defeated, without fault or neglect on the part of any concerned. General Lane accordingly took possession of the military property of Santa Anna, in the absence of its owner, and on the 23rd instant directed his course towards the beautiful valley and town of Orizaba, which is situated in the centre of a romantic and fertile district, chiefly inhabited, however, by bandits, in time of peace, and guerilleros in time of war. On the 24th, General Lane entered Orizaba, the ayuntamiento of which surrendered the town without resistance. White flags were displayed from every house, as the Americans marched through the streets. Several days were spent here in recovering plundered property, and the command then set out on their return, arriving at the capital on the 10th of February.
It is now time to refer once more to the position of affairs in California and New Mexico — After the arrival of the regiment of volunteers under Colonel Stevenson,[1] it was distributed through Upper and Lower California; Colonel Stevenson was stationed at Ciudad de los Angelos, with four companies; Major Hardy, with two companies, at San Francisco; and the other companies were stationed in the valley of the San Joaquim, and at Suters' Port, on the Rio Sacramento, with the exception of two companies sent by sea, under Lieutenant Colonel Burton, to La Paz.
- ↑ This regiment is sometimes termed the "1st New York Volunteers," and that with the main column of the army, under Colonel Burnett, the "2nd New York Volunteers," — both regiments having been raised in the State of New York.
states, that he took refuge in the town of Teotitlan del Camiro, where there was a force from the state of Oajaca. No further attempt was made to capture him, and he was subsequently permitted to leave Mexico, — embarking at Antigua,just north of Vera Cruz, on the 4th of April, in a Spanish brig, for Kingston, on the island of Jamaica.
