Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-04-27

abou, the city and castle which have us
been surrendered to our gallant army, We
haze compiled the following sketch. il
the accuracy OF which We hive entire
comb icnco: -
The city of Vera Cruz IS situated in
at. ~ deg. i min. - sec. n. ono.
- deg. 10 MIN. w. Of Washington. The
period Of is formation, although known
be in tine I'll century. canaet be de-
ierfnlaed with exact accuracy. Il is sup
posed 10 have boon established abont tie
wear 1860. shortly pre-, ious 20 tho abnnd-
onment Of the .sCuidad do In Antigua err
Cruz" situated on tho river Antigaa, By
the Count Monterey. Niccrov of New
Spain. 1t became the capital Of tho De-
pertinent or Intendcncv of Vera Cruz.
which now forms thu s:atc Of tho same
name. in tho wear 1900, and was tho sole
commorical city of any importance while
New Spain was n colony Of SPIN. and Is
the p~incp commercial city of The pre-
sent Republic OF MeNlro.
The population Of tho city. which con
tains \ bout 1863 houses, amounted. in / :
~. 70 5000 souls, which. according 70
ibnn Ramon Gorav. was rciuccd, IN Is
81 10 6.2l>. md which i now probably
less than ,on0. is surrounded by
store wall Of iacoasiIrrah!e hciIht and
thickness which measures in circumfer-
ence ). l9t Costitian VI as. md which has
nine bas:inna. caicnlatcd II support 100
guns OF different calibre. OF these boa-
tiana. That Of s.. iaro. on the South. md
IF Conception. on TIN North, both facinr
tho Castle Of San Juan &c l,Iua. nre the
strongest. md protect tho incrrss 70 tho
hqrh0r. The city has CATHEDRAL. to
which arc att1ct,ai tso chano's. GATED
dc IL pa~.ora and del f4nrcto. and fur con
vants-fnr franciscan lpninican, Angus
TN. ana Ncnacan frlnrs. There i like
wise the convent of Bat,em. founded BIZ
Don Casper &,cas. Rico, for purposes Of
EDUCATION. winch j.. however, in a most
doa piiaiad condition. Il has, moreover.
thrce h"~pitals-one military, called San
Carlos; ono charity hospital for m4les,
san Sebastian; aud ono for :cm1Iee, Lor-
cto. The principai f,'rza. tie South side
Of which exhibits III cathedral. w'sie the
isa>: IS occupied ~ s!le Go.ornman,-
House. whir.h tAa. y ticans di.sa:f- 80
the name Of .palace,' and IS surrounded
on the North aaI West by Poriieos -por-
tales.
Tho city - situatc in an arii pain. in
which tho ..Northars." which blow with
croa, yio'cuco from tho month Of October
10 tho m1a,h Of Apfti Of cacn year. form
the shf.in. sands INTO nlmhcrlcs- hil}ocRs,
VARYING frotn fifteen 70 forty foot
in height, anl which coltriba.c, By taa
scope thay alTsri far tie reflection Of tho
san. Il render the ct,fnatc 1910 erab'v ho:
during tho summer m9,ths-
In front of tho cl.v, At TIC distance of
about lao Ca,:i,ian varaS, extends cor
III reef. which has gradually clevcteG
i.se1f above the level Of tho ocean. and
which was visited BY Don Inan dc DFiipi-
Va rs cary as tho year lois, and called
by him tho island Of Utua. On this IS
land tho Spaniards afterwards erected. n
an cxnan&c of $1,000 900, tho famous
castle Of San Juan de Uitia. as rampar
againa: foreign luyI5ion, as HoI as foreign
curiosity.
This celebrated fortress. whose batter
les held nj ono time Il. guns. # various
cai.hrc. has now been captured for the
f,uftl ,ifne since is first construction. Il
was captured FIR tho first time hs surprise,
on Tho lt.1 Sep;an'}ar, 1853. By the pr-
ale Iuan -tqujnas Aete. who WINS, how
oyar. shortly expe5tel bv itaa Francisco
D. Ll5.a. Ystn tic all oi 4 fleas composed
Of twc3iy-tnrce vessels. InIs happened
when I,3l Martin lIanr.qncz was viccroi
If AiaNieo. The second ca pture. as
made hv pirate. n1:ncd Lorenc}'io. oc
cf}ret IN ;Ho mo t. between tic nth ana
I~th of Nov. -. anil was far moro dis
a~grous IN its Consequences. Larcnci5@o.
fier he bad nlsiercl tho citadel. slc>cd
tho city OF Vera Cruz. ani after having
rcmaiaol in peaceful possession Of boil
FOR laa <p1co II nearly two wocks. depar-
ted ";.h his pun Ter. The th;r! capture
WIS effected bv Admiral Bodin. and is too
well known 70 reG4re further mcntion.
Az IvclD1Sr CT Tuc SIEGE. During
tho attack On Vera Cruz, while Lieut.,
Ffajtey lsoa Of Major Loonnrd Frailey
Of this cityl was IN charge of one Of the
thir.Y-,wo Founders. a shell! fell in the
dt;ch behind the g1n and within nno feet
Of tic breach. with the fuse still burning.
Wish -roa. presence Of mind Lieut.. F.
t,;roc.eI tho men - throw themselves fiji
down, which they did. In 4 few moments
tho shell! exploded. blowing up At the same
time two copper tanks containing l0o!bs.
of powder. ana scattering is fra gments IN
AL directions. \ piece Of the she'll car
rlei oil the rim OF Lieut.. F's nat. ba. for
tuna.eiy woInding no one. Bali. Sun.
Tho CATHOLIC clergy Of Franco have