Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-04-22

TIM LAST pEFAtbfHH==nY The raprU
which reached town on Sunday tie ihteIlt4
senee was bretg'tt that Iatol, Shipttati. If, the
| confidential travelling agent ai the banks and
hfuitefs hntWaen New York and philatla lphia,
had ahstenHei. 1t was supposed At first that
he was httirleted but when It Was fDtiili rtit
that he had only run away. 10 give interest To
The event 1t was stated that lie had carried nt
| with him funds to the amount 1T from III 10000
10 At9u.nnn Ky the mail Of Yesterday il
would appear that THE amount fat eAefrds any
| loss vet known f. have been incurred by llint
| The laiest calculation Is. that kn rah,af have
carried IA ggsan,nuM. OF. al The very outside,
100000 or THE al,ni n lH,nM belonged to
the Union Bank VI New York: It was eent nt
to Philadelphia 10 he retoineh. but was inatead
exchanged by ahihnan Tor Treasury notes.
| lie disappearance is ettll very mysterious. rs
he has again and again had it IN bic power to
| carry off ten times The amount he has now
taken. and The opportunity would have Rfahas
bly, occurred again. LoWtds Ut New York.
started of after the rogue. but git ing him for
" etul' hours advantage IN the chHae. II was
Of course presumed that such etls would be
mitch fof the thiefstatefs
YtrArAN-400 Mo- 1iueA=The
Trepie of Friday contains the fellow ing i'm.
p~erlant intelligence,
GEN. I.EMua, the traitor, formerly III toft4
mahd Of the inratah forces, had been placed
at the head Of the tfners. 1000 IN number,
and landed At Telthat, for The suhiueatlon Of
futatah TelehRe In a small village on The
Northern coast Of ineataf, one hundred and
sixty miles from CaHtpeaehy. and thirty miles
from Merida. II wss presumed that I.amus
was SO well acquainted with the country,
that he wauld experience but little d ltitulty
III making his way 10 The interior. although II
Wag vel known that Gen Lfefga. with .,5Du
Yutatears. hastily gathered together, had do.
'ennined to oppose his sdvanee.-All proper
preparations having been made. LemuH look
up his line Of march from Telehae towards
Merida, The road, It seems, was a strange
enc, shirted on each ei.ie with low swampy
srouhd. Llergo, with his force. fetreated,
until The MeSitans hand advanced 10 small
eighteen mica from Merida. where he
attacked the enemy most unexpectedly. in
front and in rear. with extraordinary tlgnf.
The MesieanH. for a short period defended
themselves with unusual bravery. aud were
slaughtered in large numbers, More than
four hundred fell on the field. and the
tsiiN WYNN 'SiaEt ~ y stShS SuhsAtls Hih
'neh other buildings as promised protection.
less Of the fueatecos waa comparatively '
lutte small
About The time the Rosario left Campeaehy.
he report reached that place, that beyond al
the entire Mexican teree would he ar-
INFLATED, aa all chance OF retreat had been
at off, aud their situation in every particular
vas most pefilous,
The Q frnm the fleet Ia likewise quite I
Interesting, The schooner Sisalaana, mount
'g four guns, had been surrendered to the :
'ampeehanos.-She wss manned with thirty. {
even mep, who with the officers. The Capt. /
lone excepted, determined to desert from I
he MeNieans. The Captain wss put ashore. r
nd the schooner was delivered 10 Captain ,
'oylan by the luitenant. !
AT Laguna, a few days previous to the =
ailing Of the Rosario, - Of the crew Of the
rheoner Eagle deserted, and assertions from Z
II the vessels were most frequent,
The whole Mexican fleet ia described to
{ in . most miserable condition. aud has :.
cen probably totally disheartoned by the de. =
Of the MeSieans IN the interior. Their I
tc will be sealed on the arrival Of Com. :,
Ioofc. "