The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-12-04
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The FLOWING u,rs vhrh ~e Gud in Tho
Pgayons cf he Sch ull airc.a pc,aely clear
and connected scccunt Of the affair:
Or ANro> = z,uno,1
Oct. i3lb, SO.
GcnHcm.n We are on tie eve
Of another attack on Alvalado. At
3 O'Clock, This afternoon, Commo-
dore Conner issued orders for the
sailing Of the squadron, (rrigatcs
Cumberland and Raritan cxcepted)
for the mouth of the Alvaraao river.
Tie Commodore took command of
the expedition in person, making use
OF the steamer Vixen as his flag slip
for The occasion. One o'clock To-
morrow morning is the hour fixed for
getting under weigh, and already The
steamers Mississippi, Vixen, and Nc
Lane are firing up. Besides these
vessels the force consists Of tie rev.
cnuc cutter Forward, scLooners
Refer, Petrol, and Bonita, and prize
schooner Nonata. This latter YES.
sci was recently captured from the
Mcxicans, and was formerly the A
merican schooner Bell, out of YOUR
port. She now mounts four 42-pound
carronades.
Oct05er lG.---Our sailing orders
for the morning of the l4th were
conntermanded in consequence of
It's blowing too fresh for operations
-occasioning a delay of the expo
dltlon for twenty-four hours. We
sailed, however, at o'clock, a. NJ,
yesterday, but | regret to say that
we arc all at anchor again to-day,
and ,7Irayad0 Is get in p,sSeSsiDn IF
he NeTi ans.
You were pleased 10 call tie for
mer attack on Aivarado an abortion,
and suppose you will not be spar
/ ing Of hard names for the present
failure; but ! trust that when YOU
examine the facts Of the case, YOU
will understand that it is owing to
the inel.iciency Of &c means at the
disposal Of Com. Conner, and to the
natural delences of the place itself,
rotLor ,l'nn - ~. ,ra,, ar Lii Ill" ~
conr,,.o ~, -, ~ oriaoll orn - "
anI s,7,(,,or+ - -. .i ~ 81, 10y" ~ Ply
Irnicr lie co,oyIr ~" ''''' '"''
W. ,.oro y"iI.;n tom =, nos orn.
mouth of the river at daylight, and
| stood slowly into shore. IL heinz dad
oa,,,,I,o Ni,on o,I ,r.I ' amr 49,.
;nr ,,o so,oo,ar. 49, rI;a.:.s ~"
ar9eLorcd # Iong.sbo, Instances dnd
commenced lie, Grc IN - ,I;s
l;,ra crc,,,,,'''l .,,,'ca,.d i ~ ' e.
rorohlo for a." sncross Of ,Loo oyr ~
Ili,;,, Tberc MINI, = La,,.,. snirol
ON fin hortLo Mats lccI;noJ t,l';na.
fin ,cesnIs o,,r Tho ConnoJorS'
no,t;,o, - a.. W III. no nnat
/ ,rg'n 1orno cllro,.;na nossoJ H.. ~
Cart caoL yessaI rr ZIP, w. hraa3s ;Ja
,s eho ran,oJ .Lcod ,ri,b Lrt E,,io
effect Lo1eyor. ou';rc, 70 iLc d;s
,9ncc A lana, cicI,cc29 IN tLc For
usrl cont , slof 'NJ;,ccnr ;mto tho
. !rlt. This moycD,nt wac rcucatcd
| with hotter eucccss tlc distances no.
/ ;ng IesscnCJ and o15in tIc I,,rvara
made a most beautiful slot In tho
meantime thc nj;ssiss;uri had closcd
mn and was cvnIodiro Ter Poivbans
about fine heads or tie 6Icxiconsi in
\ wov that n,nst bovo ,naIc so,no ~
them see moro Stars ,Ion tLc Lord
rvcr NAL. Ono sIot Crom bcr d.
~ or,toI hoo,.,. cnr IS ttc;rs rro,,
a s,crL.lp. ,h;s ,ncy soon rcmeiicd
lint tbus ,or al MIR shat Ind al
L., shor, Du,;rr ,bo ,norn;no, Gov.
craI Of orr boots sonnlcI within half
a ,n;Ir or tho C,rt roco;,;na tIo cro
IF tho cncmv With nc m,cL 2mnnn;,v
40 inl;Gcrn1cc rio swcll en- ~,
liar Loyinr somewhat subsidrd al
o,r,ocL ,5c line Of attorl WAS co,r
cd rs C'llows. steamer V;vcr Nac
shin. towjnr rrn bon,s Rrcrey and
Ioni,o. sfSomer McI,mp tow;nr
Lc Nonatp cnttcr TorworI and on9