The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-04-22
ChsF BEFORE VERI Csuz, }
March 81, 1919, o'clock, A. NJ


| On the 25th INST. a portion of Col. Iar.
ney's dragons, With two pieces Of srillle.
~ under Lieu. Judd aud small deach-
menls Of the lst and 81 tennessee voun.
ieers under Cos. Campbell and Haskell,
had a sharp engagement With a strong force
Of the enemy a, fortified bulge short
distance thi. side Of Medelin, The BARR.
cade at the bridge was carried by assault,
and the MeSlcsns xeTe afterwards entirely
cut to pieces and dispersed by the mounted
dragons. They los, 40 or SO men in kill.
ed, be,des uany wounded, on our eide the
| loss IVES 3 killed AID G or wounded-a
mong the latter Lieut.. Neil, Of the era.
goons, severely but not dangerously injured
by lance.
Yesterday morning, the 26 h, before day
light, q severe nOrlher sprang up. A sun
rise, a white flag came 10 from the Mex
aus, and under cnter OF a truce for the
benefit u foreign Ian.iles were oveftufes
tor surrsndsr. he batteries Of the enc.
my had been mostly silent the night pre-
slUus. Gen Scott appointed commission,
consisting Of Gems. worth and Pillow aud
\
Iscled by the NJ x,can Gen. Landeto, it
being stated that Gen. Morales was sick.
lhe members Of cur commission, if | am
nightly informed, were instructed 10 insist
upon the unconditional surrender OF Vera
Cruz aud the Castle Of San Joan de Ui!oa,
Gen. Morales having signattd himself az
commander Of both, with all the arms and
10, ~
The United States # Gen. Scolt deemed II
expedlent. Gen. Worth end the ether
commissioners went out in the afternoon,
when he Mexican officers requested until
or Q o'clock THIS morning 10 give their
answer
March 27-l0 o'clock, A. N-Gencral
Worth aud the other oflicers Of the com
mission have Jl,l started for The lime klu,
which Is little over a quarter OF mile from
Font Santiago, TO hold last talk with the
Mexcans.
Quarter prs' 3 o'clock, p. N-From a
messenger Who has inst arrived from the
lime ln, where The JDlnl commission Is SIT
ing, il is understood ina. The Mexjcaus have
accepted Gea. SCOTS terms, AID II is ex.
pec;cd that the Treaty Of captuAron will
be signed IN the course Of an hour or two
by the commanders on either SIDE. Rlmor
has II that two..hlrds Of Vera Cruz Is IN
ruins-lhe effects OF our PaI1hau shot and
shells. Never has so strong place been
taken with 50 little loss.
: o'clock, p. H.--The news COW ir, that
all The articles Of capllJatlon hgve been &C.
cep,ed by The Mexican officers, aud that the
papers have gone TO the Castle, as y ell as
10 the C,'y, for thu signatures of the res
pectlye commanders; AFTER tins, the docu.
ments will be signed by Gen. Scot, and
then the stronghold Of Mexico win be IN
the hands Of the \ netiean troops. IL is
asserted that many Of the Mexican officers
will refuse 10 accept Their paroles, in which
case they Will probably be sent 10 New Or.
leans. In front Of some Of our batteries
number Of yolun GERS have already approach
ed to the city walls, and It is even asserted
that the MeSIcans have come out and sold
them hqDor. | am told that a guard has
been sent cut TO bring in all sItsgg'ers.
! IL o'clock, p. H-Thc thing is all set.
led. The commission has returned, the
capIiuIstIon has been signed by all parties,
aud day after tomorrow, al 10 O'clock, the
u x.caus are 10 march out OF their hero.
ic" city, which they we're TO defend until
not a mau vas left, lack their arms IN pre-.
seuce OF our whole army, and then set oul
on their parole as the cheapest way Of get
ung rid OF them.
Thus has fallen Vera Cruz, and along
with II the famous Castle of San Juan de
Uuoa. Ii so much has been effected with
the limited means IN the hands Of the en-
glneers, what would have been done with
the entire amount Of ordnance called for,
including Ayers big gun, which has arrlv.
ed II, isst' why, Vera Cruz would have
4 been heap Of shapeless, sightless ruins IN
twenly.fuur hours after the bombardmeut
commenced, vs. nile the morale upon the en-
tire Mexican nation would have been i'm.
mense. And then, again, it might have
been an agreeable and pleasant sight to
/ the officers OF The foreign vessels, lying VA.
Ger SacrIhcIus aud watching all of Gen.
SCOTS movements, to have seen fifty oil
our motiars al work instead of len-lo say
nothing OF the useful lesson they would have
been tsught. The actions OF some of the
foreigners, IN not wishing TO leave the city
until their own dwellings, were trembling
about their eurs, would indicate q doubt IN
their minds Of the ability Of the Ameucans
to capture the place. They have found
themselves mistaken, many of them wher
IT vas too late for either their safety Of
comfort; aud hereafter the opinion vii
probably obtain, that when an American
army sets itself down before a Mexican CT
ty, 1t il gong into II most distinctly.
Yours, 81. &c. q. W. X.
, CAN'T BEFoRE VERA CRUZ.
March IS, lSi7-ll O'Clock, 4. NJ
This is the first quiet day We have ba'
in the last twenty, and words cannot picture
tho ,ncOnvpnlpnces the anDOyanCes, and IN,