American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-12-12
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| TUNF-CREW sAvED-CONDrTION or MEX
ICO-sANTA ANNA GONE TO TIE CITY OF
| MRXIuO-uIsSENTIONs AT sAN LOUIS
| TIE ARMY TARVINC-PRESIDNCY, &C.
The U. S. sloop-oG: war St. Mary's arrived
below New Orleans on the S0th ult., from
Tsmpico, whence she sailed on the 9Sth. She
brings some highly interesting intelligence, fol
which we are indebted to the extras oil the N
o. Picayune, Commercial Times, and Delta:
Capt. Rollins, Of The steamship Neptue, came
passenger on the St. Mary's. He reports that
the steamship Neptune arrived at Tampi-
CO on the 22d November, it'll $50 regular
troops under command of Col Gates, ant the
steamer Sea on the Esd with 200 more. On
their arrival at Tampco the city was formally
handed over by the Naval force there to The
Army. Fort AndoRiga was Immediately gar
rsoned, under the name of Fort Conner, and
armed with two long 8 FOUNDERS. A battery OF
two 42pound carronades (call Fort Ann in
honor of Mrs. Chase, lady of the late Ameri-
can Consul at Tampico,) commands the Alta
mira road. And besides these some held pieces
arc mounted on the house tops.
The town Of Tampico is already in good
state of defence, and relnforcements are arriv-
ing daily. The state OF Mexico is represented
be in a worse condition than ever. Santa
Anna lately addressed his troops, apparently
with the view to extract from them an invita-
ton u assume the command Of the govern
Inent 1t was understood that he was much
dlsap pointed i'll his expectations, as the army
received his address III profound silence. lie
Immediately afterwards started with all his ca
valrv, it was stated, on a scouting expedition
Some supposed II was 10 cut of one OF the d.
visions OF the American army, but the better
opinion seemed to be, that he had gone TO the
city of Mexico, to watch and direct the new
congress, " hch was to convene about the LIST
December.
The Saint Mary's left offthe bar of Tampico
the frlgste Potomac, steamer Princeton, sloOp
of war john Adams and the smaller vessels of
the feet, under command of Com. Connor.-
Met the U. S. steamship Mississippi sixty miles
north of Tamplco bound in. Officers of the ST..
Mays all well.
The Neptune 81 led from Tampico on the
cath ult She encountered Il mortimer, was driv-
EN- back and wrecked OH the bar. All hands
saved-the vessel an entire loss. The follow
ing statement OF tile loss of his vessel has been
furnished by Capt. Rollins:
Report Of The Loss of Steamer Nepiwre. Tho
, steamship NeptuTe departed from the bar Of
Tampico OIL the 24th November, ls46, with
| fine weather and light winds from the south
east, bound direct for the bar of Matamoras.
At 9 O'Clock, p. M, being about forty five
miles north Of TampicO, the wind suddenly
shifted to the north aud commenced blowing
perfect hurricane, and in spite OF all the pow
er'Of the machinery, the vessel could not be pit
head to sea. IL was soon discovered that she
was drifting rapidly to the leeward, aud at 8
o'clock, P. NJ, suundngs were made and found
that she was Omitted into eleven iathoms of
water.
The best bower anchor was cleared away
and let go, when ils cham was paid out to Its
better end; nut finding her still drifting, the
second anchor was lot 20, when. she brought
up and rode, head TO the wind and sea, for
about an hour; when the wind increasing and
the sea TIsug, she again commenced drifting
and although the engine was constantly kept
working she could not be kept head to wind.
Alter she had drlted into seven fathOms water,
and the sea making fair breach over her, the
chains were shen slipped to attempt to keep her
off shore.
A. day-break on the morning Of the 25th
November, she was found TO he of the bar OF
TampIco, when the upper deck WAS cut away
together with the maiumtst, when she was got
before the wnd. Finding that the coal had
been nearly all expended, shn was headed for
TampicO bai, and at eight O'Clock, A. Nj she
struck aground on the head Of SAID bar, where
she renamed four hour with tlIe sea max ing
complete breach all over her. At meridian OF
same day, she bIged and commenced breaking
mp. At a O'clock, F. NJ the U. S. steamer
Sptfre, Capt. FatlnaI, sent boats to her as
! sstance and rescued the captain aud crew from
their pcrllous situation.
On the following morning, (26th NoVem-
Der J she was found to be perfect wreck with
nothing to be seen except her gallows frame
and engine. lad it not been for Capt Tat
NALL OH :ers and crew = intrepid exeruons, we
should all have been lost before morning; and
their kind treatment to us after we were on
hoard OF the Spltire, entities them TO our
heartfelt gratitude. On the 26lh Of November
we were landed al Tdmplco at about O'clock,
p. NJ where ] remained two days, when Com.
! ConnoT despatc hed the SI0op of war ST. Mary s
for Pensacola, TO touch at Brazus Santiago, 10
land Mr.. AnstIn, bea'er OF despatch, from
| Gen Patterson, / took passage for that place,
| but Capt. Hill boarded us and said that there
was no vessel at Braz,s Sautalago for New
! o, leans--so | continued on board the slo'p,
aud was by her transferred To the steamer Her
cules at the 5. w. 2 on The I'd inst, at o.
clock, P. NJ, after II passage OF fifty hours from
BRACES Sanuago-she being close hauled all
the passage.
On the arrival of the Nepture off Tanpco
from Braz,s Santiago, with $40 troops OF
board, there was only eight feet water on the
bar, and the boat had to be lightened before
she could cross over, when Capt. Saunders OF
the sIonp Of war ST. Mary's, ordered all the
boats of the squadron to our assistance, and
landed all the troops on the breach inside, when
we got up stea II aud went in without touching
and again took the troops on board and reach
cd the the town comfortably at 8 O'Clock, p
Nj wheel, could not have been done without
the assls ance Of Capt. Saunders, for by his
pIoupt exeriIOus we escaped a squaIly night