The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-11-11
HgADou.RrEss, VERA Ckuz, Oct, IS. 1917.
ORDERS No. ~.

ORDERS No. 81.
a The following named men of companie
i -, lst Regiment Massachusetts Ii
2 taniry, being lncorreibly mutinous and IL
, subordinate, WILL of course, prove coward
: 10 the hour Of danger, and they cannot b
permitted 10 march with this column Of til
army. They are disarmed and detache
from the regiment. and viii report TO Bre
vel MAJOR Rachus for such duty IN the Gas
tie Of san Juan de Ulloa, as may be per
! formed BY soldiers who are found unwor
thy to carry arms, aud are disgrace an,
nuisance TO the army.
By order OF Brig. Gen. Gushing.
W. W H. DAVIS, A. A. u. c.
Here follows list Of sixty.fiye name.
Of the men above referred L..
oar readers will recollecilbe expedition
under Capt Wells, to the National Bridge
OF which we published minute account.
Immediately upon returning 10 Vera Cruz,
Capt. Wells demanded a court II inquiry.
The following is the opinion Of he court,
rendered on the lst September:
OPINION OF THE COURT
The court are OF opinion hal Captain
Wells, l2th Infantry, could not have saved
one ambulance and SIX wagons, or destroy
ed them without great sacrifice Of life
perhaps the destruction OF his whole com.
mand.
That his conduct was of1ic.r.Ike and
energetic, and that he is not to blame for
The loss OF tho wagons or package OF des.
patches.
The Court Of Inquiry of which Lieut..
Colonel M,.Is Is President, IS hereby Dis.
solved
b. order of Col. r.. Wilson.
Is gncd b. II, ARTHUR, All lat Inf
a A A. Gen4 Dep. 81 Vera Cruz
The James L. Day arrived a Vera Cruz
on the 18th INST from he Brazos. Col,
jack HAYS went over on her with the com.
pany Of Captain Roberts, Of hls regiment.
The Alabama had arrived al Vera Cruz
from tins port.
The steams.,? New Orleans was a!
fampico at last accounts, bu, could not get
over the bar without lighrefug. Lighters
had been sent from Vera Cruz to her a..
sistance.
We find no other mention Of Gen. Lime
and his command tIanis gwen incidental.
" 10 the narratise Of affairs al pleb.a.
lie was at Perole On The ith instant, and
we have uow 10 doubt whatever entered
Pueba very few day hereafter
The Arco Iris ctlhe 10th instant, speaks
d the extensive preparations making al
' orgara 10 despatch train II saws
here are more than 1000 troops here, Of
u arms. Their number leads the editor
o conjecture that Gen. Patterson has in
iew an EXPEDITION against some State not :
i,herto invaded by American aims, 10.
tend Of reinforcing Genetal Scott. =
The same paper has some specuations
Pon the probable action Of the Congress
4 Queretaro, but mentions no facts. A
nong other things il mentions that there
re those who pretend that the minds Of
he people Of the interior have undergone
hange since our occupation Of tie clty Of
iexlco, and that they are disposed for I
CAGE upon any terms We have tatle :
9TH 10 this.
The Genus Of Liberty Of tic 18th inst.
ives the following account Of an exped
ION against the gucrr.ias;
GlrriHa ErPtdHtoa.-Tbe guerrilla,
ave Of late become 50 Troublesome aud
airing, and have gathered IN such swarms ,
a the chaPartal and other places Of am.
ush IN the vicinity Of lhls city, that even
he Mexican farmers would no, venture ja
D supply our market. In consequence Of A.,
bis state Of affairs, Capt. Trualt with
100 mounted volunteers, aud Capt. Arm.
trong with 100 went out on The morning
t The 18Th ast., BY order Of Maj, Gen.
'dterson, to scour The country and rad it
t these maraudug robbers, who under
uise ct patriotism tute,t u to the detr.
uenI Of the Meycans As well as the Amer
cans. According to the orders Of Nh.
zen. Patterson, Capt. TrJeu was 10 pro.
ecd to the ught Of the cry 10 north
westerly direction until he struck the Or.
aba road, winch he va. 10 follow turing
o The 'c.t, while Capt Amstrou. was 10
ruccgd 10 lue left Of the ely m saath
westerly direction gnu. be struck the same
Dad, which he was 10 loIlow turning 10 The
I-.t The twy delacumcuts we're 10 march
WITH Harkers INIT. they met, aud II will be
een By the arrangement that any party,
leeHg from either Of them would ron a
.isk Of beng encountered BY the other.
Capt. Tueit marched BY Santa Fe and
he found in varioas place.
arge quantities. Of arms and ammunition
winch he either des.royed or carried away
Ind succeeded IN killing six gusrrIeros.
-apt Armstrong went to Metein, where
here we're great number Of guerrllIeros,
l1t they all made their escape, with The
RECEPTION Of one, who was killed. Here
ne found large lot Of arms and ammuni.
ion, with some Of the clothing of the A.
neucnn soldiers, Of which he DESTROYED
HE greater part and carried the remainder
away. He remained a; Medcln all pipht.
re-crossed the river early next morning,
and marched IN the direction Of the Or.
llba road, lie proceeded, however, but a
snort distance in that direction when he