Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-04-17
From the N. O. Delta, Of Sunday, April 4. !
ANoruER AMERICAN TRIUMPH.


From the N. O. Delta, Of Sunday, Aprilal
ANOTHER AMERICAN TRIUMPH.
vsra Crus ssd the Castle Taken,H
Surrender of Vera C'uz ard the Castle Of San
Juan de Ulloa-- MINUTES aud Particulars Of
each days Operations, from the Commence.
ment of the Bomba bardnsnt until the Final
Surrcnder--The American Flag hosted on
the Enemy. with the Surrender OF Arms.
Ammunition, &c.-The Tn te States Army
in The Castle and Chy-Crr, mony Of Sur
render. DC, &c.
Correspondence Of the Daily Delta.
FROM the FIer,.
HARBoR OF VERA CRuz, March 2s, 1877.
Eds Defa.-From this deleciable place once
more have the pleasure Of greeting you--and
now can give you something that will proba.
bly, Interest you. Well. We have had regular
Waterloo light, barring that the killed and
wounded have been uurreccdrnily small consi
drring the showers of shells, solid. grape and ca
mister shot poured into US by the Vera Cruzanos
But wish 10 inform you of the share :hat we Of
the Navy have had in this last affair.
You must know that on Monday, the 22d inst
we landed a battery consisting of four Paixhan
6S and two 32-and Captain Lee, Of the Eng.
neers, selected for US an admirable site, over.
looking the whole city, within seven hundred
yards of the walls. A tall grow tn of chaparal
hid the operations OF the Engineers, with two
hundred workmen, during the construction OF
our sand bag fort. but when it was completed,
on Wednesday, the oath inst, our guns were un,
masked and the chaParal cleared away so as To
bring us a view Of the strongholds TO be battered
down, As soon as the enemy obtained a sight
! Of our nice little arrangement, he opened tire.
mendous and well directed fire upon it, aud then
our men returned the favor with unm,iga,ed
pleasure, and up TO meridi an that day the firing
was incessant on both sides
THk NAVY As soon as Com. Perry percev
ed the land forces engaged he ordered Captai,
Tatnail, with what 10 called the "MosQui,t
Fleet, consisting of the steamers Spnire am
Vixen and five gunboats. viz: Refer, Bonita
Tampico, Falconer, and Petrol, to attack. Capt
T. inquired at what point he should engage
Com. Perry very empha,cally replied. "Where
eordingly the little fleet took position under
point Of land known as the "Lime Kiln" abou
| a mile from the city, where they were protects
from point blank shot Of the Castle. As 500
as they got their position in line they opened
FIRE Of round shot and she'll at n rapid rate, an
threw them handsomely into the town and For
Santiago.
The Castle soon paid its respect TO Capt Ia,
nall, and The powerful eng ines Of havoc and dcs
tructon were now in full blast from every quar
ter, hurling their dreadful! and deadly missile
into each Others ranks in rapid sue ccession, whio
they kept up until about dark, when the Mex
can batteries comparatively ceased and the 'Mu
quito Fleet also held Oft for the night
At o'clock the party that were in the irer
ches were relieved by another detail. The troor
who returned from the en,renc hmpnts were !
terally covered with smoke and dust. and
J much dishgured that they could not be recogn
zed except by their voices Shell after she'll E,
: ploded in their midst, und shot after shot thre
barrels Of earth from the embarkments over the
heads a. they lay in the trenches Their esoaI
|
d ry person is surprised that at least one half
: their number was not slain
March 23.-Jus' as aylight was approach,
e Capt Ta,nalrs MusQuito Flee, weighed anch
d and under cover of moon somewhat cloudr
approached within GOO yards of the Castle. I
soon as they had got their respective position
J. they opened broadside from the Fleet, wh,
was answered by the Castle with great .pir
!, both by round shot and she'll. Capt T. cont
!. ued the engagement for about half an hour,
l. though the signal from the Commedores shi
IS calling him of, had been hoisied for some tim
ID but, ! suppose, was not seen on account of
cloud OF smoke which hung around the shppr
'e This attack of Capt T. on the Castle Is 60
Is sdered Of the most daring feAts that has be
n attempted since the commencement of bosti
as ties.
sr Tuesduy Morning, March 23-Abo 200 W
"a unteers and sailors were attached 10 each pie
a. Of ordnance, which was by them conveyed ov
sand hills and hollows half knee deep in SAL
s. and through lagoon about 2 feet deep and
,e yards wide, with soft bottom. They were
in placed in position, about three miles from whs
10 they landed. during the night. The sailors a
K. the volunteers worked admirably together.
n. During the early part Of last evening, the to-
was lighted up by building on FIRE, which "
ignited by the bomb shells. II was impossi
ur to tell what building it was, but il was suppo'
re by the engineers to be the barracks. Az 50
vn a. the FIRE was discovered from our mortar b
on terry, IVES very much gratihed 10 observe
ek cessation Of our fre-for, Notwithstanding