The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-04-29
INTERESTING DETAILS
OF THE
PROGRESS of the War with Mexico,
NEWS FROM VERA CRUZ.
H.. A. NJ a Dt.a n

Progress Of the War with Mexico.
NEWS FROM VERA CRUZ.
[From the N. o Picayune, April 20l
The schooner Iona Captain Stevens, arrived yester-
day from Vera Cruz, having sailed the 9Th instant
She brought passengers Lieuts Jones and Rus
sell. DR.. Treadwel and Mr.. VIM. Robinson.
The news by this arrival is but day later and IL
without much importance General Twiggs and Gen
Quitman moved with their commands upon Jaapa the
morning Of the sth The following the orders of
General Scott for the march-we copy from the .4mer
can Eagle Of the 9Th inst
HEADeuARrrRs OF THE ARMY, !
VERA CRUZ, April 8. l6i7. !
GENERAL ORpERs-No 94-Limited means of trans
portaon being In readiness portions Of the army will
march as follows -
The second division OF regulars tho 9Th instant,
and
The division of volunteers two brgades only twenty
four hours later
Major General Patterson will leave one of his three
brigades in this Immediate vicinity for further means
of transportation and also the Tennessee dismounted
cavalry until the arrival Of their horses Both of these
corps for the time will be under the immediate orders
Of the brgader general and tho latter when his
division marches viii report to general headquarters
The respective chiefs of the general staff will assign
to the headquarters of each marching division an eng
neer, typographical engineer, and ordnance officer
assistant quartormaster IN assistant commiSsary and
medical officer.
vision forty live wagons and to the division Of voun
teers tyfve for the entire baggage OF the officers Of
every grade the regiments and com panics The inte
ror distribution of wagons will be made at tho head
quarters Of each division.
Taylors and Tacotts field batteries will march with
the second division, and steptoes with the division Of
volunteers.
Col. Harvey will detach squadron Of Cd dragons
with each Of these divisions
special requisition for transportation will be made
for each Of those field batteries and squadrons
wagon will be assigned to the medical director of the
division for extra medicines and hospital stores
Every man will take, for his musket or rifle, forty
rounds Of ammunition and In his haversack hard bread
for four days. and bacon pork cooked for two days
Fresh beef with rations Of salt will be issued the
march.
The utmost caro- will always be taken Of ammunition
and food issued to the troops.
The chief quartsrmaster will send in extra wagons
grain for the saddle artillery and cavalry of each
division for four days. and each baggage wagon will take
grain for the same number Of days for its team
He will also turn to the chief Of ordnance ten
to the chief commissary hundred wagons
to be loaded by them respectively with cartridges for
small arms, and subsistence stores
These extra wagons will be divided between the two
divisions, march with and be escorted and guarded like
other wagons attached to the divisions.
The quartsrmaster's and commissary departments will
take prompt for the purchase and issue tho
march, of such forage and subsistence it may DO
cabe to obtain as also for trains and escorts that
be sent back to this depot.
Each general Of division will receive route Of march
and instructions from general headquarters.
By command Of Major General Scott,
H. L. SCOTT, A. A. A. Gen.
The original notes addressed by the foreign consus
Vera Cruz first to Cen Scott and next to Gen Morales
are published in the Eagle The purport of their app
cation for truce while the and children might
leave tho city, has already been given with the replies
thereto
The schooner Vermont drfted from her anchorage in
the gale of the 22d ult and wrecked about thirty
miles north of Alvarado Her taken prisoners
by the Mexicans but upon the application of officer
of tho United States despatched for tie purpose they
were subsequently released. The mate arrived at Vera
The brig Ellen Clare sold on the 9th inst, as she
was lying upon the beach, She brought $l050. Sales
were daly taking place Of wrecked vessels.
The following 10 from the Eagle of the eth:
The u 8. sloop of war Germantown, Com B. A. Buch-
snan arrvod at sacricos on the I'd ins Is days from
Norfolk Oficers and crew all well.
