The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-05-05

OF policy which has kept the people In continued f.,
ment ~
The AMERICAN EAGLE-This makes the fourth nv
Der OF our paper issued in week. and we mus, a
knowledge that friends have noby stepped ioryar
in aid of our efforts Many of them leaving us for
time but they have left tokens of their esteem with
in the way of numerous subscriptions to our sheet VIII
they direct shall be sent to their friends at home IN
Yankees are great people, and must continue 30
whilst they sustain the independent press of their coun
Try.
Two weeks ago the types and presses which we have
in possession at this time sending forth nyec
tives against country-callng robbers murdersr
land-piraes &c; but they docle that head no
the most virgin fount in the founders warehouses o
they have been taught TO chronicle nothing but what
American to the back bone We verify believe that
these types, being of American mould were cooked
and primed for pr0nunciaenfo; for although we dis
trbuted many of them from the enemys bulletin form.
still they proclaimed with JOY, the defeat OF that enemy
and stuck to our fingers, during the composition as
though they joyed at being used in the task As we said
before, they Yankee make and that will account ion
everything.
The American Eagle directed by American hands ana
printed on American types, we trust will continue
chronicle the OF the American arms if not for
benefit, for the pleasure of those Americans who
generously contribute to our support They formerly
printed the Locomotor.)
VERA CRuz.-It is strange that the presence of the
Americans in this place for ten twelve DAYS only
should have wrought such change in the general aspect
OF affairs. The city, the day entered its gates was
the most wobegone looking place that could be imagined
There nothing to eat nothing TO drink and nothing
but soldiers to talk to- Now the streets are lined with
eatabes and dnkabes, and every step upon the side
walk is made within few feet of an American. Streets
that were then filled up with fragments OF stone and NOR
tr now cleared OF the rubbish and nothing is left to
tell of the destruction the city sustained but the broken
doors and windows, and few of the houses in the vc
ty of the gate OF Mercy The natives themselves seem
to have undergone change also, and no doubt have
for being freed from the presence Of their own army who
daily levied contributions from them, they have the pro-
tecting army OF our own general who suffers no wrong
TO be committed without awarding punishment to
the offender. This is enough to change them and our
prayer is that the difference between the two govern
ments may become apparent to them--the preponde
rance always being our side-tha emllated by our
course, they may shortly establish for themselves gov
eminent upon liberal principles Like those of
Tamaulipas and Nueva Leon, they are better off whilst
their territory is being occupied by our troops than thew
ever were before The harbor crowded with American
ships-the quay is filled with American goods the streets
with Americans-and although our possession of the
place may inconvenience few Proprietors, who have
lived off the poor, 10 the many blessing affoling
incalculabe benefit those of the upper bits With
the advantages OF American commerce and industry
very few weeks will eapse before this city of Vera Cruz
will be place. and its inhabitants, who have suffered
SO much Of late, will be in the enjoyment of all the COM
forts of life.