New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-19
Items from Vera Cruz-Casfie OF san Juan dc
Ilua.

The exnectation OF the garrison OF Vera Cruz
was that the city would be carried by storm ane tney
had made great preparation tor aVsorous resstsee
which would no doubt have caused great oloodsnea
and destruction The streets baTrcsded as tney
were at Monterey and loop holes were arranged iorne
gunners rows OF pckets made and SAND days inrown
across the barbados On the Hat tops OF the houses
cannon and howzers so arranged 40 70 rake tne
streets Every house was torthcstion- mere was,
too, an abundance OF ammuniuon ana no ooIyN 80
the city been stormed, thousands on persons "ouu u
been killed and our army especially would nave suher'
ed disasters far more heart ending than asy wncn cave
vet occurred in this Il was therefore PROOF u
The humanity as well of the wisdom OF Gen seot'
that he preferred the slower but ess sangunay noee
Of investment and bombsrdment
To the rnercenary soldery who garusoned Ners
Cruz and who DESTROYS OF emalsting the glory OF
their brethren at Monterey by saushering our men
from behind the safe dsfences Of thick stone walls ana
from the secure terraces Of the houses was no oouo'
disappointment that the streets oil Vera Cruz WERE
NOT made 10 run with the blood of innocent women and
children who would be slain in the inevitable confusion
OF the storrning of strong place Inis WAS u" am
bton Of Morales but fortunately the effectiveness OF
shells brought the citizens TO tnelr senses anu @
united as well the National Guard, In protesting
against any farther resistance Morales saved hmseh
from the chagrn OF deposition by resignins ana zen
Landero. second in command succeeded him-and ne
with more wisdom and regard for the lives OF the peo
nile urofered the captulstou Of the city The damage
and destruction caused by our shells especially ~ muse
shot from the naval battery, were awful indeed me
houses in Vera Cruz mostly Ouit OF coIa tOSA sH
YET the Psixhan shot would pass through as many OF
them as lay in their range. Those which struck the
roofs would pass through three stories and tnen
burst destroying everything around and IN some instAn
ces actually throwing down the sides OF the houses
The castle was not at all injured one man In II was
killed by a shell. This immense fertilization covering
II acres of ground well supplied with ammunition.
There were more than thousand l3ineh shells larger
than any used by our army, aud two hundred oil me
finest guns in the world Many OF these were made 81
Harpers Ferry in this country and some OF them were
quaint old Spanish brass pieces dated IS Tar oack IS
i62l The strength of this famous castle has not bee
exaggerated. IL just remark OF An officer OF the
British feet in reply TO inquiry Of Com Perry.
whether he though IL could be taken by naval squsc
ron that with thousand British or American sesmen
or soldiers TO the castle. II could blow to atoms all
the Of the world before they could make an i'm
| preston on its walls
The city would have been utterly untenable without
the castle II could not have been occupied an hour IN
IRE from the cases In taking possession OF this for
uhcation many valuable Mexican documents, tending
to throw light upon the intentions Of the Govern
ment and others furnishing valuable historical nforms
ton respecting the castle and also relating 10 the poit
ca history of the Republic, came into the possession
OF our officers We look forward 20 their publication
with no little curiosity and interest All the valuable
provisions In the castle hlched by the storekeep
era and suffers, who lived within lis walls.