Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-04-23
FROM TIE ARMY.
wa the r,iisdr',hs> .fh Am,rsar.
Letter from an o. ON ! ard the steam
ship Princeton.

Letter from an oHcci ON ard tie steam
ship Princeton
OWN B,tfEr. Npil -
NJ, D,Gr Hfoshor --ll,ic v, az, on ort
way b nr. have seen a., sirro n: \ofa
Cruz aud was pt,sDlt - ~ sufr,pi,t II
four thousand McSicsn -,lhcf, H. ccfc.
mony took lace on a large v.siu outside g.,
the ~alls, It wasa very imposing si.'i. ard
onc 'lat ~ one ever expected | should $50.
\ the Ike a..ich ,crN icW VII soc again "a
this continent Tie mn,on soldiers sc,mcl
,cr> indifferent. hu, the uf,,vi, arpcarcl
soiroviul AMI much mortified Tie, were
very poorly dressed somc with old white
hats aud some vi,h black ones. not la, nr.
probably. seen i,llar ior months
The hombarlurut la,tcl three la,s aud
a laN The city was greatly Injured the
shells aud round ,ho, striking all over the
town. On' pant near small battery of five
guns, which fought most gala ,ly was cn.
tircl, destroyed. AID frcm tie stencil in tie
n.ighhorhocd il i, o. bee feared that the
bodies Of very many poor women aud chill.
drcn are buried in the ruins. TIL. FIRE from
tie battery was tnl cN'raoidinnr, the
balls aud shell. ,'ru,k TIE work, in vii h
the scamcr aul officers of the navy were
fighting, with almost tie precision Of lihc
shooting
] spent three or four hours on LII ahuu,
a quarter Of NIL, in the rear Of the navy
battery, and could see tie eject of every
shot from that aud from the town. Some of
the shells aud slo, >truck fatlcr near me To-
make It Yer! pleasant. Frequently falling
within sc,,nis -syc yards o' where | was
stationed. after having apparently Just shaved
the top 81 The sailors fort: hut IT was Il
sigh, TO soc, and the srra,l risk worth laz.
ardinc
! have heard COLONEL To,tcn say tia, lc
has never seen such superb gun practice a.
was displayed by the McNioaus. They
were obliged t. surrender for the want %.
provisions, the soldiers N, having an ounce
OF fod left either in the city or oas,c. and to
save their beautiful town from utter de-
s'rucii,u i, being completed, commanded by
the high ground ia our rear, occupied by
our troops.
] was in the Governors palace, very
hnc huildng occupying one side of the PA
"a, III which General Scott has his heal.
quarters. aad was looking into a very hand
some room, where II was evident shell
had struck, when Mexican gentleman
came up and offered to show me over the
house. followed him, aud directly We came
to what had cidcntl, been superb room,
but then almost entircly torn 70 pieces. he
pointed to place beside the door which
was blown out. 'Thcrr said hc, sat n lady
aud her two Children; they were all killed
by tie s'.cll which has wrougl, the injury
YOU scc.
\. ,hc Mexican latter, which fouch. 50
well, when the flag staff WAS shot away. an
o'hccr tore The nag from the remnant of the
STAFF jumped upon the I,arapct, and held it
III hi, Land, until he Himself was shot down.
Til. was done three times. The sigl, in
the Plaza, when General Scott took pos
session would doubtless have been very
Handsome, if tie soldiers had been dressed
as are or holiday soldiers in Pliladc.
phia Such n set Of dirty ragged looking
dcvil- it is hard T. see. Scot, aud III.
stan X Worth were all in their rlor, hnLil-
imcn's, the re-, in anything bu, slightly
costume.