Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-08-11

Il AaaA al 49,. -
~. Mey persisting, he rather imna,;sr,v,,
sald,a Well., take him awav Ky
same time he saw them lead ycuno P;., slo
who was second sergeant Of ,Ss MY
Greys, who was badly wounded in the I ,ns.
arm, to the place Of execution. Snohn ~ ~
then taken to the house of an Officer 49, -
g was leIt' where every moment he could
near the muskets roar. the death knell ofh;s
companions. Spohn had been in the honss
but little time when young Mex;can
soldier. with bloody sword, ntereds,Sa
room aud asked him what he was dom,
there, and would have run him through haS
not the servants told him he was placed
there BY the officers. DIR. Field came IN
with q sergeant-lhe DR.. told Spohn that
all were shot, and they had roughly drag
ged Capt. Brooks2of West Point, who laid
with his thigh broken, from q house outside
the Portland despatched him brutallyain5the
street. In an hour more Spohn re.entered
the fort, where, he found the Mexican sol.
diers placing the bodies of the dead on 4
large Wagon and carrying them off. Two
Or three days after Spohn was taken by .
captain Corona to the place outside the
fort, where his sconntrynaens had been MUIR
dered and piled one on top the other, and
partially burnt or roasted, presenting most
ifightful, horrible aud disgusting spectacle.
ny which he found that they had been dil
vioed into four parties before thew wera
shot,as there were four piles, surrounded bv
torn pieces Of bloody clothing, shoes, cans.
pocket books aud papers. Amongst he
rest was the bloody cap of flaming. which
leads Us to expect he was burnt or roasted
with the others. n. q Hes la1
Y Five men were saved from the general
massacre to attend upon the Mexican sick
Sherlock Smith, Bills, Yose and Peter
Griffin: the latter, who happened to be in
the hospital at the time, was saved bya
wounded Mexican soldier, W. no hid him be-
Meath his blankets, Griffin having always
attended him and dressed his wounds.--
Bills died afterwards from sickness Of "a
hours. +f4
Spchn was taken sick with the fever of
the country, under which he suffered for
seven weeks. After he recovered, he
heard of the taking Of Santa Anna, which
wrought visible change on his jailors, who
treated him with more leniency. Some
time after they heard tina; Santa Anna had
escaped, or was rescued by the Indians and
demonstrated thoir joy by ringing Of bells,
the firing of cannon and martial music, tel
ling Spohn he had escaped. and would now
return aud put them all to death but some
time afterwards part Of the retrcating ar
my, amounting 70 nearly 1000 men, COM
posed Ofthe remnants Of several regiments.
fatigued aud worn out, fell on Goliad.--4
MOTOR Miller, with the Copano, was then
asked ii he would GO to Metamoras where
his men would DO allowed 10; work about
the town, but they chose to remain, except
Spohn, who Thought a better chance Of
escape was TO be found there; when he
proceeded as far as Son Patriot with Capt.
Alvarez, where Gen, Urea seeing him,
asked him, if he would do so, he no longer
should be considered prisoner. He went
to Metamoras with the General, and had
for his fellow driver, young man who had
been saved from Col. Johnson's detach-
ment. In Metanioras, the foreigners were
particularly attentive, and Gen. Urea was
always kind. On reaching Metamoras,
he understood that about Is or 20 of Col.
Johnson's men were 10 close confinement,
and were twice near being shot, but were
saved once by priest and at another
time for the consideration Of large sum
Of money which was subscribed BY foreign
ers, and by whom they were supported
Spohn was here told that his case was a
desperate one, and Major Miller, Captain
Israel, and Mr.. Burton, all Of the Copa-
no detacl,ment, which he left nc Goliad,
who had just arrived from Copano by sea,
said they never expected to get away, and
thought any means he might devise for esq
cape were justi6able. So considering on
the subject he determined TO offer himself
for the Mexican sea service, which gave
the best hopes Of escape. Ho then offered
himself 20 Capt. Thompson Of the CorreO,
who took him with tho consent Of General
Urea, who furnished him with horse to
Brassos Santiago, as miles, when he enter
ed on board the schooner, which set san
that same day for Vera Cruz, where lie was
appointed to the care and distribution Of
tie provisions. On the same night, the
vessel sprung aleak, The weather being
rough, and having strucksin getting over
the bar---minute guns were fred for two
other armed vessels which were in compa-
ny. They came ~ their relief, and re-
NAMED with tllsna till next day, when tho
guns were thrown overheard, and the peo-
pie divided between the two vessels. and
one was abandoned, being full ofwaisr, and
fast sinking. For the remainder Of the
voyage. Spshn was q passenger. On his
arrival at Vera Cruz he was kindly treated
by our Consul. He effected his escape ON
board lie ship Mexican, Captain Kimball.
who has treated him with excessive kind
ness, and rendered his situation rs comfort
able Us circumstances would permit, for