The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-05-22

Coils. Harvey and Childs TO hold par
Hey. The surrender followed in al
hour or two. n a
Maj. Gen. Paterson left sick bel
to share in the dangers and fatigues .
the day; and after the surrender wen
! forward to command the advanced
forces towards xalapa.
| Brig. Gen. Pillow and his brigade
twice assaulted with great daring the
ensniy's line Of batteries on our left
and though without success, they con
tributed much to distract and dismay
their immediate opponents.
President Santa Anna, with Generals
Canalizo and Almonte, and some six
or eight thousand men, escaped towards
Xalapa just before Cerro Gordo was
carried, and before Twiggs' division
reached the national road above.
have determined to parole the pri.
soners-officers and men-as have not
the means Of feeding them here, beyond
to-day, and cannot afford to detach
heavy body Of horse and foot, with
wagons, to accompany them to Vera
Cruz. Our baggage train, though in
creasing, is not yet half large enough
togive an assured progress to this army.
Besides great number of prisoners
would probably escape from the escort
in the long and deep sandy road, with
out subsistence-ten TO one--that we
shall find again, out of the same body
of men, in the ranks opposed to us.-
Not one Of the Vera Cruz prisoners is
believed TO have been in the lines with
Csrro Gordo. Some six Of the officers,
highest in rank. refuse to give their pa
roles, except to 60 to Vera Cruz, and
thence, perhaps, to the United States. |
The small arms and their accoutre.
ments, beng Of no value to our army,
here or at home, have ordered them
to be destroyed; for we have not the
means OF Transporting them. ] lam also
somewhat embarrassed with the -I
pieces Of artillery-alI bronze which |
we have captured. 1t would take
brigade, and halfthe mules OF this army,
to transport them fifty miles. A field
battery shall take for service with the
army; but the heavy metal must be
collected, and left here for the present.
We have our own seige train and the
proper carriages with US. -
Being much occupied with the pri-
'oners, and all the details of a forward
besides looking to the sup
olies which are to follow from Vera
Cruz, I have time to add no more-in.
ending to be at Xalapa early to.mor-
ow. We shall not, probably, again
meet with serious opposition this side I
# Perote--certainly not, unless delayed
y the want of means Of transportation.
have the honor to remain, sir, with
Ugh respect, your most obcdient ser.
ant. WINFIELD SCOTT.
P. S. invite attention to the &C.
letter TO President Santa
lnna, taken in his carriage yesterday; il
lso to his proclamation, issued on hear. Il
lg that we had captured Vera Cruz, n
&C., in which he says: "lf the enemy b
dvance one step more, the national in {
ependence will be buried in the abyss i,
f the past" We have taken that q
tep. W. s. a
| make second postscri pit, TO say 2
hat there is some hope, am happy To r
earn, that General Shields may sur. t
i've his wounds. c
One Of the principal motives for pa.
oing the prisoners Of waris, to dimin- a
sh the resistance OF other garrisons in t
ur march. w. S. t
Hon. VIM. L. MARCY, Secretary Of
Var. s