The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-10-28
Prom ihr Nsaiansl InlrllisrncrE.
INTERESTING LETTERS FROM RI.

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INTERESTING LETTERS PROM r.
EBLA.
The statement 10 he leuer pablshsd
Ia The National lnltll.gsneer some days
ago N the eHsel that The Amesie.e farm.
son IN rnekls ass 10 . dsngsIn1s illas-
ton. that CRY beng suuoundsd By 'ons
4.O0U Msr'csn loops. 10 eofrobaF.lsd BY
other letters. some Of which bear dae one
aud TAO DAYS lslsE.
The Prl.burR Journal publishs sx.
H.els from Ih'ee letters l,om an ofiser Of
The fmsl Regiment Pennsy Isan'a snlun
iesIs. giving some interesting sisienenis
IS 10 the condition Of lhings IN and shout
PuebI.. lie says IhsI shr battalion which
/. ,Le nsun body Of The American garrison
ia that eIiy nURbs 70 Tres Than $50 rf'eliss
men. aud 10 ~ The mldsi Of . hOsnls pa
pul.i,on of $4,000. This vas wnlen
Srplrubsr sab. ~Lsn The hospitals eon.
t.In,d over 1900 suk. Al ihaI tine
Pueblo had been ior ihIse Serks sUHpsn-
ded by Msxirsh troops. ssIy Ing ~ usm'
Der lrom 1880 10 1000, ~hU tdtrlualIy
cut on Communication.
IL . letter Of Sep'snbsr Ilsh the sri.
ter ssys:
Con uunieaIinns beIaetn Pueblo
ard oUr army 81 sis,ieo. As Well as with he
g-TrlsoLs ~ The tear, are tniirsiy rut oil;
81 II letter gets hom Que 10 The olhsr u
10 considered ntxI 10 n,IiacUloGs." .
&" VI hrls | wIiis. a tain iIom Vera Cruz
I've prs.Ums Major I..lb'. Is b. mnsd
IN 81 Jslaps aud cannot mV'r, slihossh
hut 'huIy-fIe miles iron the Castle oi
Perole, which We oecOpy. Al Pueblo we
hold Tie heights. Ihs Church al Gusds.
lnHpe, Fufi l.OItIIo, and the CssIle OF SsD
JOse. aud no usn can ,Isn tie Plaza,
thee squares oil, except al The PsrIl 81 hIs
HE"
lie says funl er:
"On Sunday ! TOOK . bs,Islios % the
Public Square To bring do~n the body VI
. soldier Who had wandered up tossIds
the church aud wGs murdered 10 The mar
kti place. TsO Jay beIote, the gueIllllss
came IN aud siole IRON oni mule J ard
seven hundred mules--ihe mule yard be-
ing 10 different sursi from Tie troops.
They ssIe ,etn TO take them, and ye.
Governor ChIlds, Who Is ss Careful 10 he
10 brave, (bLl not more so,) could no,
fUrIish troops 10 pursue ihem Two Glles
:. isTwes. pss.y ssd sssso~<S sahs sa:
L.ghs VI ioun they we're surrounded
BY four or i've hundred Of The enemy, and
Of nearly forty. only t~tl'e got back"
In letter OF Sep eInber 18th The s,i.er
STATES that The ,neD, w.s jus, lhen out
aide the city With body .i troops 1000
sIrUug and ihIeah Mug Nh attack. lie says
he does mol ~Ish 10 sslse any thing whlch
would create alarm. bu, be consiuers the
garrison I'm q mght place enemy
having great oJcs IN il, fssoT.
The wIIier OF these iellsrs is evidently
q man oil Intelligence, knosIng whereof
lac sifirms, and understanding The sItu alum
oi The American army III Mexico. We,
therefore, throw together several detached
references ~ the wsr--whsi has been
done AID ~hal temsins to be dobe-msde
Ia the course 81 his succrsi,r letters:
General Scou has IUughI and uon .
splendid b.Ile a, The cIy: this was fol.
loved by an sInIsl,ce aud talk. which
has resulted in nothing, aud again the
dogs oi war are louise. | .vpposs The
army vii 60 intu the city, aud. alter u
does, we will BE- sbuu, - ne a. 70 Iesce 40
The Far West 10 10 sunset. n We
had 25,00O mure troops OF this lIue, so az
10 command every Thing beIseen V.ra
Cruz and Mexico. TiciOrie, would be- wur b
something tosards . great eud - u p,
they are but profitable suuseneu, 10 The
'auqu'shrJ. The COUNT, 10 .ouI.d TO the
top III lie benz by The ciy Vi peace when
there is TO peace. The Government i.
VIZ n.Ing nsel -~rungIng IL. i.iends-
snI, worse Than all, ~runsins tie coun-
Try, BY lie mIseIably mesg.r supply Of
iofces. IL 10 wrrlched aud cruel tcono-
my.
"When we get about ,huiy thousand
additional troops OF this line, Il Is prob..
bic thai peace will be 10 sight. but no, .lll
'htn. dur victories, brilliant aud gInrl,
Gus ss poetry can make them. ats utterly
worthless. We have token po.,e.,lon VI
the country betweea Vtis Cruz aud Mex.
&C., and ho'd .oDe OF il excep, Perule and
Puebia. aud here our troops are more like
prisoners insn victorious tenants. =
r." Tel every b"dy shs, the Government
mus crowd troops by thousands on 10
this line u tie war 10 ever To end. | think
the sa'sly Of those already on II depend.
9 good deal "n the early sIIIy.l Vi large