Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-03
Latest from NJ exico-Particular of the Bonn.
bardment of Vera Cruz.

Latest from NJ exico-Particulars of the Bonn.
bardment Of Vera Cruz.
Col Oropesa, the special agent Of the Minister
OF War at Vera Cruz, has arrived at New Orleans
for the purpose of obtaining new supplies of am
munition, for the continued defence Of the city.
He thinks there is no doubt Miramon has aban.
doned the siege for good. and gone back to the
city Of Mexico or in that direction He is certain
he could not have gone to Alvarado.
The universally attributed cause of this sudden
abandonment Of the siege is tie failure Of ammu-
the besieging army has only temporarily retired
This. at all events is to be remarked, that at the
village Of Medellin, the most convenient place of
retirement. they would be out Of sight Of the city
Col Oropesa states that the damage done to the
city by the bOmbardment is very great, but that
1t will fall most heavily upon the property of the
friends OF the besiegers. The people who, to the
number Of two or three thousand-men, women,
and children-took refuge in the castle during the
b0mbardment. had not returned to the CITY when
Col. OroPesa left. They were preparing, how
ever, to do so.
The Vera Cruz correspondent Of the New Or
leans Picayune says of the bombardment of that
city:
Thursday afternoon, the 18th inst the bonn
bardment Of the city recommended with far more
fury than ever before At intervals all mig hit the
enemy Were throwing bombs into town; and
again on THE morning of the 10th, there was sharp
Of the same, the enemy continued throwing bombs
At3H O'Clock on the morning Of the l7th, Mira
mon 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 Alameda,
but he was very quickly repulsed, as some thirty
cannon and two thousand pieces of musketry were
brought to bear on the enemy. The firing in this
attack and repulse lasted only about - minutes,
when everything became suddenly as silent as
death, with only, now and then, the firing into
the town of bombs. This sight, in the shades of
nsrlt Hoe.
unceasing flash of brilliant lig bit from the BOOM
Ing OF the heavy cannon and firing Of the mus
kerry along the whole lines Of the forts from the
Santiago on the southeast to the Gemelos fort, OIL
the west.
at about 6Ik o'clock the morning of the 18th.
the cannonadi0g and bombardment was again
resumed in 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 bursting of a bomb. Up to the
present writing ] am happy to say that there is
houses
The most of the women and children have been
removed from the city to the vessels in the harbo
and to the castle of San Juan de Clua The latter
place has now some :, JG of them.
AT about j. O'Clock, on the night of the Eth,
the enemy commenced another bomhardment
and K. r't 1T up, and at o'clock this morning
(the lc:h,l another terrible and most determined
cannonading from both sides was resumed.
The same correspondent writing on the DIST
ult., says
Since my last to you. of the 18th inst the usual
excitement In the morning, Of cannonading and
bombarding, takes place between the bellgerent
forces, which lasts about two hours.
On the morning of the 10TH there was a severe
cdnnonading on both sides, and the bombs of the
enemy caused a fearful destruction Of property
but fortunately few lives were 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 ii Was received
"a la modo Americana, that is to say. the enemy
was allowed to approach without the 'besieged
seeming to notice them. they very colly re-
served their fire until the enemy got very near
the trenches, when the guns from the Fort of San
taSo, loaded with grape aud canister were dis
charged with serious effect, and caused them to
beat quick retreat Loss of the enemy in this
affair not known.
Ga the morning Of the Goth the cannonadiny
was again resumed, and lasted about two hours
and, as usual, some partial destruction Of houses
from the bursting of bombs.
Writing still later, on the same dav, the cor
respondent says:
Changes come so thick and fast that it is almost
Impossible to keep up with them. | have now to
inform 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 sup
posed new battery discovered Yesterday Itwasa
blind to induce the beseged to think he was re-
newing his efforts against the city, while he, in
Il e meantime, was preparing to be OF Thus ends
tue boInbardment Of Vera Cruz, with a terrible
destruction Of property from the effects of the
fourteen inch mortars. i will take months. 10
it was before | regard this failure Of Miramons
as the beg inning Of the end Of his reign if il is
not already contaminated.
When rejecting on this grand result. too much
creoit cannot be given to the independent action
OF our gallant naval officers on this station The
use OF their wise discretion, in the absence of
orders from our Government, or its diatory action
has been the means Of saving the Liberal cause i'm
Mexico.
Miramon made his appearance before this city
the ith inst, which makes seventeen day IS that the
city was besieged out Of which, the latter six
days there was a general cannonading and bonn
bardment. The losses on the side of the enemy
are supposed to be great. in deser,ions death and
wounded.
Capt Aldham, Of y. e. NJ. :. Valorous, has
written to Miramon this morning, protesting very
strongly against his wanton and inh1man destruc-
ton OF English property and innocent life This
think, viii quickly fix the determination of the
English Government to acknowledge the Govern
ment Of the Liberalsts
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