The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-02-24
LATE FROM MEXICO.

Engagement Jcfrcca Col. Domisg ~
asd the cnemy--Gen. Iorrcioa takes
prisoner Jack Hays among Me Rere.
rcnds--A Conspiracy--Gen. Valencia
and Col. Arreta taken prisoners.
By the steamship Edith, which lcft Vera
Cruz on the 20,h inst, papers and letters
have been received 10 the day 81 her sail.
ing from Vera Cruz, aud letters from the
City Of Mexico TO tho 18th inst.
A train arrived on the 18th inst. Al We.
r. Cruz, from the City Of Mexico, under
command Of Capt. Chare mud Lieut.. Whit.
comb. They left the city on the 81 inst.
They met Col. Doming,icx's Spy Compan,
al Amazuka, near Pucbla. This company
had had ON engagement, in which he LOST
some fourteen, killed about one hundred Of
the enemy, and took Gen. lorreion and
two Culonels prisoners.
There was rumor at Tampico on the
10Th, that Guadalajara had pronounced in
favor Of SANTA Anna md tho Dictatorship.
We find this in n private letter.
The Edith brought the bodies Of num-
Der Of decenscd ofiiccrs--also, forty sci, and
discharged soldiers, two of whom died On
the passngc.
Correspondence of the Delta.
Cry cf Mexico, Jan. IL, IS4S.
a Mexican o.i,cer has been detected in
endcayoring to induce tho soldiers 10 de.
sert. A military commission. OF which
Gen. Smith is President, and T. 4. lam.
mond, Judge Advocate, is now in session
trying him for the offence. Il he should be
found guilty. ms cypec. he will be, he will
either be shot Or hung.
The brigade Of Col. Riley il still al Ia
cubayn, aud the brigade &c Gen. Gushing
at San Angel. No movement Of troops for
San Luis can take place before the lst Of
February, even it Gen. Scott most ardent
ly desires IT, The command, bcforo it
starts from here, must 10 fully appointed
for five or six months, rs ii will take that
time ii least lclore they would be nblc 10
mako road from San Luis to Tampico by
which he would be enabled to bring sup
plies from the latter place. AT prcscn,
they are without one Of the most necessary
articles, clothing, for such nm expedition.
Gen. Scott has scnt twice 10 Vera Cruz ior
il, and both times has received very mca.
gre supply; therefore he has had To resort
10 the poorest means VI procuring it-hav.
ing il made here. Capt. McKinstry, of The
Quarterrnaster's department, Inns now a.
bout 1000 men and women engaged in ma
king clothing for the soldiers, aud | under
81 nd In iAn ~ Lass "A
February before sufficient quantity will
10 ready. 1t is very easy matter 10 move
armies OH paper, but more difficult in the
field.
Col. Jack Hays has returned; he routed
Padre Jaraula from ono of his dcns-kilI.
ing some I'D or IL Of his men, and wound
ing ahnu, Is others. One Of tho men sl,o.
at the Padre, whether they killed him am
not informed; they brought. in his horse,
saddle and bride, aud cloak, and other
trinkcts belonging 10 the Rev. Father.
We have received The intelligence Of the
attack on Col. Niles train, and arc sorry
20 learn that the zinc company Of Mounted
Rifles has been cut up.
A conspiracy has been set on foot in Pu.
State Of Pucbla, Don Raphael lzunsa, by
Gen. Rea and some Of his worthy associ-
atcs. Their letters were intercepted b,
Col. Childs, from which il appears tha,
their first object was to get Gov. Izunsn
out Of tho way by assassination, and then
murder some Of the peaceably disposed in.
habtants Of Puebla, seize the reins of Gov.
crnmen', md declare Ren Dictator. Gov.
Izunsa is known to be u strong advocate Of
peace.
Mr.. Trist docs not 60 home with tho train
going down tomorrow.
The gallant Capt. Walker, Of 9th Infan.
try, 80 severely wounded At III Moline del
Rey, will be sent down; he goes in litter
-Sti!l being too weak to travel otherwise.
Col. II. NJ. Wynkoop, Of tho Cd Pennsyl-
yania Volunteers, having learned by n
Mexican friend, that Padre Jarauta and
Gen. Rea were At TIalnepanatIa, applied
to Gen. Scott tar permission 10 take TWEEN.
~ men and capture him. Permission be-
ing granted, the Colonel set Off ON the Il,
with thirty two Texan Rangers, under com.
mand Of Licuts. Daggcrt, Barko and Jones.
Upon arriving at and charging Tlalncpan.
alta, aud finding no onc there, they lenrn-
cd that Rca and Jsrauia had left Tor ToIu.
en- few hours previous 10 their arrival.
Col. Wynkcop here learned that Gen. Va.
lencia and his slair were nj a hacienda
some six leagues distant. lie immediate
ly set oil with his party, and arrived nj the
hacienda, which they surrounded. Admit.
lance into The hnusc was demanded BY tho
gallant little party, bat il was fnr time
refused, when Col. Silica, a wounded Mex
lean officer on parole, opened the door and
assured Csl WynkooD that Gen. Valencia