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KILLED 11,eric11 Lcfs 80 Copfdi1
BOYD, gf Baltimore, Hiilsd Ger
riiIas Raiiying aeciusf Gen. Piefc>
NsxicanS Routed ai L.qkoya Death
III. Pa1k<r Capiars ef II. Whip
Tbs Nsn Orleans papefs Of lhs a2a
uit brink o. some slifrinr shd hiehsyim.
portiui intslIissnts from me city Of Mex
10. and ih1 sea, o. var. received 81 The
sfEixal 81 the steamer Neu Oheans.
which LEFT Yefs Cruz % ihs 18th ull
Gsn. ristes lsit Vera Crux with
heavy Irlin. and twenty fve hundred
fneu. On arriving near he Nsiionsl
Bridge. hawas intercepted By ! large
body d Mexican troops. 10 he number
~ fourteen hundred
Gen. Pierce. not considerins il prudent
i0push o1, had feiurned 10 Vera Cur
Tor artillery sne IeinIofcemenis. The b.
plnion seemed 10 Be. that On immense
Mexican toree had lined the whole road
moi only with view 10 intercept The val
usble trains. but 10 cut of Gen. Scott from
Ieinlofcemsntg 90 as to embarrass bin 10
his on ward movement. - well as 10 make
bis army more easy conquest 10 the
foIees concentrated a The Capitol. a
report 81 lhif sffziF. together win tise &c
Zeal OF the Mexicsn1 81 Col. De Russy.
n Huejuila. and The .11lh oi Captain
Boyd. late Of The Baliimore Bstisiion. IL
thus given BY Capt, Aud. Of The steamer
New oflesns. ID bis account 81 bis "Trip
IRON Vera Cruz IL the Brszos:
On Der departure IRON Vera Cruz on
The morning Of The IA D oil. :, Gen. PIERCE,
with his command Of detaehmeots ..
I mounting 10 $500 men and l50 wagons,
had taken Up their line Of march towards
Puebls.
We arrived 10 Tsmpico on The moro
ing Of the 18Th ull. 81 6 O'Clock. Col.
Gates informed Us that Two hundred A.
lnelica an prisoners who had beentrslelsed
iIom The city OF Mexico had been ordered
down 10 Tam2ico and re.csptured BY
Gen. Gdray ~ or near Huejails. about
nldeiY OF one hundred miles ur lhe river,
snd Col. De Russy. with delschmrnis o.
IsJ.ouisisna volunteers; rsrts Of Capt.
WY company oi artillery and Capt
Boyd's formerly Of the Baltimore baiisl,
JONI eompany 81 inlaatry amounting 10
Hli5 or i20. uen and officers. bad leii
there by the way Of the river on the
steamers Undine aud Mary Summers. on
the morning OF The 9Th uli.. lOr the 5por.
Y pose OF releasing the American prisoners
They had landed siEfy miles above IN.
II molssted. and the two steamers had re.
turned 10 the cry. Ala o'clock p. M
" an express arrived from COL De Russy
staiing they had been permitted % march
up unmelefed unlh they got 10 marrow
Y pass near Hasjulla. where they were sur,
rounded by twelve or fourteen bundled
Mexicsas under Gen Garsy. They had
suffered considerable loss. but by the. as.
sis'anee Of capl. Wyse's artillery they
had ehl their way oni and returned 10.
wards the river and wanted assisiapce. -
Col. Gates despatched the New 0Aesns
hack to Vera Cruz with reqpisiiion On
atol Wilson Tor Tour companies Of infsn-
try. sud also kie steamers Undine aGdMa
~ Summers up the river with 100 men 10
Ahe rsiief Of Col Ds1ussy. The New
otiesns arrived al Vera Cruz on The l6lh
al o'clock n. N. when We found the
city 10 great excitement.
Gen, Pierce bad marched out as shove
stalled, and epcampeG about ten miles
Z nom The city, when the scouts or out
guards Game ID aud reported large force
of Mexicans d The National Bridge, and
marching torards the city. Every thing
was got ready for an stack, The ship
ping was removed from between the CITY
! and The castle Gen.Pierre came ia and
took q reinforcement OF seven hundred
men. making 10 ell. lhitiy two hundred.
Ia consequences OF ths ixle difficulty, the
teqnisiiion Of Col. Gsies.on GOV. Wilson
could 30. be complied with. We, re
ceiysd on board, twenty Eve marines from
The U. s. sl1op Sarsiosa. and % The
morning. Of the 9Th. Il z o'clock. sailed
for Tampico. II which time, Gen. Pierce
had marched out 10 meet the enemy Al
IS o'clock on he lSsh pliA. We srrisesi al
Tampico. anG heard that the two dsiach-
ments had returned. and The result IS
near i We could ascertain, was q fol-
lows:
The dslaehnenis had marched Up to.
wards their place OF destination. unuolesi-
ed. until they came in narrow pass
several miles from Hueiutls. when they
were surrounded BY II OF 400 Msxi-
cans, who commenced q heavy fire on
them from all directions. Capt. Wyse
got his piece Of artillery 10 bear orihem.
alter giving them SIX OF eight rounds OF
grape. which cut lanes thtough their
hhe,. they gave way and a d through the
chaparfsl. 90 each side oi The road. This
was on The morning Of the l2ih. They
commenced fighting their way back TO-
wards the river, IL intervals. until the
morning Of the 10Th Inst. when they
were released BY the Reimbursement Of 100
men seni BY Col Gates. They reiurned
10 ihs CITY late On the night Of the 10th
inst. With loss Of 20 killed lG vonnded
snd 2 missing, snd Is or 90 horses and
50 pack mules.
regret % STATE thai Capt. Boyd was
The 6fsl who fell. with three balls through
his body. Also. his lst lieutenant fell
MORALLY wounded. and ives lsil dying on
The 6eid. Col De Russy had several
balls through his clothes. Capt. Wyse
had hires horses shol under him. The
Mexican loss. by report Of Mexican.
1ss i60 killed and wondaed. Their Gem
esal ilsd End lea lhe charge 70 ihe SEE
cond 10 c6mmand. The names 81 the
oiiesfs Who sceompanisd Col, Pc Russy
are moi recolIeete5.
-. Lieut.. Whipple. .tciing sdjolsnt 81 the
9Th I1isnlry. WAS lsssoed By small par
! IL .,,srriIlns an lhk 18Th inst when