Arrival of James L. Day brings Pillow and May to New Orleans
News from Vera Cruz reports the steamer James L. Day arriving on the 11th with Gen. Pillow and Col. May aboard. Puebla departs to Gen. Scott for protection. Mexican capital abandoned with archives taken. Proclamations seek guerilla regiments as San Anna’s forces fade. Taylor stays at Monterey. new troops redirected to Vera Cruz.
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Col. May
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Buena Vista
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Perot
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Ihe Eniwy
Shields
Winfield Scott
Wi. L. Marcy
Fortone
Jalapa
la Hoya
San Lilis
Banderilla
Valentin Canalizo
Iris
Scott advances on Mexico while Taylor’s role questioned
The Washington Union emphasizes Gen Scott’s rapid move toward Mexico City and questions the necessity of Taylor’s further advance. It praises Taylor’s endurance amid shortages, notes Buena Vista veterans awaiting June or July discharge, and warns against feeble or costly campaigns. It cites San Luis Potosi’s strength, the risk of overextended supply lines, and argues for a swift peace or clear boundaries once Mexico is reached. Ball reports Mejia’s son among Mexican prisoners at New Orleans. Brooke’s parole sits with his mother in New Orleans.
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Mexico
Taylor
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Leou
San Luis Potosi
Saltillo
Scout
Ball
Mejia
New Orleans
de la Vega
Cerro Gardo
la Vega
Brooke
Arkansas
Little Rock Gazette
Witter
Rio Grande
Battle near Cerro Gordo and Buena Vista reports
Official despatches detail Scott’s operations at Cerro Gordo with Twiggs and Shields brigades storming the enemy lines, Santa Anna fleeing, and Worth securing Perote. Canaleso reports Mexican setbacks and the aftermath at Jalapa. A Long Chronicle of Buena Vista praises Taylor’s leadership and condemns administration for strategic choices in the war.
Intended Rising of the Mexicans in War Opinion
Letters from Mexico discuss plans for a general Mexican rising before Buena Vista to cooperate with Santa Anna’s cavalry after a defection by General Paylor. A Massachusetts regiment member cites a wife of a Mexican involved naming eighty Americans to be massacred. The text questions Washington aims to seize all of Mexico and notes editorial calls for annihilating Mexico as a nation.
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Mexico
Buena Vista
Santa Anna
Paylor
Matamarag
Massachusetts
Shannon
Washington
Union
Democratic Review
North
New York Judgeships Face Nominations Refusal Issue
The State of New York is in a strange predicament as newspaper reports say every nominee for judgeships has refused. They prefer their legal work to an office paying fifteen hundred dollars yearly, while capable lawyers could earn four to five thousand in practice.
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New York
Philadelphia American
U. States
Baltimore
Eingland
Ireland
Scotland
Mexico City in 20,000 troops and a wary peace debate
The piece discusses Gen Scott leading twenty thousand men in Mexico City amid a hostile population of eight million. It warns of fierce local prejudice and religion, and contemplates a long military occupation to pressure for peace, while raising questions about Mexico’s capacity to fund such an army. It also notes European volunteers, breadstuffs exports, and deteriorating crops in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Scott
Mexico
Wisinertiz
Republic
Paris
France
A. O. Pee
Pennsylvania
Ohio
U. S. Gaz
Severe frost wrecks fruit crop and ships disaster noted
The Cincinnati Gazette reports extreme frosts destroyed stone fruits with almost no blossoms surviving. Nearby areas also suffer, while a Castine correspondent notes the French brig Clarrisa lost near St Peters with sixty three lives. Also reported is the death of U S Senator Jesse Speight of Mississippi.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Castine
St. Peters
Mig
Halifax
Clarrisa
Irish girl sends three pounds home from Boston steamer
A Boston household tale reports an Irish servant sending three pounds to a mother in the North of Ireland aboard the March 1 steamer. The mother quotes a letter describing hardship, while nearby Adrian Michigan grows, and a Richmond toast proclaims unity amid division.
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Boston
Ireland
Lowell
Minister Rush sails to France on June first aboard the Washington
The Hon. Richard Rush, minister to France, will depart New York on June 1 aboard the steamship Washington. An association in New York forms to build affordable housing for the poor, aiming for better comfort and lower rents than current dwellings.
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Richard Rush
France
Washington
New York
York
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