True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-12-08

than hours by three French Frigaes.
The Port Of Iera C,us oren to Commerce.
The French steam vessel Meteor, Commanlant Bar.
bntn, arrived here last night in three days from Tam
pico, bringing dispatches for the French Consul
which contain the following very interesting INTEL.
gence
On the 9Th November, Mt noon, the French squad.
ron comprising the ships L1phegene, la Glore la Ne
reide, on board OF which was admiral Baudn, and two
bomb vessels attacked the fortress of ST. Juan de Uoa
and in the course of four hours discharged from 800 to
ioao bulls, which destroyed the works and buried the
Mrxicans in the ruins.
The lphigena received l6O balls in her sdas vet she
remained immovahe at her anc orage and kept IN her
fire I'LL the end of the engagement, which lasted four
hours. The French had "a disabled of HON four
deud.
The Nexicans lost from fvet six hundred men, kill
ed md wouaded.
The three I'll yates and two bomb vessels anchored
nndr the fire of the fort which was protected by one
hundred and GO pieces of ordnance. The port OF Vera
Cruz is now open to all nations. The other ports of
Mexico will remain in state OF blockade until intel j..
Cence from the city of Mexico shall arrive
Admiral Bnudin has consented to permit General
Rincon t. Keep one thousand Vera Cruz for The
mainta nance of public order and tranquility. The re-
mnlnor OF the troops amounting to between three and
1000 men have been sent nwav. General Rincon has
moreover agreed that the relations between Vera Cruz
and the interior of the country should be completely re-
established.
No treaty ha | as vet been concluded, though dcpu-
tics had been cent to Mexico for the accomp nent of
this purpose.
Another fearful steam hoat explosion. and mel,
ancholy loss of fifty lives, has lust occurred
The tragedy Of The 'Augus'a," has followed cIoso
y on the ca'nstlophe of the General Brown ,"and
both tend 10 prove the perfect impotence of'he
recent steam boat law.
From Matches Daily Courier-Ertrn, 4th Dec,
ANOTHER AWFUL STEAMBOAT EX-
PLOSION.
Re- nd tipo III r
The calami'ons destruction Of life and proneriv of
the Gen. Brown, il becomes our painful lot to re-
cord nn"ther melanchov event which We believe
no l"ss d"strur'ive,-n explosion on board the
steamer Anguish.
The following is hastily gathered collection
OF 'e n,ls from n n authentic source.
The Augusta left this prrt vcs.erdav evening
tor Vlrkshnrg with the Ship Jeanette in tow Be-
fore she had proceeded many miles the Shin %,
aground, when the Augusta left her and mod
her w'v ina wood pile At one place she sup
piled herself with four five cords of wood ,nd
was making for another. when the Pilot SEEING
some fontIng timber ahead, rung the bell to s,on
the engine. The engine was stopped till the hoa,
passed nnd the Pilot again rung IA the sionnl ia
Q" ahead. The engineer here discovered That the
engine was At h" dead point and he immedia civ
run back 10 tnra the bar, bur before he had lime
to return the dreadful explosion took place,
The Annrsta is one Of the nest frrhful fr7n-
mems OF destruction have ever SCIENTIFIC
boilers and whole m ochjnery arc rent inn, r;Gino
pieces; the Social Hall and lis nppurtcn 'es re
shattered into atoms and nearly II @ cn,,e n, min
cabin 10 wept away, very small portion Of it mex,
to The '.Tdrs cabin. being oil that is lef and ,ha,
IN such split up condition "a to tell us ulnnly
the dreadful extern of tie explosion.
The names of most of the passenpers dc,l and
missing arc not vet known: the Augusto wns
howeve-, not very full of passengers With our
present lniormlti n, we forbear mentioning the
names ct some who were thought to he on boar
VI on IN" Augusta coming this morning in tow
"t the llall Columbia, we found there were ) rrr-
sons on board dead, and their bodies wofully mn
ulatrd and Is persons more or les wounded. of
W ON the medical gentleman whom we consulted
thinks that no NOR" than 3 or 4 will rccover,-some
are rxnrcted TO die in the course OF to-day,
The Cap'air--missng.
The Cierk-drad.
Two Pilnrs-sphrlv wounded.
Bnrke"per--unnjmed
Mat" (Davifs)-do.
Isl EnQInncr-deaa
end do-woArdrd
Barher-noralv wounded.
~ deck hands and tircman were on heard and
when they called them together sometime after
the explosion only could he mustered.
The piln, al the wheel (with his pilot box) was
hlawn up~atds Of fifty feet and contrived to get
ashore hv nsing ore side of the plnr box The
bodies of th"s" dead and wounded are much dis
cnl"rcd and dshgured, presenting heart rendng
specrncle.
There were ladies on hoard