Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-04-06
INTERESTING FROM VERA CRUZ

The Bombardment- Terrible Assaultupon
The city-.Sceacs and Iucidents- The
Siege Raised-Retiremea of Mira
Expulsion Of americans from
Me Capitol, dc.
The New Orleans Picayune of Friday,
last, contains the details of the news
from Vera Cruz to the 22d ult We
copy the following highly interesting de-
tails:
Terrible Assault upon the City.
VERA CRUz, March IS, 1860.
Thursday afternoon, the 18th inst,
(date of my last, the bombardment Of
the city recommended With far more fury
than ever before. At intervals all night
the enemy we're throwing bombs into
town; and again on the morning of the
10th there was sharp cannonading on
both sides, and during the night of the
same the enemy continued throwing
bombs. AT 81 O'Clock on the morning
of the 18th. Miramon made an attack on
the city, firing musketry and two field
pieces The point Of attack was at the
barracks of the MERGED, near the Ala
media, but he was very quickly repulsed,
as some thirty cannon and two thousand
pieces of muskctry were brought to bear
on the enemy. The firing in this attack
and rcpulse lasted only about 25 minutes,
when everything became suddenly as ST.
lent as death, with only, now and then,
the firing into the town of bombs.
This sight, in the shades Of darkness,
was excitingly magnificent; it was an
uuceasiug flash of brilliant light from
the booming of the heavy cannon and
firing of the musketry along the whole
lines Of the forts, from the Santiago on
the southeast to the Gemelos fort on the
west.
On this side, l am happy to inform
you, there were no lives lost in the at
tack in the night; however, there were
four persons wounded and one killed from
the effects of the bomb. After the rising
of the sun scouts were sent out to exam
inc the ground where the enemy was, and
six dead bodies were picked up; also, the
foot and boot of a person supposed to be
an officers, but signs Of blood we're dis
covered in every direction, and it is sup
posed that q great many were wounded.
At about half-past 6 o'clock on the
morning of the 18th, the cannonading
and bombardment we're again resumed
in the most terrific manner, and kept up
for about two hours, during which only
five poor women and two children were
wounded, which was from tho bursting
of bomb. Up to the present writing,
| am happy to say that there is not so
much loss of life, but great destruction
Of houses.
The most of the women and children
have been removed from the city to the
vessels in the harbor, and to the castle Of
San Jun de Uluna. The latter place has
now some $500 of them.
At about IL o'clock on the night Of
the 18th, the enemy commenced another
bombardment, and kept it up, and at 8
o'clock this morning (the 18th another
terrible and most determined cannonad-
ing from both sides was resumed, and is
still being kept up.
BY intelligence received from desert
ers, the enemy had some thirty killed in
the trenches, and they report some 200
wounded up to this date Among the
killed is Col. Prieto, one captain and
two licutenants.
One bomb fell and burst in the house
Of the American consul, and also this
morning three fell and burst in the house
of T. Saradic & Co, adjoining, and ON
each side of the consulate there are a
great many perforating and bursting in
the immediate vicinity. The American
flag seems to have been the particular
object of Miramon's vengeance, and firing
at the consulate has been so constant,
that the authorities and citizens in the
vicinity have requested that the flag be
taken down. At ii o'clock the firing
ceased.
VERA Cruz. March 90.