The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-02-22

by whom were informed that GENERAL Res had been
H.o"ng nun the whole OF the previous day, with about
toge hundred men, but did attack him. The colonel
had IN his charge The largest army and ant train ia
popoon 10 The number of he had protect ii, thar
mas perhaps eve rlpassed up the road and If Rea con
uea me pursuit. u is not improbable that he may have
,nPed TO cut OIL some portion of the rain before reached
MN and If an attack made, Rea viii find mself in
excellent hands After an easy march, arrived here
WIN The hosos due TO his rank and the hearty cheers OF
me troops garfsonng the city, as he entered manifested
The vicinity of the city is infested with robbers, and
Expectations upon travellers constantly committed
the direction OF San Martin, with supply of goods for hi
country store was met by them and the whole OF his e
OF the 9th Ohio, being informed of the fact pu
suit OF the villains with about fifty mounted men He came
into San Marnn the night that we there, after pene
rnting The country twenty thirty miles from the road
without succeeding in meeting The object his search
mounted men, while scout the day, met party
OF guerias short distance from This place, in the Of
There is no considerable Mexican force within fifty
miles in any direction from this city The discontinue of
ul expedition of Cen Zane while here scattered the
winds the remnant Of the Mexican army Rea is the only
We are informed that he has his headquarters Mata
moos wi force yarousy estimated al from 500 TO 900
VIII have 10 sigh long for opportunity try his prowess
aE Ws ,s,vs her. ri. .v.,,,n b., 80 o Co. .,..
point. Lieut. Col. Dumont and Drs Brewer and WOOSTER
OF the 4ih Indiana and Major Young, of the 4h Ohio have
joined the expedition here ID. S.
TEHUAcAa, Jan. g. 1913
All were good deal surprised, tile evening we left Pue
bla, to find themselves the National Vera Cruz road
and travelling in The direction Of the city tor
The expedition alter ,he no"on in peaon 10 Rea
headquarters being at Mat"moros De Puebla) and the
opposition was that Rea would be attacked that the
would go in search OF the gueras reported be
between Puebla and Rio Frio of tue road it was raining
when we started and for some four five miles of the road
The night was intensely dark ALL however, cheer
luly Tor. w'th Gen Lane In command, and making
night march, every man was confident that object
worthy OF the sacrifice of comfort in view. When we
and orizaba roads the left road entirely unknown
to any one but himself and his guide For time it was
% Sa s nys ns s & b
Ter IN m mule path and for about eight ten miles the
The horses bore it admiralty and about o'clock in the
morning we took up our quarters at hacienda near the
after having accomplished march OF over forty miles.
AT this place the General informed the officers that his
he had Information, Tehuacan with about one hun
ded and fifty men, In order that the Mexican chieain
IN this section of the country the General ordc every
Mexican In the hacienda, and every found the road
the evening The order @as srey e: a wd
about dusk, the march for Tehuacan distant nearly forty
% oas was nsen in the full hope that the willy Mexican
hacienda at part of the road where it through deep
MS STALL riding in advance, came upon party ofmouned
Mexlcans armed before either saw The other. at the dis
MeXiCanS, Il
instantly disarmed; but the of them we found
carriage tiom which stepped Mexican with passport
back, with of eight armed servants. This being
discovered, the Of returned and the
cavacade was permitted to go on
Midway between the hacienda we had left and this
place, the road becomes as bare and Uneven rock It
Iaded from the rapidly with which we had moved the
whole distance from the capital gave toned
quence the command did with the celebrity
me general dssignedIior he had intended that the forty
compshed in about hours, and that he should ar
rive there about two in the morning. Would that he had
csived information hat Santa Anna was, without doubt at
that place, and had with him from hundred TO two
his 'jaded seed" and we went quick enough, until
within five miles of our goal, whore halt of about half an
closed by the General to his officers The party mounted
orders were given to observe the strcest silence during
may depend for every man had an intense anxiety
cure the prize ahead
through was impressive indeed Onour right prec-
pice rising Immediately from the road the height Of two
handred and fifty to three hundred feet the left
dense growth of underwood, between and lofty range
of mountains. through the gorges OF which
hut bleak and ahead Of "a road a limestone
rock havnga dazzling Wilderness from the moons rays be-
ing reflected upon it directly towards Amid the ro
nance OF scenery, the suggestion could fail present
ITSELF that were only about three hundred aud fifty
srong that we were from eighty hundred miles from
einorcements, without infantry artillery that
eading part of the country Which before knew
the presence OF American arms and that the enemy might
have had notice of our advance and collected formidable
force but there abiding confidence the sagacity
skill and bravery OF the commander
At dawn within half mile of Tehuacan The
report OF solitary from and the rapid
sage of lights and fro in the buildings gave hope
that the bird was about to be Gagged, and sustained the
of the town. the dragons rifles dashed
the right and left, and in few every
stopped and the rangers galoped ahead towards the plaza
with their six shooters cooked gancing every
sde with the beef-and think may say the hope-hatI
the enemy the housetops. The rangers in the
plaza iii moment squads galloping through
street but no enemy was TO be found and in few min
had the modification learn the great objecr
of search had He'd hours before arrived and
had taken the road Oaaca, with of seventy
five mounted men. The national flags hung from the
residences of foreigners, and white flags suspended from
the houses of the Mexcans in every part of the town.
told that approach known in advance ; and
it with chagrin it was learned that the Mex
whose coach and escort stopped shortly after leav
ains of his servants to communicate Santa Anna
that American troops were the road, and, as he be
eved, with the intention of capturing him Had il not
been for this treachery the part of travelling
complete. The gude-a Mexican, whose fidelity had been
povedafer meeting the carriage, uneasy during the
remainder 'ot the march, and constantly urging the
General TO the command forward with greater apd
but this could not be done without rskng the loss of
the men and horses who were most fatgued-a weighy
consideration in the position he then in. 1t sug
ed press fifty a hundred fresh horses and pursue him
long there prospect of finding him. But the
General wisely argued that the bird alarmed and TO
pursue him through county unknown troops and
perfectly known TO the enemy, and W it'll the possibility
that the enemys forces might accumulate the road to
number dangerous small body could be mounted
would be seeking DANGER with scarcely possibility of
cess in the grand object
The first feeling of disappointment having in a great
passed oil, the public buildings and suspicious
private dwellings were searched, and it was meagre sat