Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-01-28
From the \. o. pleayune, Jan. IS.
rATER FROM VERA Cruz.

teeTs. The same day the sn,P - nrdo.i
we'd from Charleston, win oiO n''"' ""Oei
Captain Hill, 1st Artillery.
Dy 'l ~ ontrares by The guerrillas. A wag
new" 49, hos been attacked, and the belief is
T a. large amount of property has been selz-
do The particulars OF the affair are given IN
the Vera Cruz American OF the 9Th inst
Train attacked By the Guerr'IteroS.
Lnntarv d. 1 o'clock p. M-We have just
learned that the last of the train which leIt
Yesterday morning for the capital was attaCk-
ed bv large guerrilla force at Santa re we
crIas1 from the various rumors the following |
statement:
From some cause, not understood here, a
norton Of the train was unable to leave their
ssncamnment near this city until this morning
in dragging through the heavy sand the train
and UaS mules, of which there was a large
number, became much scattered, so much so
that the rear guard, which consisted of Capt.
Rufus company of Mounted Rihemen, under
The command of 1st Lieut.. Walker, was
thrown nearly seven miles in the rear Of the
main body of the wagon train about nine o.
clock word was sent back that guerrilla
party at Santa Fee had captured some OF the
packs scattered along the road. Lieut.. wal
ker, leaving ten rifemen, with some wagons
which had been able to keep up. lmnedIStely
moved up 10 Santa Fe, where he found the
guerrillas drawn up. One statement makes
them 400 strong, another 2oO' !, -.
They were Immediately charged by me III,
femen, and without attempting to stand and
resist they scattered, keeping up random
and destructive fire upon Lieut.. Walkers 1T
fIe marty of thirty men, who finding it impos-
sibIe to send forward TO the advance, sent
messenger to this city stating nearly as above.
Subsequent messengers, two or three OF whom
are men of the company, and who were IN the
fight, state that Rufus company had been sur
rounded and nearly every man cut on; that
Lieut.. Walker had been killed, and that some
sixty mules had been driven off by the guer-
Tillas.
Another, who left still later, contradicts the
death of L. Walker, but states clearly and
positively that he was ordered in by 1t. W. to
report to Gen. Twiggs-that the lieutenant
had posted the company, or what remained of
them, in a ravine, from which they continued
TO keep up a most destructive fire upon the
Mexican lancers. A company of 1st Dra-
goons, 1t. Gardeners, has been sent out, and
also mounted company OF Louisiana Volun-
teers.
We await in painful suspense further in
formation, but are inclined to think that, tho
attacked by ten times their numbers, no seri
UUs loss has occurred, either OF property OF
lives. We discredt entirely the death of 1t
Walker, and give the whole statement merely
as rumor. 1t is singular fact, that Ruff s
company of Rihemen, though actively enga
ged in all the battles of the valley, and al
kinds of duty, have not Jet, in any one in
stance, made march of over ten miles with
out getting under the fire of the enemy.
Co,,o,, O'clocE M fa,v cOldiorc IN
arrived from Santa Fe with dispatches to Gen
Twiggs. Some of them report that an engage
ment had taken place between the guerrila
and 1t. Walker, in which the former lost som,
25 men, and the latter men killed and WOun
ded.
The guerrillas have been defeated ; but it il
thought by our informant that few pacl
mules have been carried off.
Ii. Walker is now on his way to the Ma
tonaI Bridge, together with the reinforcement
sent to him by the Governor We hope tina
they may overtake the robbers and chastis'
them.
Great credit is due to Gen. Twggs for hi
promptness in sending the reinforcement
The report of the danger in which 1t. Wake
was in, had hardly been received here whe
he sent two companies of mounted men to hi
assistance.
One of the men who came with the escor
says that there was only one American killed
We have learned that letter has been re
Ceived by Gen. Twiggs by the same express
which estimates our loss to be six killed, an
that Of the Mexicans to be twenty killed.
The report that 1t. Walker had been kille
is unfounded.
The number of guerrilas amounted to abou
400 men. The Small band under Lieut., Wa
ker made noble defence, and the enemy re
treated.
Further from 1t. Walkers Command.-B
EIpreSS.--Just as we were going to press W
received the following distressing letter frol
a friend. The letter was written after the er
gagement of 1t. Walkers men and the que
rllas:
SANTA FE, Jan. 4-9 o'clock
Here we are-we have lost about 300 pac
mulGs-one hundred thousand dollars wort
of property.
The guerrillas attacked us at l o'clock W
have lost about ten men out of thirty undo
1t Walker, of the Rifles. He was obliged
dismOunt his men in an open prairie, for at Il
first fire seventeen horses broke from und,
their riders. Thirty men were not enough
protect million worth of property.
Yours, &c. G. N.
The same paper of the 9Th inst has the 70
lowing paragraph on the same subject:
We understand that some of the merchah
who suffered from the loss of the mules take
by the robbers left this city for Orizaba,
COrdova, 1--WE suppose) to enter into an a
rangement with them. We wish them su
cess.
The Free American says the Steamer SoutI
erner has been seized by the custom house al
thorlties of Tlacotapam for having quanti
Of powder concealed on board.
The Arco Iris of the 18th inst, as we see
the Free American, has the following curiou
article:
The Treaty Of Peace signed-In lett
received by us yesterday from our correspo
dent at Jalapa, he informs US that an indivi
ual holding high position in the Anerc;
Army, and whose assertions deserve emit
credit, said publicly, and without the least T
serve, that from letters received at Jalapa fro
Puehla,on the st inst it was positively know
that treaty of peace had been signed in Me
lco On being told that it was strange tn
TINS should be the case, as Mr. Trist had II
the power TO sign such treaty he answer
that Gen'l Scott had taken it upon his own
sponslblIlty to sign the treaty, in conseouen
of which the treaty had been sent tn Oureta
for the appreciation of the Mexican Cover
ment.
LATER FROM MEXICO.
The steam ship Ncw- Orleans arrived at
Orleans on Tuesday last, from Vera Crr