An artillery officer in the Mexican war, 1846-7; . red to us on the 29th havein the progress into the interior committed all kinds ofdisgraceful excesses laying the country waste by pillageand fire as they passed in. The expedition to Alvarado under Genl. Quitmanmet with no resistance; indeed I learn this eveningthat a deputation was received by Genl. Scott from theauthorities there, a short time after the departure ofthe expedition, offering to surrender to the Army andGenl. Scott. An expedition of about one thousandmen left this morning for some little place, Antigua,some fourteen miles henc
An artillery officer in the Mexican war, 1846-7; . red to us on the 29th havein the progress into the interior committed all kinds ofdisgraceful excesses laying the country waste by pillageand fire as they passed in. The expedition to Alvarado under Genl. Quitmanmet with no resistance; indeed I learn this eveningthat a deputation was received by Genl. Scott from theauthorities there, a short time after the departure ofthe expedition, offering to surrender to the Army andGenl. Scott. An expedition of about one thousandmen left this morning for some little place, Antigua,some fourteen miles hence, where there are said to beseven hundred Mexican soldiers. Could we now ad-vance, the chances are that we might march direct uponMexico without having to fire a gun before reachingthat place. Rumor says that Genl. Taylor is advancingto San Luis; doubtful. Col. Riley, another visitor toUlua, sends message to his dear friend the General[Clinch]. Time for retiring, will bid you good-night. April commenced crossing No. 2 but recollecting that. GENERAL WILLIAM JENKINS WORTH From an engraving by J. Sartain, after a daguerreotype In Mexico m you had but one mail a week, and that a series of lettershad been sent but a few days since, I thought it wouldbe better to give you a letter which could be read,without that difficulty always existing with badlywritten and crossed letters. As our Fortaleza is separated from Hd. Qrs. by onehalf mile of water, I can only give you the rumorswhich float to us from the City; many of them are,subsequently to our first hearing them, found to beincorrect; such as are important I will always try andgive you the last and true version of, but the minorones are not worth re-mentioning. I find by orders received yesterday, that we (the3rd Arty.) are brigaded with the 2nd Arty, and 4thInfy., the brigade commanded by Col. promises that we may accompany the Army intothe Country, as it makes it Col. interest to keepus with him, and he ha
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