An artillery officer in the Mexican war, 1846-7; . c. They are, in fact, so completely surroundedby our troops, that it must be a dangerous thingfor even individuals to enter or leave the City. Genl. Scott has decided, I suspect, not to commencefiring upon the City, but to open his batteries on theCastle. He does this, knowing that if the Castlebe brought to terms, the City falls as a matter ofcourse, and that we will then be masters of the City,without the dreadful effusion of the blood of womenand children, which must ensue from a bombardment ofthe City. This is just like him, ever instigate
An artillery officer in the Mexican war, 1846-7; . c. They are, in fact, so completely surroundedby our troops, that it must be a dangerous thingfor even individuals to enter or leave the City. Genl. Scott has decided, I suspect, not to commencefiring upon the City, but to open his batteries on theCastle. He does this, knowing that if the Castlebe brought to terms, the City falls as a matter ofcourse, and that we will then be masters of the City,without the dreadful effusion of the blood of womenand children, which must ensue from a bombardment ofthe City. This is just like him, ever instigated by themost humane and generous feelings. I have been in-terrupted, and must now bid you good-night. Godpreserve you. Tuesday, day has passed, without the occurrence, as faras I have heard, of any things of note. A few Volun-teers, who strayed some miles out of our lines report thatthey were fired on by some hundred Infy. and about twohundred Cavalry. They are supposed to be troops fromAlvarado who desire to enter the City. Whether they. O rt E In Mexico Si will attempt to force an entrance, and on finding howclosely the City is invested, will abandon the attempt,the occurrences of the night will prove. This morning among some prisoners taken, onedropped a club near one of our guard fires, which onexamination was found to contain a letter from a manin Vera Cruz, to a brother in Puebla, underrating ournumbers, and stating that if any assistance was to begiven, it should be done at once, as the supply ofprovisions was small. This club was very cunninglydevised, for a mail club. A hole had been bored inthe centre, the letter introduced, a plug of the samewood driven in, and then the stick sawed off throughthe plug. The fact is, I presume, that the poor fami-lies are already feeling the horrors of a siege, and areeagerly looking around for succor. Would that thesiege was over! I fear that all Genl. Scotts foresight will not beable to guard against, and prevent the perpetr
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