The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-04-13


Commodore but held on about Is minutes longer had
The rs Of the castle and town they fred grape round
grape, but fell short We had not man hurt although
the shells burst all around The Petrol had hole
shot through her starboard quarter from piece of
shell, and her bowsprt shroud away A shell also
burst under the quarter of the Sptrs and split of
her boats.
During the whole of to-day (23d) Gen Patterson In
conjunction with the Navy, has been making the most
extraordinary sxertions to finish entertainment to
plant marine battery, consisting of three ss's and two
long SIS which have been landed during the course OF
tho day from on board different vessels Of war.
The officers and sailors have heretofore borne the
ount Of all the labor in landing the and munitions
Of war belonging to the army have applied them
selves to 1t with energy that certainly entities them
iu s they had
honos are to be and aurs gathered they sxerted
themselves with an almost supsrhuman effort.
each piece Of ordnance, which was by them conveyed
over sand hills and hoows half knee deep In sand and
through lagoon about feet deep and rs yards wide
with soft bottom They were ali placed In position
about three miles from where they landed during the
night. The sailors and the volunteers worked admra
bly, together.
During tho early part Of last evening the town
lighted up by building fire. which was ignited by
the bomb shells Ii impossible to tell what building
II was but supposed by the engineers to be the
barracks As the fire was discovered from our
mortar battery very much gratifed to observe the
cessation of our fre--for notwithstanding
deavorng to destroy their town. or compel them to sur
still humanity would to require that temporary
cessation Of hosnes should take place under such cir
cumstsnces Warts terrible In Its most modified form
hut the bessging Of city like Vera Cruz when
know that are battorng down the houses
fellow creaturss heads but tell whether we are
destroying the soldlsrs-our real antagonsts-or tho
and children And then to witness the burning
houses lighting up the church spires and domes of the
prominent buildings with the families moving about on
the tops of the houses In the utmost and
apparent despair cannot do otherwise than excite
feeling Of oommisseraton.
batteries again opened and continued until morning
During the day tho army guns have worked very slow
vented from landing any Yesterday BY the northsr'
Early In the morning Gen. Patterson let the town hear
h% Tss sad
commenced unmasking. They soon commenced pouring
into the city and elective fire, until about
walls Of the town. and with such range as enable
them to flank most of the Notifications and works from
whence the enemy was firing.
The following tho size and weight Of tho guns,
with their officers, as far ms | could learn them -
Potomao-2 32-pounders So cwt., Capt. Aulisk and
Rartan-l s2-pounder, 90 cwt., Lieut.. Ingersoll.
h,issssippi-l s-inch gun 50 owt;, Lieut.. Leo.
St. Msry's-l s-inch gun, 50 cwt, Lieut. Kennedy.
The navy battery set the town fire again to-day.
Ere with great energy and rapdity, and sorry to
say with some eGect-kiling four and woundng six
among tn. latter Lieut.. Baldwin, Of the Potomac
At 4o'clock the officers and from the navy
relieved by the following: Capt Mayo, Lieuts semmes
De Camp, Frailey, and studnan, Passed Midshipmen
Smith Majaw and Upshur
5thTo-day the oombatants appear to be more eager
both sides, and the firing rapidthe army bat
terry II ten-inoh morars long 24s and four
Cohorns. During the morning the Mexicans concen-
tratea their fire as much as possible upon Gen. Patter
and the navy but the return fire through the day
sencsd of their batteries and the navy
the walls in different places. Midshpman shubrick and
Mr. Shubrck's death was announced at head
in tho following laconc note by the commander at the
gun nghtngn On inquiry learned the following par
tculars as follows He was shooting at gun in of
the bastons in the rear Of the city and watching
the effect of his shot upon that piece Of artillery when
ball from the piece he shooting at struck hm-but
the last shot he fred dismounted the piece that killed
himthus in all probability both artierists lost their
lives In shooting at one another almost simultaneously
List VEssELs-oF-WAR OFF VERA CRuz-U. s.
steamer Mississippi (aag-shp Of Com. Perry) Captain
gates-Raritan, Capt, Forrest; Potomac Capt Aulick
Sloops-ofwar,st Marys Capt Saunders; Albany, Capt
fire. Capt Tatnall; Vixen Capt. Sands; Scourge Capt
Hunter Petrita Capt. Lockwood. Brig Porpoise Capt
Hunt storo.hip Supply. Capt. Calhoun. Schooner
Petrel Capt Shaw Bonita, Capt Benham; Refer Capt
sterrett Tnmpico, Griffen Falcon, Capt. Gasson.--
Bomb brg.Ivesuviuss Capt Magruder; Hecla
and Fredonia, Capt Chauncey.
The sloops-of-wa Germantown and Decatur and
steamer Scorpion, had not arrived whom the Princeton
sailed
LIST OFFICERS OF THE STEAMER PnrrcEror, bearing
the broad pennant Of Commodore David Conner late
Commander In Chief Of the Home Squadron:
Commander-Fred'k. Engle. LIST Lieutenant-Jas H.
Rowan. I'd do.--Chas s. Boggs Sd do-Thomas T.
Hunter. Acting Master-Ceo. b. Black Surgeon-Da-
vid Harlan. Purser-Aristides Welsh. Chief Engineer
John Faron, Jr Commodore secretary-Wm d.
M'Leod Passed MidshipmanW. w. Basset Mid
shipman-Dawson Phenix. Do.-Thos Young Cap
tains Clerk-Emerson Mcvaino. Assistant Engineers
ALBERT s Palmer. Do-John Alexander. Do.-Jesse
Rutherford Do-Edward Faron. CarpenterAJames
Mcdonald. Gunner--Charles McLane. Boatman-
Henry Brooks
Passengers PER STEAMsHIr PRIScEroN--Col. Totem
y. 8 Engineers, bearer Of dispatches from General
Scott. Acting Master Thos b. Huger, bearer Of dee
patches from Commodore NJ. C. Perry. Lieut. Harry In
gersoll late U. 8. s. Raritan. Do. T. Holland do do.
Mdshipman Edward L. Stone, do. do Do. JOS A. Sea-
well, do. do MIR. Joseph Gideon, late U. g. ship Poto
mac
The Princeton IL bound to Philadelphia, to land Com
Conner