Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-03
BY TIE SOUTHERN MAIL.
From the New orieans Picaynne, Extra, July -.
ARRIVAL or The STEAMSHIP
SEW ORLEANS.
mnortant from Vera Cruz and Tampit

NEW ONi.LnN'.
Important from Vera Cruz and Tampico
tsm Pieces March Resisted Co!ene9 DeRnssg:
Engagement ruth General Ge'ag--h"r@ef o
Lieutenant Nipple, Of tic On.
The steamship New Orleans, Captain AUD
arrived al an eary hour This morning nom vera
Cruz ria Tampico and The Brazos. Her iales
dates from Vera Cruz are 10 The iHh inst fiei
news IS very important. First oil all we give
Captain Auld's report, by which u VIII te seer
Thai he lei, Vera Cruz for This po!I as early d:
The l4,h and then returned ,hiiher, going no iur
Their than Tampico:
p.nor, or The u s. steamship New Orleans, Edward
Aud, commander, from Vera Cruz r'a iah'pico ant
ON her departure from Vera Cruz on The morn
mo of The 18th inst Gen. Pierce with ms com
nand of detachmenls from The Sd praSoohs' ssl
Artillery. Sd Infantry, and the I'm ON, 3'h aux,
l4ib Infantry, detachment Of Vohisueis, ahu
j, large detachment Of marines, amounting "
$500 men and $50 wagons, hi'a 'aAeh up s''ei'
line of march towards Puebia.
we arrived IN Tampico on The morning OIL the
,,,b inst. al s o'clock. Col. Gates informed us
lhe TWO hundred American prisoners VINO mao
heen released from the city of Mexico had been
ordared down 10 Tampco and recapturcd by Gen.
carav a, ar near Huejulla, about Finely or one
hundred miles up tic river, and Col. DE kussy,
with detachmen,s OF Louisiana volunteers, paris
of Capt Wyse's company OF artillery and Capt.
Boyd's formerly OF The Baltimore baualionl CON-
pany Of infantry, amounting to 10 OF i2o men
and officers had left there by the way Of the river
an The steamers Uudiae and Mary Summers, on
The morning OF the Sth inst, for the purpose OF
releasing The American prisoners. They had
LANDED sixty miles above unmoesed, and the two
steamers had returned to the city. Al 2 o'clock,
M. an express arrived from Col. DE Russy
stating ,ha, they had been permitted TO march up
nunoes,ed until they got in narrow pass near
Hue,o,la. where they were surrounded ~ twelve
or fourteen hundred Hexicans under Gen. Garay
They had suffered considerable loss ou, by The
assistance CT Capt. Wysc's artillery they mad Gu,
their way out and returned towards Inc fiVeI ana
wanted assistance. Col. Gaies oespalchsa me
New Orleans back 10 Vera Cruz with requisi-
ION m Col. Wilson Tor TOUR companies Of inian.
,rv and also the steamers Undine and Mary
Summers mn the liver with $50 men 10 the relief
of Col De Ru.sy. TIE New Orleans arrived
nj Vera Cruz ON the 18th al o'clock, T. NJ,
when we found the city in great excitement.
Gen. Pierce had marched out as above stated,
and encamped aboutlen miles from The city, when
,he sconrs or ont guards came in and reported a
LARGE force OF Meycans al The National Bridge
and marching towards The city. Everything was
got ready for an attack. The shipping was re-
moved from between the city and the castle. zen.
Pierce came in and ;ooka reinforcement OF seven
hundred men, making in all thlIly-'wo hundred
In consequence of the late difficulty the requisi-
,;on of Col. Gates on Gov. Wilson could no. he
cnmpled with. We received en- board twenty
FIVE marines from The u. S. sloop Saratoga, and
ON the morning Of the IL h al o'clock sailed fol
Tatnpico. at which time Gen. Pierce nad marched
ont 10 meet the enemy. Al . O'Clock on The 18Th
inst. we arrived al Tampico, and heard that lie
Two detachments had returned, and the result. as
near as we could ascertain was as follows:
The detatcineu,s had marched up towalcs
their place OF destination, unmolesed, until they
came in narrow pass, several miles from Hue
intla when lhey were surrounded by ZOO or lf0U
Mexicans, who commenced 4 heavy fire on
them from all directions. Capt. Wyse got bis
niece of Artillery 10 bear on them. Alter giving
Them six or eight rounds OF grape, which cot
lanes through their lines, they gave way and ned
through The chaparrel, in each side 0! The road
This was on the morning Of hc l2'h ihey
continued fighting their way back towards Ire r.
