The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-06-20
From the " o. Della, ofthe 31st.
LATEST FROM MEXICO.

From the W o. Della, efMe 3lst.
LATEST FROM MEXICO.
The Pert of Vera Cruz Blockaded-
the Po,oers of American Consuls An
mulled-Americdns ordered to the in
terror Of the County--Eforts Of The
Government TO sustain The War, 8.c.
The barque Thetus, Capt. Merrill,
from Vera Cruz arrived here last even.
ing. We received papers by her from
the city of Mexico to the 18th, and
from Vera Cruz to the time of her de-
parture. She sailed on the 3Oth inst.
We learn verbally from Capt. M. that
the U. s. steam frigate Mississippi ar
rived at Vera Cruz on the 18th, with
the news of the battles Of the 9th and
9th instant. Care was taken to keep
it from the Mexicans, though it is
thought the fact of their defeat might
have leaked, and did leak out.
The Mississippi and Falmouth had
blockaded the port of Vera Cruz. Or
ders had been received from the city of
Mexico, directing all Americans to
leave Vera Cruz by the Oath inst. Mr..
DImond, the Consul, was preparing to
go on board one Of the U. S. vessels
of war. 1t was generally thought that
the American vessels left in port (the
barque Louisiana and the brig Helen
McLeo0 would be seized by the Mex
leans.
The contractor of supplies for the
American squa dron, had been forbid
den by the Vera Cruz authorities to
fu. nish them with more.
The Thatus was boarded off the har-
Dor Of Vera Cruz by the U. S. ship
Falmouth, and took letter bag from
her.
LATER FROM TEXAS--MURDER
OF FOURTEEN AMERICANS.
The New Orleans Picayune, Of the
Cd inst, contains the following intel
ligence:
The steamship New York arrived
yesterday about / O'Clock, in 80 hours
from Galveston. The only news from
the army she brings, we find in the Gal
weston papers, communicated by the
sloop Tom Jack, which arrived on
Thursday from Corpus Christi. She
left Aransas Pass on the o5th ult., at
which place the steamship Sea had
just arrived from Point Isabel. On
board the Sea were Mr.. McCleister.
supposed to have been killed in Capt
Walkers scouting party, Lieut.. Hum
phreys, and Mr.. Rogers. McCleister
was severely wounded, and supposed
by the Mexicans to be dead. He was
subsequently found in the chapparal,
and taken 10 Matamoras, where he
was well treated and recovered from
his wounds.
The wounded men had been remov-
ed from Point Isabel TO St. joseph's
Island, aid were all doing well.
a party of our Dragons, as previ-
ously stated, had pursued the retreat
ing Mexicans from Matamoras, overtak-
ing party of them, taking thirty pris
oners, besides killing number in the
skirmlsh. Ilis said that Gen. Taylor's
army are encamped mile from the
city, and that the soldiers are not per-
mitted to enter the town.
The most distressing news is the
murder of party Of fifteen Americans,
including two women and a child, be-
tween Point Isabel and Corpus Christi,
by party Of Mexicans, exceeding in
coid-booGed cruelty any of the previ-
Gus atrocities Of these savages. 1t ap-
pears that party Of fifteen, OF whom
Mr.. Rogers spoken Of above was one,
left Corpus Christi for Point Isabel on
the Cd or Sd ult. They arrived at the
Little Colorado just previous to the
battle Of the 9Th ult., where they were
surprised bya company OF Rancheros,
and being overpowered by numbers,
were induced by Mericans PROMISES,
to surrender as prisoners of war. Mol
sooner had these blood-thirsty dogs OBJ
tained possession of their arms, than
they stripped and robbed their victims,
bound them beyond the power Of re-
sistance, and having ravished the wo-
men before their faces, cut all their
throats, one 6end performing the horri-
bic butchery. Rogers saw his father
and brother butchered before him in
this terrible manner before his own
turn came, and his own escape was
owing TO thefact, that while the
wound upon his throat wasnot fatal,
he had the presence of mindto feign |
himself dead, and was accordingly,
with all the balance, thrown into the
Colorado, where he managed TO es-
cape unseen, and swan to the other
side Of the river. Thence he subse-
quently made his way to the Rio Grande
was taken prisoner, sent to the hospital
in Matamoras, and, after the battle, ex-