The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-25
The Mexican War.
INCIDENTS ETC. OF THE WAR.

INCIDENTS ETC. THE WAR.
Intelligence was received ct hatcher Monday last
OF the fate OF Lieut. Ezra r. Price, who in company with
two other United States Volunteers hal left Camargo
some weeks since to join the command Of General
that the bodies Mr. Price and his two
found lying in the grass distance from the road lead
ing from Camargo to Monterey, completely riddled with
bullet holes The bodies of seventeen Mexican soldiers
were lying scattered around them Mr. Price the
brothsrinaw OF Lewis Sanders Jr Of hatcher and
associated with him in the practice of the law When
the requson made upon the of Louisiana for
volunteers he enrolled himself in the Sparrow Guards
ANA % "a
siana volunteers he determined still to devote himself
to The cause Of his country and Camargo
As he and his two armed with revolving
pistols is supposed that they must have killed the
venteen Mexicans in a most desperate encounter
Among those who at Monterey gave their lives to their
country and their honor and memory to their family and
friends, not fell worthy of remark, and more
truly regretted than Lieutenant John Chapman Terret
of the first infantry He entered the army in 1889 and
served in Florida until 1884, when he proceeded with his
Missouri he remained until his company was ordered ia
Mexico and there he has nobly died soldiers death
Se NO the asr gallant
There has never been one more truly beloved by all
who knew him than the subject of these remarks Ami.
able, generous, warm-hearted and intelligent he pos
sessed beyond most men the Of attaching to him
by the warmest ties of friendship, all who thrown
int his company long enough to overcome Ito
strangers) which natural to him. He was promis-
ing young officer and surpassed in knowledge Of his
procession Dy none oil rank the fact.
would scarcely be saying too much to say that many
equalled him.
Lieut. Terrett was native of Fairfax county, Virginia
and brother of Capt B. A. Terrett LIST regiment Of
goons, u. A., who accdeny shot himself the west.
ern frontier lat Fort sco about eighteen months since
hand Another brother still remains in the service Of his
country as an officer in the marine corps and if this
ter is honestly Though feeblyI portraved bv sns Who
knew him most intimately.
1t has previously been stated that the Rev. Mr. Nc
Queen who had been deprived of his ministerial charge
for marrying his deceased sister had been restored
to the communion Of the church. and to the exercise
the gospel ministry by the preshytery of Fayetteville;
synod of North Carolina The synod have had the long
disputed case before them and by vote of 81 10
ty although very small have determined to carry the
case up the next general assembly, where suppose
It VIII be finally decided, and with it the interesting
question which it involves.
In Beverley the india rubber shoe manufactury wit
wooden tenement occupied as shoe mandatory ad-
Wednesda evening The loss IS estimsted at about
$500, on which there was no insurance
BRUrAL MURpER.-A most outrageous murder was
committed Dade county in this state. the body
~. Shirley Tsdale. Seven young scoundrels went to
his house at nigha portion of them secured his wife,
while others seized and carried Tsdae some distance
from the house. where they beat and bruised him until
he became senseess and unable to get homo that
night He died few days after. The object of the
from bringing some Of them to justice on account of
their i'll treatment of his wife, few days before the
lad
been arrested the given in the Springfield
advertiser, in which these facts are detailed.
ARMr MAhs-We learn from the postmaster Of this
city. that the mail which brought over from Point
Isabel on the james L. Day, when she had the news
the battles OF Monterey, consisted of twelve thousand
letters The mail made up to go by the McKim last
letters, besides papers, SC, innumerable The Office of
postmaster at Point Isabel is sinecure-neher is 4,
here.-N. o. Pic.
[From the New Orleans Picayune Oct 1871
The steamer Laclede arrived Yesterday from
ST. Louis reports the steamboat Julia at Island No "a
having board 100 mounted men, Col Kearney in com.
Naval Intelligence.
From the New Orleans Pcayune, Oct Is
U. s. NAVY YARD, Pensacola,
October IL, 1916
On Saturday night, the 10th inst, bstw' en- and 0
o'clock the w. s. steamer Gen. Tay or fire aongside
the wharf Of this yard and in short time burnt to the
waters edge Great exertons made by the officers
and mechanics OF the yard to the boat About
men, with three engines and abundance of hose were
kept at work for about hour and half but all to no
purpose The flames prevailed and the boat considered
total loss Her engine may be of some value but h,
must be much damaged by the fire.
There are many conectuIes as to how the fire occur.
diary as MIR Alexander one of the engineers this
caon took unusual to put out all the fires next
boat The loss to Uncle' will be from twelve
teen thousand dollars, and the saying it, mo insu-
rance"
The U. s. frgate Potomac is in daily expectation Of
going to sea. her destination being Vera Cruz.
we are hourly expecting the steamer Princeton at this
port from Chagres and the John Adams and Falmo
from Vera Cruz II is said that the Falmouth will return
to the North and 60 out of commission
We have been visited at this yard for a month past
with fever called by variety of neutrality-suspicious.
congestive, bilious malignant fevera relation
Yellow Jack. Our chaplain, Mr.. Alden Miss Lynch and
several others have died of it. The sick improv
ing There are about 40 patients in the hospital
near this place.
P. s. The frigate Potomac goes to sea tomorrow.
Instructions have been received at the Washington Ma
Wy Yard to get the steamer Water Witch ready for
service Immediately. She is probably destined the
Rio Grande.
Orders have also been issued the Commander Of the
Portsmouth Navy Yard to have the frigate St
renee launched, and fitted for with all possible des-
patch. This smells gunpowderish.
Affairs In Santa Fe.
From the st Louis Republican, Oct III
All September to his friends in Clay county that Gen
Kearney had left with portion Of the troops for the
southern towns on the Del Norte and would be gone
fifteen or twenty days.
Meantime Colonel Doniphan " was left in command
temporary governor military and civil" " In addition
10 other duties" he says" Willard p Hall and my sell
are arranging the government etc. trying to get the
machine in operation"
tits avery arduous matter-the laws are all in Span
nish and every thing is done through interpreter and
there is much in the laws conflicting with consu-
ton, to be altered.
The officers and citizens of the department for all the
counties above and around here have in and taken