Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1847-07-08
down his life and immediate himself as q
victim for his country's welfare.

victim for his country's welfare.
The Capitol is represented as being in
state of complete confusion and anarchy /;
and as the letters do not mention that any
steps have been taken to fortify the city a.
gainst the approah of our troops, we pre-
sumo that Gen. Scott will find the Halls OF
the Montezumas an easy conquest.
A letter in the Commercial Times, from
Vera Cruz, gives the following interesting
particulars of the recent fight with the guer-
rilas:
The attack was made suddenly, and by
small party, upon an advanced party OF
dragons, who with Col. Mcintosh, the COM
mander of The escort, was half mile ahead
of the wagons. The party, nell mounted
and nell armed, relreated-or fell back
upon the main body, before an inferior force
of Mexicans, an occurrence, the hrst OF Its
kind during this war, and ! sincerely hope
it may be the last
| The guerrillas, thus inspired with conf
dence, took advantage of the confusion pro-
duced, and avoided the troops as much as
possible, fell upon the wagons and mules,
which were stretched along distance OF
some four miles, and were guarded along
their whole line by number of troops not
exceeding four hundred-many of these, Of
course rushed forward TO their share in the
fight, leaving large sections of the train en-
,irelv unprotected The consequence was,
that twenty-eight wagons, and between one
hundred and two hundred pack mules, be-
came the property of the guerrillas.
The train left Santa Fee with 1872 wagons,
and from 500 to 600 packed mules-so you
will observe the loss forms very large per
centage am glad to learn by letter
which have seen from Maj Bennett, the
pay master, who had charge of the money
which went up in the train, that not one of
the wagons containing the government funds
was taken, although a considerable sum be-
longing to officers was taken in the differ
ent baggage wagons. The most important
of our losses were the ordinance stores, with
which some of the captured were loaded
About six or eight of our men had been
killed, and some fifteen or twenty wounded,
during the engagement, and the Mexican
loss was supposed to be much greater
What has happened since Col. Banks left,
and before Gen. Cadwallader reached the
ground, is a matter of deep interest-not to
say apprehension. The confidence natural
iy sprnging from the discovery that the
Americans are not invincible, has doubtless
induced an early renewal of the attack, in
which case am not without hope that the
reputation the American arms ill be fully
maintained.
LATER.
The steamship Palmetto, Capt. Smith, ar
rived at New Orleans on the 25th ult., from
Vera Cruz, having sailed thence on the
18th. She touched at Tampico on the Goth
and Brazos Santiago on the 2lst ult.
The New Orleans PIcayune furnishes the
following abstract of the news by her:
An express from Puebla, by the way Of
Cordova had arrived in Vera Cruz, announc.
ing that General Scott had commenced his
march upon the city of Mexico, on the
18th inst
We hear not word more in regard te
the overtures for peace, said to have beer
the 18th we have no doubt.
Another express had arrived in Vera Cruz
from Jalapa, which announces that all the
sick had left there on the 18th ultimo, fol
Perote, under a small escort Col. Childs
was to leave on the following day with all
the garrison. General Shields would &C.
company him. The road between Jalapa
and Puebla is represented as free from guer-
rilla parties Of any kind.
About one thousand troops left Vera
Cruz, on the 9Th ull., under the command
of Major Gen. Pillow, to join the army Of
Gen. Scott.
The Spanish renegade named La Vega
who lately repaired to Vera Cruz in COM
pany with the veracious Col. Mata from
this city, is represented to us already in
command of strong guerilla party.
By the express from Jalapa we have nc
intelligence of Gen. Cadwalader, as the rider
came by circuitous route TO avoid the pre-
datory parties on the road.
We have received papers from the city o.
Mexico of the 9th, 9TH, 9Th and 9Th of June
Our previous files came down to the ooh
of May. The intermediate dates we have
not yet received, and presume they have
been forwarded by some sailing vessel
We have only had time to glance hastily a
the papers before us, from which we CLEAN
the following:
Santa Anna still remains in power. His
resignation we presume was Withdrawn; fo'
it is intima,ed that majority of Congress
Was anxious to accept it. His administra.
ton in consequence of this feeling in Con:
gress, has entirely changed its policy and
thrown itself into the arms OF the puros.-
One great section of the puros, however is
not conciliated by this movement; the adj
herenls of Gomez Farias and Gen. Almonte
still continue their opposition to the Ad,
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