The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-10

by Mr. Bennett; the result of the judicial Elec
ton, as far as known; Major Gen. Benton's ette
in relation to the Presidency; Mr.. Tyler's lette
ON his administration; our Washington cores
pondence, &C. sc. sc.
1t will be embellished with an accurate en-.
craving of Odd Fellows Hall
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Lo! the Poor Indian-Lo! tho Poor Mexicana
Outrage on Americans.
A short time since, we published an account OF
one of the numerous outrages which have been
committed against the persons and property of
the citizens of the United States by Mexican Of
fcers acting under the Mexican government,
for the purpose of disabusing the minds of such
of our people as imagine the Mexicans to be a
wronged and injured people. That outrage, we
have reason to believe, opened the eyes of many
and induced them to think that anything short
of total determination would not be too bad for
those fathless and cowardly wretches.
We have read many of these outrages, and we
have been horror struck at the details of suffer-
ing which they present. No matter what party
was in the ascendant, the officers of the Mexican
Government hesitated not moment in in1icting
wrong and injury on our citizens, whenever it
suited their purpose to do so. 1t is not once or
twice that outrages of the nature of the one
which we recently published, occurred, but in
one hundred or more instances and we venture
10 say, that no government but our own would
have remained so long without adopting the
most stringent and summary means to obtain
redress. In fact, European governments would
have demanded reparation on the spot and at
the time, and it would have been better if our
Government had taken similar course-for
by doing so, the outrages would not have
reached so large a number as they have.
The following case of outrage, resulting in
the death Of one of most valuable citizens,
occurred in the summer of 1892
At that time revolution had broken out be-
tween Santa Anna and the government, and the
State government of Tobasco had pronounced
in favor of Santa Anna. In order to suppress the
revolution, Bustamente, the President, sent
fleet, consisting of the armed schooner Vera
Cruzaua, and. other vessels, with military force
TO Frontera, where it arrived on the 10Th of
June. For the purpose of resisting the contem-
plated attack on Tabasco by this fleet, the
Santa Anna party took forcible possession of
the steamer Bellona, owned by citizens of the
United States, and converted her into a vessel of
war, and compelled her crew to navigate her, by
threats of death in case of refusal While the
Belona was professedly proceeding to attack
the feet of Bustamente, the brig John, of New
York, Captain Hughes, was seen warping up the
Usumcenta river, near its junction with the
Tabasco river; and the Mexican officers on
board ordered her to proceed to the brig, and
directed their soldiers to board her, for the pur
pose of practising them in that species of naval
tactics. As soon as the steamer got alongside of
the brig, the soldiers boarded her IN man-of-war
fashion, and in moment her deck was crowded
with Mexican soldiers, who seized the uD-
armed Captain Hughes, beat and bruised him in
brutal manner-one Of them going SO far as to
attack him with his bayonet-and concluded by
breaking open the captains trunk and robbing
it and the vessel of the valuables they contain
ed AS soon as the brig was ransacked, these
rufiians, officers and men, dragged Capt. Hughes
on board the steamer; but after few days de-
tention, during which his life was many times
threatened. he and Mr.. Gahagan, one of the
crew, made their escape to Frontera, distance
of about twenty miles. On the 23d of July, a
battle was fought between the opposing forces, lin
which the Santa Anna party obtained victory,
and succeeded in capturing the whole OF the
government army and fleet Frontera fell
into tnelr nandS, anu CaPtdiH hughes anu Nii
Gahagan, and another American citizen, Captain
Philo B. Johnston, were again made prisoners,
and taken to Tabasco, where they were con-
fined in the common Jail till the goth of August,
when, at the demand of Lieut. Boenim, of the
u. S. schooner Shark, they were released. The
injuries which Captain Hughes sustained from
the ruffianly Mexican soldiers affected his brain
and superinduced Sickness of which he died or
his passage home on board the Shark.
This was wanton aggression, as all who read
the account oft will admit, yet is only one of a
thousand equally as bad, or worse. Now, we
put to the friends Of the Mexicans, and
10 the editors of the journals which take
their part, and insist on termlng them a
wronged and injured people, whether this
outrage alone was not sufficient cause of
war; and yet our government is charged with
designing to wrong and injure them. What,
we ask, would the governments Of Great Britain
or France have done, in case similar outrage
was committed on citizen of theirs. They
would have demanded reparation, and security
that another would not occur, and in case of re-
fusal would have obtained il at the cannon s
mouth.
Lo, the poor Mexicans. But the cringing
and crying abettors OF the Mexicans, have not a
single tear to shed for our own citizens.
Mr.. ABBOTT LAwRENcE.-It will be perceived
from letter which we publish to-day, that
the Hon Abbott Lawrence, of Boston, has pre-
ycnted to the corporation Of Harvard University
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