Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-06-19
RnOm vGRA cRUE.

s. The Murder nf Oh Sooprs- Waste Of 60
prrnmesf Prsg0iy--thnecessssY Erpen-
.s-enasempiased MoDsmssts u Commo.
sdo,e Ferry. te - 4.
The New oAcsn. P;cs,ose and Dehs, Of
'ae 4th, bring the following intelligence from
Wnxico. The death Of Col. Sewers. of c linton
c,sn'y, is related as tSllows In the Vera Cras
HoRRiD 1T 10 with pain mingled with . Dc.
ere fcr vengeance thst we undertake. to relate
another massacre of cur countrymen Ii the most
cruel and brutal manner. Ia our paper Of last
Saturday (only one week s0o) we announced
the fact that Col. Sewers vas Ia :his city a.
benrcr Of dispatches to General Scott, and to-
t,y we are called upon 10 inform ths public Of
his horrid death-not with his enemy in front
troppose him, but cowardy shot BY those who
dared not show themselves.
Il appears he ieft THE city on Saturday las;
with an escort of Eve men and Lieut.. Melon.
nald Of Capt Wheats company, expecting to
find the captain At Santa Fe. or at most very
.prt distance the other side. They arrived at
S,nta Fe, and lodged there during the night.
li,d:ng that Capt, Wheat had lett; 10 the morn.
ing. ANTIQUE TO push forward. (aIthough il was
s,certained that Capt. w. was some thirty
miles ahesd,) with an addition of two more TO
the escort, Col Sewers set oct for JslsPs. The
next that we know Of this little party is BY the
arrival Of one of the men, who returned and re.
ported i,s surprise and destruction. Ia conse.
qLence o. the falsi,y Of the greatest number Of
similar stories, Col Wilsor, our governor. had
the man arrested as . dcserter. Thus mstters
stood until yesterday, when developments were
made BY an arrival from Jalaps--the first that
has reached US for week-tending TO confirm
our worst fears.
We couverscd yesterday with a gentleman
who arrived in the morning, and he informs ua
that at point about two miles on the other side
Of Puente Nacionai, he SOW the ruins Of the di.
ligence, underneath which was human body
stripped. with the exception Of a pair ofdawers.
and mu,ilated in the most besstly manner
This 10 supposed TO be the body Of Col. Sewers
Near him lay another, perfectly naked, and
Likewise dreadfuliy mangled. Our informant
was assured that Ave other bodies lay in
some thick chspparal . short distance from
tie road. Now. the number Of killed. with the
man escaped, exactly corresponds with that Of
the party which accompanied the unfortunate
Col. Sowrra, and leaves no doubt 10 our mind OF
us destruction.
VEsA CRuz, May %. l647.
Eds. Delta-l teel that can do my country
no better service in my idle moments Of garri
son duty, than BY calling tho attention Of the
government and the country 10 the Uanton and
extraordinary waste Of public money cod pro
perty. You will see anchored within psto
shot of each other, FIVE and six vessels. will
coal for the navy-:he qusn,ity contained in th'
sohole sir not being sufficient to Gil the hold o
any one of them. The dernnrrase Of not one
Of those vessels is less than $50 per day. CoIlt
no, the coal in the ave vessels be transferred e
the one. and let tho four be discharged
The case OF the coal vessels 10 but the histor,
ofall store vessels employed BY government
The captains report on their arrival, and are OF
dered to wait orders-ihe owners are gettinl
an immepse per diem for their vessels-,he,
ere satisfied tn remain forever, and take goo,
core not to remind the quarter. master Of ,hei
existence. having once reported. The snri
boat.. which cost rs at least 5000 apiece. ar
scattered along the beach for miles 10 extent
Sixty.three surf boats are bilgcd and sirewed a
long the beach in every direction. One day
attention of the qnartermsster. or his assistan
end one of the handred vessels or steamers
the pay ofthe United States. would have save
every one Of them. Tho country can nevs
know the utter waste of public property. a. e,
hibited in the operations At this place and ,i
reason is obvons, for almost every man here
The recipient Of this same punder and il q
honest man raises his voice against such doing
the sharks, whose very existence hangs on IN
state of ihings, raise their voices io most sdm
rsble harmony. and cry him down-sn humbI
volunteer officer would be utterly demolished
Ilearn that Com. Perry was in town the
ther day. beating up large number Of saddle
and mosquito bars. for an expedition into the Il
terror somewhere. ! have no doubt that T
bnsco is 10 be attacked in ten OF twelve days .
large force has collected there, and the pace
in the river are well fortified. Amer this,
starts on On expedition across the is,hmus
Tahuan'epec-surveying end fighting 10 the O
j"ct. The ships of the squadron are block''
upevery town and ou,l., on the coast, from Tai
pico to Campeachy. Yours }. d. J..