Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-07-29
From tho N. o. Picayune, 10th July
ONE DAY LATER FROM VERA
CRUZ.

The steamship Palmetto, Capt. Smith, arrived
last night from Vera Cruz, by way of Tampco
and Brazos Santiago. She left Vera Cruz on the
9TH Tampico on the 10th and the Brazos on the
18th.
BY this arrival we have letters and papers from
Vera Cruz to the 9th inst. So far as we can
learn by them, or by the verbal report of the Of
ficers OF the Palmetto, there had been no arrival
OF the LIST inst. We are, therefore, confirmed in
our opinion that the story brought here by some
one on the Galveston about a courier from Mex
leo with " momentous" news to the 18th instant
was call i my eye" We can learn nothing
whatever from the army The capital.
The Sun of Anahuac of the 9th inst. gives the
following account Of the issue of Capt. Mayo's
expedition against Father Jarauta:
Capt. Mayo, U. S. N, Governor of Alvarado
as we have said in previous number, assembled
the Alvarado river with the steamer Petritra a
few days ago, in pursuit of renowned priest of
the guenas, Padre Jarauta. Capt. M. went up
the river about 20 miles to town called Cosa-
maleapan, where the padre had captured an A
merlcan traders boat with two men, and robbing
$500 from them; but when he arrived the Mex
leans had fled, after selling the boat.
| No resistance made to the Governor-he
hoisted the American flag, made the alcalde pay
the two hundred dollars and return the boat to
its owner
ESCAPE OF EIGHT AMERICAN PRisoNERs.-
The schooner Home, Capt. Kinney, arrived here
yesterday morning from Tampico, bringing over
eight OF the American prisoners who have been
so long and so unjusty detained in Mexico
The names of these men are A. w. Holeman,
w. +. DeNormandie, VIM. Funk, John Thomas,
John A. Scott. Robert S. Cookrlll, John Swigert,
and Wm- Russell. The last named belonged to
the Arkansas cavalry, the others to the two regi-
ments from Kentucky. They left the city of
Mexico on the 9Th Of June, with other prisoners,
II being understood that their destination was
Iamplco. They marched with a small escort in
charge of colonel and two or three officers
On the 18th they reached Huejuta, where they
were turned over as prisoners TO Gen. Garay, in
command of that town, where several hundred
troops were stationed.
The prisoners were treated with some consd-
Grafton by Gen. Geray, and much more kindness
than they had before met with. They were in
formed by him that he had no orders to dispose
OF them, and that although he presumed it was
the purpose OF the Government to send them on
TO Tamplco he had no instructions to that effect.
The prisoners were here furnished with twenty
five cents each daily for their expenses. This
money Gen. Geray appears to have raised by
contributions among the towns people, After
waiting here some days, seeing no pros pect of
release and fearing lest events at tue capital
might induce the Government TO change its in
tentlon OF forwarding them to Tampco, they de-
termlned to effect their escape. They attempted
this In small parties of at one time, at another
and at another. Seven in all left on the 9Th.
The first five were all retaken and carried back
to Huejutlu, but one of them again escaped, and
with the other seven reached Tamplco, They
marched prIncipaiiy by night and were from four
to SIX or seven days on the route.
After their arrival at Tampco, news reached
there by Mexican that about thirty OF the men
had also attempted TO escape: that twenty five
OF them had been retaken and three others shot
IN the pursuit. These were the reports in Tam
pico, but our informant does not place implicit
confidence in them, He has little expectation
that Col. De Russy's expedition will prove of any
avail IN procuring the release of the other pris-
oners. lie thinks It certainly will fail, if the in
tenton be 10 rescue the men by force. The
movement Of the colonel will inevitably be re-
ported to Gen. Geray in advance, and If he does
not feel himself strong enough 10 receive an at
tack, he can very readily send off the prisoners
further into the interior.
The fate of these men is greatly to be depored,
and we cannot but think there has been remiss-
ness ON the part OF Gen. Scott, in not obtaining
their release. With a number OF Mexican otf-
GERS IN our power, we would have brought that
Government 10 sense Of It's Obligations TO our
prisoners, by hanging, up some OF their own to
the first tree.