The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1847-03-06
WAR NEWS.
LATE AND INI kRkSTING
NEWS FROM MEXICO.

l. snu reports snd rumors relsNve 10 The
g war. The matter that most concerns
q the people Of that city 10 the fate Of tho
II L ouisiana troops under Col. De Ruesy,
: who were wrecked st Cape Boxo, about
"a miles from Tsnpico. Tho reports
respecting these men sie very eontts-
diclory, bot those which appear TO be
pest authenticated ore the troop, were
sl safely landed.
Capt Miller, with g coDpsny Of srtil.
cry, was despatched from Tsmpiso in.
nedlsreIy to their relief. Gen. Co.'s.
with force OF ESQ men and four pieces
OF sr'ilIety, reached the plscs OF the
wreck on the 4lh. Atitr summoning
Col De Russy u surrender his force as
lprisoners of war, which summons was
promptly rejected, sn engagement took.
place, which lasted ill 10 o'clock p. M,
without any positive result. TheLou-
siansns had saved but 200 muskes from
the wreck, and it is said. in consequence
found il impossible TO di.perse ,heMex.
cans. Gen. Coss had static ned au ID.
vance Of 80 csvslry and so infsntry s,s
p,ss 10 prevent reinforcements arriving
rom Tsmpico. Geo. Patterson fee ling
we'll satisfied OF the uath Of THE re port
iespa eFed to their assistance o brigade
under Gen. Pillow, consisting Of threa
reg imesH Tennessee volunteers, two OF
foot end one moun,ed;,nd four com pn-
les of ariillerrv- This fntnA st..iAA %.
tered, and took on board The rymsment
rom The u S. schr. tc.EMsx. prirel
'ommanded by MId.hipmsn Na,shslD:
Smi'n, likewise 600 regulars, and proc
c=eded 10 the wreck. The result may
be looked for by The next arrival from
hat port. Ii is certain that Capt. Ma.
sruder, with 100 men, who left Tsmpi-
co on the 7lh for c pc Boxo, had effect
9 landing. ss tho propeller whitb
took him war seen on the OH returning
from the wreck, with but her regulae
rev.
The English courier, arrived 10 Vera
Cruz from Mexico, brings the in,eili-
gence that Santa Anna hsd OF length
moved his army from San Luis Poiosi
l. was not correctly kuewn in whs, dis
fsction. Some believed he was march
i K on Salnlio; others, on the. .Cspi,al,ea
rouis f,r Vera Cruz, 10 deftod ths, city
Another report says he had gone 'wih
his s.d only from San Luis 10 Tuls.
The Inhabitants Of Vera Cruz ere ia
daily expec,ion OF being stscked, both
by sea and lsnd. The expedition 10 ex.
pecied by mary To c. M ftom Tsmpico
and many OF the Mexisans imagine it
will be by land. The P'e.yune ssys:
Our private sssouots, from mos, re-.
| ,ponsIbe sources, col down the number
f troops in the city OF Vcrs CrUz at
$500 some says 5000 The garrison
II San Joan do UIos does not exceed
100 ,roopG Some sccoants represent
1
rat there ere iwo months provision in
he castle, but we have a letter from q
gentleman who hss access 10 the mot
ttssi sc,sbls sources OF l0iotn ton, bot
whom we need not nsme. IN ~hiehis
s'sur.s US thst there is no, hn,-l,f
ss'ed prsvi,i ne in the castle, and that
III. troops both II the castle aud sny,sre
dependent upon Ihe back country for
:, their deity supplies of food, So lar %
The troops in the cry are concerned, this
has long been The csse, and we have oh
. soohdsncs in our eorrsspon dsat's infor.
:. ns'on s 10 the sssls. The inhsbis
n"'s b'ys been expecting an attack.
rr Preparatory 10 1t orders bad been iHusd
ioI he removal iaio lhs interio. Of lhs
pin e"so,s OF three OF foay sss.. which
had tvsdsd The bl0sksas Of Vera cr