The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-01-15
Elects of allowing Americans
10 volunteer i'm aid Of Texas.

The New Orleans Courier of the oath
nit contains an account of the butchery, IN
the most barbarous manner, at lamplco, oil
% men, part OF an expedition which mad
oone from New. Orleans TO aid the Texans. I
/ OF those persons who suffered, rs were
Americans, 2 Frenchmen, aud : Germans.
j The Mexlcans, 1t is stated, fired their guns
y first al The least vital part OF the persons OF
their victims, thus rendering number OF
shots necessary 10 cause death, their Object
onnearino 10 be to make them suffer as
much as possible. Alter they were all
dead. a pl, was dug and the bodies thrown
in promlscuously. In a subsequent para
crapb. however, the editor says -
I'VE have conyersed with several respectable
merchants. who have received letters from Tam
pieo " no represent the circumstances OF the death
the % men who were shot, as en'lrciy different
from what we have stated, and that the barbarliy
which our informant alleges against the MeHcans'
5 in this case, is quite uniounced.
t A letter from an American gentleman at
Tampico, dated 1ith Dec, which follows
the above, makes great complaints oil The
course pursued by Americans III attacking
that place, and expresses surprise that Tue
> American Government does not interfere,
! and prevent the fitting out oil vessels ana
troops. The letter closes By saying" All
sensible merchanisln Mexico wish Tor peace,
under whatever form OF government The
nation may think tit TO adopt and Il Is real.
X ,exing To think that our security and
F" that Of our property should compromised
al home.
! The New.Orleans Bee contains a dies.
J. match from the Mexican Minister to the
= Government OF the |. States, deprecdtlng
i the fitting out Of expeditions IRON this coun'
: try, against the Mexican Government, as az
9 infringement Of the relations OF amlty When
= subslst between the two countries. ht
" Minister also protests against the capture
v Of the Mexican vessel OF war Correo, Capt
!. Thompson, lately carried into Ne".orleans
a. and requires her restoration, and the hbeT
;" alton from confinement OF her officers ant
-rl crew.
Vi The New Orleans Bee, Of the 10Th ILL.,
!, saws: Texas is now the determined goa
~ OF an army OF nearly 10000 men, unde
u Santa Anna, who has been furnished wit
= arms and provisions Of oil kinds and VIII
~ finds. by collections from merchants ah'
" others, as well as donations from those 10
" terested in establishing central form Z
~ government 10 Mexico, to the amount c
d. .wo or three millions oil dollars.
IT. TsyaS Misunderstanding to a LET
ter published n the Journal Of Commerce
some Of the volunteers who len New iof'
about month ago, ior the land OF promIs
in Texas. INK vessel called the Mada"aski
! have commenced their career rather VI
} luckily, as appears by the following extract
~ Nassau ~ +. Dec. 10, je3j,
on DsaySir. Iwrlte from an English prison ar
nj, Won will laugh II this, aud indeed DO myself
pm Bot 50 il IS. Here | am, in company "ith my 4
,se sooiates in ribulaton, for lhc crime OF Piracy !
-, Don't stare now, and vii tell you how Il ha
y" pened. After leaving New York We bad Ia
no wind for eight or ten DAYS, at the rnd Of whI'
Use time we found ourselves among the Bahama banl
= and islands Our captain never having sailed Y
ans route BEFORE lost his reckoning aud We were ca
ricd into 4 dangerous aud almost unknown M
~ bnr He then sent boat on shore TO an lsai
N called Eleutherl, with II men on board, "oo co
mi. trary 10 his wishes. took with them quantity
ain arms and ammunition. On the island they iouI
,ha the inhabitants to consist principally 81 bae'
Having ndulged themselves pretty freely N spl
It's. and finding the inhabitants rather weak al
m ignorant, they commenced hostihues upon the
ow Effects. such as fowls, pigs Indian meal &c al
mo so terrified the people that they would DO "hait'
they required. They commanded them win ara"
pistols at their heads, and threat ned them vi
> instant death if they disobcyed, Thus indscrC
re- conduct of course oCeasoned an excited leehl
ent on being made known al the English naval 81
MS. ton at Nassau, and two gun.ships were lmHe'
atcIy sent IN pursuit OF ", with strict orders
board ~, and put us all 10 death It we made
n a east resistance. Amer searching near wee
ties one of them hailed Us about O'Clock, 7. NJ, vi
ira. the sautatIon send boat on board, or we sh
- FIRE ia,o YOU" We of course complied and tn
made US their prisoners conveyed Us To tins pi4e
no and We are now in prison yard
ton. UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.
mr., New Orleans papers reached thus city
had the last mail to the Odd uItlmo. Ih'
ton bring the following confirmation oil the
,gs terrupilon OF commerce between the ports
ken Mexico and the United States:
les, FROM THE NEW ORLEANS BIZ, Of DC, u
ers. Embdrgo.-W regret to receive InlC
nta. nation that an embargo has been LAID,
laid order of the Mexican Government, on
ports of Tampco and Metamoras, agar
are Mexican vessels, and on all the ports
hoe Neyico against American ships. No