New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-06-06
I,,ror,auf from Caxnpeachy.

peachy, brought by the schooner Rosario. 1t
seems that Commodore MOORE OF the Texan
Navy, has had an engagement with the two
Mexican r-steamerg-wiicii resulted III his
withdrawal from the action, without any decided
victory on either sdc--so far at least as appears
at present. TO the Commodore !imself--to say
nothing of the Republic to which he belongs
the affair, especially It's result, was Of decided nm
portance. lie entered into il III direct violation
of the peremptory commands OF his Government,
and nothing but success can save lIlm rom sum
mary and severe punishmcntif he return--which,
however, hc would not be likely TO do. Should
he prove completely victorious he would probably
be able to set at defiance President Houston, put
himself at the head of the opposition party and
become his successor in the Presidential chair.
The following is the letter in the i'icayune, giving
the account Of the action. 1t is written by one
of the officers on board the Texan vessel Whar-
ton, and must be received, therefore, the most
favorable side of the story:
Or CA,rEsciiy May IL, lSi3.
At III o'clock, on the morning Of the 10th, Com Moore
made signal 10 attack the enemy, then about mile aud
ball TO "hdwaId, rather seward OF THIS
answered, aud brought long Tom bear on tn
StEdnlef pualaoup-i the commodore at The
gaging the Monezuna The acton here continued not and
heavy FOR about hours changing position hu yer,
j,ttie, and the occasionally hauling off repair
damages or probably 10 Try and get NJ suc distance
would BE- too great for shot but they shortly after
wards reutued to the fight induced to believe ttey
haue oil repair damages. On of these occasofs
when the MontezuIns, after receiving bn5k FIRE from t,
Commodore, hauled of and stood assay, the Corsmodcre
hndIng himself within ang also OF the Guadporpe opened
his lie hey, aud with the first shot carried eI sig
nal staff winch dIorped gracefully ever her lali,a The
sea breeze about this time spraHg up, aud Inc Bt
became seneiatbe Commodore engaging tie M0atezuJaa
and our little beauty the Guadaoure.
The action now, wei! the day became very io; slot
flew around direction. OF tie
least effect while OF, shot am sure must have done u,-
damage We have beeG able ascertain
taiDty, but all are of opinion board that damaged t
machinery Of the Gaudalouie very materially One hias
certain she eNeloed IN er steam Tor TINE
and was seen afterwards TO work wit wheel hh9u
halfpast T. NJ, the attention Of the seemed III
srctcd 10 the Commodore, anJ they src deisueu
shot although We kept NJ very DISK 1r el both About
= O'Clock oi blown b7 tie tli
at which he engaged He WAS Iauiing home he
Judge, and the captain OF gur seeing at aua
1ie, fired, and blew the pieces From tis
o'clock, the action became general aad very hot, The Com
modore receiyeteycra Shot in la, n,il and bulvarks
At the steamer, hauled oil and tn Commodore having ::
received shot between WIND and wNer, Which caused his
vessel to leak much shipand stood bac 10 anchor
age He made signal for It's also towitdmw om the
We gave the Ciuadaloupc parting followed ia
thc wake Of the ship Al cam. anchor of Campeaciy
where We learned that the ship had received fifteen shot
She shat IN almo., every direction below and io e,
what Miraculous did lose sngle spar She had
two killed and twenty-five w0Uutcd among the latter
Lieut. Wilbur and Md,lpmon Bryp.t A ru,rber ,f am
puta,ons have taken pacca great PITY be!ios VI brayer
trod deck.
Itwa, with great reluctance We withdrew from tie ac.
ton but the magazine of the flagship had % inches OF
IT, and they mad powder was us-cs, remain
target Tor the enemy The Mexicans seemed very clad that
The days work had terminated they did laat the e,
sfs.rt To follow UP the engagement
The loss or their side be very great, a, the com.
OF the action. their decks With men
am qne confident that ife action had lasted one hour len
andy rnuI1 al, H..
we would have captured them"
The Plcayune says that Com. BoyiaI, though in
sight of the contcnding parties, kept safe dis
lance from their shot, and the gallant band OF
Texans had to rely on their own unaidcd valor IN
their contest with the enemy. Another account,
however, says Captain Boylan acted most noblv
an the hottest and thckes of the fr,,y-hc and his
gun boats stuck TO Commodore Moore as closely
as mortar adhercs to brick, and that no, a few of
the enemy fell to his well directed fires. On shore
the troops Of Yucatan and Mexico have not been
lde. They kept blazing" away at one another
ON the days of the 18th and 18th. The loss on
the side OF the Centrals was supposed to be great,
The fucatecos had only ten killed
1t is supposed that not less than sixty men were
killed on board the Guadaloupe and Montczuma
during the naval action.
The Extra Tropic OF the 9th contains a lone
Official account of the action by Commodore
Moore, which, as II is confined to the details and
particulars o: the manouvrcs of each vessel. w,
think 1t not worth while to copy. SO far as we
can Judge the Texan squadron does not seem 10
have covered itself 50 completely with glory as
Commodore Moorc's previous boasts intua,ed IL
would. The Texans admit they were the first to
retire from the combat, and their reception was
evidently more sharp and warm than they had
expected. We half suspect moreover. that the
Importance of the action has been considerably
magnihed BY the Texan accounts Campeachv
papers have bsNn ic1ciycG al New Orleans, hear
lng date ave days after the battle, and the notice
they take of it is very slight. The Texans
they say, conducted themselves IN the most gal
liant manner. Let the Gaudaloupe say the con-
trary. The Mexican squadron could no, long
continue 10 resist in spite of the advantages OF
numbers and discipline of vessels The Yuca.
tanese are no, usually modest in their pye,snsioaS
and ii the action had really been of the importance
claimed for it they would not have passed it over
with single paragraph. We publish the follow
ing letter from Com. Moore 10 the Editors OF the
Tropic. II he again get near them he is
confident he viii tell big tale IN few minutes
lie keeps Up good courage at all events:
TExA> SLoor,os~WNR AusrlN
On CampsaeSy May le, ISIS.
MsssR,. EpIroKs wroie yoa the III. INST. caclos
ing ycua cop, othc sueues Of the acoa q r Sch April
herewith, enclose copy Of the alate i acoE
Of the 10th ins,he wand lishi that wers
nearer thea mile and thrse-saarterS The advantage