The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-03
Rir!monn Qispatcb,
THE WAR IN MEXICo.

THE. WAR IN MEXICO.
Sa ike city The Mer ntny after ,hr sa",s M...
tl~-RetirenisHt Of Mis amen, &e.
The New Orleans papers OF Thursday an
nounce the arrival there Of the steamer Wave
bringing Col Oropesa, special agent of Jua-
req, who GENES for provisions and munitions
of war. The correspondence of the Picay ane
gives the particulars of the assault by Mira.
mon on the city of Vera Cruz:
Thursday afternoon, the 18th nstapt. the
bombardment Of the city recommended with
far more fury than ever before. At intervals
all night the enemy were throwing bombs in to
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 I7th
Miramon made an attack on the city, firiAg
musketry and two Held pieces. The point of
attack was at the barracks of the MERGED near
the Alameda but he was very quickly re-
pulsed, some thirty cannon and two thou.
on the enemy. The firing iu this attack and
repulse lasted only about 25 minutes, when
everything became suddenly as silent rs 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 unceasing
flash Of brilliant light from the booming of the
heavy cannon and firing of the musketry along
the wholelines ofthe forts from the Santiago on
the sou theast to the Gemelos fort, Oh the west.
On this side, Am happy to inform you, there
We're no lives lost in the attack in the night ::
however, there were tour persons wounded
and one killed from the effects of a bomb
After the rising OF the sun, scouts were sent
out TO examine the ground where the enemy
was, and six dead bodies werex ojcKed up; al
so. the foot and boot OF = person supposed to
be an officers, but signs OF blood were disvOv-
cred III every direction, and 1t Is supposed
that a great mtpy We're wounded.
At about half-pas O'Clock, the morning OF
the eth, the cannonading and bombardment
We're again resumed in a most terrific manner,
and kept up for about two hours. during
which only five POOR women and two children
were wounded, which was from the burs ting
of a bomb. Up to the present writing, L am
happy to say that there Is not much loss OF
life. but 4 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 Juan de
Uloa. The latter place has now some 800 Of
them. AT about II O'Clock, on the night Of the
nth, the enemy commenced another lombard
ment and kept it up, and at o'clock this
morning. (the 18th, another terrible and most
determined cannonading from both sides was
resumed, and is still being kept up.
BY telligence received from deserters, 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 lieutenantS AT IL O'Clock
A. NJ, the firing ceased, and PROBABLY for the
day. Fortunately, no one was killed on the
side Of the Liberals, and but few slightly
wounded.
One bomb fell and burst in the house of the
American Consul, and also, this morning
three fell and burst in the house of I. Saradic
4 Co, adjoining, and on either side Of the
Consulate, there are great many pertorating
and bursting in the immediate vicinity. The
American flag seems to have been the particu-
lar object of Miramon's vengeance and the
firing at the Consulate has been so constant.
that the authorities and citizens in the vicinity
have reques ted that the flag be taken down.
On the morning of the 18th there was Sc
we're cannonading on both sides, and the
bombs OF the enemy caused fearful destruc-
tion OF property, but fortunately few lives
We're lost During the night of the 18th there
was another attempt to make an assault upon
the city on the southeast, and am happy to
say it was received "a Ia mOdo Americaua''-
that is to say, the enemy was allowed to ap-
proach without the besieged seeming to notice
them, they very coolly reserved their fire
until the enemy got very near the trenches
when the guns from the Fort OF Santiago,
loaded with grape and canister, We're discharg-
ed with serious effect, and caused them to beat
quick retreat. Loss of the enemy in this at-
fair, not KNOWN
On the morning OF the Goth the cannonading
was again resumed, and lasted about two
hours, and, rs usnal some partial des truction
Of houses from the bursting OF bombs. 1t Is
reported that during the last two days scma
eight persons were killed and thirteen wound
ed attached to the lines-but the losses sus-
tained by the enemy during this period are not
known.
This morning we have the gratifying intel
ligence that Carvalal had taken a convoy OF
Miramon's between Perote and Jalapa, with
fifteen wagon loads OF munitions, provisions,
and S., 900 specie, and also dispersed the guard
OF 7Uu men he also has taken three notable
Reactiooaries, viz: Ytuarte, Cesar and Ariz-
mendi, who were destined to organize the
custom house at Alvarado, which place, as
before in formed you, has been abandoned by
Miramon. They were brought in this morn
ing. This affair must be a serious damper to
the enemy, and eq ually beneficial to the Libe-
rails.
VERA CRUZ, March 2i-3 p. M--Changes
come 50 thick and fast that il is almost impos-
sibie to keep up with them. l have now to in
form you that MIramon Is IN The act, at this
moment, of packing up, and breaking up his
camp, and this now clearly accounts for The
supposed new battery discovered yesterday -
1t was 4 blind to induce the besieged to think
he was rene wing his efforts against the city,
while he, in the meantime, was preparing 10
he off. Thus ends the bombardment Of Vera
Cruz with n terrible destruction OF property
from the effects Of the fourteen-inch mortars.
1t will take months to repair rebuild and put
the town in the condition il was before.
Capt Aldham, of II. Il. M. s. Valorous, has
written TO Miramon, this morning, protest.
ing very strongly against his wanton and in
innocent life. This, think, will quickly fix
the determination of the English Government
To acknowledge the Government Of the Libe-
ralists.
The commander of the French brig OF war
Olivier, in the presence of the Commander of
the American naval forces, protested against
the capture OF the two steamers by the Sara
toga, Wave and lndianola. Capt. Jarvis re-
piled that his Government was at Washing
ton, and that, ii there was any occasion 1T all
for a protest, it was there it would have to be
made.
The Picayune adds We learn by gentle
,nan direct from Vera Cruz, by the Virginia
Antoinetie. that on the i4th, Capt. Jarvis. Of
u. 5. sIoop of war Savannah, received d note
from Gen. MiramOn in reference to the cap
ture OF the Marin expedition. The note was
refusing to receive it, was finally taken round
by way of SACRIFICES. The contents OF the
comm u n ication had not transpired when the
Virginia Antoihete sailed.
Arnocrous MuRpER-Tuo Persons Killed
Ilatboat, about twenty miles below Vicksburg,
Miss, last week, and the robbery OF $4,000,
has asen men toned The Vicksburg Wing Of
Tuesday, says:
About m Midnight Mr.. Warson awoke his negro
woman, aud told her To go forward and wake
up the hands 10 stand watch, which she start
ed TO do; but when about midway the boat,
Mr.. w. heard her scream, and In moment
afterwards heard the report OF gun in the
boat lie jumped out Of bed, exclaiming to his
wife that the woman was killed, and ere he
proceeded TO the door which separates the
store from the bed. room, another shot was
II, ed aud all was still. He continued on to
see what was the matter, but when about the
end of the counter he received shot from some
unknown person secreted about tho coun ter,
w hch took effect Ia his throat. killing him in
stan,ly. The negro woman was shots the lett
breast. aud did not survive moment. After