Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-06-26
From the N. o. Evening Mercury. June 18th.
LATEST FROM VERA CRUZ.


LATEST FROM VERA CRUZ.
The steamship Fanny, arrived this morn.
ing. Nothing had been heard from the
army for nearly week previous to the sail.
ing Of the Fanny.
A large train. says the Vera Cruz Eagle
oil the 5th, lett Vera Cruz for Pueba on the
morning Of that day under the special com.
mand Of Col. M'lntosh. 1t carried out a
mail, (the first, we believe, for nearly q
monthly and Maj. A. e. Bennett, Paymas
ter, in charge Of about S3OO,OOO. The
train was escorted by large force of sol.
dierv, in all about 800 men.
The health OF Vera Cruz was not i'm
proved; we regret to say, says the Vera
Cruz Eagle, that it is not in our power to
congratulate our citizens upon their good
health--it pains US to say that there appears
to be some increase in the number and vir.
ulence OF cases OF fever, and we feel it du
~ to add our own, to the warnings OF the
Board OF Health.
The thermometer has ranged between
the degrees Of 81 and 80 day and night for
the last ten days in this city. In the sun,
1t has been as high as 100 degrees, yet il
appears to be much warmer than indicated.
The steamship Mary Kingsland reached
this port yesterday, having left N. Orleans
on the 3O.h ult. She brings 5S ,eamsters,
1l3 horses, and Lieutenant Scott, nth 10.
fantry, w. Hammond, G. w. Armstrong,
and Lyman Gill, Esq. as cabin passengers.
The steamship Massachusetts, Captain
Wood, arrived at this port on Thursday last
with detachment Of the Voltigeur Regi.
ment, consisting Of 292 men and / 8 officers.
From the N. o. Picayunc, June 18th.
FROM GEN. TAYLOR'S ARMY.
The schooner Wanda, Capt. Axworlhy,
arrived last evening from the Brazos, hav-
ing made the passage in eighty hours.
Capt. Wilson has come directly through
from Monterey, having left there on the
Gath ut. He informs US that the troops at
that point are in fine health. The I'd Mis-
sissippi Rifles have particularly improved,
and there have been no recent cases OF small
pox reported.
Gen. Taylor's command now consists
Of the Cd Mississippi, the Massachusetts the
Virginia and the North Carolina regiments
of volunteers the Texas Cavalry, the 10th
and 10th regiments regular infantry, de.
,achment OF the Cd and Sd dragons, with
the batteries of Washington, Bragg and
O'Brien.
General Minon.-This officer, whom San.
Ia Anna denounced for a want Of skill and
courage at Buena Vista, has published in
the Repubicdno refu,a,ion OF the charge
brought agains, him. He declares that the
assertion by Santa Anna, of the want OF
provisions and water in the army, is false
hood. He states that he himself had cattle
to the number of six hundred head, besides
maize and flour, of which he apprzed Santa
Anna. He further asserts that the latter's
retreat was unjustifable; that the manner
Of il was still more so-moving off in the
darkness Of the night, and leaving hundreds
OF his poor wounded soldiers TO their fate ou
the feld--more like a fugitive hiding from
his enemy, than General retiring to recruit
his forces. 1t was to prevent these facts
from beng made public, that he, Gen. Mi.
non was prosecuted, imprisoned and denied
communication with his friends. Truth
will out, it appears, and Santa Anna viii
shrink into a pigmy, by-and,by, from the
inflated dimensions he gave himself, as the
Napoleon OF the West.
General Valencia. Twelve regiments
have been united under this officer. The
chiefs field officers) however do not show
any disposition to march against the Inva
ders; the soldiers and other officers are al
ardor. They were to leave the capitol or
the 18th ult.