The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-05-25


Trx,s ANN M,v,oo w IL, A., -,
AhAA' am ''hN'oo'-"e nave received ny inc way
OF New Orleans the following intelligence of high
IN interesting cb.rac,er H. IS rs ,,;,Ih.
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sra'heu WIN the peTuSal OF The letters from the 1T
tie navy of the Republic Onr dates are from Cam
,.,ob, On ,ba XII a.. 81
Peaohy III TIC o'h lust, ana Laguyra 10 the IL
The Mexican feet consisting of three steamers
,u,o hr;os ,,,,o soh 49, -. II c. -.
'"ooiia'' wv ''Hooncis anu ilVe transports, were
at anchor of Lerma
Minutes OF tho hct,on or Su,,. Anil IN
90 ~ " "S "P '
iExAs SLoor OF WAN AusTIr, ;
. ~ OFF CAMpEAcHy. APRIL 80.
Az a. NJ CARED az hands and piped the nam
mocks up-at . 80 called all hands up anchor, to
stand on until me sea breeze set mat 49, as the day
broke, the enemy move IN sight consisting OF the steam
ers MohteLuma' guns and GuaudalouPe, guns brlgs
fucateco, guns and Imam, guns scaooners Eagle,
guns, and Campechano, guns; were then standing
Tor the land ON the starboard tack the brig wharton in
company, with the wind about +. S. +. AT 8 So hove
the main-top san 10 asst to let the brig come up-a 40
hed away-o o0 tackled ship and stood for the enemy,
trying to get the weathergage of them-at SIS made
signal Tat hostei the Texan ensign at the peak
and mizen English and American ensign at FORE and the
broad ennan at the ain when the crews of both yes
sells gave three hearty cheers-made signal 90. At 10
the appeared to be aground set the fore
sail Att 10 the schooneTs Sisaeno and Independence
and five gun boats from Campeachy hove in sight stand
ing for us-a the same time the Monezuma succeeded
in getting off, when the enemys vessels round and
stosd for the 8, finding coming them too
fast At 30 the enemy and stood for us, hauling
up foresail-at 80 the enemy commenced firing at u.s.
struck u.s. At 80 manned our larbOard battery, and
exchanged five broadsdes with the enemys steamers the
sail vessel then on our sarboard bow the starboad
tack firing at u.s. At he enemys sail vessels tackled
to keep out OF our reach, when hove in stays and
fired our sarboard broadsde at them. At the brig
passed close under our lee, when Commodore Moore
dered her Commander to follow his motions. At TO-
manned the starboard battery, and exchanged three
broadsides with the steamers their shots passn over
At $40, the steamers and stood TO the s. to
join the sail vessels. At 49, finding shot did not
reach them ceased firing At 35 the schooners Sisale
and Ind nHnnn Id
by Commodore D Boylan, passed u.s. gave them three
hearty cheers which they returned hsy then tackled
and followed our motions the Independence wearing
the two quadrons At 40 beat the retreat and pped to
grog. AT 7. the land breeze dying away, came to
with the starboard anchor with springs on the chain
two homs water thirty iahoms chain the city of Cam
peche bearing s. E.. disaLt miles; piped to breakfast
At 80 nearly dead calm ships head & E. the enemv "a
squadron on our starboard beam the brig Wharton on
laboard beam the Yucaan vessels on our
quarter AIl rs the two steamers aDproached ms. beat
quarters-the Yucatan vessels ed firing upon
the enemy the fred shots them and
ussprung the ship with laboard spring bring
starboard battery bear the enemy. At III ~ light
breeze sprnging up from the N. and w. slipped the
anchor with 80 fahoms chain, putting slip.buoy on the
chain filled away on the starboard tack and exchanged
several broadsides with the steamers. At IL IS sixty.
eight pound shot from the Guadalupe the after
shroud of the mzzen rigging eight above the
dead eye Commodore Moore holding the shroud at the
tme) passed between Com. Moore and Lieut.. Gray
would have killed both of them but that the one dod
to the right and the other to he left passed through the
poopdeck into the cabin and passed the about
two feet above the Up l! 40 continued firing
at the enemy, but finding that shot did not reach
them, and they having the weathsrgage of u.s. kept
off Tor Campeachy the being completely exhausted
but in good spirits having been quarters and working
ship with scarcely any cessation nearly the whole of
previous twenty four hours At IL As Com Boylan sent
pilot board; IL Is the ship uck lightly but
tnued to ahead little; at IL 20 the brig Wharton pass
ed under Moore ordered her commander to
for Campeachy. At IL 3d. finding the ship remain.
ed aground made signal las brig Wharton 40 the
ship hoated, when we steered on course. Alp. M
ctea 6rpd chOtao h~b
but shot did reach them ceased firing when
the enemy's vessels hauled Of and stood the
JAMES w. MOORE, Secretary.
Texas SLooP Wan AUSTIN
Orr LERMA, May 5th, 1913. :
To THE EDITORS TRoPIc
We got out of the River Mississippi on wednesday the
10Th and the same afternoon made tracks for Techac
where learned the steamer MonteZuma alone.
On the 2lst April, commenced carrying out the
tances Of the Court Manufactured Frederick shep
herd and pardoped John w Williams who was sentenced
to receive fifty lashes with the CATS but strongly
mended to mercy 2d. carried into effect the sentence
in the case OF W. Darlington, one hundred lashes
with cats. 10TH carried into effect the sentence
in the case Of Edward Keenan, hundred lashes with
the cats, and informed the prisoners Antonio Landois
James Hudgins, Isaac Allen, and William simpson, that
the Court had sentenced them to deah and that they
would be hung at the fore yard the following day. at Me-
rdan which was carried into effect the 10th the time
appointed in lat % 81 NJ and Ion 80 10 ~ w. shall not
attempt to describe to you the preparation or feelings
on the OCCASION mad never seen man executed-the
brig Wharton was not in sight, and there never was
with better decorum and discipline. They evidently
thought that they would be pardoned to the last moment
and protested to their innocence in the murder of Lieut.
Fuller. the wounling Of either Of the midshpmen.
The bodies left hanging at the orey ard he ship
layingto with the foreopsa to the NASTY for one hour
during which time the crew got their dinner when thew
lowered deck and given to their messes for the
purpose of preparing them for interment and we filled
away our At 80 the ship ag ain hove to-
with the main top sail to mast and the bodies COM
mitted the Deep each one separately. The funeral
service was read by Thos p Ands rson surgeon Al g.
.dau On afr
sunset we hove-to off the village of Techac and the
next morning met the brig Wharton which vessel had
not been in company since the night we left the Baze
On the afternoon OF the 18th with the au
thoriies of sisa and learned that off TeIchac
day late for the Montezuma, she had gone to
Lerma and that the expedition landed Tslchac had ca
tulated the Yucatan troops the Oath April Filled
away for Campeachy at p NJ April 26th At sunset on
the afternoon Of the 29th we anchored within about is