Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-05-05
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Gen Ttriggs' idrdnc, Guard .fiiaclrJ
FIFTY AMERICANS KILLED

Vera ttuz April -, lStt
Ecs Della As stated IN my letter Of
,hi' morning the brigade OF Gen Wouh
took up the Inc of march Tor Jalapa. bu,
from rather SUDDEN mi s2oslion of The Cen
he dii ut leave with them About one O..
clock an express reached him with ,mpor
,nni Information, that the column Of General
I"isss Ind allen ~ with a large force Of
the enemy al Ccro Gcrlo, n strong pos,.
ton beyond Pu,nic National, and tia, q
skirml.h had taken place between Twicrs
advance guard and Ihc enemy. IN which
Capt Johnson, Typographical Engineer.
was seventy WOUNDED, and several o,hcss
In half al hour ai,f the RECEPTION Of ih,s
ncNs, Gen Worth bad mounted his horse
aud was al. 50 suddenly. indeed ,ha,
mrs'd ham. notwithstanding repair,d to
head quarters 10 gather tho particulars. a.
soon as heard of
There is n, doul, n, al. ,ha, Santa An.
nn. with from II 600 10 H. 600 r',n. IS be-.
tween us AMI Jalapa MS conceded on all
SIDES bu, II G,n. Tnlggs, docs not hp.
he will nj least keep him in check until
Gen Scott arrives, who LEFT Yesterday
, reaches him. which will be- 10 morrow
night MAJ Gen Patterson left here with
TWO brlcldcs Of volunteers on Friday, and
he ha. no doubt reached the advance before
tins hour Gen Twiggs had between .
500 and 200 men, choice ones too. under
his command and entertain liilc fear for
his safety. Gen Patterson marched with
Shields and Pillows brigadcs, and all the
force exccp, the garrison Of the towns. and
Qu,mons buga1c. is on the scene Of &C.
ton or on the road to it
Gen. Scott, think, was pretty W, Il sat.
isied, before his departure, 'hn, Santa ANNA
was in the ncghborhood Of Jalapa and was
making good time toward. that poln, " hen
the express. reached hun. A,erribIc battle
will be- fought a, Ccrra GorIo or liule or
or lIi,lc or no fighting, An ,n,ellgcn,
Mexican told me ,o.nigh, there be no Geh,
and thnt Santa Anna had with him four
promincn, members of,hc National Con.
grcss, with the aid Of whom he hoped to
negotiate peace believe truly. tina, i,
Is the wish of hl, ExcclIcncy, to win the
strife, but whether he will embrace tho &C
caslon, which by The way Is an oxc.llcn,
ncsscc Cavalry, arrived to day from Tam
plco, and as soon as they are landed | ox.
pee, Qui,Inan VIII leave here.
CmArrARAL
Camp at San Iunn, April Il, ls47
] arrived IN this place at IL o'clock los,
night, the road from VeraCruz for the mos,
part running through heavy sands The
DIVISION OF Gen. Worth from the excessive
hea! and wcarls,inc road, suffered incrcdl.
bly, The news IN emp IS stirring An
express has come down from Gen. Twirns
TO The fl c, tia, Santa Anna was before
hlm u, Ccra Gordo with 5000 men, rs
near as could BE- judged from the roconnoi.
srnccs made by Capt. Hardy and other Of
hcors Of the dragons.
Lieu, Co! j. Johnson bad been severe.
~ bu, no, moTtally wounded, while exam.
ing Santa Anna's works, which appeared
10 be succession OF brcasiworks on an EN-.
lnoncc n the vicinity Of Ccrrc Gordo -
Everything would now 70 to show ,ho,
Santa Anna Is determined to make n bold
sand y drasoon who bad occn sen, down
by express ly Gen 'iwigrs, was yeslcr.
day Iouni Shot by the roadside just beyond
tins HIS papers had not been touched -
The Mexlcans are playing a bloody and at
the same time "A holder game, than IS usu.
al for them, as !, IS ,honQhl they have Nil.
ed 40 less than 80 Of our mon within the
last three days on lhc road Gen Scott
stopped last nigh, nine miles from ,hs -
To nigh, he will reach Cen Twlggs 20
s'llon II Santa Anna IS as represented.
he will o'ably no! be attacked before ,wo
or three days.