New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-23

TROOPS n lcn0--AHf
Depot-What l. to be Done >-,iortality
among the Troop--Atocha's Mis-ion-La-
test from the United -tates-Position OF the
Observation-Disclosures among the Of1cer--
Crippled Condition OF Mexic o, &c.
Correspondence Of The Tribune.
orr VERA Carr, February 20. ls47.
Vera Cruz Is not yet annexed, bat those to whom
the duty Of snncxing Il Is assigned are at hand
Ten or more transports, flied with troops lie At
Lobos Island the point selected BY oar Government
or BY some III informed authority as depot have
been as long time reaching Vera Cruz from Cape
Rojo. within twelve miles Of Lo5os as have from
the mouth Of the Mississippi. Il q one hundred
and seventy miles from here. | 10 at know single
advantage that il oilers as depot, aud have 10
conception Of the grounds Of is choice. One ofthe
transports Las been wrecked already and her cargo
Of sodiery marched back T. Sscnfcios-so the Mex
lean papers tel Us.
What Is to be done when Vera Cruz shall have
been taken March 10 the capital And If that
be captured what secf Ask Mexican and he
would reply, QUicH s7tf which Is Yankee
method of answering question. although not Yankee
lingo doubt Mr. Poiks s5lily 70 eve better answer
al this moment; but can inform him. through your
columns. that ihe chief military duty there 10 BE- dis
charged viii be % ie suH 1ga dc Our soldiers can Dis
sIgncd them and they aA q =. But s1oep Nita DE
rot and Turks with tire plague de a. they must hen do
Our losses already far exceed IN human hie, those Of
the Mexicsns and the disproporon viii increase with
every hours prOtracion OF TIE war presume the dis
parity 10 gres.r In fscsl point OF view, and ~ also ike
modern Democracy Is pragrsssrs from worse IN worse
. Car any good come cat % Ai0cha's missiOnl We
cannot understand it. but base few vague hopes upon
MS three days detention. We think il his proposition
had be- rejected he would have returned Immediately
Our communication with TsHpico IS cry unfTequent
snd consequently know but little 1T what - ransp
ring there or IN the United states beg pardon, Ia
otsr pdgfs OF the United states mean. am apt u SIP
~ the new geography Our ls'esi news from Aev-Or
leans Il 70 the let February and IRON NcTiork The
Tribune OF the S1d January u the latest have
The Relief reshp which brought our last mail hst
passage OF fourteen days from Pensacola
The irigsis Potomac and sO0p John Adams are now
on the bloc ade the former miles up the ast and
the latter 1t this port The McIane is yet at Tsbasco
and Lieut. Shsws ggnbos, At Laguna hese are al The
blocksdng vessels ~ this moment employed on ths
coast Considerable changes have taken place within
the past day or two, and the Commodore seems 70 DC
gathering the higher ctceTs around him for some pur
pose Of cOnsuaiionor perhaps Tor court martial as
great number Of officers under arrest in the diner
ent vessels Oi the squadron. This hts Of inacton =
most destrct the natural spirit and feeling OF naval
officers and IL u not surprising TO md IN few degree
OF eokessness in their department and intercourse with
their supcr9rs. they are FESTIVE most anxious to act
and spurred by the expectauOIs OF their county,
but there is nothing 10 donothng to Be done They
cannot Will not take proper view VI the matter and
consequently have a distorted idea OF T. Inc Navy
never discharged It's duty more naniuly and noby than
il has done this War. do not refer 70 Iaoasco or
LaguDs 10 the Pacific COST tor proof OF my position
but 10 Vera Cruz. and Tampico, sud Anton Lzardo. In
view of the richest haryess of (nllitafy) gl0rynOi
permitted 10 pluck leaf IL needs no apologists
There now lying al Anton LizardO the following
vessels The irgae Rsritan. the soop Albany. The
steamers Princeton Sptfe Vixen aud Peira, the Orig
pOrpoise store ships Relief and FredOnia. and some
guu,boats prize brig and small schooner. arc
also here. The Ansx French bark vrecked) and the
Spanish bngsntne Orbe1 under the guns at the
Castle. The las, named vessel ran In the other day III
der peculiar circumstances
Tne British triga's Endymion, Capt Lambert sailed
for Jsmaica tho 18th. the steamer Hermes having
brought the Captain orders 10 the command Oh that
post The Alarm having sailed day or two before
leaves only the brig Daring and the Ilenes 20 look out
for the place. They, together with two French and
Spanish vessels constitute the whole foreign force
in the Gulf This fact indicates absorbing degree Of
European interest in our proceedings.
The Royal Mail Packet due on the l+in has not made
her appearance. Il Is the rst instance OF failure that
have even known in thls hne.
considerable force yet remains at Tula with sn eye
fancy, upon Tsmpico. Only ore thousand men under
Gen, raj Psrrod marched from that place to Join the
main body q, Matehusa, the point VI rendezvous last
selected by Santa Anna and VI which be Santa Anna
held his headquarters on the 9TH instant In letter 10
the Secretary Of War of that date he expresses fear
of having to turn back. for OF supplies He Ger
tany is hard up" and Is dependent upon charity and
robbery for the support Of his wrctched army Lists OF
donations for the aid of the country published IN
some of the journals In which strange and rihng con
uibutons betray the Of existing resources.
In one list, | see q COW calf package OF wax,
shiilngand even sixpence M Another,-enumerate d
gifts OF different individuals such gifts must be
blessed. soldier paid with one OF those shilngs
must. surely, bear 3 charmed lie " and glance rorl
his eye ought 10 be enough 10 cut OF Yankee
soldiers 10 the heart But unfortunately they cannot
look each other in the face the Mexican before
he has taken good look at his adversary and Is content
20 owe his life 10 the discipline of the enemy
am told that the pay Of the private soldiers In the
Mexican army - now only sx and quarter cents per
day and has they don't receive regularly Their cloth
ing and provisions correspondingy sean and their
hopes measured b. still smaller scale How car
the poor wretches be expected 10 tight
The season OF NOrthers Is now pretty much over.
and that VI ievers cutters upco the succession 10 VIII
probably have set in before the rsibow strikes the City
and among the earliest preparations should be included
the materials for erecting hospitals on Green and sala
medina Islands No Surgeon General guartermsster
General, any officer attached 10 either Of those
branches OF the stat has yet 70 my knowledge looked
at the place. Indeed the only officer OF the army who
has been acre at ALL Lieutenant OF the lth Artillery
VINO came not 10 examine the place and peighborhood
bring prisoners tof exchange. Incidentally
he gathered some facts which Of course be
ilcesbe 10 Gen scott and they constitute, think
about s the special Information with regard 10 access
biity, &c. now in his possession. What may be done
with spies Cannot say but much valuable Information
could be sdy and cryauy procured BY sending proper
officers for II. Had such oficers been sent am conn
dent the. LObos Island would have been chosen
depot OF center Of operations ssansi Vera Cruz.
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