Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-07-31

niet ny all eApTeSS lTOU zen. SCOtt, ueSiT-
ing him not to advance with the train, ex-
cept in conjunction with COL Childs' com.
mand, and the force that was to 60 forward
from this post, as large body of cav
airy, between two and three thousand
strong, with small field battery, under
the command of Generals Bravo and AL
varez. had posted themselves between this
and Puebla, more with view of securing
part of the train than in any expectation
of doing much injury to our forces. We
shall, therefore, have another brush with
these gentlemen robbers before we reach
the advance of the army. But as the
country is generally plain, we can have
a fair chance at them, and cut them up
more ehectually than was done at La Hoya
From here, we take six companies of the
lst Pennsylvania Regiment, under COL
Black, in addition to our force that we left
Jalapa with; and the train will be mater
tally lessened, in consequence of the num-
Der of wagons we leave here, that brought
forward the sick and some subsistence de.
signed for this post. The sick, alone, re-
quired nearly forty wagons, all of which
are to remain here.
Colonel Wynkoop, with four companies
of the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, Capt.
Taylor's battery, and Capt Walkers com.
pany of mounted rihemen, remain to gar
rson the castle of Perote and this town:
which, when considering it is the principal
hospital and the depot of subsistence be-
tween the advance of the army and Vera
Cruz, is certainly very small force. But
there is no other alternative, if Gen. Scott
is ever to get to Mexico, so slow are the
reinforcements reaching him. In addition
to the force now going forward under
Gen. Cadwallader, it is expected that about
two thousand more are now on their march
from Vera Cruz to Puebla. IF they arrive
within four or five days after we do, they
will be in time for the big battle that is to
be fought this side of the city of Mexico.
Among the eighteen prisoners taken by
us on the Goth inst at La Hoya, were two
Germans, deserters from our army. There
are four others among the guerrias that
regret we could not have secured. The
doom of the two captured will be that of
traitors death. Among the Mexicans ia
ken, were three men of influence and
wealth. One of them was an extensive
coffee dealer, and has a large coffee plan
tation in the vicinity of Jalapa. He had
been treated with the greatest kindness by
the army while grrrisoning Jalapa, and the
commissary of subsistence, Lieut.. Blair,
had paid him several thousand dollars for
coffee and other articles purchased of him
for the use of the army. He always pro.
fessed the greatest friendship for the Amer
leans, received great many favors from
their hands, which he reciprocated by sell
ling us property at the highest rates, up TO
the last day we were at Jalapa, and then
fastened 10 the Businesses Of the Perote
mountains where he joined a guerrilla par
ty to rob the train and cut the Threats of
every American they could lay hands on.
| hope he will be hung, "SanS cerem0Rie. =
Another of those taken, was also from ia
lapa, and was at once recognized by a
number of our men and officers as clerk
in store at that place. A third, who had
very genteel appearance, maintained that
he was professor in the college of Jalapa.
How he came to be out in the mountains
of Perote among the guerrillas. is a ques-
ton. Being literary character, howev-
er, suppose he was studying natural phi
losophy. | trust he will receive lesson
in hanging philosophy, that he as well as
his associates will profit by. We are ia
king them all on to head quarters, where, if
the views and feelings of the entire army
are consulted, they will at once be hung or
shot.
was in hopes we would have left here
to-day, but in consequence of the INSULT.
cheney Of the quarter-master's department
we shall not get off before tomorrow, il
we do then. We ought to get through to
Puebla in five days, and fog all the Mexi
can forces besides, that there is between
this and the advance of the army; yet il
we do not move with more rapidity than
we did from Jaapa here, it will take us
from eight to ten days.
| The castle of Perote, next to that of Sar
Juan de Ulloa, is the strongest fortifcation
, in Mexico. 1t is, however, in most filthy
condi,ion:and the sick are dying out of the
) hospitals in large numbers, daily. Disease
is making far greater havock among oul
forces than the enemy. Perote is mos
miserable little place even for Mexico
3 though the country that surrounds it is pic
turesque and grand in the extreme. The
S valley of Perote is very fertile soil, anC
, the fields of corn. barley and wheat, are
. immensely extensive. Upon the whole, i
is more generally cultivated than any othe
, section of Mexico for the same extent, owe
q which | have passed. GOMEZ.