The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-06-10
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BY our attentive friend at II. Ofeans to whom
we are under so many obligations. we oro mn, in
/ posscs5io Of late n, Otclns and Texas unDcrs
and among them the Picayuno of,ho2 90 ulf., from
which we CLEAN tie following inlorca..n; nows
from Mexico.
The I. s. Revenue Cutter Woodbury. arrived
/ at N. Orleans on the 10Th ult, in five days from
Vera Cruz, with Mr.. Ellis, late minister to Mcxi-
60. and the following American citizens who were
attached to the Santa Re expedition, and who have
recently recovered their liberty: David sniycly,
T. a. Su'iy, J. i. Houghtang, T. S. Dorrcy, /.
e. Howard, II. r. buchanan, and Geo. wilkins
Kendall, liberated on The 2lstof April, the day on
which Mr. Ellis took his inal leave of Santa Ana
and :. u. Sheldon, A. Adams, and John Tomy-
ilins, liberated On the -7,h April, through the in
tefyaniion Of Gen. Thompson, the new minister.
ut the time rno Ws~dS,"y sailed IFon Vera
'7'o|' Mc To"Ho OF yellow lever was raging there
va" cohS'aeTaoie violence although somewhat
uu'''' III consequence @. Tue prevalence OF north
wy "'u''' Du'i'''Ss VI an xmas was extremely
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.'''y '''oVOo00 Il, Specie ueS'lheu p''hcipa''y
~ 'o'"' % ou, N'''0ic'" cues anu Hu'oP''
nv ''4y VI "'"'' qua hou ocor seriously H.
'"' H' '''' 'd''S' "ceou"s was coiNaeSeeHt' ono IS
'tP'esch"a rs 'h'Su''ap'c Wohiai' ana Warmly IN
iaNo' VI NC l''~s'o % an 'eNah prisoners
Mr. hehd'" was KEPT III confinement at Tue
HosllHI OF Gan LaZaro uhui Tue Ioth oil ApnL
"iien ne was taken TO santiago, under al escort
OF Is men, and there placed in chains On the
@lsi the order was given for his release, as well az
for that of Su''y and Iioward.
Sixteen Of the Santa Fc prisoners, claiming
English and German projections were liberated on
the l7th APRIL.
Cfthe Texan prisoners now confined in MeSi-
CO, some one hundred Of them are still atthe con-
vent Of Santiago, where, with the very important
exceptions that they are in chains and are taken
on! to work in the ss,, they are well treated. At
Puola the treatment of the Texans, some seven
y.ayc in number, is far different and worse They
are confined in the criminal ioil with over 49} Of
the baqcst convincle, and, although not now as
formerly chained TO them, are still kcptin the same
ward, covered with every spcccsof ycrnin, poorly
clad and worse fed The men arc employed in
the town and vicinity cleaning bitches and sewers
and other dirty work, and their situation is trustv
| deplorabIc In comparison with those at Puebla
the Texans confined in the castle of Peroo may
bo said to he well of, but still they are in one of
the coolest and most disaerceable places in Mcxi.
CO, ana confined in receptacle which contains
some Of The vlles villains Of the country. who. al.
though not in the same rooms are still in the same
building. Some haIfo dozen Texans are confined
IN the NIest hole IN Mexico, the Acmaoda, along
with some Observation-Disclosures ihousands-olt the
worst criminals in the city. The balance OF the
Texan prisoners, who are mdisposcd, are coniacl
in different hospitals at Mexico and Pucba, whore