The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1847-02-20

can government for pension 10 his urger
wauls! Singular man, this Santa Anna.
ii la the Indicator of Vera Cu3 of III
18Th uli., Don Pedro NJ Herrera inform
his compsnion 10 arms that Al hls urgen
soliclsiion, the Governor OF Puebla hs
consenled 10 assist the garrison Of YeI
Cruz IN lis present slrai;cned situa,ion viii
subsidy of Sl00,0O0,from &c, 600 10 e95,
1000 of il 10 be paid every month, and .b
first remiltsncs 10 be made in q fortnight.
| By the way o. San Luis we have .b
! Mexican accounts, undoubtedly. Of The re
lcen. attack upon The rear guard OF Col
May, in the mountain pass between Mont,
NJ orelos and I.inariss Ia comnunca
lion of Santa Anna TO lhe Secretary Of Wa
he says that he has received the following
despatch from Don Francisco Paula d,
Morslos, Governor OF New Leon, uDde
date of The 2sIh December ls4e W.
copy j. entire;
In my official communication Of yesler'
day ! informed your ExcelIeney that one
hundred and seven Americans bad proceed
ed through The dsGe' of Morelos, and oc'
cupied Gsena on the eth. have now 10
inform your ExcsileNcy, tha. a. 8 O'Clock
on The morning Of the following day they
resumed their march il the direction oil
linales, through the dsfiIe Of Santa Ros,
The inhabitants Of San Pedro, however. ir-
ria,ed al The boldness OF tho invaders. pre-.
pared ,s attack them on the march 81 one
of those points which am informed are
calculated to repel, with success. any enc.
my. Accordingly. they attacked them to-
day, a, IL o'clock, A. N, a short distance
from the village of San Pedro. having only
a force Of twenty-five men and boys. With
hardly any arms bu, stones they succeeded
in destroying The whole party, as am in
formed, have not yet received full par
luculars. bot eleven Of The en,my who Ie'
Irea,eh towards the ,own were aPprehend'
I'd by the inhabitants and these forward
under proper guard TO headqusr,crs.'
This is the Mexican vsrsion Of the affair
and as we have stated shove, we give il en-.
lire.
|. is now generally believed in Vsra
Cruz ,hs. an attack will soon be made upon
.hs, place, but no reinforcemen,s have bean
recently introduced. There are about 1000
nen in lhe castle and 1900 regulars in the
town besides the militia or national guard
who may be sci dows al 1000 more. see
| by an official slslepen, ths. there are now
liz the who.s Stale Of Vers C,uz 5000 reg
tulsrs. The naliousl guard now in progress
Of organisation will smouns 10 10000 mel
of all arms. Thess last however, bU ye
TO be provided with arms, and ara Cov scat
isred over so large a space tbs, even If they
were properly organised they could bo' b.
lcolec,sd 10 Ve. Cmx ia many weeks
Tho Csslls bss a supply of only few
days provisions. aud the garrison is svp
Iplisd from day ic day from Pers CIuz
During The prevalence oil The nsr'hcrs the!
are often in actual want as the conmunics
with the shore is then intercepted.
| The French bsrk AJAX, which sue
ceeded 10 cludlng the blockade on tn,
4ih inst, vas laden mainly with con
lrabsnds OF wal, in fu'inent cf a con
racl with The M~xican Government
|She eniesvortd 10 obtain Cargo o
Iaunpowder in Nv Orleans, sai fsii
rOg in her intention, she then proceed
:. I'd 10 Ljndon and took in ergo sn,
through ssis 10 into Vera Cruz one hnr
ldred and eighty tons )f guapowder. Sh'
mad discharged about eighty tons wber
.he was driven on The reef Of th'
lCas'ls by q heavy nor her and b'lged
Hopes were entertained Of saw tn,
est Of her ergo, as the packages arr
'Issid TO be very well secured,
sRnerican news is sought for with
,fgr4at avdiiy in Vsra Cruz. A cop,
. loi M. Web.lsr's Phl.delphis saeeci
,lwss transmitted 10 Mexico and CAV
J ,lIively Satisfaction. They fully beIiev
x tina, The administrator Of Mr.. Polk
= yfOlltSflpg 10 ito fall, apd ths, protests