Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26
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n iaanest, wF lnhfn t%Hiihft ptittruliIs 10 rn-
Mlai,nn to tHItt"il sbitrly 3 fsDfdft,bu. /
twill he oI,asfs"i II Tho aeton 1ta e,sph Il
II The late engagement. ihnt the Itkmns
Ali~plnyea thni tul,taEa anil hnuuH n,tv " bel
.tt,s ever characterized the Anglo ST. ,stf
Stane. what IL Contrast II presented 20 ,hi'
@atla,r, and over ltta been presented. dung
n he uatfnf" ii tltpasf ttd tiatiph4, between
Il he honor Na' Htdk tiattntty If h one, md
Nllth tfentl,ptY :, The tnHatlite. ilta Geld.
Sblooied c,nrlty ot the other. The iitlli
Ngspeer shya. tIliV" ttt,tfstsa'iHn Ftttt \. u.
u Ihnckleiotd. laia IL I ~}tiltiunl $nttflY . par.
Ttv, that ~, tbs mpfn'Hg HTilth 3Dit ofJune
4 last. we wprr u, the AfHanshs aliuvs the
Htfoss,ng. - l'i's,'l II Af'r'ln's party md
hunting tor t,fpvi~if,'s, va 'ntnr nl,vn n
Npafty Of M,Attnh spics, 100 strong. wht
Il wete out IN pun sull ~ nui party. AItei
b Finding that they were hiakicnns. Cob. War.
n t,"II pas despatched onward Ia frepnuottrr,
10 ascertain who they were. and what wete
htielr Intentions, At The same tins tIry
Etthe Mexcansj despatched n Mes'can VIII
Nat,nltB English, 10 meet Cob w. ! siar
3tl,ey were within spdakins distance II eaeIi
either. The Mes,ran asked who they were 7
aCol. w. replied that they were Texans.
The Mexican said 1.-The | suppose you
Einteud fighting ~ And Col. Waf6eld re.
Rplled nti,tmatlvely, and each fstnrnad IL
Hiha,r several p%attios. A d az tho Mex.
'ean despatch returned to his own party,
8thry immediately en'fnuehed themselves
lin n small f%avtun, whnfs they ills" placed
Mtl,h,t miles. This whs before Tho Tsxihpa
chad reached nsnrer than Two milss Of The
Mexican force. The Texans lien di=eoy.
1 cred that some of the Mexican officers
! were attempting &c, oscnpe ; whefeupon
Z they lmnie f,atsIy charged upon the Mex
Jeans. Two Of three vollsy Of TILES were
Exchanged between them. The. TEXANS
hind two hetses killed. but no then. The
4 Mss'eans had eiehteen 'ren killed on the
lgfouud. aud ma many innte wopndea, one
g,f thnm d,ed afterwards. and capturing the
remainder Of the party. arms, ammunition,
Ihotass, baggage, DC. They kept The pr.
annefs Until the 9Th June, when they were
El,berated On their rmfole Of honor. they pro.
! missing never again to fight against lie
aI'esians. They were allowed, saeh woip
aded man n mule tn ride and The entire
hpnfiy twn horses TO chase the buffalo, and
40 guns 10 defend themselves ~ The vii
dnfness-nnd MI tho provisions that the
Texans could possibly sp,te.
4 AHrrsr or rarerR-Revefend Up
Ennckus a Methodist preacher. belonging 10 The
aOneida Conference. was arrsstedon FRIDAY In
the own Of Gates. ~ q charge Of furgtng tWe'
zs,olrs to the amount Of %l4D0 on one of ths
thanks Of Utica. The prisoner II appears has
Ebern residing for two years past IN the VII
slhpe OF Shsrpufne, Ctsnango county, where
she was engaged N tue duties Of bis probes
asIon. Abouttl 10 l.t Of June he committed
4 he forgery, aud fearing detection he cshie
Fsutne weeks after ts the town 81 Gates, IL
IN this county. As soon as the forgery was
discovered, il letter wis addressed to hsa
gspfsgue, Of tins city describing bis portion,
aud informing him that the wife Of Backus
lad received IA lst.sr from her husband post.
Emafked "Gates.' E
i Officer Wilkinson, accompanied by G.
1 Fielding, immediately repaired to that place
! IL was ascertain thHt HHGkue had fn1isd at The
I post office for a letter mud was expected thsfe
Sbyaln al The arrival of the next mail. The
/ officers concealed themselves IN a wood n6af
the supposed place Of his concsalnent, Che
Ibouee Of Joel Baldwin, about eight miles
IRON Tho city, where they remained nh night
EIn the morning they appr61endea Nun.
1 About no IN money WAS found on his person.
aud soine unrmportaht papers. He confessed
sthat he committed tho forgery, md gave M q
treason for doing 80 that he was deeply in7ois
ucd and wishedao exlrichte himself.
I About $1,000 OF tbs money hnd boon paid
Ito his creditors, and the remaining SfO0 ex@
pended N lottery tickets, by meatis Of which
she hoped 10 obtain sufficient funds to cancel
sthe notes when duo. In his trunk was found
skoma thirty OF forty pages N manuscript inf-
f]porttup to be All account Of his life, winch he
intended to flush and then surrender htmarlt
to Justice. He let imf Utica on Friday eve.
snng- Rochrstcr DcmocrM ef Saturday.
! A FEARFUL SCENE ON THE DELAWARE
F--O1r correspondent at the Cape May ~.
forms ua that n most fearful arc'dsnt &c.
sclrrcd TO the steamboat Sun on Saturday
INST. She left the city nj The tue, n7lal
hour in the morning, with bctwf2h SIXTY
Eand seventy passengers. The r4'ly part
aof IN day was stormy and nnF'eIsnnf' ana
/ thus the Trip was by n" mnfli7 agreeable.
Edwards mid day, hpwcvr.+, The ran cta7,
cd !al tng, npd tbr prospect brcnme nor {
sch, eff.I That boat rachrd Bombay
eHook, Two thirds Of the way, 'bo.t one
10 clock, when tic bell was rung for din,
sner, and the passengers INN dtutcIy drs
Hcended 10 the cabin with 10 h,lIe enger
II So. They were b"s''.y engaged III tn
gmcal when they wcr q startled ~ "A ~IIeraen
I dous shock, as If the steamer l1aC F'1rgcc
zagainst some other vcs~cI~ IMo alarm
was great, Of course, but II .was b GINNING
Sio .,.oside when a3oth"r I'gI''tu' crasI
was heard and fell. lerfcr S"iz'd "p't
Balmost every one ob Board, lne. %'nlf"S
was general that III" boIir'~ BAD "l>h~
sexploded ot were about TO explode. and In
Nscera Of cunfuston and dren.hY h'chn''
7CeaFf1l. ~ Is yer the CAST IA such *
Ncasitn3, many Of the females seemed Ia
II less terrified than tn" males, "f at le"H
%lhnv we've far mere resigned I" any Dr. 40
Efll fate tina, mi2ht be at hard. 1t VI"
u 3oon ascerlaneI that the crank OF The en-
ae.ne had snapped a-tender, and, that 'hi
Z disaster had been succeeded by the almns
s,o,al disorganizaticn Of tn" machinery
THE engine, indeed, was a compl'se wreck
xand il was altogether Pr"y'dcntial that n
Al,yes were lost. The Trenton. soon -.nad
gher appearance. aqd the. mom".n nj the sit,
3 a,ion of the Sun was dc. covered she has
,Eened to her ASST ance, The passengr,