The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-07-01
LATER FROM MEXICO.

we last evening received the Nc" VT
leans Picdyune of the l7h inst, contain. :
ING dates from Vera Cruz 10 the llth.
The romiia is represented as on the in. d
crease at Vera Cruz.
The death Of F. Carson and '. Sourry,
Of the South Carolina Volunteers, Us an.
nounced, the former on the 18th, and the
latter on the l4th inst, on board the ship
Massachusetts, from Vera Cruz to New
Orleans.
/ wagon train, under command fLieut.
Col Mcintosh, left Vera Cruz on the morn.
y ing Of the 4ih, having IN charge S225 600
10 specie, Of which sum one hundred thou
sand belonged 10 the Pay masters Depart
menl, the remainder TO the Quartermas.
tiers. One hundred and twenty five wa
nons and SIX hundred pack mules were 10
the tram, which we're escorted by 500
troops.
Ga the morning Of the 9Th, when II had
advanced about twenty five miles, II vas
attacked BY large party Of guerrllas.
The place was well selected for the pur
! pose by the Mexlcans, beng represented
as a defie broad enough for a single wagon
only. |, Is said, too, that slight works
0 obs, Ihfen thrown up by the NeSlcans 10
f made mon eacH-pce. The attack was
e and upon the centre a, the SAME 'tls Wa'h
: principal point, however, heing the wagons
i which were supposed TO contain tbs specie.
Private accounts represent that the at.
q tack was so far successful that forty OF our
{ wagons were destroys though no, those
!, containing the specle-lUo hundred mule.
d loaded with subsistence were taken, and
|. thirty Of our men killed, The check was
u so severe that Col. Mcintosh determined
c uot to hazard an advance without rem.
forcements. Our troops accordingly en-.
$ lreuched themselves behind their wagons
T and dispatches were sent of TO Gen. Cad.
e wallsder at Vera Cruz. The General lelj
e on Monday evening the 7Ih inst, with q
a force Of about five hundred men and four
{. howtzets Private accounts say further
Y that on the 10Th a part Of the yolIgeur.
also left, With four how,zeIs. to JOIN the
q tratn.
" No later new. had been ecei,ed iron
IN the army OF Gen. Scott. The reason i
a. obvious; for the pre.en, at lenst he com
municalon has been entirely cut of.
ia THE HACIENDA or SANTA ANNA
IS Twelve miles beyond Cerro Gordo i
4, the hacienda Of Gen. Santa Anna. A
u this distinguished funcnonaty owns preu,
u much The whole country between Neu
7. Cruz aud Jalapa, he finds it convenient t,
;, have two other residences but The hact
Of euda near Cesro Gordo was has fasout,
i retreat. Here II was he lived ~ dignity
q previous to the disastrous battle that los
b hlm his presidential office and his popular
&c ly among the people. II vas bold dra
a Coon Major who, first Of our army, enter,
It Cd this pfinceIy abode be gazed with as.
g constituent at the surrounding sp.endor
aud had not proceeded far 10 examine, be.
o fore the name Of 81 General Santa Anna
!. met has ght, and informed hun where lie
0 was. The residence was character zcd by
t species Of oriental splendgr; fourteen
T large rooms crowded upon each oher,
. filed with costly oItomaps, from the walls
/ Of which were suspended rare works Of
, art Everything had been preclpuateIy
E abandoned upon a centre table in one Of
. The primo pal saloons lay an unsealed note,
in the writing Of the Dictator 1t stated
= that he left every thlng TO the mercy Of
generous enemy
. The MAJOR peered about ms II he had
g.! into an Arabian enchantmeu,; he ex.
ahmed auentiye!y the pictures and coveted
saddle WITH costly trappIngs and sllrrups
Of gold lniaid with silver; he peeped into
q HUE recess, and his heart hrobbed-
ihore was a couch for n princess. Upon
the adjoining tables were scattered costly
perfumes, aud on the floor, as they had
abandoned two pretty Spanish feet, was
pair Of elegantly wrought, Yet tIny slip.
pers. The MAJOR was gaian, man and
an honorable one-dragoou as he was, he
could forego tho saddle aud tho stlrrups,
gold though they "ere-but he wanted a
trophy, and he placed the slippers IN his
pocket with thrill at their feel that would
have done honor to q powerful galvanlc
battery. Yet his heart snote him, and he
placed the treasures back, and walked into
} the more exposed parts OF the house. He
went into the neIghborng pounds and I
viewed the splendid cattle and horses that
were luxuratlng at case when, presently,
there dashed by an AID Of Gen. Scott, or. {
derlng the Dragons to pursue the retreat.
ing Santa Anna. Ia an instant The Major
was mounted, and his men followed with
yell Of delight. A few hours elapsed when
he returned to the splendid hacienda.
Wha, change the fine cattle had been I
driven of, the saddle still renamed, but a
the gold aud silver was gone. The PIC. a
lures were destroyed and hung in lrog. $
menls from their frames the splendid y
cushions had been cut asunder and The mir. /
fors broken into thousand fragmeuts.- J
50 ended an incident in the drama Of this ]
Mexican war. a
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