Tri-weekly journal., 1847-05-15
JALApA, Mexico, April 26. 1877.

We have il telligence this morning to the ef-
feet that Gen. Worth has advanced one OF his
brigades, witha battery and troop of Dragons
to place called Tepe Agulca, twelve leagues be-
yond Perote, to enlarge his circuit of supplies
You may hear that a party of dragons has been
cut off by the enemy at the other side of Perote,
but there is no truth in the rumor.
We already hear of depredations committed
by the Mexicans on the roads Even Santa An
mas son-in-law, who has the appearance of an
American, was set upon, robbed, and maltreat-
ed most shamefully by his own comtrymen the
other night. The stage-drivers who brings this
news, says that all the young mans protesta-
ton that he was a true Mexican were of no eff
fect-he had light hair, blue-eyes, and must
needs be Yankee. We also have a report that
number of recuits for the army coming up un-
der the charge Capt. Winder, have been kill
ed by the rancheros or guerillas between this
place and Cerro Gordo If the Alcaldes and
principal men were held fully accountable and
responsible for the acts of the people in the vi
cinity of the roads, we should soon hear an end
OF these outrages.
If possible, intend obtaining full list of
all the officers under Col. Harney who took
part in the noted and successful storming of
Cerro Gordo. The name of the hill should also
b placed on the colors of each regiment en-
gagged. Words cannot describe the strength
of the place, nor the immense difficulty, to say
nothing OF the danger, attendant upon storming
1T. 1t is said that Santa Anna remarked, the
evening before it was captured, .Fthe Yankees
can storm this place they can storm hell itSeLP'
The 81 and 7th Infantry, under Capt. Alexander
and Lieut.. Col. Plymptom, went side and side;
the lst Artillery. under Col. Childs, although
stationed at a short distance in the rear as re-
serve, could not be restrained and held back,
while many of the Rifles evenleft the position
assigned them, and were sin at the DEATH" if |
can be allowed such an expression. Not man
who looks at the nat lral and artificial obstacles
these men had TO encounter, but must think
/ they would deter and dismay the stoutest hearts;
/ yet every man under Col. Harney pressed for
ward, as if determined to be first at the breast
works. The history of war can hardly show a
! parallel to the storming of Cerro Gordo.
| Col. Martin Scott went OH this morning with
the 9th Infantry, to join the division Of Gen.
/ Worth. The general impression now is, that
sh tf6dsh to seR thspp Sd hS ai
want of horses and transportation, will cut him
self loose from Vera Cruz, push on towards the
city of Mexico, and to a certain extent depend
upon the natural resources of the country. To
establish depots and guards between Plan del
Rio and Vera Cruz would expose the lives of
/ hundreds of men-I mean during the sickly
season-and would, besides, give the acclima-
ted rancheros living in that section continual
opportunities to rob and destroy the trains, as
well as kill the few men who could be spared to
protect them. There is hardly half mile on
the road that does not possess the best of covers
for an ambuscade,. and the great difficulty Is
that those who perpetrate an outrage cannot be
pursued and punished, As soon as Gen. Scott's
intentions are made known in relation to his
I further movements you shall be made acquaint-
ed with them-at present can only give you
camp rumors, Yours, &c.
w. X,