the Plaza Grsnde but Is
either burnt torn In pieces or much injured and the
streets flled with rubbish and fragments The Ma
tonal Palace which Is the Plaza and the outer
range Of mortars, had FIVE shells bursted within IT,
one Of which killed a women and two children lying
asleep In the kitchen.
The Cathedral. an opposite side Of the Plaza.
also somewhat injured but the churches south OF II.
and nearer mortsrs. suffered the most write this
letter in house which must have been hot enough dur
ing the Commandment for the signs OF shell are all
around me. The residence of our former consul Mr..
HargOus was struck twice.
One Of the shells through the roof lodged at the
foot OF bed which gentleman had just LET'S snd com
petely demolished everything in the and the furU
iture Of the most costly description
One Of the inmates describes the explosion trcnen-
dous-the house shook in sll II parts with earth
quake, and his frat impression that everything in 1t
had beer rended into fragments Months probably will
eapse before Vera Cruz Is in the situation where the
siege foundit
Many Of the foreigners here are raying perfectly out
rageous al the method taken by Gen Scott to reduce
the plsce-hey would have had him attack II by storm,
and thus destroy life instead OF property
They blame him, too, for not allowing some Of the
foreign families. after they came 20 their senses and
found that the city really to be destroyed to leave
the place and take refuge on board vessels which were
out OF harms way. G.w.K.
VERA CRrz, March 81 1871.
was witness to a singular yesterday. large
concourse OF Mexcsns-old men. women and young
grls-were gathered around the door of one Of our
hnu Struggling as you nrFS tfs-
quenty people at the ticket Office of theatre,
crowded night, 10 be first in
On nquir1Dg found that rations of food being
distributed TO the hungry and hafstsrved throng and
their greedy looks plainly showed TO what extremity of
hunger they had been driven.
cannot learn that there much suffering for wsnt
Of food in Vera Cruz during the bombsrdment but
there is always large population IN every Mexican
eity-irom handtomouih" people-who know not to.
day where they will obi-u their dinners the
Since writing the above learn that Frenchmsn has
just arrived from the City OF Mexico who reports that
there not thousand armed men all told, the
road from this TO the capital He says there nine
guns in position Punte Nacona but only sixty
70 serve them.
The amount Of spols Of taken by the capture Of
Vera Cruz Is immense. Over 1000 muskets were laid
down on the ground and il IS known that a great
Der were left secreted In the city by who went out
In citizens clothes instead of their uniform.
The number Of cannon and mortars. in the town
and castle Is not yet known, hut IL Ia already
certaned that there are over 300 To this should
be added an immense amount Of powder ball, shells
Psixhan snot &c&c enough TO conquer the country all
the way to Acapulco Quite a speculation for Uncle
sam. Two flags are flying from San Juan de Ulua,
belonging 10 the army and the other - the navy
The Frsnrhman who brought the report from the
City OF Mexico says that n met the unarmed Mexcans
who laid down their the ooh inst scattered
along the road between this and Mango &c Cluvo Some
of them had already advanced three leagues and
already suffering for want OF food.