yer a, intervals, until the morning OF The l6;t
inst. when they were released By the reinforce
,neni of $50 men sent BY Col. Gotta. They re-
;ufned 10 the city LATE on the night OF The 10th
inst, with a loss OF twenty killed. len wounded
and Two missing, ard fifteen or twenty horses and
sixty pack mules. regret 10 stale that Captain
Rovd was the first who fell, with three balls
through his body Al.o, his lst lieutenant fell
mortally wounded, and was left dying on The held
Col. De Russy rad several balls through ms
clothes. Cap; Wysc had .nrce horses shot from
under him. The Mexican loss, oy report OF
Mexican, was $50 killed and wounded. Tbeil
general lied ard lett The charge TO tue second in
command The names OF the cihccrs who &C
companied Col De Russy arc not recol,ecied.
Lieutenant Whipple, acting adlutans OF The III
Infantry. was lassoed by a small party OF suer
Illos on he 10Th inst, when retiring from the &c
metary. within tour hundred yards OF The walls
the civ OF Vera Cruz. They were pursued by
the Americans WHO could not oyerlakc them =
The chaparra has been searched Tor miiei
around. but his body nd not be found.
Captain William Duff, of the Sd Dragons
died Of vomila al Vera Cruz on the afternoon 9
the 10th instant.
We give another report OF Colonel Deisussy
expedition tcom our own correspondent.
CORRESPONDENCE of the Picayune.]
TAMplco, July IS, 1917.
Dear Pic.-The expedition under Colonel DE
Russy returned here on the 10th instant al 9, /
nj. John, the express, arrived here on The morn
ing of the 18th. Colonel Gates Immediately o!
dered Lieu.enan, Colonel Marks oil Louisan
10 lake command OF three companies oi The II
United States Infantry, and dclachnen, OF 3
Artillery, with Two field pieces, aud proceed
once TO reinforce Colonel De Russy. Colont
M, with his command, embarked On the Mar
Summers al 3 O'Clock, p. NJ, and reached tn
S;llase Of panuco about two o'clock the ne,
morning. When the express left Colonel u
Russy, he was within fifteen miles of that place
his men being utterly exhausted by fatigue an
want of PROVISIONS having but three rounds ,
artillery cartridge lei, and but small stock c
muskeis. lie succeeded in making mis- va,
however, to Panuco, where he was joined BY hi
rentorcements. At the time oil The arrival OF IN
Mary Summers, The people oil the country weT
rising e.. n,asse, armed with cane knives, for IN
purpose OF making rush upon our men wh,l
asleep, and fortunate was il that Colonel Mark
arrived al The momen'; every one seems 10 Thin
that they would have been indiscriminaiely ma:
sacred.
On the nigh, of The ilth inslan, Col. DE Russ
encamped a, Tanlayuca, village some twenl
miles distant from Huejutla, where the Amer
can prisoners were detained He resumed hi
march al O'Clock the following morning min
miles, 10 the Rio Calabosa. Captain Boyl
with his company of Dragons being in the ad
vance, was fired al Immediately upon the ban
of that river the enemy lying in ambuscade i
the chaparral, Qhe enemy estimated variousl
from 500 to 10000 Capt. B. charged across III
stream, bu, was no, supported by his men, Lieu
Tanneyhil and five men only crossing with hin
Finding the fire oflhe enemy TOO severe, he s:ar
ed back 10 his command, and was about midwa
in the stream when he was struck by musk,
hall in the body and Immediately afterwards tw
shots struck him in his head, killing him il is SUI
posed instantly.
Lieut.. Tanneyhill at the same time was MOI
tally wounded, two muskel balls taking effect i
hi. thigh. The men Immediately fed back /
the main party, as The Mexicans commenced fl
ing on this side OF the river from every direction
The Colonel, on hearing The firing, had immed
a,ely advanced the main body TO the support G
Boyd, and not knowing the nature OF the ambus
cade, the pack mules, with all his provisions, te
into The hands Of the enemy, who were quite a
numerous in his rear as in his front.
A retreat now became actually necessary, an
was made. fighting every foot of ground until b
reached Tantayuca again. Here he intrenche,
himself and remained until mi.nish,, when h
started in The direction OF Pameco Day!ish
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