Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-09
LATE OMISSIONS
FINALE OF MlNA'S EXPEDITION

ricap gentleman al Gibraltar, the writer
took OCCASION 10 advert TO an idle report
WHICH had been revived for the srcond
time, ~ the American papers, of the ex
| isicnce of General Nina, who commanded
| The Patriot army in Mexico, and promis
! ed, by the next convenient oppor,uni.v ;,
TO furnish us with such proofs as wonld
| put the question OF that hero's existence
forever at rest. He has now complied
with his promise, and although the proofs
which he has communicated are no longer
necessary TO establish the tact, YET, az he
has connectsc with them other circum-
stances, both new aud interesting, they
! viii not BIO unacceptable i0 orr readers.
I Norfolk Herald.
GIBRALTAR, SEPT. IL.
Having been requested To make enqui-
~ of the American prisoners IL Ceuia
about German by the name of Gerhard
Hohnhursi, who Joined the standard OF
General Nina in Mexico, wrote 10 one
who was OF the same party, and had
recently arrived al Ceuta, from Vera Cruz
Under date Ceuia, 30lh April, 1919, he
wrote me, viz:
deeply regret that am not able 10
give you particular account of the exis-
lance Of Mr.. Gerhard. knew that gen.
lIeman very well lie accompanied Gen.
Nina from New Orleans TO Galvestown,
IN my ship The Cleopatra. and foil we'd
him in the interior of Mexice from Sofa
la Marina, in the capacits of Commits
sary OF War. Whether lie was batchered,
with number of The brave and enter.
prizng followers OF that once noble hero,
| in small fortress (Which was taken by
stormy or not, | am unable TO say. II is
possible he may be alive in some pestilen-
| iial dungeon in the interior. He cannot
he in Vera Cruz, for 1 had intelligence
| from my friend, DR.. Eruesius Durkell,
| OF Baltimore, in November last, who was
| then going from ST. Juan de Olua 10 the
Town hospital, apparently more dead than
alive; had lost the use Of his limbs, and
| turned blind AT that period there were
! but nine in that horrible dungeon, six
| Americans and three foreigners; among
| the number youth of IS years OF age,
/ VINO had serve under General Torres
| (known by The name OF Father rorres)
| considerable while after the death OF
| Nina, and under whose command he was
| promoted from he rank OF 2d Lieutenant
TO Lieutenant Colonel. having fought,
like all The rest of his brave companions,
most desperately, and received thirteen
rounds He was captured by the Roy
| ahsts IN going 10 see his friend, Lieut..
Isaac Webb, of Albany, who, wlit Col.
Bradbnrn, are the onty StrUiuors of the
i0hofe Of the americans that entered the
country. MIR. Webb now serves as Lieut..
Colonel under the aforementioned FrIsr,
Tor General TOrres,) and Col. B.adburn
is with Victoria Guadalopa. Mr.. Love-
| grove (the aforementioned YOUTH had
the Vice Kings pardon and protection :;
but on lis arrival at Vera Cruz, he was
thrown into the same drear abode with
his fellow countrymen and companions i'm
| arms
! Gen. Nina was shot in sight of his
| peOple, who then occupied the fort OF ST
| Gregoria they then had in their posses
sion $50 prisoners of the Royalists, of
whom 40 were officers, and t"o we're
| general officers. When the fortress was
surrounded by The Roya party, aud the
unfortunate Nina was brought out 10 be
shot, Col Noboa, commander of the fort,
"a native of ibls place of Punishment, }
sent flag, and offered the whole of his
prisoners for Nina il was Indignantly
r. fused, the commander answering, IL
you had ten thousand prisoners, | would
not save them all for Nina -. His
fate being decided, Col. Nuboa had the
$50 Spaniards brought in sight Of the
Royaists, and the order being given, the
whole were fnsiieered on the spot" He
was taken himself few days afterwards,
and executed he died like hero
lie then writes" My case is, tina, |
served in the American merchant ship
Cleopatra, as LIST officer, which ship lett
the port OF New Orleans in the beginning
of March, 1917 i'll ballast, without guns or
arms steered for GaIvezlown, with a
crew Of " men. We arrived off the bar
of that place OIL The 18th March, and
weighed on The 2GtlI, tor, as Me supposed,
Vera Cruz. The seamen discovering that
the troops on board were TO operate a.
gainst II. G. NJ. refused 10 do duty, but
were compelled by the officers of the expe.
| dition TO navigate the vessel from thence
10 The bar Of s. Anano, off which place
we came 10 anchor on Tie 10th Of April
The seamen were there all employed in
dischargIng the Neptune, of n. Orleans,
mlna's store ship. remained on board
until the 18th May, ON which day my slIip
was captured by the Spanish trigate Sa-
bina, and ] went on shore, in hopes oil
returning with the long boat or pinnace
but was disappointed.
Thirty-seven of US took possession
ofa temporary RECONSTRUCTED half finish
ed fort, at the town of Sofa la Marina
which was, on the 18th June, attacked bS
General Arredonda, Commander IN Chic
of II. NJ. forces in the {" four iUteriO
provinces" with force under his com.
mand of 22O0 men and ~ pieces o
artillery, WHO, after most desperate anC
tremendous cannonading of II hours ant
% minutes, offered US terms of capiluIa
ton, which we twice refused, but coDsi
derlng the third proposition safe aDt
honorable, we accepted il. One ariicl
Of this capiiuIation expressly SAYS, A." tina
| oil 50, o., fl Al L..
! should be treated we'll and as prisoner
/ | OF war mill IL IL tie General cnnlI