Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-05-29

The latest intelligence from alapa and the held OF opera
tons possesses but little additional interest General Scott
still in the city of Jaapa, and his force cncamped
there and in the immediate neighborhood recruiting and
awaiting full supplies preparatory the grand
the capital Gen Worh's division is and about Peroe,
and that Of Gen. Twiggs between apa and that city The
latter General was himself III Jalapa five days ago.
Santa Anna yet Oizaba, but is impossible to get
at tie probable number of troops under his flag The reports
give the wide margin of hundred thousand the
latter of which is perhaps nearest the mark.
train is leave this city which would be well
worth large for Santa Anna off It is immensely
large and valuable consisting of about four hundred wagons
loaded with supplies of all kinds including half million
of dollars and large number OF pack mules, quite
thousand. The will consist of about thousand
soldiers about oneha OF which Dragons sent down by
Gen Scott Iii quite probable that Santa Anna has ntell
gence the preparation and importance of this tran and it
improbable that he will endeavor intercept it. Such
capture would about pay the Mexcans for all their losses
since the commencement of the
Mr.. N P. TRIsr arrived yesterday with dispatches for
Gen. Scott and Com Perry. The Commodore came up to.
day and held long with Mr. Tst evidently very
CONFIDENTIAL and often in of voice and with manner
which indicated communications and sentiments Of ordna
ry Importance Mr.. Trst is the Government, in Mexico.
He gees with the train Gen. Scott, and
will doubtless give him ample instructions for the eectual
prosecution of the
i MArs.-In the Eagle [newspaperl which, send you will
find list of fyve soldiers who will remain in Mexico after
the They have taken up their homes amongst
the sand hills and louder blast than that which called them
the field will he required call them hence The number
Of the army who will thus remain in Eastern Mexico already
exceeds that of the shipments to California of the
class These deaths all occurred within period Of three
weeks, and far Judge by the dead-cas" which
pass daily the streets the month of May viii tell
| story than April has told.
An order of the Government issued the day before
day, indicates the state Of preparation which found
cessary TO maintain under existing circumstances few
thousand determined troops under able leader would find
Vera Cruz this rather easy conquest although
there would be hard fighting encountered in the opera
ton Very little fear of attack entertained but Cover
nor Wilson is too old soldier treat his enemies with too
much contempt.
Part the big train moved this afternoon for San
Fe eight miles from this city, where the train will be DR.
ganlzed and Monday morning make fair start II will
form one OF the grandest seen, extending fully
SIX miles in length II seems to to be entirely large
party and could probably have been divided into numbers and
time to better purpose
Many barbaries committed the road by small par
ties, which sneak like Indians amongst the bruhwood and
watch for sagelers from the trains Lieutenant Kings
bury, Of the volunteers (not the intelligent and intrepid
Der Of General Taylos sts) was the other day. manged
lndnIer-Darey
Many others who have observed little caution have Jared
much worse-some being found dead few minutes after
they had stepped out Of the ran line escort and no
trace of their murdereTs remaining dstnguishable
The troops brought here by the Mary Kngsnd are CRATE
fully hailed by they peculiarly the kind required by
our COMMANDMENT We wish she could have brought
ten times the number glad to learn that more to ps
authorized TO be levied the General certainly needs
every man be gettha is, If he intends march upon
the capital
MAY "a squadron OF Dragons has Just come in from
JaaPa, and report change in affairs that place. It is
believed that Santa Anna, with five or six thousand
troops is moving and that his destination Vera Cruz The
story refined upon until his distance from the city is mar
rowed down fifteen miles, the Orizaba road The
Tennessee volunteers ION their home were passed by
the Dragons twelve fifteen miles out and will proba
bly, be here Tomorrow
MAY l0.-The volunteers the number Of about fifteen
hundred have arrived the command Of Colonel Baker
the late representative of the military in Congress Colonies
Haskell and Forman also with hem the former suffering
much from severe burn received in firing a magazine at
Ceno Gordo.
Cen Patterson has directed the Fashion to be reserved for
himself and the wounded ocersa other persons entitled
passage TO the United States will take other vessel
The Eudora is be filled and dispatched and tgo
three sailing vessels will take the remainder of the officers
aud troops Where the General is to find the wounded Off
justify his pretext, know did not know there
were any in town-except Col Haskell.
MAY ll.-Que excitement is produced amongst the
unacomated this morning. by reports Of the of
The roH0 Two deaths have occurred during the night and
both attributed 10 that dread disease One victim was
French lady, and the other Mr. Smith, the sue Of the Penn
ylvania regiment Both in full health two days ago
report is in circulation, but raceabe authentic
ouce that another engagement has place at or near
'ueba and still another Cudad Victoria some miles in
and from Tampco The latter would be probable il
knew Of any American troops in that quarter General
Taylor could not have reached the place early this
ancy and his the only troops Of in that direction
MaYllrhe Fashion has steam up, and is ready for q
move Nothing has transpred since yesterday worth
The light southery wind Of last Sunday brought large
number OF squaregged vessels into the port Of New York
Among them four British, three Dutch two Bremen,
ono Belgian one Sandman, Norwegian, Danish, and
one Portuguese.