The United States bomb vessel Etna, Commander
Van Brunt, arrived at Anton Lizardo on the Sd inst
from Boston On her passage out she sprung her FORE
mast in gale of wind, of Cape Hattaras.
All the bomb vessels are lying in tho river at Alvar-
ado, Captain Isaac Mayo being in command Of that
place.
The United states bomb vessel Hecla left New York
on tho 10th ult and arrived at sacrhcios on tho 2sth
Ofhcers and crew all well She carries one 900 weight
gun, throwing 10 inch shell.
The frigate Rartan and the Germantown sailed from
Alvarado the morning of the Sth
The ship Charles to sail from Vera Cruz for Old
Point Immediately after the Iona.
We copy the following paragraph from the Eagle
Captain Naylor, Of tho second regiment Of Pennsyl-
vana volunteers called upon yesterday aud informed
that have been led into in regard to q
portion Of the article published in first number
headed " Horrible" We relied upon our informant,
who stated precisely the facts given to tho pub
lie In doing which we stated that Jef-or Jefercs,
properly-and Miller, among ths killed that
oason and from the tenor Of the article the reader
would suppose their bodies had been found. Captain
Naylor us that such is not the fact that the
bodies Of JcRercs and Miller have been found nor
Is 1t certain that they have boon killed They Of
the party spoken OF their bodies have been
discovered in the noghborhood of the attack they
have escaped made prisoners II such is the
fact We may still entertain hopes Of behoding them
again We make this statement in order to prevent
much possible the distress such unfortunate
ourence must create
VERA CRUZ, April 7, ls47.
From Gen scotts order Of yesterday, which iuclose
you will that Gen Twiggss division of the army
marches tomorrow morning.
The entire force which garrsoned the different forts
and batteries Of Vera Cruz with the castle Of San Juan
de Ulns was fraction less than 600O although 5000
became known that the place was to DO given up moro
than a thousand Of the regular soldiers known to
have dispersed themselves through the city aud after
changing their Clothes marched out citizens else
now living here.
In the meantime, those who scattered through tho
ing the most sxtravasaut tales Of the strength size and
prowess Of los Yankees To justify their defeat,
they spread the story through the country that
horses four times the size Of theirs twice fast
and not only In their nature but trained
to down. tread under foot and completely annihae
ing large hogshoads nllod with ali Of da-
bolical combustibles mako noise In the air like the
dcmosh everything around them The effect of turn
ing all these people loose upon the country long
they viii continue to circulate such sxtravagant tales,
must be advantageous II they 1T In order to hide
the disgrace Of their defeat say that they
been contending with giants contaurs and the Ike so
You must noticed in the Mexican papars Of late
that the editors have to term tho Americans bar
barans Infamous usurper land robbers and other COM
plimentary Of kindred nature, and have settled
down upon the epthe Of Yankees the moot opprobr
Of all. This Is funny enough.
said yesterday, in letter sent by tho Edith that
Com Perry intended to capture every place the coast
Of Mexico The first move is to Tuspan. The nset In
tended to operate against that place sails this afternoon
or tomorrow morning. The noxt point will be Tahasco
hear report but to its truth cannst certify, that
the Governor Of the latter place has sent letter to
Com p, inviting tho latter to pay him another visit
The commodore will DO down upon him sooner than no
anticipates perhaps.
VERA CRUZ, April 8, 1s47.
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what wrote you yesterday. Gen. Twiggs's division
takes the limo Of march for Mexico this morning and
the other divisions will follow immediately We shall
soon know whether the Moxiesns to light this side Of
Jalapa.
The weather continues most uncomfortably hot--hct
comes from the goes dswn mt night As yet how
ever there lie no sickness Of consequence among the
troops
Since writing the above, learn that Santa Anna, on
the list inst either wrote letter or issued an order
breathing nothing but to the death with the United