Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-04-03
Vera CruS.

tee in a. close mystery as before.
vsra Crus.
hIoRE DousrruL RuxoRs III tho public
mind s not kept sufficiently sgitate,l. it is not
for want Of rumors Of on exciting ch,rac'sr from
the seat OF war. Que Of a startling nature is
scarcely disposed of before another springs up,
formed cut Of the seme materials. The .ast re.
port is one which came fiom Wash n ,,on, com.
mupicstcd by a correspondent, there for one of
the Baltimore papers. 1t is MS follows:
From the B,ltimore Snn
HroBLv IxPoRr.Nr!--7he Cusiie of San
Juan de Ulon aud the City Of Vera Cruz Sur
rendered 1T will be seen BY the following |
postscript to the letter of our Washington cor.
respondent, that intelligence is confidently ss-
serted to have been received in Washington tn
the effect that Vera Cruz and the Castle Of San
Juan dc Ulloa had surrendered to the first sum.
mons Of Gen. Scott and Com. Perry. There
night, from Washington, relative to the opera.
tons 81 Gen. Scott. One was that the Mex.
can. had blown the Castle up, and the other that
the steamship Mississippi had been lost. But
as our correspondent has the best sources Of in.
formation, we doubt mol that lis version OF the
intelligence from the Cult is more likely 10 be
correct, and we therefore give II as the most
authentic OF the rumors in circulation in VAST
ngton yesterday.
r. S.-lxPoRTASr RuMou- The Castle Of
San Juan Surrendered An officer of tho at.
my just this moment sts,ed. in public, that the
Secretary of State has received a letter from
General Campbell, Consul of the United Ss,rs
at Hsvans, informing him that the Castle Of San
Juan de Uloa and the city of Vera Cruz had
surrendered 10 the fret summons OF Gen Scot,
and Com. Perry. No one doubIs the truth OF
this intelligence, and by !he government it was
not entirely unexpected.
This would oil be very 'good news. if true"
Tor we should be glad TO hear that ths, formida.
be pace had been taken without the loss OF
ipaiion Of the event, tor We fnd the follow.
ing extinguishcr put to it by the Washington
Union Of Monday:
/ VERA CRuz The streets Of our city have
this day been inundated with rumos abou, We.
| 70 Cruz. 1t has been said tina, The city had sur.
| rendered without firing a gun, and that the
Castle of San Juan d'Uiloa wus blown up
Neither Of these rumors is correct. as far at
least az the Goutrnmenf is now advised. The
facts are these:
| A letter, which we hsve seen, has been re-.
ceived this day from Havana. which states that
on the previous evening the steamer Mississip.
pi had arrived from Vera Cruz, having taken
the place Of the unfortunate Tweed, which has
recently been shipwrecked on the coast. From
the reliable accounts brought by her. it would
appear that Santa Anna had ordered the troop.
to be Withdrawn from the city. leaving The Gus.
,le 70 defend itself According to IN order is.
sued by Santa Anna, il sppesrs that his troops
are to make q stand at Parets Nscionsl, Uhs
National Bridge,) about 20 miles from Vera
Cruz This is strong military position.
AMATEURS N WAR Fifty Texans at Tam
pico have joined the army wi,hoo, pay, To per
ed in the dungeons Of Perote. That prison, il
is believed. will be captured by Gen. Scott, snc
rared to the ground. Mid,hIpmsn Rogers, Ia
ken in the performances Of his duty at Vera Cruz
is now confined within ito black walls
The India Rubber tree which grows on ih'
Island Of iObos. quite curiosity TO our troops
, writer describing one says: ri, here s',sin
I the height Of . feet the branches STRIKE dow
b to the earth, take root, grow and become boc;e
y to the tree. We saw one which was cut dow
. thst had 81 trunks. The milky juice flows ou
. 10 quantities upon the less, wound being mad
through the bsrh"