The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-04-15
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: Tie Of San Juan lie Ullua. and the entire,
: unconditional surrender 10 our arms.
: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS gl,,
heaFeT Of dispatches G,r Washington.
: lie = now waiting a Halls Landing, 10
eoarey the glnfioas iidings eastward.
: We are Injeh:el TO One Of the officers
!. OF The j. for the following summary Of
; The pro"eedings in this most hrilli.n. \.
} rhieEemeni-an achievement that will re.
dannd more 10 The glory Of our Army and
Marine. among the nations abroad, ti.an
any il'at yet lad place in our military an.
mails. -
March 9th.-DisembarkaliOn Of troops
commenced
ted.
ls'h.-Trnches opened at night.
22d.-Cny summoned 10 surrender
on refusal sesea moriars opened fire Of
bombs. 49,
@ith.-Navy Battery. three long ~
FOUNDERS and three is ponndrrs-Paix-
han g"ns-oPened fire in the mourning !:
distance 200 yards.
25h.-Anoiher battery of four twenty
Io'r Founders anl three mortars oponci.
This day The Navy Battery opened
breach in The wall Of the city: the fire
was very destructive 10 the lawn.
2j'h.-Early in the morning the ene-
my pr"posed for a surrender. Commits.
sioners on the American side-Generals
Worth andhPillOw. and Col. Totten.
neutrality-suspicious. compleled-ci'y
and castle Observation-Disclosures troons
marrhrd out anil laid down their arms.
The American troops occupied the city
aud batteries "f the town aud castle-at
noon Of that day the American Ensign
was holsied over both, and was saluled
by our vessels.
The garrison. of about 1000 men. law
ing down their arms as prisoners Of war,
and being sent 10 their homes on parole.
Five Generals, go inferior officers. and
go company officers being amongst the
prisoners.
The total loss Of The American army,
from the day ot landing, March o. is 65
persons, killed and wounded.
01irers k,Hed.-Caplain John II. Vim
ton, I'd Artillery: Captain Alburtis, I'd
Infantry; MIdshipman I. II. Shubrick.
navy.
tNicrs Homndrd. - Lieut.. Colonel
Dickinson, South Carolina Volunteers.
severely: Lieut.. A. S. Baldwin, navy.
slightly; Lieut.. Delozin Davidson. I'd In.
fantry. very slightly; Lieut.. Lewis Neill.
Sd Dragons. severely. All the wounded
are doing well.
OF the Mexicans. the slaughter is said
10 have been immense. The command
Ing General was stationed in the cily.
while his second in command held the
taslle. Their regular force was about
1900, and they had about the same num-
Der Of irrrgulArs. Outside the city was
Gen. La Vega with force of from COCO
To 10000 cavalry. Col. Harvey, with
between 300 and 400 U. s. Dragons.
charged on and repul-ed This immense
force with terrible carnage scattering
them in all directions. They had barri-
caded bridge, 10 protect themselves, but
our artillery soon knocked away this OH
s,acle, and gave Ilarney's command a
chance al them.
I'm the attark on the town and castle
only our smaller vessels, drawing not over
nine feet, were available. But few shot
and shells were thrown into the Castle
the attack being mainly on the town.
None of the enemy's missiles struck our
vessels: and midshipman Shubrick, who
was killed, was serving battery Oh shore.
With the city the hopes of the enemy
fell, as they had not provisions in the Cas-
tie 10 ssslain protracted siege.
The Princeton is commanded by Cap
lam Englc; as she sailed from Vera Cruz.
Com. Corners flag was saluted from the
Castle Of San Juan de Ulloa.
The Commodore IS a passenger on
board, having been relieved by tommo-
dore Perry.
Santa .4nnn. insurrection at the
capital had assumed such grave aspect,
that it was currently reported and bellev-
ed i'm Vera Cruz, Santa Anna had march,
ed thithcr, at the head of 1000, in order
to quel it, and establish order.
Gen. Taylor-'lhe Baltimore Patriot
has ,he following pretty good one-good
because true:
"A gentleman. after reading Gen. Tay-