Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-30

| The HaHs- HuB'ofrd .hassdfye-
| The Navy Department is in receipt Of dispatches
rom Capt Jarvis. Of the Savannah. and Commo'
lore Turner of the Saratoga, giving official de-
,ais Of the capture II the Mexican war steamers
by ,he American squadron. They have not yet.
howeyrr. been made public. The New Orleans
| Picayune Of Saturday contains the following de-
| tail. al the bombardlnent Of Vera Cruz, briefly
mentioned by telegraph few days ago.
Gen. Miramon completed his battery on the
| Mc,lano del Perro the morning Of the 18th inst,
! tie ,ame day the prIae steamers lett. IL cohss'
| ted Of some twenty guns 81 largo ealIb,e, aud
! was about two miles and hall from the city IL
was projected By the usual ,arihworks and bags
Of sand from tho hall on which the battery was
! planted
| On the l3th, little after midday. the enemy
! opcned fire upon the city. Many OF the shells at
first fell shprt, but the day progressed. all
| reached their destination. But very little dam
| age however, WAS done in the city. The raw
! hides spread on the roofs projected the houses
while in the streets the she'll, were intercepted by
barbados Of sand bag. The batteries were
worked with great energy and skill. Aud during
n the day and greater part Of the following night
the bomhaidmcnt was kept NJ necessarily. Tho
firing also returned with spirit from the city,
aud the whole range Of sand forts comprising the
outer line Of works
! The damage done to the encmy's battery and
other works on the sand hills is not accurately
known. IL is believed TO have been great. The
new long range Queen liess guns, from tho newiy
erected sand fort, between the barracks and Gene.
icrv did particular execution.
Before tho bombarlment commenced the deiach-
mrnt Of troops sent by Miramon To AltnradO were
recalled TO take part in the assault in breach
, made They made their appearance before tie
city the morning oil the 18th, just after the iug
had ceased. In the meantime detachment OF troops
fran the Liberal army hnd been sent outside tie city
4, ~, a.,
south of the cemetery, whcnn spirited engagement
. took place, in which the advancing enemy was com
plctds routed aud driven back No junction with
tho main army, except BY individual iugtiscs
made
This engagement took place nj an carly honr in the
morning. Miramon. soon after, sent into the city u
1g az truce asking suspension If no ili.ies his
vi. granted on the spot. Mrnmon sub -elncntly sent
ma proposal fora military conference This was
nlso accepted the spoil, aud the members named
They consisted oil The principal officers OF both armies
aud the representatives. OF the foreign pow ers at Vera
Cruz
This conicfcncea has already been stated amount
ed 10 nothngns the Junrez government refused 10 give
it is a.scntso that the bombnrdmcnt was renew
ed
4 letter from the city of Mexico 10 the Y j. Times
1cd the 9TH t,nicr sting that the city Of Z,ca-
teens hid Een into The hands If the constitutional
lis, SAYS;
/ apprars that the rcr,y forces had moved ont
l1"m the city To attack Drtrgh. They had not been
gone but u rw hours when The populnec rose ngnny,
tie small gntrlson, and na few hours more the SOL
'ers were actually stoned to death. The populacc
tbfH proceeded To destroy the municipal palace and
Kill Tia" members OF the HyuntHmcuto found in il.
several houses, owned lay persons lcnning the cler-
- lido, were also destroyed The pppulacc then mo-
we'd upon the churches. breaking down the doors
nni dragging out the pIirsts aud iars, and hillne
them like dpgs The scene rot and ruin oniinuc,l
uAi or'eeh bad got the hcl'rr of the clergy forces.