Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-07-14

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4 command had fallen in the with a guerril-
& . narfv few miles beyond Jalapa, and
" a movement unperceived by The G"er,
r;I7eyos, succeeded in surprising them, and
killing about thirty of them, without losing
IA man.
Other letters have been received IN
,own as TO this affair of Gen. Cadwaiader
which represents it TO have occurred near
7Ia Hoya, about eleven miles beyohu ia
Iona. The surprise of the MeXlcans was
Scomplete, aud one letter says lnat my
of them were killed. Gen. Z. sunereu no
Bv nnuther letter, dated the Oath inst,
from our Vera Cruz correspondent, we
learn that the train which went up under
command of Gen. Pillow, was attacked at
CaIera, said to be nine miles beyond the
puenta Nacional. The guerrilleroS were
disoersed with the loss of thirty men,
Verbal accounts say we had some eight
or ten wounded, but none killed.
This affair occurred on the Odd inst.
The force under the command of Gen.
PILLOW left Vera Cruz on the 18th, escor-
ting train of about l25 wagons. The
force amounted to nearly 1900 men. and
consisted of the 18th Infantry, and por-
y ton of 18th, three companies of the 3D.
and 9th Infantry, six companies OF the
Votigeurs, a detachment of the Sd ORA
goons, and six howitzers. That such a
train would meet with serious resistance
from guerrilla parties, was not to be ex-
Il pected; but we regret that our accounts
MindIce the belief that it suffered excess
sivey in the first and second day 8 march,
from the heat of the weather.
There are a great many guerrilla par
Il ties upon the road, Il small body of our
81 troops left San Juan on the 2lst hoping
10 overtake Gen. Pillow, but after proceed
& ing two or three miles they encountered
& some guerilleros These they charged
4 upon and dispersed, but they saw so ma
ny others on the road in small parties thai
it was thought prudent TO reIinquish the
81 design Of coming up with Gen. Pillow
As this officer is somewhat famous for eX
acting from his men long marches, it i
well that no further attempt was made t
Overtake him.
We regret to learn by this arrival o
the death of Mr.. Thos. Il. @. Banks. He
died at Vera Cruz of the UOn1ito.
The course pursued by Capt. Walker
towards those desperadoes who fell into
his hands is said to have been highly APP
proved by Gen. Scott. We have been
asked if Gen. CadwaIader adopted Wal
ker's plan and shot those who fell into his
hands, but we are unable to answer.
The news by this arrival from the city
of Mexico is important.
The ArcO- Iris of the 22d has letter
from the capital which appear TO be late
though the dates are not gwen. The Pur
port of Them is that The work of foruty
ing the environs of the city is going o.
rapidly, and that senventy pieces of ar
tiIIery had arrived from Acapulco an
other points which they were mounting a
fast as possible. They mention the arriva
of Alvarez at the head of 5000 men, an
they set down the entire force in the cit
as 900 armed militia and 10000 troop
of the line. These letters further sa
that the clergy are taking an active pa!
in the business; that arms of all kind
were pouring into the capital and cor
siderable sums of money. Picdyune.