Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-01-23
From the Nov Orleans P,csyune. 9sh met.
LATE rRon ran oeLr souADRoS.

LArEa FRon ras oeLr souADRoN.
TAsesvos LAouSA by the arrival Of the
s-itee'schooner Amali,. taken off Alvarado On
he 9th nlt. by the U. 8. steamer Mississippi.
sur neiqhtor Of the Mercury yes.s.tsy recei.
,y.'d later news 'frVm the eq,ss1ron and anSc.
"oonot Of the taking Of 1.aenna BY CON- Perry.
It seems that Com. p. arrived oif that place
~on the 20th ut. with the steamers Mississippi,
Pctrel, Vixen and Bonita, and the ssme day
took possession dfthe place without opposition
fifteen caunons were destroyed. soms 900 lbs.
o: powder taken. and hfty sc.aiors aissrmed. al.
trough the latter affected to be favor ,bDy dispo-
s"d to :he cause Of the Camresshiane The
latter had declared Themselves entirely inde.
pendent OF .devico. and had cent their commits.
snnsrs oc',te schooner Sisainic 20 Com. Con.
sAsr, IA anton Lixardo, to request him to desis,
'un any hostile measures sgainst Yucatan, un.
I'll commissioners souid be sent to the Govern.
,nent Of the Uri.ed States to obtain The recosni.
ton Of the independence Of the State. These
commissioners left Acton Liaardo on the 29,h,
t,'.cturn. but the result Of their conference with
'C''m. Conner is not known. We happen to be
among those who DO no: altogether believe in
the sincerity Of these Yuca,anese. A touble
game has been played OH that coast all summer
and the Inhabitants require the closest kind Of
'wdtthine.
Our readers may recollect that we mention
ed, few days since, that boat from the John
Adams had made thorough night examination
OF the castle Of San Juan de Ullos. The officer
who had charge Of the boat, az we learn from
the Mercury, was Psssed Midshipman F,zge.
raid. 1Ie'had eight men in his Sou', with NUT.
fed oars, and'in the darkness Of the night row.
ed round and rourd the castle, went under the
drewbridge, entered the water Battery. and mnde
thorough reconnaissance OF every part. This
gallant exploit has proved thst nsen may be Ian.
ded from boAts at night, and tha: the water bat.
reries may easily be taken.
Com.9erry, on his return to Acton Lzardo
from Lagunx, ,iooked in at Alvarado and Tabas.
ca. and found that the fort6ca tions of both pla
'ces had been repaired and much strengthened
since they were STACKED by the sqoadron. Al
'rSbasco thero were abou' three ethonssus troops;
T.: .Alversdo about four thousand. Ndtwithstsn.
ding these formidable preparations, the general
impression is that Com Copncr vii! soon &.
tack these placed
On the arrival Of Gen La Vega a, Vera Cruz
90 the 18th, oil the prisoners from the squad.
ron in the hands of the enemy were released.
II is now sscertained but eleven Of the crew
Of the Somers drifted 10 the main land when
sho was wrecked, and not sixteen. as frs, sta
ted. Midshpmsn Rogers was q, Vera Cruz
lie had been tried by the civil and mil,rry tr
osnass a. spy. and had been acquitted by tn.
fnmer. Lut found guilty by the latter. It We.
believed. however. that the more favorable YER
dict would prevail, and ,ha, he would be aberu
ted.
Pnrser Andrew D. Crosby, of Mississippi
was accidentally killed while entering Iaeuna
lie was in the rigging ofths Vixen a, the time
assisting in plotting the vessel, says the Mercu
~, as the fidelity of the pilot, Uhe same Mexi
can who wss pilo. on board the Truxtun whcr
she was lost at Tuspan,) was suspected. Tn,
Ncsecl giving UedVy IuVcn, Mf. ". IOst nt
hold and fell on the deck. and was instantly xii
led. Ne was buried with military honors il
the cemetry OF the British Consul at 1Nguna.
The Analia came ap in the charge Of i'ssse'
Midshipmsa Barbour and prize crew. Passe
Midshiplnan Barbour and Chief Engineer Won
were also on board. She sailed from Anto
Lizardo on the 29,h ult., aud leit tho following
vessels there; the Rar,tsn. dag ship s,or
ship Relief, steamship Princeton. schoone.s Pe
,rits, Mshonesa and La Puetla, and the follow
ing merchant vessels bark John Barnes, orig
Absasia, Garnet, Chinchilla, schooner Pelri,
aod . schooner, name unknown. The Missi,
sippi. With Com. Perry on board, sailed at tn
same time for Norfolk uia Havana. She goe
to Norfolk 10 repair, and will return in sho
time to the Cult.
The 1ahn Adams was slocksding Vsra Cruz
the McLane and 6oniia, Tobasco; and at l..
guna the VixeR and Petrol were let tlock
ding.
VERA CRrz The Washington Uaion copi,
some extracts from letter froa, Havana, fece
we'd by the Mississippi, which gives sotso int
resting information respecting Vera Cruz.
-fhe troops in Vera Cruz are badly paid az
worse led, numbering three thoussnd five hu