Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-01-14
VERMONT PHOENIX.
Brattleboro, Friday, Jan. IL, IS4S,
TroabIe ann bag the Generals.

h0d acted hastily, ana Without euihcient cnuse,
and In some o,,arters attemn,s have been noade
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10 prejudice the p"onc mind against nm
The first announcement to the public Of the
difficulties Il; tho r,,,, ,vos h,, ,h, c,llovno, -
der of the General-iu-chief, reyiyinp the rcgula-
ton which forbade officers writing letters home
in regard to military matters;
GENERAL oRDERs-No. $40.
HrApouAnrgRs or THE Apuv)
MAA'oo' nov ~ isl'
ro.aied ~ ,o W Vs'.', DUETS ., is army
eralin. chief !. reselve5 ~ suSro s ~. AZ !,
be in his power.
As yet but two echoes from home Of the brilliant
operations OF our arms In this basin have reached
us the first In New Orleans, and the second in a
| Tampco newspaper
1t requires not little charity to believe that the
principal heroes Of the scandaous letters alluded to
did not write them or specially procure them to be
written, and the intelligent can be at loss in con.
occurring the authors--chiefs parzans, and pet ia
milars. To the honor Of the service, the disease
pruricncy Of fame, not earned--cRnnot have seized
upon half dozen officers (present), all Of whom,
it s believed, belong to the same two coieres
False credit may, no doubt, he obtained at home,
by such despicable selfpufings and malignant
clusion Of others but at the expense Of the lust es
teen and consideration Of all honorable officers who
love their country their profession and the truth Of
/ history The indignation Of the great number Of
the latter class cannot fail in the end to bring down
the oonceiied and the enyious to their proper level
by command Of Mai Gen. Scott
ii. l.. SCOTT, A. A. A. CT
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va" ''''0"e" i'"'"'u""'e! U. ie"e'
from Col Duncan, acknowledging himself the
author of the Tampico letter. and entirely exop.
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| the letter alluded IN.
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From he Pnsburg Morning Pos.
/ ORIGINAL. ACCOUNT or THE IA AT,rI nc
| OF cONTRERAS Ann r.IiIrpIrp11ec0
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Extracts nom private letters dated
TAcuBAyA Mexico, Aug. %, ls47.
The whole force which moved from Puebla,
amounted to 10000 men, more or less---marching
in four columns, successive DAYS in the follow.
ing order, viz '-Twiggs, Quitman, Worth and Pill.
low In approaching the city Of Mexico, by the
main highway, you 60 directly on to the heieh, Of
FL Penon, which is strong position and excessive
ly fortified. Before leaving Puebla, it had been
considered whether the main road could not be
avoided and FL Penon turned, by passing round to
the south and left Of lakes Chalco and Jochimilco
The engineer officer serving Immediately at generul
headquarters had questioned large number Of per-
sons including spies and agents, especially TO
examine the roue,l and the mass Of testimony was
entire TO the boggy mucky and perfectly impracti.
cable character for wagons and artillery Of the road
leading in that direction. II was therefore in con.
temptation to turn FL Penon, by forcing the enc
mys lines at MeNioalcingo, although the ground
was difficult, and the batteries known to be numcr.
Gus. This route you will observe, is to the north
ana right OF those lakes The rcconnoissances Of
the engineers were consequently directed TO this
end. In the meantime, Gen. Worth, whose dvis-
ion had been LEFT at Chalco, lwhile Gen Scott with
Iwiggs division, had gone on to Ayotla,l sent Col
duncan with strong party, 10 examine the de-
noun'e9 route N9i; duncan ionnd II just the re-
g., - I,', :. '-a 70 ~
NM anu qu,.e IuV,iefoei rel"',,ns 70 oe
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ca - ,aI , .ua 20 .Ia ~
army 10 he Ief, of1sIe CbaIo irb ro,,, -
Alto, nstan,Iy n-e,siI,d M A., ,,,ant ~.
abandoned and The next ,norn;ns, Tho ,yhol. 80
wa In rno,;on w. 5;,ii"e T.; ~ - 10y
nv ,be chon,,a ~ H. ill.,, ,; I ~
f,ont tooL ,be Lad sr5 ~ ll - ga w
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| W. a.gj;,goS y, G., It; - a, -. 1
m. ,7,h r. a., In .ie e'en,ng .,
| San An,onio 81 maes IN adyarn" s CO. W.,
| San, a., ,,,,io, ~ a. r. -, - =. w
noitrr Csnisin Tborr,nn ~ ,ho Jr'cosrs asor,
inc him Ia ,yan, 90 aL,,, 1000 - 20 H.. ~
my's battery Having The comOSuy some hnnSr"d
yards in Inc roor w., r. r;;,a.. o,i. H.
can 10 a,ar,;,,a H. 49,. - az oA',ei W
en- ,,, az ~ ri, VIII us ~ snSs,
s,ncL Cantan Thorn,o, O., ;s ~ n',
away bis Whole broas, "a IL pons s.Iia,. H.
had nor ton da,,s 40 IT, L. ~ 90 fa.hla 10, ~
conld scarcely a, IN H. saddle Phvs;c;sns ana
friends Ind re;nons,ra,sJ saa;ns, HE snnr an, hn,
he Ind. i doubt no, made nm HE mind ,hst no,bing
but death itself should take him from his saddle
hui he WIS as n,,re ana honprobIc man ne over w.
ed. This Reconnaissance resulted in the intelli-