Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-09-17

n letter IN the delta says
On the morning OF the Isl inst. about a ~
the wounded (some mortality were lying anoo
the boa, and shore. and il was generalv h.
lieved that the dead Cat least 5 or lC) had baae
thrown overheard. II SAID the Colonel Of n.
Georgia Regiment shot several OF his ows
men. ringeaders in the not.
The Captain Of the Georgia comma,
while resisting Col B.KgR ami his 20 hnq.
volunteers. was knocked down with the M,
Of musket. aud thus disabled in urring IN
his meD.
FATAL STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION An e,nlo.
sion occurred on board the steamboat Enta,.
prise. on the Rio Grauie This cas,;a,,y oe.
Cured little after daylight on the 2isi nh
about forty five miles above RcyTosa. Thers
We're over $50 persons on board, and many in
the immediate vicinity of and directly over III,
boilers, who were scarcely injured
/ FROM VERA CRUZ AND THE
GULF SQUADRON.
Toss Of The U s brig If wa Tyurtoa--
4 Her Cree taken Prisoners of Ww--.Gr.
,irai Of Saaia .dna in Tera Cru---pos.
session Of California by The U. s. Naval
Forces.
By the arrival Of the u S. Revenue
steamer Legare, al New Orleans, from
Vera Cruz the Mobile Tribune. saws The
Baltimore Sun, is in receipt Of letters from
their correspondents as late as the 29,h
ultimo.
q. S. Squadron,
| of Point .7atonio de Lismdo. .7ug 30
| The only event Of importance which
has TRANSFERRED OF late, is the loss OF the U.
s. brig Truxton. on the bar Of the Tuxpan
river about 100 miles northward of Vera
Cruz. The intelligence was brought TO
the squadron on the 18th, by the ST. Ma.
IS, that ship having picked IN one of the
Truxton boats, with L,eu'. Bergman on
board.
It appears that Cap,. Carpenter Of the
TruXton, wishing 10 get his vessel near
shore 10 protect his boats while obtaining
provsi ms, employed Sco,chuan he had
taken on, OF Mexican prize To pho, him
in, but who. ahether from design or aeel.
dent run him aground on the 18th. On
the Eth, with the exception OF Lieut..
Hunter and boats crew. she aas aban-
doned by the officers and men, " ho vent
ashore 10 the number OF about 90 IN all,
and surrendered themselves to the Mex.
can commandan,. They were Hospitality
received, compllmenled with ball, and
leii next day With guide Of -four men for
Tamp,co, about 100 miles further north.
Lieut. Hunter and his boats crew pu, 10
sea, captured a small Mexican schooner
and came down TO our present anchorage,
making 10 all two officers (Lleu,s. Berry.
man aud Hunter,) and about ~ men saw
ed. As soon as the news was received,
the Princeton Immediately got under
weigh aud proceeded 10 the scene Of dis.
astcr.
The Truxton was found beating on the
bar, bilged and completely filed With va,
ter, having four feet over her berth deck.
The self was SO violent on the bar that II
was no. until the BED, that the bosts OF the
Princeton could board her when sadmg
il impossible to get her off OF save her, she
was fired and completely burned. A few
CT the best spars were brought Oft bot 9TH
erwise she is total loss. She had been
completely plundered aud stripl by The
Mexicans before the arrival OF the Prince.
ton. The guns were found 10 have been
thrown overheard. The Princeton ran in.
to FIVE iathoms water (she draws 49, feet
and was then about l. miles distant, the
swell was SO heavy tba, nearer approach
in shoaler water was deemed dangerous
Several communications passed between
the Princeton and shore by flags of truce,
and by them the fate oil the capl,es was
rearnt.
The Cutter Legare, GO hours from Bra.
EOS, arrived on the 25h with dispatches
for our Commodore, supposed TO relate to
three moAths armistice with the Next
cans. The distance from the Brazos 10
this place is 400 miles, and was performed
under steam against beadw winds. The LP-
care returns 10 New Orleans for repairs 10
her boilers, which are in sad condition,
and prevents her carrying steam.
The following is an extract OF a letter
fom an officer attached TO the Home
Squadron now al Anton Lizardo,"
near Vera Cruz to the n. o. Picay une,
dated August % 1876:
avail myself of the sailing ofihe 5.
cutter Legafe, TO give you an mixing oil
Wha, is gong on here.
Santa Ana arrived here on the ION
inst from Havana, in the Eoglish m'r'
chant steamer Arab. accompanied by bis
lady aud friend Gen. Almonte. He"s
well received on his landing AT Vera Crl'
but our accounts say not very enthusiastic
He has gone 10 Mexico.
Through the English squadron station
ed here, we were inform cd sometime
since that Com. Soat, commanding the
U. S. naval forces in the Pacific, had taken
possession of California. THIS Is what
might have been expecteh.