The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-24
ARMY AND NAVY INTELLIGENCE.
From the New Orleans Pieayuue, Feb, a.
Later from Tuuauteo.


Loss of The ship Onddkd-Cm DeRussu and four COM
Pdnies of Louisiana roiunteerS uYeeked- The Near
cans IN possession Of The preck.-Confictag rumors-
heported battle at chihuahua, &C., &c.
there Were two arrivals yesterday from Tampico-the
brig Perfect, Captain Gardiner aud the schooner Char
ron, captain Goding. The Perfect sailed on the 5th
and me Charron on the 9th inst The news BY these
arrivals, though somewhat indefinite in its details pos
sesses great interest
Quite, the most impor,an, intelligence received is the
pss Oh me snip ohdlaka This fine ship got away from
the baze about The 2Oh ult with four companies of the
Louisiana regiment OF volunteers They were under the
immediate command of Col DeRussy and exceeded three
hundred in number The Ondaka touched al the Br,zos
and sailed thence the 25th ut She was off The bar
of Tampico the 2sth and the hear of her is
her total loss, The OF the disaster, learn from
captain Golding was about thirty miles south OF Tam
plco. Some passengers, with whom have con
yersed, make the distant and one of
them places It TO the north, OF Tampico. This We
occurred TO the south, and not very far from the
isle of Lobos Ii must have happened on or about the
LIST INST All the troops on board and the crew got safely
ashore; The first rumor we had was, that the troops
were all taken prisoners as soon they landed, glad 10
escape from the water with their lives Subsequently
passenger, whom we are indebted for much intell-
gence assured u.s. that they got safely ashore with their
temporary defence Captain Goding confirms the report
waves and the Mecans and he adds that the first and
second mates and the crew OF the ship and all the youn
speaks of the condition of the volunteers being de-
Porable wanting shoes hats and other necessary cloth
ing and he adds that the crew of the Ondaka had been
confined at Tampico be used as witnesses in the legal
questions growing out of the loss of the ship or on s1s
picon of having abandoned their ship Captain Healy
who commanded the Ondiaka on this voyage, had not
reached Iampco nor do we hear that he had left his
vessel at all
If there be any ambiguity and uncertainty in the above
the readerwi attribute to the variety of rumors upon
which we compelled, in the absence of our usual
correspondence, to rely We feel strong confidence,
upon reviewing all the reports which have reached u.s.
that none OF our volunteers, unless mere saggers have
| n IN he hands, f tha
10 another reported disaster touching company OF Uni
ted States regulars
upon hearing OF the loss of the Ondiaka with company
OF the Sd artillery board to render any assistance
that might be required The boat had retne when
the Charon sailed, but pilot is SAID have arrived at
Tampico with that this company of artillery had
N some way been surprised and cut of by body Of 500
Mexican cavalry We place very little confidence in this
by two or three distinct channels We had another
NOR too which we came near emitting, that the Mexi
leans had attacked the volunteers after they had landed
sons and that this led to the dispersal and forced march
| OF the volunteers to Tampico.
A probable version of these stories is this, that
after the volunteers and crew had left the vicinity of the
wreck Mexican irregular troops took possession OF
it, and upon the arrival of the Undine, the artillery
pany found themselves anticipated.
| The ship Catharine and another ship, the name of
which not made out, were off Tampco on the 9th
inst with troops on board The schooner St Paul was
up to sail for this port on the It'll inst.
| The United States sloop-of-war Albany, Captain
Breese, sailed from Tampico on the Sd inst cruise.
All well
We glad to hear by these arrivals that the health
OF the troops is generally exceent that there very
little sickness at Tampico, and none of dangerous char
acer This we are assured of by passenger who
on the Perfect
The Delta issued an extra last evening, in which ii s
said that report had been received at 0Tampco by
commercial house. of fierce encounter between the
Mexcans and portion Of Gen Keamy's command, sup
posed to be the Missourians under Col Price. Many
represented to have been killed on both Sides but the
Americans were victorious and took possession OF the
city of Chihuahua