Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-07-17

Oppose him.
We do no, shnre the apprelensions Of those
Of our contemporaries who think Gen. Scotts
position very pcrlous and embarrassed one.
Mexican prowess is no more to be dreaded in
the defence of the Capital than II was on the
field q Bucna Vista, ant on the heights Of Ger
70 Grrdo. Indeed, the men who fought those
battles, were Of far better material than those
which can be rallied 10 their cfemiua,c CAPITAL.
They fought too, under the most favorable cir
cumstances--in the one case witt, greatly supc-
rior numbers, 1ud in the other will, grea. ndvan
tages Of position. But now they have to defend
city which lies on level and exposed plateau
"A city embracing n large area-nnd which
could not be successfully defended with less
than two hundred cannon. Where arc the
cannon : We hear Of the melting Of churcl,
bells into cannon, hut VIC believe this is all Mex.
icon g6sconade. If the church has made this
sacritice--in Mexico very serious one--it is
certainly the first they have made for this war.
But il the cannon are there, were are the sol
diers to man them Where are their artille.
rists-their experienced officers! They are
early oil exiled from the Capital, or under ar.
rest. The patriotic and honest Bravo has bcen
sent northward {; the chivslrous and able al.
monte is in prison the cunning and capable
Ampuda has been sent under guard. 10 Cucrna.
vaca /; PinzUn is on parole Lnmbardini ie
nursing his wounds and his ire sgai"-, s,a'''"
Anna, nt San Luis potosi Minon moves with
in prison bounds Valencia lives in quiet al
his hacienda, cul,ivaiing the arts of peace;
Canalizo satfies his vulor by writing m gnnn,.
mms sud high.swelling letters and orders.
Nearly all the prominent military men OF Mcxi.
co have retired, Of have been driven from the
service. They have lost all confidence in the
generalship Of Santa Anna. s8.sr-.r.a
Scott will leave Puebla with 10000 Of the
bes, trcops that ever went forth to battle he
will have veteran, experienced officers. com.
ple,e and effective artillery, abundant supplies,
and what "a more than sii, he will have men
in whose vocabulary there is no such words as
fair
The Mexicnns will NO doubt, make q stand
before they yield up .heit capital. but it vi be
a weak one. Their dreaded Pinios, with their
wild looks, long kniVrs and bows and arrows,
will, carry no terror to the souls Of our men,
Their barbarous orms and warfare will prove
of little avail sgsinst the big guns of our arti!
lery, the long bayonets of our infantry, an,l the
resis,less charges of our cavalry. Gen. Scott
will enter their capital with less d fIiculty thar
Cor,cs experienced three hundred year. age.
Captain Walker aud ths GueriiIss.
PERoTE, (Mcxico.) June OH, lSi7.
We have quite lately been engaged in scSc
raj very dangerous scnu,s-a, least they nigh
be SO, If these cowardly dogs were moi IN nasi
frirhten, at the ta!smanic name of Walker.
We attack towns with 5000 inhabitants =
On "Wednesday last we went on a scout Of hi
kind to a town called RicOnada; there wcr
but sixty of us--we charged into II at ru'
4 aud You never in your life saw such sconpe
: inr among the coparIs. This place was twel
!. ty miles from Perote. We left therc.a II u
: clock, TO beat up a swamp where some mul'
d drivers had been murdered. Before we arrive
). at the place we met with three or four Mex
T. cans, and with them one of tie men who WI
u with the murdered party. They had tied hi
and wen, in pursuit OF the other two, and whi
they were absent he united himsel: with h
teeth and escaped. They told US where Il
h murdered men lay. We marched forward
l. double quick time, and when We arrived ut Il
y swaiop, there they lay sure enough, strIpp
a. entirely, and chopped and mangled IN The NC
d, horrid aud savage manner. The man who {
re apcd said there were seventy of the murderer
~ each armed with pistol and Ratchet, and III
they went into rancho OF town some dstan
n. from here. We returned TO it, and made the
y feed us and our horses. aud at one O'clock IN
morning charged into the rancho and took e'
az ~ ID Of them. I was sent round the Gown
& search Of skulkcrs: ! found several-two Of th'
Is we're ploughing with oxen, and drorc 'h'
o" from their pougbs--thnking at the same III
in. twenty of them wonid not drive me from IN
le. in old Baltimore county. We marched just I
81 -. own number (ninetcen) into the castle. pfi
= ners. This was abou, twenty miles from
IN. -Correspondenee ef Bali. San.
Ids ----------------
ct Mr.. Judah Touro, Of New Orleans, has ?
10" sented church 10 the Hebrew congregation
h. that city. valued at $4,000, TO be fitted up
'er. his own expense as synagogue. Mr.. TO
-" is rather remarkable in this line of beques,,
S Of s no. in the least exclusive. fIe some u