The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-06-19
From the \ O P,eayuno, June .
LATER FROM TEXAS.

Murder IF Fourteen AmsrelRs by he NetcaaB
The steamship New York arrived yes.
terday about O'clock, ia 80 hours from
Galveston. The Wy news from the army
she brings we find III the Galveston papers,
communicated by the s'oop Tom Jack,
Capt. Parker, which arrived on Thnrsdly
from Corpus Christ. She left Aransas
Pass on the 10th ut, at which place the
steamship Sea had jus, arrived from Point
Isabel. On board the Sea we're Mr.. Nc.
Chester, supposed TO have been killed III
Capt Walker scouting party, Lieutenant
Humphreys aud Mr. !toge;s. McClel-ter
was severely wounded, aud supposed b.
the Mexicars to be dead. He was subse.
qucntly found ia the chnppora and taken
to Ma,amoras, where he vas We. treated
and recovered from his wounds.
The wounded men had been removed
from Point Isabel to s.. Jasrph's Island,
and we're all dong welt.
A party Of our dragoon4, as previously
stated, had pursued TIC rclrcatug Mex.
cans from Matamoras, ovcriakl z party
Of them, taken thirty prisoners, besides
xii ing number IN the skrmlsh. 1t Is
said that Gen. Taylor's army are cncamp.
cd mile from lie city, aud that the sol.
dIers are mol permitted to enter the town.
The most distressing news is the mur-
der OF party OF fifteen Americans, lnclu.
/ ding tao women aud n child, between
! Point Isabel aud Corpus Christ, by par.
| ~ OF McXlcans, exceeding 10 cud blooded
cruelty any OF the previous atrocities Of
these savages. 1t appears that parry Of
fifteen, Of whom Mr.. Rogers spoken Of n.
boyc was one, left Corpus Christi for Point
Isabel on the ID or 81 INST. They arrived
at the Ltttie Colorado Just previous to the
battle OF the Sth uIt., where they were sur
/ prlsed by a company of Rauchcros, and
being oyerpawercd by numbers, we're IN
duced by MericdH promises to surrender
| as prisoners Of war. No sooner had those
blood thirsty dogs obtained possession If
their arms, than they stripped and robbed
their victims, bound them beyond the pow.
or Of resistance, and having rayishcd The
women before their faces, cut all their
throa's, one fcnd performing tho horrible
buichery. Rogers saw his father and
brother bulchercd before him in this tern.
bic manner before his own turn came, and
nus own escape was owing 10 the fact that
while the wound upon his throat was not
fatal, no had the presence Of mind 10 lcigu
himself dead, and was accordingly, wnh
all the balance, thrown into the Colorado,
where he managed to escape unseen, aud
swan 90 the other side Of the river. Thence
he subsequently made his way to the RIO
orlando, was taken prisoner, sent to the
hospital IN Ma,amoras, and, after the bat.
tie, exchanged. 1t is stated that a letter
was written from Corpus Christi two DAYS
before the departure Of this company, giy.
ing information to the Mexcans Of their
march, and Of the amount Of their money.
u was not, we learn, without much reluc.
lance, and some threats from an American
officer, that the Mexican officer consented
TO exchange Mr.. Rogers.
The Galveston Civilian Gazette saws
that treaty was concluded ut Torrey's
trading house on the ! Sth ul,, with such
Indian chiefs MS we're IN attendance, inclu.
ding some half dozen Of the Camapches
though all that tribe was no, represented