The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-02-13
From 'ralnpico.

I'll The correspondent Of the Picayuns,
: comes down to the 95th ultimo. All
J. was quiet there. Gen. Shields had ar
Y rived and taken command of the troops
d at that point, which numbered some
1000 men. The police was excellent.
\ .mong other precautions for the quie.
| Of tie place, Gen. $. has issued orders
IT, the suppression Of gambling, and
10. 6. ..a,ing al money used in gamb-
:o""s. ',e tcnance of a hospital
en- my ,hs 10 s;.k. IT, The deifcnces of,hs place
~. No. '"o ran;dI, I ,,,;r- on under the direc.
,;on ,. 81 PHy Cant' e Rama ID Of the U. s. En-.
gneers, and when CON- "U.,a %
impregnable--at Least 10 .SH'a """" ;
whole army.
Mr.. Lumsden says, Of the hero wlie
Of our Consul:
81 could write you pages about Mrs
Chase, the excellent lady Of our worthy
Consul here; but you have been fur
nished with details Of her unshrIDkmg,
noble, and daring conduct, as we'll IN
defending herself and home, while her
husband was in exile, as in furnishing
the most important information to our
squadron in the Gulf; information which
saved Tamplco and made it an Amer
lcan possession. need, therefore, say
no more than this-which must say;
that ANN CHASE is a great woman! j
have had the honor Of being presented
to the lady, and confess that | lack
words to express my admiration Of those
attributes in her, which makes woman
great, and renders her the heroine of
glorious incident in the history of
America" a~ s4@
A demonstration against Tuspan was
supposed to be IN contemplation by our
naval forces lying at Tampico. These
consisted of the Spitfre, Com. Tatnall;
gun-boats, Refer, Lieut.. SMrrett; Pet
rel, Midshipman Perry; Nonata, Lieut..
Hazard, and revenue schr, Ewing,
Capt. Moore. In respect 10 Tuspan,
Mr.. Lumsden says:
have little intormation-authen-
lic--about Tuspan, which will give
you. Gen. Coss, commander Of the
place, has refused 10 obey the orders of
Santa Anna 10 evacuate the town.
He has force under HIM Of from four
to five hundred troops of the line, and
large body of Indians whom he has
called in from the mountains of Mazant.
la and Papantla--two or three thous.
and in number-but indilferently arm
ed. At TusPan there are three conf
cal hills-the town laying in the valley.
These heights are all fortified with six
pieces of artillery each, besides having
n picket formed Of heavy chyal posts.
There is no defence at the mouth of tho
river, but about half way from the bar
to the town-six miles-,here is bat
terry of two 24-pounders. The water
on the bar is now about live feet only.
Some Of these guns are the Truxton's
captured by the unfortunate loss Of that
vessel under Captain Carpenter.
1t is thought here by the most intel.
Iigent persons that the only way to
successfully attack Tuspan would b.
by troops, as the town is so situated
that a vessel in the river can only
bring her guns to bear on two different
points, while the guns on the heights
not only command the town entirely.
but the river also. The most feasible
way to attack the place would be to
send force to be landed at the south
OF the bar, (Tuspan being on the north,)
abreast Of the town, and distant about
twelve miles, and proceed to lombard
the place at once, when no doubt the
third or fourth shell falling in their
midst would cause the Mexicans TO dis.
play white flag 10 very shor, time.
Now little about Tula, or Tamau.
llpas. Tbe garrison Of this place,
IamplcoI when i, evacuated the city,
Went tn Tula. This garrison consisted
OF tie battalion OF Tamplco, i2ih regi.
r.ent Of Infantry, Permanen,es de Tam
pico, Veterans de Tampico, a small COM
pany of artillery, the remnant Of tho
9th regiment, left from the memorable
actions Of Paio Alto and Resaca, and
a small iorce Of cavalry. At present
there are in Tula, distant about l8
miles from this place, on the rou,e to
San Luis Polosi, some three OF four
thousand men of various arms, under
Gems. Valencia, Csrvajal and has
dozen others, WHO are fortifying the
place against an apprehended attack
from the An.erlca forces at this place,
Prlvate letters from the city Of Mex
Ico are ir this city, stating that il IS ex-
pected there will soon be a reyolntIon
there against the ministers, who. tho
reople say have proved themselves iR-
competent to manage the affairs Of the
nation in a proper manner. In fact
it is said that every thing is in confNr