Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-08-04
MEXICO AND TIL. ARMY

MEXICO AND TIL. ARMY.
The long interval which has elapsed
snct the receipt of any authentic accounts
from the Amy oi Gen Scotland the not,
Of preparation, guerilla and other which
sounds from every Mexican combine to i'm
part in,crcs, to all m,elligcn, accounts from
tina. country which profess TO give opinion,
or in.orna'ion respecting II mi the chan.
ccs oil our war with 1t. Oi lA,s ni,uto do
we deem a letter from Ncra Cruz which
appears in the French Cour.cs oi Tuesday
and which wc ACCORDINGLY nnns.atc
That rapcr,ln puAlishins, hc letter which
bears the date Of the oh ms, adds that i;
leaves he whole responsibility Tor the ac
accuracy off, staumcn,s 10 the writer who
IT IS probable, carried away by Mexican
sympa,h'c., in Inc mids. of Mexican sympa
,hlcs in which he lives, may have coIorct
rather hph."-iN. Y. Courier 4 Eulur
co."
I'ctd Cruz. July @
Aniiis here are IN Il drplorablc cond
ton; numerous merchants French, English
and Spanish, have been obliged to close
their s,orts seeing tina, they were dong
nothing. The Americans nrc no, much
better oil. and those who have been expect.
ing inrgc profits have been Obliged 10 sci.
their goods q, auction. All,hs arises from
the absence Of buyers, for all commnnicn'
ton with the interior is completely Gu, of
the Mexican population Of The town have
gone out to JON the cucfllas and there
hardly remain more than 7 or 5000 Euro.
peans, mostly Sranlnrds.
Tho rarrlsou consist. OF 800 men By,
NHhou, the walls are ,noaupeJ about 1000
who are 10 march IN two or three days ~
10 escort tram Of 10 WAGONS. aud 700
mules. Il Is supposed that the tram Will be
v,h,mcn,ly attacked Us the oncmy. who j.
waiting for nnt,hc Na,ionil Buicc, mud
the same disaster may happen TO i. which
did 10 lha, which preceded II, which reach.
81 Jalara with only 80 wagons out Of 100
tina, !, NUMBERED n, starting.
The most intrepid Of the guerilla chiefs
is Jran,a, an Araccncw Curalc, vino
made wal il Spain N the sli'c Of Cabrcirn
ard Afterwards cmisrard to Mexico. " here
he was serving n parish when the var
broke out lie is sill very young. hul
hard as bronze Ills guerilla force is 800
mon, nlmos, all Spanards In the begin
min: it consisted OF 60 sailors, dcscI,crs from
tho Spanish ships Of war which anchored
cd from time 10 time before Vera Cruz, an!
whom Jarnn,a s,iucci from the service -
|, is stated that the Americans have fixed a
price Of slO0 600 on his head, bn, don,
believe they will SC, i, very easily. Tacsc
fine fellows, however, press this town so
close, lha, one cnnno, 60 quarter Of mile
rom i, wihou, danger OF beng shot.
Gen Scott did no, consider himself 80
cure IN Iuebla lie therefore has oncnmp
ed outside Of the city His iorsc is about
1000 men, with 5000 more under Gen.
Cadwslladcr, who must have joined HIM,
as n, the las, previous dates that Other
with his division wns al pcro,c The 9ucr'
rllas invest Puchla so closely, lhai every
dav they arc hrod upon by the artillery -
General Alvarez Is only miles BON Ihcin
with II 900 men from the south. lis po-
sn,ou ,s very strong. Gen 'ncia. /;
sari TO be a, RIO Fro with Il Oaualions
and Bus,amcn,c IN Noalco with ~ uoo
men Here the posiuon Of Gen SEQ" Is
looi ed unon rs most cilucNl. for 1he war
pany have the upper hand completely, and
| The whole country IS raised In fey days
"a, shat. know on what 10 rely
| |, seems CERTAIN, at any rate thai The cap
ral VII, maze vigorous RESISTANCE. he
whole nopulalloa Is animated with one spif
It. aud The prcpa'airon, ioI defence have
been made no, only outside the eny but w'h
m. AMI barIlcAlcs arc rsss'd 20 every
street 1, la. moreover been decided iha
noon the approach OF the Am'r'csns, 'h'
Won n and children shall be sent ont o
the CIV. to some place Of refuge. 50 as ,c
leave iu.. liberty aud vcor 30 'hc ddenec
+ The Americans have behsr'd admifael,
bul that docs no, preseni Their berg d.
TESTED - and that TO such ingree lta'
I am afrad Of violence as soon ns lh' d,'is
IONS are eneampcd wshos, ,he Whole sh4,
: have marched on.
The TROOPS comp sing ihr dVri7n bee
long 10 the len new egincns. Itcy ar
good looking bus know nothing o' nance
= verinc A. 10 the cavalry whom ih'y 50
=. .od On a frct lu0g o! iLt b I..l.tet. .s.t fLLl