Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-04-24

"'ote'o'ue 'epueHcy otIu V'oeHCc ehiIHie"eo
by day and night and under the incsssant fire
of,hr enemy's heavy buttaries Of the city and
castle. The steadiness and cheerfulness Of Off.
GERS and men, under tie circumstances, are
worthy Of all praise.
The geaeral.in.chief sincerely regrets that
he cannot give the names Of the hundreds, or
rather thousands. to whom particular thsnks
| are due on this occasion. lie can only enu,ner.
ate the few who were isolated by rank or posi-.
,ion. as well az by noble services. OF this class
he is happy to name Brevet Brig. Gen. Worth
(now Brevet Major Generally and Brig. Gen.
| Twiggs, commanding the regular brsades
| Matw Gen. Patterson, (srcond IN command.)
and his three brigadier generals. Pillow, Quit.
man and Shields. Of the volunteer division Col.
| Harvey, commando of the regular cavalry;
| Cul Tntirn, chief of engineers; Col. Bankhead,
chief of arnllcry and commander Of the bate.
rirs, ably assisted, in succession, BY other field
officers Of artillery Capt liuget, acting Chief
f ordnance, much OF the batteries, aud assisted
ably in auppyiog them by Cupts. Ctoss and lr.
win. both ot the Quartermaster's Department;
l
1 Lieut. Col. Hitchcock, acting inspector general:
Major Turnbull, acting chiet Of typographical
engineers; Major McRac, acting chief OF the
! Qu,rtermaster's Department: Capt Grayson.
acting chief Of the connissara'; Surgeon Gen.
Lawson and the personal staff Of the general.in.
Chief. Lieuis. H. l.. Scott, W'lliam'. Scammon
and Lsy, with the occasional aid of Capts. lee
anG Johnson, Of the engineers and Topographic
cal u .incers and Capt. Monroe, acting nssis-
tant inspec'or-ceneral.
To the Commissioners, Brcvet Mai. Gen.
Worth, Brig Gen. Pillow and Col. To,ten, in
GLIDING Capt. Aulick, Of the navy, who go ably
negotiated and arranged the terms o. captula-
,on with the enemy's commissioners, great Gre
dit is also scverally due in that distinct capacity
Thanks higher than those Of the general in.
chefhave been also earned by the entire Home
Squadron, under the successive orders Of Com.
modore Conner and Perry for prompt, cheerful
and able assistance from the arrival Of The army
of this coast Besides landing troops and sup.
plies, and the strict blockade Of this port, the
smaller vessels. detached by Commodore Perry,
under the immediate command Of Capt. Ts'nal'
Joined for time in the attack upon the city, nj
the imminent risk OF being sunk by the fire o'
the castle and the land battery No. (calle'
the Naval) which followed Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4
; (scrved BY the army at the end T two day'
} was exclusively (atter being prepared by the
engineers and troops Of the army armed, man
| Al - sl,o
battery, in the successive tours Of the gallsn
Capts. Aulick and Mayo. proved itself hight.
effective.
BY command of Mai. Gen Scott:
II. L. ScorT, Acting Asst Adj Gen.
A letter from Mr. Kendall dated Vera Cruz
April |, published in the Picayune, says:
"Aithough the result is not yet known, it il
generally conceded that the expedition TO Alvs
, rado will not meet with any enemy. Agent
, have arrived here from that place, this is mos
: certain and they say that the armed force Their
all fed on the capture Of Vera Cruz b.n
known.
We have reliable intelligence from Posn'
E. Nacional up to yesterday afternoon. At tina
D., time General La Vega, was there in command q
d one thousand men. They were d~serting dali
e in squads. and he was shooting all he caught Z
!. prevent those who remained from running away
o Many OF the Mexican prisoners who left her
= had passed the bridge, and what tales they iol
e Of the strength and prowess of the America
army
q They will have il that our shells are filled wit
/. some horrible combustble instead of powder
n in the city in proof. Canslizo, but without an
d force. had come down far the bridge, b,
y Immediately returned to Mexico
Gems. Morales and Lanlere had passed throug
e La Vegas quarters, along with many other o
Is fcers. They would prefer going TO III. Unite
u States as prisoners to accepting their parole, "
I believe they have given mp the idea altosethe
e Col, Gutierrez even went so far as 10 ask q pa
e sage on the steamer Alabama, and every arrsng
% ment was made for bis departure buta lett,
from his wife at Pue5la, who was in great distre
" induced him TO change his course. In the mes
Of time. so straitened are many OF the Mexican OF
GERS that they are fairly begging money OF II
Americans 10 get out OF the city.
Gen. Worth, the new Governor OF Vera Cru
of has adopted most stringent and at the same tin
Dc number Of Mexicans are already at work teari,
DO down the barricades and opening the walls
es the city-the latter ior the purpose Of lettiI
CO fresh air into the streets They say that sevs
al cases of the ronifo, or yellow fever of q