Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-04-08
ARMY INTELLIGENCE T..
From The .\t,r Orleaa, Delta. March y.
Important from Vera CRUZ.
StCtESSFl l. LANDING OF OF FORCES

sutoGtRnt from vera Z run.
sUCtEssFl LANDING OF OF II FORCES.
BITTER AND 81 PPiiES CIT OFF FROM
TIE ENE.Mf
Reeonnoisancei Landing TIE .7mer,ca, force, - Carry.
ing tedobts -Loss q Capt .3H,iotts aud siren men
.h'resfaent u Fer" Cru, Resrm Of .hlisJ.ip,nn,
hosers-fhe Squadron. Sc.
By the arrival, al earl, hour this morning. OF tho
schr Pofi'a Capt. Powell which len Sacrihciuus ON the
i'ih instant We are IN receipt ofhe following highly IN
,efesne Intelligence tom the force cooperating against
Vera fuk For ihe iacts detailed W. are indebted 10
on1 corr spnndence and conversations with passengers
irooIe were land after reconnaissance on the Sc,
onth. by Generals Scott. Patterson Worth, Pillow
Qnllman and Iwlees. with their Aids and the 'ropo
graphical corps. which approached near the shore To-
wMas inc direc'ion OF the Castle. the guns from San
Juan dc lna opening fire upon the party throwing shell
anu r"nhd shoi but without doing any damage the
accommodating rarythe round shot either pa,ine over
OF falling short, and tho she'll although hrow with pre-
ssoh' bursting nj considerable elevation. doing no
harn Ono shell passed the steamer peirita (thc
vessel cmroyedn the reconnaissance aud another burst
Ing under her bow, without doing her any injury.
The Reconnaissance was made while the transports and
conveys wcro lying of al Anton Iizardo, after their re-
Turn aud the least possible delay Transports aud conveys
weighed anchor aud stood 10 the sauthward Of Sacrcos
bearing IN towards the main land with fair breeze and
III gallant style, when they auchor ihn conyoys
taking position IN such protect the dscl.
hihailo1 e The tnops. the inst thousand being land
IA, III ~
rne the day The landing is spoken oil by persons wi
"ore Witnesses as scene Of napn,Gcencc rarely
Witnessed mole than In lifetime The tno, y
ahded amounted 10 the number Of Twelve thousand
one hundred
After the landing. the lincfen, columns took M their
line Of march ln the positions nsspncd Ia ,hr IN tho in,
/ p1r'noi notion aud sieve oi befn Cruz
The sttancls Nen and Sllfrc lying under pnn,a
dc lonos. opened the city ross The pon, and IN In,
direction Of the Castle with shell and round sht "
was returned by the Castle but without .tle,,
Gen Worth's division which II Is said has bern rs
signed 10 the operations ON the et flank Of the eli, from,
the locals OF the landing on the South and under pnna
de lloaos had necessarily 10 move IN erh,nn Il, III.
rea past the right IN orcr 10 nan Ina pfopcr n,si,
In the execution of nhai /, bo,nlIc nect,sar, Ia n,
tack and ta,e puss on If two loubs tbroon mn Nv
tho enemy. onone ii ht wns piece al artillery and
both filled with Infantry 'Thr trinbls w.ro ait.eL,d
changed and iakrn Il spIcd ,es,s,aneo l,ing Iund hy
the enemy, Nhp l. ST several IN killed nnpn,.5 .,d
pflson,rs-out loss some seven kcd and several wound
ed.
Capt Alburs ai the ID Infantry was killed Il, tonn1
shot supposed Ia DO lfo,n the ps,, Tho b, aevn,d L
held from hls body the same shot taking III the ann ol
n drummer Ca hoy aud wnnndinp private Can't Al
burtis was Nugnian and formerly conducted n neva
paper IN NarnsburH. Col. Dixon nas wounded IN IN,
hreast 10y muskot shot
The diminishing was however no cheek ia tLr AL
vanclng column. which passed STEADILY forward Ia ,a
position the left and rear Of the city, where II hal,
aud commenced thu work OF entrcn,binrn
The pipes used E the ,,fpose Of SURVIVING the eli,
with fresh water have been ,ll4e ,rfcj and ~,