Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-08-07

published in this quarter. and will prove into
resting, ns our own citizens arc concerned:
PrnorE, Mrxico, June 23,als47s
Yesterday, abon, noon. The entire i6rce that
VA. at Jalspa succssd"d in reaching here in
sairiy, and aithun, my loss whatever to the
train. The march wa' conducted Under the
immediate command oi Brizadier General Cad.
waladcr, who, although slow in hs movements,
10 generally sure and safe. We were parts Of
four days in making distance of3J miles, ow.
ing to the UNIV ieldincss ,f the train and the an.
noyance the cuerlas gave u.s. They had pns.
tec themselves along the heights o. la fioys 'oa
nearly two miles and were nb@t thousand
s,rhe. The pase of In lIoya is much longer
than thst Of the Cru Gordo. though not 81 for
duble, in my Judgment; and in the hands OF
any thing like wsr like people i would have
heen very difficult TO have z Il the team throus b
without immense hsa.
On the 20 h we encountered TIC eucrrillas.
and sfter some six hours skirrnishing, in which
we took eighteen prisoners, and k He'd b'tween
seventy and eighty o' them, they we're com.
ple,ely and cfi'c'ually routed. We threw out.
in the fret instance, large f,ankine parties, aud
then scaled evrry height. both with OUT infantry
and cavalry. Two cavce WIRE discovered, in
which were slowed ia,gc quantities Of provi.
sione, soine ammunition, and a tcw 6rea,tns =
Among the former were American hams, sugar.
and hard bread. Amer occupying the tciehts
with our forces. 80 as to cffec,ually co,n,u,nd
the pass is entire distance, the train was passed
through and halted at The village Of Las Vigas,
q ei,ort distance Of the l., iloyas.
The evening previous to our attempting to
frce our wsy through the pass in the noun.
tains, Colonel Wyakoop, who is in com,nand Of
this place and the Castle Of Prro'e, hearing OF
the number of'hc enemy that had pasted them.
selves at La Foya with u view Of cutting oil
the train, left at 8 O'Clock in the evening with
the greater part Of the Fire, Pennsylvania Re.
giment and Captain Walkers company Of noun.
ted rifeinen. They were engaged with the
guerrillas. on this side o. the pass, from II o.
clock that night up 10 the tune We got through
the next morning. and did most excellent ser.
vice. They drove the enemy mr several mics
back from the rad. and burnt every rancho in
their route, ieoring d',ola,e the oh"le roun
try orer Which.ihey passed. O" our reaching
Las Vigss, Q pretty and furnishing little town
il was found ,ha, the dwellings, wese cn,irel,
deserted by the Mexicsns. and it was saiisisc,o
lily ascertsined that they had Identified them
selves with the gueriliss.
| With the consent Of the commanding Gene
rsl the torch was applied ,o. the buildings. N,
in = few moments the entire town was on,
universal scene Of confsgra,ion. Erery bmitd
ing in Il. numbering beip'en eighty and on
hundred, Uas destroyed by .fre-,he only ont
that was spared being the neat little Catholi'
church that adorned the town lie solita
ry appearance among the smoudring RUNS q
the town created sensstons brit imsg inc.
than described; and the example set in this in
stance, it ia greatly TO be hoped, will have tn
effect Of training ,he enemy in fn'nre in 'hri
murderous course of warfare. Our lo.s was
comparatively speaking. nothing.