Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-08-05
ARMY INTELLIGENCE l..
IMPORTANT FROM VERA Cruz AND
IAMPICO.

The steamship New Orleans, apt Auld. arrived OF
an early hour this morning from Nca Cruz. VIA lamp
~ and the Bralos. Her latest dates from Vera Cruz
To The l.ih inst Her neMs svory important. First OF
all wegive Capl Aulds report, by Which 1t will 10 seen
that he rf Vera Cruz tr this port early h the lih
and hon returned thllhef gong no further than lam
pleo:
Report # The L S Steamship Me- Orleans, Ei,rorG
.1,la commander. from Ica t'its va Ianpi,0 and
The Br0sos;
On her departure 1tm Ncrn Cmz IN the morning
TIE 18th inst, Grn ileee. with his command u dr3cb
ments from the 81 Dragons, Ath AuIley Sd Infantry
and the III, Sih, oh aud lltI Infantry. dclaemcn
Il eulrucrs aud lafae detachment Of nts, amount
my 10 $500 men aud loo wagons, had taken up their
Inc Il march towards Pnehla
W. arrived in iAmplea on thN morning of the 18th
nstan, a, ocltck. Colonel Gars lala,med u that
two hundred American prisoners who had been released
from the cy Of Me Alec. had been ordered down II Iam
pioo, and rccapiured bs Gencp Garay N net Hue.
jnila about nuety hundred md up the flsrE md
Colonel DE ltussy, with dcacbmruts Of iousIaaa val
uu',crs pptis OF Captain Wysc's company Il artillery
aud Captain Boyds liornerly Of The baltimore BAtla
IN company Il tuiduitY. amuuatuq IA 10 or 10
and iii ''s, had lett hefo hy Hc Way II efiyer tic
sleames Cudne and Alpry sunni ets, Ito morning Of
the slh, Tor The roft es oi releasing The AMERICAN IT
oees. They had landed SHY miles above unmole.,d
and n e Two steamers had return 10 the civ. A o.
click, L NJ an ekifess arrived Iom Colonel De Rnssy.
'iallng they had been raicd 10 march up nnmnles ed
until hey got IN narrow pa.s roNy luena, Wh,re they
Aete surrounded ~ twelve at fourteen hundred Mex
cans under Gen. Gnay Tho, bad suffered considerable
sa lui by the asssAnee Of Capt N,ses aii.ict, they
had cut their way out and returned towards the tl,rr
and wanted assistance. Colonel Gates despatched the
New Orleans back 10 era Cruz, with regu aton on
olont Wilson idt iont comIonios finautr, and ais.
The g'camrs loJlne aud Mary Summers, mp iii, liver
with 80 men 10 thu telic Of Colonel De Ruasy TIM
New ol,aus arrived at Vera tuz on tie Glh Al 2 e.
clock T. NJ, when net5und he cay IN great OK
ment.
,cu Pierce h d marched out as aloyo stated. and On
eampod about miles from tho citr when ,nr scout,
II e't guards camr in aud reported huge fnee ri Mon
ieans al The National Bndso and ua,hiap iaaId- She
! city. Every thug Wis gol ready lor m attack TN,
shipping was removed I1m between tue city aud the raa
lie. Gen. Pt,rce came and took reinforcement Of
! eren hundred men. making IN all lh1lysiNo hundred
In consequence OF tho late difficulty The feansthn Of
Cu Gates N Coy. W ilson could not be- complied with
We Tecc'c ed on b5atd twenty five marines from ihe
= snoP SaIaIoga, and ie morning Of the lfih al %.
clock sallcd ion fampieo, at which time 1en Pierce
hid man he'd out to meet the enemy Al o'elafk. en-
the 18Th lust, We an we'd at Tampco and heard thai
The TWO dcac'ufs had returned AM the result as near
as we could ascertain, was as follows:
The dcachnents had marched up towards their place
ii destination. unmoesied until They cam in n narrow
pass-srvtral nr. inm iiurutla, hen lhep were sur
Rounded by 200 ~ 100 AIcNicans who commenced T.
heavy fire on them from all dlrcclons. Capt Ny,e pot
his piece OF artillery IL hear them; afof plvr thcn
/ Six u cgh' rounds Of grape. Which eui lanes through
'hof mes they cave way aud cd through the chapalal
on each side Of the road. lhs pn the morning Of
the l2lh. They continued fighting ph1ir WAY bach t..
