The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-27


respected by both officers and men, as sny man in the
service, The Colonel is looking well, and Elong to
nm ., tne head Of his regiment from which he has been
prevent this accumulated officer from eaching the head
OF MS profession You will hear of him at Vera Cruz.
MOUTH OF RIO GsAvIE Feb. S, Is47.
very little that Is pleasant.
1 b,
THIS place. too Iainfully true and well authenticated,
est, and that their hatred Is mortal 'p'-'N " -
Ston the iith January met Lieut. Richie, of tho 4th
way from saltllo with ten dragons to Vicioa bearing
important dispatches to Cen Taylor, from Gen Scott
whole plan of the operations in which we are about to-
engage. While on the road between Monterey and Vic.
tackled young Richie was assoed and dragged across
cornfsd and the dispatches carried or The ten drs
goons wsr. either killed or taken prisoners. Lieutenant
young officers in the army His conduct at Pslo Alto
and Rssaoa won the admiration Of the army and he
much for his talents and the excellence Of his
heart There is little doubt of his dsathstill,
whilst there is shadow Of doubt, there s hope.
Lieut. Miller is belsyodto be his name was murdered
Chichiron and awully mutilated His heart cut
deeply seated was their hatred towards would like
to have command of two hundred mounted men, with
Camargo, My first act would be to shoot in
Mer then go and burn every rancho on the route tor
ravo-and then continus to shoot thsm that region,
az fast as they made their appearance :.
the satss The followins Letter rssssd Gsn Worth
last evening OF there doubt about its cor
rectnsss. IT is from Capt Chapman, Of the army -
SALTILLO. Jan. %. ls47.
have only time TO write word. Major Borland, of
the Arkansas cavalry with afty men, and Maj Gaines
aud captured at Encarnacion about forty five miles be-
Hnd sa On n: nO5n1s Of the as General
from Matehuala with 500 cavalry, and toek them with
out firing gun This is no ''a"Pses w tsSMy
abOya In all hpsr eh6du subiaCt:
fact 1t is clear enough Between eighty and ninety of
our men have been taken and are
invesIate however, sgainst eur volunteers, that
fears entertained for the safety Of the prisoners
Palo Alto Gen Scott would have embarked to-day, On
the Massachusetts, for Tampco if heavy mother had
two three companies Of the artillery battalion, Cap
tans c. F. Smith and vintons companies being Of the
number.
III destination of tho troops is Lobos about seventy
five miles from Vera Cruz As Santa Anna know, su
YOU il is an island very near tho main land and behind
safe harbor for vessels Of considerable size TIE
trsmeiy dsugsrous the course Il the Week We shall
be the Gull, and the norhers and southessers do
not send us to another world you will receive de-
scripdon Of the battle and Capture OF Vera Cruz.
MOUTH or THE RIO GRANpE, Feb d. ls47.
But it seems alnost sacrilege to write in such vein
rived She is transport of GA tons burden, and with
accommodations for 400 She has three months sup
plies for this number ofmen To-day about 900 troops
will down from Camp Palo Alto and if the wea.
Their continues moderate this morning the
bsrkstion will commence night Gen. Scott has not
gone on board but is expected over here to-day.
We have received further intelligence respecting the
reached Victoria in safety, but there longer sny
doubt about the death Of the valuable young officer.
left the men for few moments to 60 with guide and
forage for the horses They had preceded but
short distance when Mexican came dasSing up on
and dragged him full speed across field and thsn muir
Ia Cola nnr ~ a. The ror.ror, will o,samble ~ n
hos harbor, with all the troops and then move together
to landing much nearer Vera Cruz.
NEWS FROM VERA CRUZ.
From Havana placed in possession of the al
vices by the British steamer frem Mexico Our letters
and portion Of papers have also 10 hand Oar
dates from Vera Cruz to the evening Of the Let ns
and from the city Of Mexico to the Goth of January
The Midway brought over $500 900 in Specie and atty
The of the assassination of Santa Anna turns
out to be uniounded so also OF his active opposition to
all. on . Wsa M of hs
aeh ut announce that letters from San Luis speak of
his immediate departure for Tula Letters from the city
Of Mexico to the effect and rspreseBt that he
would move at the head Of the main body Of his forces
Letters which rely confidently that his whole
strength does not exceed IS 900 Of oil They
represented to be in deplorable situation for want
OF means. They are destitute of clothing snd prov.
sions, and one regiment had actually left FOR the city of
Mexico Santa Anna employs his time in gambling and
cock fighting, and writing menacng and energetic rep.
assurances that he quite recently $34 600 at monte
from his own officers, very many Of whom are very
Luis that he would upon Tula the morning Of
the 27th ult This is stated in letter dated tho 26th
c. I Of II. sm
Mexico mention this fact and there be ma doubt
it. He will be fortunate ii he has not an early opperu
shy y u '''''nS ''' oA''D ''A''' !" A'' " per ''pa
set down the number Of troops in the city Of Vera Cruz
at 350O-some say 5000 The garrissn Of SaA Juan de
Uioa does not exceed 100 troops Some accounts rep
resent that there are two months in the CASTLE
buf we have letter from gentleman who he's to
the most respectable Of iDfOrmaon but whom
not barrel of sailed provisions in the castles and that
the troops both Of the castle and city dependent
upon the back country for their daily supplies Of food
So far the troops the city are this has
long been the case, and have oil confidence in
correspondents information the castle They have
been for time continual apprehension Of stack
at Vera Cruz and the Inhabitants appear have little
other, they expecting an attack on the sth Of this
month preparatory to it, orders had been issued for tho
vessels had evaded blockade of Vera Cruz AMI
got into port The Congress Of the State Of Vera Cruz
had Issued s manifesto calling p:op: at al hazard,
month OF January the approaches to Vera Cruz the
road to the interior were strengthened by battery of
heavy guns. Through the same welnformed gentle
man IRON whom we learn this fact confirmed in
our belief expressed above asto tho dsstituon Of the
troops IN the city and castle He writes" do not see
how is possible to introduce any troops with any
prospect Of feeding thom"
In regard to the condition of the military throughout
Mexico, we have the evidence Of an eye witness He
tesufes that everywhere it is derlorablc from The
OF destIuton III which the troops now are. They
miserably clothed and fed The Congress of the State OF
San Luis recently passed decree au.hoIisng the Go.
vernon Of their State 10 negotiate, within fOrtySsht
hours, either voluntary forcedto be applied
to the supply Of the commsarat of the army Of opera
tons TINS is annoueced in Vera Cruz paper OF the
30ih ult
Nor does there appear to be any prospect Of relief
the want of means which prevails in Mexico. The law
authorship the Of fifteen millions of prop rty
belonging to the church promises to be dead letter
The property consists almost wholly OF real estate in
different cities Of the republic Even if the law Of
gess be enforced it is said that will advance
money upon the property seized much less purchase
it The whole body OF the clergy had protested against
the seizure sscregious and they were supported by
large portion OF the lower classes Of the people Santa
Anna gave in his adhesion to the with great re-
luctance letter from him Published, addressed to
R'jon-again apparently his frieni-n which he avows
that he has uniformly opposed such measure and IL
only induced to assent 20 it by the necessities OF the
county The papers before flied with accounts
OF the action The different States in regard TO tho
pua A.x. a.ntA u. amo thars