Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-04-21
From The N. o. Picayune, April 5th.
THE MIER PRISONERS,

THE MIER PRISONERS.
Particulars of their ESCAPE and subseouen
recGpiure-Deah of Brennan and Fit=ger.
dld-Retease ofyoung Crittenden. yes.
terday received a letter from an English gent.
leman in Mexico, giving more full particulars
Of the escape Of the Texan prisoners taken al
Mier, and also Of their subsequent recapture.
The same letter, in addition, furnishes US with
the melancholy intelligence of the death of DR..
Brennan and Archibald Fitzgerald, both Of
whom were on the Santa Fe expedition.
Ii seems that on reaching Saado, a small
town some fifty leagues from San Luis Potosi
the Texans with the exception Of some eight
or ten of their number, resolved upon attack
ing their guard. The attack was made, aud
after short and severe struggle, in which
BRENNAN and Fitzgerald were killed, the Tex
ans succeeded in overpowering the Mexican
soldiers. They then took their arms and hurs-
es, and commenced retreat by the same
route taken by Col. Jordon and his men on
former occasion.
large body of Mexican troops were i'm
mediately sent in pursuit, aud after forced
marches, were enabled TO come up with the
Texans IN mountain pass. The latter, finding
themselves surrounded on all sides, were again
forced To lay down their arms and surrender al
discretion. This is the amount of the news
! received at Mexco-more full particulars of
the recapture of these unfortunate men had
not tranSpred.
The news of their recapture reached the
city Of Mexico, by express, and it was stated
but we can hardly credit the report, that the
Texans murdered a Mexican officer while on
their retreat from Salado. When this inte-
gence reached Gen. Bravo he Immediately sent
on an order to Gen. Meia, who had charge of
the prisoners, to the effect that they should at
once be declmated and shot as an atonement
This order Mcjia demonstrated against and re-
fused to execute, declaring the Texans had
committed no crime deserving a fate so cruel
On the arrival Of Santa Anna at the city of
Mexico, he Immediately sent on an order to
shoot all the TerGns-ihus to remove the dil-
ficulties as to the selection of the victims. On
learning this, Gen. Thompson is understood to
have promptly demonstrated with Santa Anna,
and through his instrumentalIty the order TO
put all The prisoners to death was revoked -
The original order To decimate them was then
sent on. There are strong reasons to believe
that after Santa Anna had despatched cour-
Ter with the latter order he relented, and had
sent still another courier to coumermand it
We sincerely hope ii arrived in season To save
the lives o the unfortunate men. Admitting
that Mexican officer was killed bv the Tex
ans, IN cold blood, as is alleged, the act was
probably committed by some one of them, and
the rest should not suffer in consequences; and
however much Santa Anna and her officers
might have been exasperaied on first learning
the circumstance, second thoughts, and the
earnest remonstrance of Gen. Thompson, and
probably the English minister must, we
think, have induced him 10 change his mind.
1t is said that Fitzgerald and BRENNAN were
first TO make the attack upon the guard, and
died herocally in the struggle for liberty. We
knew them well, and drawer or more chival-
rous spirits have never lived The latter has
a large circle Of relatives and friends in this
vicinity; the former has several brothers now
officers in the British army. twin brother
OF his was killed in an attack upon the Chinese
at Canton while in command of an English
man of war.
George Vaness, Thomas Hancock, MeIvern
HeErill, and Simeon Glenn are also confined
at Iecubaya. They were taken at San Anto-
mo IN September last, with Fitzgerald, and as |
the latter was being sent to Mexico with Fish
er's men at the time of the rescue, il is more
than probable that Van Ness and his compan-
IONS were also III the same company. What
disposition OF the above prisoners will be made |
time only can tell. Tacubaya is a very healthy
and pleasant place, and some OF the Santa Fe |
prisoners sent there 10 work on the road were
well treated by the inhabitants.
We are pleased to learn that Santa Anna. |
as personal favor to Gen. Thompson, has re-
leased Judge Hutchinson, and Messrs. Maver-
lex and w. E. Jones. He has also ordered
the release OF young Crittenden, son of the
Hon John j. Crittenden of Kentucky, at the
iniercesSion of Gen. Thompson. There are
many bright traits in Santa Annals character,
and we record these new acts of his clemency
with pleasure.