The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-04-14
STEAMER EprTH, Orr VERA CKUz,
March ~ lQAy

March II, lsa7.
CArrAiS:-n parting with you desire to express our
sympathy with you In the loss Of the ship Yasoo
unqualified admiration Of exhibition Of courage and
s Sonr 's
you viii experience consolation In the reflection
that through your hrmness and self possession not sn
gle Of the large number OF soldiers board
For kindness and attention to your
and for the warm interest always for
tho welfare Of command accept our thanks.
With sincere wishcs for your future prosperity We
subscribe ourselves.
Your attached friends
WIN. 8. HARVEY, Col Second Dragons
CAPTAIN B. WATrrSoros.
ADDITIONAL PROM VERA CRUZ
From tho Philadelphia N. americana
Here We arc on our way home. Tomorrow the ship
will in all probability arrive at Pensacola stay there a
Philadelphia to land Com. Conner, who s passenger,
and from thence to New York have the siege Of
Vera Cruz and was present at tho surrender of 1000
Mexican soldiers. The ceremony took place large
plain outside of the walls IL very Imposing sight
and one that no expected should and the
like Of which very few will again this continent
The common soldier seemed very Indifferent, but the
ulcers appeared sorrowful and much mortified They
very poorly dressed with old white hats and
with black not having probably dollar
for months
the bombardment lasted three days and half The
city greatly injured the shells and round shot str
ing all over the town One part, small battery Of
five guns which fought most calamity entirely dcs
troyed aud from the stencil in the neighborhOod II is
be feared that the bodies of many poor and
children buried in the ruins The fire from this
struck the works In which the and officers Of the
navy fighting with almost the precision of rifle
shooting spent three or four hours hill about
quarter Of mile in the Of the navy battery and
could the effect of every shot from that the
town Some Of tho shell and shot struck rather
to make 1t very pleasant, frequently falling within
sevent yards Of where stationed after having
apparently just shaved the top of the sailors fort
it was sight to see and the small risk was worth hazard
ing. have heard Col Totten say that he has never
such superb gun practice displayed by the
Mexicans They were obliged TO surrender for the
fhn apl1 mot hnutn
left either in the city castle and their beaut
full town from utter destruction 1t being completely
manded by the high ground in the rear occupied by our
| was In the Governors palace. very fine building
occupying side Of the Plaza, in which Gen Scott
has his headquarters and looking into very hand
some room where 1t evident shell had struck when
Mexican gentleman came up and offered to show me
over the house. ! followed him, and directly
to what had evidently been superb room but then al
most entirely torn pieces he pointed to place beside
lady and her two children; they were all killed by the
shell which has wrought the injury you see"
AT the Mexican battery which fought so well, when
the remnant of the staff jumped upon the parapc
held II in his hand until he himself shot down This
General Scott took possession would doubtless have
boon very handsome If the soldiers had been dressed
dirty, ragged looking devils II is hard Scott aud
his stat and Worth in all their glory habliments
the rest in anything but slightly costume.
Correspondence Of tho N. o. Picayune
March 29-9 o'clock. ?. NJ.
Last night those who fortunate enough not TO
be duty retired TO their blankets in the sand with
every prospect Of good sleep; but hardly they
stretched out people do not undress herc) before
mendous norther opened upon us, blowing down fonts
and buryng every thing In sand. 10 Illustrate the
matter, will tell you how your humble servant found
himself this morning After considerable labor,
after the wind the succeeded Ia pnning
tent down. that IL could not blow away-but the sand
could not be shut out ! covered my head with the
blanket and went to sleep On endcavoring 10 kick of
the covering this morning found IL was "uo go" for
completely buried in the sand-ot leaet two bushels
having accumulated, like drift, over my feet
Our hair and nccks (for the blankets would be
thrown OF during sleepy we're filed With sand Nearly
$4,000 men shared the same fate.
March pat o'clock, p NJ, to-day Capt Johnson,
Of the Typographical engineers sent with n white
flag and letter from Cen Scott, summoning the town
to surrender The measure Of course, was simply po-
lite way OF informing friends In the city that In
tended to return the compliments that had been
cslved during fifteen days from their batteries Capt
J. proceeded along the beach. with interpreter and
bugls unfurlcd the white flag before the was and the
bugle sounded In such made and provided
when several Mexican officers advanced md the rank
lug officer received the letter with the information po-
tey given that tho reply must be returned within two
hours During his absence Captain and two thre~
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