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The Baltimore Sun Of Monday, ha.
some information by the last arrival from
Vera Cruz. not before given. Along the
passes Of The Jalspa road. the Mexicans
had errcied series Of Notifications ex.
tending with occasional intervals for seye.
raj miles. They consisted Of hastily cen.
siructed, but efficient siocksdes occupied
by squads Of men. Our dragons ol the
Recommending expedition. amounting 10
some three hundred in number, il seems,
dismounted and scrambIing up the heights
attacked the forIifcaiions peIl nell. and
drove the Nexicans ahead like scared
sheep.


Gen. Twiggs moved to take the pass OF
Ceuo GoIdo. on the 18th April but lonnd
II so strongly fortified thai he had fallen
back To his camp Of the night preceding.
where he was joined by General Pal,er-
son with 5000 men, on the evening OF the
18Th, making The force there about 6OOO
men. with which, the Suns account says.
IL was intended to attack Cerro Gorlo on
The 18th. Santa Anna had about fifteen
thousand men under his command al Ce-
70 Gordo, and about 1000 or 5000 at Ja.
lapa.


A letter from Capt. Hughes of The To.
geographical Engineers. al Vera Cruz,
states that General Patterson being sick,
Gen. Twiggs proposed to attack The enc.
emy on the lilh; but lie presumes or-
dels were sent 10 him to await the arrival
OF General Scott. who il was expected
would reach the camp on The li,h. Capt.
IL. says it was believed a great ba,IIe
would be fought soon at Jalapa, or a few
miles the other side. at a pass called la
Hnya. Nothing serious would occur, he
supposed, at Cero Gordo, as i. could be
turned.


Ih. Col. Jnhnson's reconnaissance, ON
The morning Of the l3lh, was daring anil
beautiful. ii i. said. He approached with
IN nusket range Of the enemy, and was
wounded in the leg and arm. No homes
were broken. and the physicians declared
his wounds not mortal.