WARTS The rver AT intervals until the morning Of the
10th INST when lleg Url,se.d hy the reinforce
ment Of 100 men sent by Col. Gates. They ,eiurno
to the city late on the night ei the 10Th ns will hs.
III twenty killed, l. wounded and two nsg.np and &c
teen or twenty hoses and Sixty pack mules reprc, t.,
state that Capt Boyd VAS the first who i'll with three
balls through hls body. Also. his LIST Lieut. fll NOR
tally wounded and was left dyngou the field CD be
/ knssy had several balls through his clothes Capt
] Nyse had Three horses shot from undofln. The Men
lean, Iossby report Of Mexican was 10 Killed pnd
wounded, Their general fed and left the charge olLe
second IN con mand The names OF til. officers who
compancd Col. DE Russ, are not recoecled
Lieutenant Whippe, acting adjuan Of the 9Th Infant
~ was assoed by small party Of guorrlasun tho 10Th
inst, when refining from the cemetery. whln4GO yards
of the wnlsoi the ely Of \ era Cruz. They were mr-
sued by the Americans, Who could not overake them
The chapaa has heen searched or miles afolnd bat his
/ body could not b. found.
Capt William D11 of the Sd Dragons died Of yom-
ito at Vera Cruz, the afternoon oil the 10Th in
slant,
From Vera Cruz news is less satisfactory than We
could wish. On The 18Th correspondent writes that
Two ex presses had arrived from Pucha The news had
not fully transped. hnt the report had got into circua
ton that the Mexican Guvern,ncn had seni three com
mssloners 10 San Martin TcSmcucan about nnc LEAGUES
from Pueba, 10 mee Mr. Irs and hear through him the
terms Offered by The President. This was but tumor
IN which we place little confidence.
Correspondence Of the Picaynne.
TAMPco, Jul, lG, ls47
Dem Pn--The expedition under Col. n,R,sfy re.
turned here on lhe lGth inst at . T. N. Jnhn The cx
press. arrived he t Oh tie uotnlng h the 18Th. Col
Gates Immediately ordered It, Col Marks. of a 10 taxi,
command Of three companies ul The lih l.. :. lnfnry
aud detachment of Sd Artillery with TWO field pieces
and proceed at to reinforce Col. neRnsay. Col
NJ with his command embarked on The May Summers
at about two oclock, 7. NJ. and reached the village Of
Panuc) about two O'Clock tho next morning
When the express left Col Deliussy he was within
fifteen miles Of hat place. his inca being utterly exhaust
cd by fatigue and want Of provisions, having but three
rounds OF artillery cartridge le aud but small stock of
muskeis. lie succeeded in making his way, however.
10 Panuco where he Was joined hy his rchiorcenents
At the time Of the arrival u the Mary Summers the p-o
pie VI the country rising armed with cane
knives Tor the purp Sc Of making rush urdn our men
while asleep, and ariunate II that Cot. Marks ami
we'd at tho moment every one seems 10 think hsl they
would have been unfortunately massarred.
On the night Of the lth instant Col. DeRussy en-
camped al 1anayaea, village twenty miles di--
iant from llncjua, where The American prisoners were
do'a-ped. lie Resumed his march al o'clock the fol,
lnWlng ming, nine miles 10 the Rio Caatosa. Capt
Boyd, with his company Of Dragons, being in advance
was fred at Immediately upon the bank of1hat river the
enemy ying IN amblscade n the chaparra-tho enemy
estimated varionsy from 800 to 1000
Capt Il. charged acruss The stream bnt was not sup
ported by his men, II. Iauncyhill and five men only
al t. IL.