Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-09-02
ARMY INTELLIGENCE.
From tie " o. pioaguae. ,ipg. %.
ARRIVAL OF TIE GALVESTON.

Gaiai, Lieai. Hin aud Dr. iiamHer-Gan. liefcea or
rival at pnrala, &c. SC.
zsrhe Steamship Galveston. capf 1iat Hand. arrived
yesterday from Vera Cruz. having loacl i Al 1dmpac',
sraxs s;a Galveston. She left YEN tfua III. tire I2h
By this arrival we arc in possession II adsices ftou
piIehla Ia The 9Th Of A~asusi-Iasl one week laier thai
We hal b@f aa rectited. Oar letters were brought
= Taivh from PGe'ia 10 Vera cruz br 4 courier dcspat
= II Exclusively i5t this oiliso. Tie news is lmpor
esa. Scot, WAS sill 3, onella on ,iefai, inst. but The
army MAS 10 take up the Il e u march the nexi day for
iiie city OF Mexico. Gen Tvlggs's division leaving on
The sih. Gen. Quinan's IN The elh. Gen WORMS an
ihe 9Th. aud GrE. Pillow On the luth. Col. thilds
remains ~ command n Purlia.
Ten. Pierce arrived at Puebla IN the 9Th inst not
on The "a inst. as sumo of orr contemporaries slated
iiesasi rot a single man on his march, notwithstanding
''aaetler severe hattie with the guerrillas.
Tile most agreeable news BY this arrival Is the escape
al Major Gaines and Passed ARdshipatHn Rogers. from
,he city Of AleNico, aud their saff arrival Al Gen. SCOTS
headquarters. They ware n eaursa not under parole at
The tiiae they lef McNtei. TIE particulars wilInc found
iu the letters below frun Mr.. Kendall. lis letters men.
lion an affair between Capt. kai, oi the ftnes, with his
sausnai,d and a Mexican guerrilla party. III wlach the
latter WAS entirely routed. Mr.. X. alsn writes Us Of
the de4th of II. Vll. OF die - nfagnsns. and DIR. Ham
ner. of the South Carolina X glueHl. We need not re
ter more particularly 10 his letter, winch abound IN in
ierrst.
From Vera Crz too, the new is imp RANT. The
train which left Vera Cruz fhe evening oi the 9th inst
has bren attacked abut u miles from Vera Cruz; indeed
attacks commenced 81 lrtly afei leaving thal city. The
esrart to the train was uodcr command Of Alai. ialIy, Of
the 9th lntautry. Col. wilson being daHn with yellow
lever. We have confidence thai the following Is a more
rqrncl report Of the principal aiitir han that oil the sun
81 Anahuac. II is from an Ulcer Il IN diligence, aud
Is 10 The latest Dale.
- CtNP At BnirGE, q miles from yefa Cruz,
August IL .lel7.
Geotlemeo-1 he ,ouUaad under Ma Lally was met
ty he GU n lies Yesterday III Lice n ldsa OntJa, one
ND ~ The rear, ct mrs camp. about L. NJ. Attacks
Nefe hlAdr tn irHri. IN rear, aud npentl, centre Of the
tiain, and thcy we've Wpals,d al all points. and We al.
vatced 10 ihi> enoampnitnt. Our I ice WAS well disirl
tnied for the defence Of the tram. the furee IN The rear
Icing nearly as uug Is in front. ard a guard 1.-TWO com
ianics IN The GENRE OF lie Wagons, and fanheIs along
sid # the train Throughout.
But uBt hiss is severe, two officers being severely
weunded. Capt. james Il. Calaell. Il The l~olngcurs.
and Capi. Arthur {. tuuaias. al The llih lnfaniry. tho
i3fmct a native OF ' a,uia. the latter u Mary laud-
Ten men, nJp Commissioned ofiicers and lnHatrs, ave
wounded. None Were hlied DulI ght. One has died since,
aad some 4aerbl1 rs Dangerously Wounded. Hopes are vet
.nor4laed ff The recovery 81 tie 1Wp captains, IT We
san SIND them 10 era Cruz. lelIeee thai The CON
alaRdiag officer has sent 10 Nep Cruz Ter a detachment
81 hgrses 10 es,utt amAu'ancos 10 take hack The wounded
fheh may accumulate by tie ime We reach The Nation
81 bridge. We are 1850 strong, with a tram uf seventy
Nag rs. and the traps al raw and canp muyely unln
sfsrig9. But | think We vii make our way through,
securely; perhaps lighting our W, ior many GAYS. We
are ablut Twelve mjes itom the National Bridge, aud
We move on . few miles Ia day.
The san SAYS eight men were killed ON our side and
that ispl. l@ycfs GcoIgia mounled men killed twenty.
hive OF ius enemy Ia a obafge. ooSeiner " llson i'm.
hteitte ly otdcfei up rcluiuIcrInfnts. tapt. Earrluld'S
rdnIany started at once 10 90 M. aud Capt, Seefeldr,
% tAe Louisiana battalion. Were also ordered up. A gtn-
tenhan Who came over un The Galveston. saw the latte
leaving The c'y. Capt Besanoon's company was absent
an a setut when the news aseised \ TIA tuz Of the dan
ger H. tie train. When IA returned. he would lie ordered
up. aud either t"rccs were 10 he semi inra ard. The yer
iEi reports are tina, the Americans had il.Hiy men woun.
ded M the skIrmSh and as many hofsas Killed. II is
not 10 be concealcd HAT serious f,ars are felt for The s,fp.
~ oi tbs tram. The heNlcans have made extensive
preparations 10 harrass II and rut II of # possible. W.
are informed that the uumber Of NJ. Ialh's command
fails short Of one Thousand me- rather than exceed, that
intlhrr. The MoAtrans are under tie impression that
The irain takes Up a million Of dalars in specie-so SAYS
fho Boletiu OF Jalapa OF the Sh inst, winch has boen
received al Nera Cruz. Tie lulelin pays God that the
aherfllias and national guard together ma, succeed in
cutting oil the tain. The National Bridge is the ponl
Nsere te decisive action Is expected. There was a rc-
lafi IN VEGA Crnz, that the ene1Iilas had bestowed A
lafi Of the bridge and erected defensive works there
lhn latest number OF The Sun Of Anahrac sets dawn III,
'iaoier OF gucFnllas al 1000. Led on by the hope Of
a flCh booty. they mast not be expected Ia iesis, from
her attacks 50 long as a chance remains for them.
l~o men belonging to The lrein lapped behind nm tho
second day march from Vera Cruz, and were cut on by
abe MeN;cans. One Of Them MAS horribly mutila,cI
hath Aes being cut of below the knce. Tie died imme
dia'eiy. The other was 50 severely wounded that he
died shortly after he was found by Capt. Besancon',
men. The wounded man just had time To give a de
4s'fiplol oil the mnrdcrers, three IN number. and the
course they had taken. They were pursued aud cauph,
and at once an example was made of them,
capt alrchlld reformed from n scout on the 9th inst
alter haviog made q circuit Of about thirty miles. Al
f'i.ai' pNn called PaS3 dc Tore, he found secreicd in
ial some tsten or twenty escope'as and as many sabre,