Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-16
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From Capt. Laumsn OF the Pennsylvania volunteer.
who has kindly communicated various inform
learn that the work OF ryng Rio Emo was going ON
rapidly. The English courier who arrived N Vera C,u.
the night before the Orleans lef said positively there were
10000 Meaeans engaged in the work Other accounts
reduce the number To $4,000, bat this subject tho
PLANTATION, take it, Is that any number of men can he
raised 10 defend the cithat there Is scarcely limit 10
the hosts that can be concentrated ii the means OF feed
Ing them can be procured. Bat that hordcs are well
armed and equipped possess discipline we have no
faith Their very numbers will prove an ;ance
when the day of trial comes.
Although IL IL positively We p-csuune a,
Gen Scott reached Pueba the 29h ult Can't L,uman
estimates the total OF effective men whom Gen S could
muster at Paebls a, 1900 the sr,hes This IT, OF
course, independent Of the which have arrived in
such numbers lately at Vera Cruz.
we have before given the composition OF the garrison
ei' At Jaaps under Col Childs At Peroe FIVE companies
OF the LIST Pennsylvania Regiment have been left with
some dragons and srtillcry-about $50 in ALL
The steam ship Telegraph arrived at Vera Cruz the morn.
ing OF the LIST inst with Gen Cadwaadcr and portion Of
his command There were three companies OF infantry
and two OF dragons at Gen Twiggss old camping ground
near Vera Cruz, awaiting Gen Cadwaaders arrival They
would proceed up with him once.
The Mexican guerilla parties have laid WASTE all the
ranches on the road up, aud driven o all Mexican pro-
preor disposed To be peacosbc The road not DEEM
cd sale Tor travellers unless under very considerable
cott.
The reports have OF the sickness Vera Cruz arc
nous. Verbally learn that there 1900 men sick
IN the hospitals the 3lst uli and great many diving da
w. said that on the 3lst forty died ia the castle
The Quarernasefs represented suffering very
much and dying oil rapidly But have letters Vera
Cruz from high authority which give very different
ot the sickness They represent that there are but
few cases OF ronfo among the troops, but many
private practice among foreigners, Americans The
city - cleaner than II before.
The new recruits suffer very much upon their arrival
As soon a. landed they march u Tor Santa Fe through
the deep sand the weather excessively hot aud rghtu
scarcity OF water Many OF them give and car
red back TO the city to be placed in the hospitals and
suffer with disrrhGl In the hospitals Jalspa
said II be about 500 sick.
lsar A. -.
elected President but have pspes by which TO veri
~ this news The same report rife before pos
sble Tor the fact 10 be known Is Ia the
Arco-lrs Of the 3lst uli.
In this Arco-lrs we 6nd postscript effect that
Gen Valencia had superseded Santa Anna IN his military
command. and that some OF the guerrilla parties who held
their commissions from the latter had suspended their pre-
daory operations until they should receive authority
TO continue them We place faith the latter part of
this story Mexican i1drORss suckers at legal
doubts they require commissions steal rob or muir
der