THE ALvARADO EXPEDITION.
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The expedition against Alvarado left Vera Cruz
the 3lst March, the land forces consisting of Gen.
Quitmans brigade, with battery Of light artillery
the naval force consisting Of the steam frigate Mis-
sissippi, the Potomac, sloop-of-war st. Mary's,
steamers Vixen, Spitfre, and Water-witch, the
brig Porpoise, one bomb-ketch and five gunboats.


Another expedition, under Gen. Twiggs, started
on the same morning for the National Bridge,
strongly fortified place. about two days march from
Vera Cruz, on the Jalapa road.