The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-08-10
LATE FROM TAMPICO-ESCAPE OF
EIGHT AMERICAN PRISONERS.

The schooner Rome, Captain Kinney, ar
rived at New Orleans on The 18th inst. from
Tampco, bringing over eight of the Amerl-
can prisoners who have been so long and SO
uujusly Detained in Mexico. The names
ofhese men are A. W. Holeman, w. P. De-
Normandie, Vim. Funk, John Thomas, John
A. Scott, Robert S. Cockril, John Swig-
gert and William RUSSELL. The last named
heonged to tho Arkansas cavalry, the 9th
crs to the two Regiments from Kentucky
They left the city Of Mexico on the 9th June,
with the other prisoners,it it being under
stood that their destination was Tampico-
They marched with ;mpll escort in charge
ufa colonel and two or three officers
On the l7th they reached IIuejatla, where
they we're turned ever as prisoners to Gen.
Garay, in command of that town, where Sc v
cral hundred troops were stationed. The
mlsoners were treated with so me consdera-
ton by Gen. Garay, and with much more
kindness than they had before met with.-
They were informed by him that he had no
orders to dispose Of them, aud that although
he presumed that it was the purpose of the
government TO send them onto Tampco,
he had no instructions 10 that effect.
The prisoners were here furnished with
25 cents each daily for their eXpenses.-
This money General Garay appears to have
raised by contributions among the towns
people. After waiting here some days, see
ing no prospect Of release, and fearing lest
events at the capital might induce the govern
ment TO change its intention of forwarding
them to Tampico, they determined 10 effect
their escape. They attempted this in small
parties Of five at one time, two at another,
and five at aao,her, Seven in all left on
the 9th. The first five were all retaken
and carried back to Hueutla, but one of
them again escaped, and with the othe' sew
en- reached Tanpico. They marched prin
cipally by night, and were from four to six or
seven days on the route.
After their arrival al Tampico, news reach
cd there by a Mexican that about
thirty of the men had also attempted to es-
cape, that twenty-five of them had been re-
taken, and three others shot in the pursuit.
These were the reports in Tampico. 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
prisoners He thinks it certainly will fail, if
the intention be to rescue the men by
force.
The movement of the Colonel will inev-
itably be reported to Gen. Garay in advance,
and if he does not feel himself strong enough
to receive an attack, he can very readily
send off the prisoners further into the inte-
rior.
The fate ofthese men is greatly TO be de-
plored, and we cannot but think, says the
Picayune, there has been remssness on the
part of General Scott in not obtaining their
release.-With number of Mexican officers
in our power, we would have brought that
government to a sense of its obligation to our
prisoners, by hanging up some of their own
to the first tree.
ANOTHER WOLF IN SLEEPS CLoTHrNe.-A
fellow in Piqua, calling himself d. d. Thom-
as, and who has by some means or other,
A. A. q,