The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-07
[From the Daily Picayune Extra.l
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LATER FROM VERA CRUZ.

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LATER FROM VERA CRUZ.
Gen. Scots Advance TO .4yoth = Safety Of Nd
jon LaHy's Train Rrp'ise Of americans at
.Natio"a Bridge.
The schoonec Mississippi arrived from VeH
Cruz on Sunday, having sailed thence on the
evening of the 2lst instant A thai lime The
Fashion had nuI arrived there, Mough con
SANITY expected She left here lhe¥lng of
The l7ih. ....
The most important news by this arrival
concerns the movements OF Gen. Scott. There
had been various rumors o. the subject IN
Vera Cruz, many Of which our correspondent
knew TO be- uniounded, but he writes US on
The afternoon of Saturday, the 2lsl instant, Oh
What he considers .',the best authority" that
the vanguard OF General Scouts army was al
Ayola on Friday. the 9Th instant, and up 10
that date had not fred gun. This news reach.
ed Vera Cruz by a gentleman who lett Ayola
on the 18Th, coming down BY way Of Ofzaba.
Ayolla is but twenty-one miles from the city
Of Mexico, heng twenty h,i!es beyond the pass
Of Rio Fro. We now turn Tor moment TO
other subjects Of great interest
The expedition which left Vera Cruz about
The 18th instant TO reinforce Major Lay's
command. was composed Of Captain Weiss
company Of the l2h infantry, Captain Ha,le's
company OF the l4lh infantry, and Capt. Fair
child's company Of Louisiana rangers, all under
command Of Captain Wells. They returned
10 Vera Cruz on the l7lh. after having pro
creded as far as the National Bridge, where
they expected TO overtake Major Lally's com
mand. Major Lally, however, had gone on,
and by subsequent advices at Vera Cruz II IS
known that he had carried up his train in safety
beyond Jalapa.
The command Of Captain Wells were com,
PEELED to fight their way to the bridge; and they
made the attempt 10 pass il, but found all The
heights occupied by the guerriilas, who opened
heavy fire upon them, killing nearly all the
mules and forcing the whole party TO retire.
They left the whole OF their wagons, save only
one, in the possession of the enemy. All the
baggage of the officers and knapsacks of the
men, which We're in the wagons, fell into the
hands of the Mexcans, and little else besides
the mail was saved. The loss of men in this
affair has been FIVE or six killed and two or
three wounded, and several men have subse-
quen,ly died from fatigue and exposure on the
march.
About eight miles this side of the bridge.
Captain Wells, on his advance, detached IL
Dragons, accompanied by Dr. Cooper. with
directions to go forward cautiously, and, if
they found it prudent 10 report TO Maj. Lally
but if they encountered any obstacle, TO return
and report the fact at once. & Nothing has since
been heard of this party, and it is supposed
the whole have fallen into the hands Of the
Mexicans. The twelve Dragons we suppose
to be portion of Farchild's company. DR..
Cooper was the surgeon who went up with
the train.
Captain Wells had five successive engage
ments with the enemy before the final affair
at the bridge. In this the Mexicans had one
piece of artillery engaged. from which they
fred grape, and were thus able TO make good
their stand against the command OF Captain
Wells. "
Maj. Lally on going up with the train is said
TO have had a sharp skirmish with the guerll
las at Cerro Gordo, and TO haye expected ano
Their brush with them at la Hoya. No accounts
of these affairs have been received, but our la
test letters say that there is no doubt OF the
safety Of the train. No news had been heard
at Vera Cruz of Capt. Besancon's company
for fortnight. II was out on a scout when
news reached there that Major I.ally required
reintorcements, and it is by many supposed
that the company fell in with the train, aud,
crossing the National Bridge, continued up
with il. Others again lrnk differently, and
suppose the whole company has been cut of
by the Mexicans. Such is the tenor of our Ia
test letters. ...n".e. .@.." e.,
Ia regard to Gen. Srotl's march, there were
rumors al Vera Cruz thai he had met the enc
my and repnlsed them afr sharp engage
ment in which he lost 500 men. Tins the
Mexicans regarded as a victory on their part,
as their loss was insignificant. Notwthsland-
ing these details, our correspondent writes tlat
the re is no truth III them whatever. he also
considers the announcement OF The Sun OF a ma
huac that Gen. Scott arrived at Ayoila on the
!llh as IA statement ha2aided upon mere rn-
NOR. lie has confidence in the yeracity OF the
man who arrived on the DIST, and declares the
vanguard of Scouts army 10 have been in Ago
tia on the 9lh. having mel no resistance SO TAR
Both the Vera Cruz papers aud our correspon-
dent. believed thai General Scott was in pos
session of Mexico BY the 20tn inst. but they
had no information 10 This effect.
We have more minute accounts on board
the ship Agnes, Of the various engagements
with the gueras mentioned above. The Mis-
sssippi being fast saer, has anticipated
those accounts. but without supplying all the
details.
We have no letter direct from the army
The Bole,iu de las No,iciss, Of Jalapa. says
tina, more correspondence from the army has
been intercepted by the sperIllas. This paper
appears to have advices from Puebla 10 the
10Th inst; but only states that the last division
of the American army leiI on that day 40oO
strong, 49,
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