The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-03-03
(From the New Orleans Picayune, February y
LATER FROM TAMPkC,n

(From the New Orleans Picayunc, February y
LATER FROM TAMPtCO.
Loss If the Ship Oadiaka--Col. De Rus.
sv and fur Companies of Louisiana
Volunteers ,orcckcd--tkc Mrrlcnns in
pOssession If the Wreck onfictine Q
Rumnrs-- Reported Bnttlc at Chiiuahua,
tSc. &c.
mere were two arrivals yesterday from
'fampico-,he brig Perfect, Captain Gar
diner, aud. the sl.l,r. Charrnn, Captain
G"l'iing. The Perfect sailrd on the 5,h
aud The Chairman the 9Th insi. The news
~ these arrivals, though somewhat indet.
nlte IN us details, possesses great interest.
0"l'r tn" most important intelligence
received is Ih" loss Of the ship Oniaka.
Ills fine ship got away from The Balizr
ah"", the 2Oth ull. with four companies Of
The i-"uisia reg imrht nf volunteers. viz =:
Company &. Capt. Preg; Company F. Capt.
Hunt; C"mpany &, Capt. Pope and Com.
pany Il, Capt. Lewis. They were under
the Immediate c~mmand It Col Dr. Russy,
and exceeded three hundred in number.
The Ondiaka touched al the Br.zos and
sailed lhrnc.' on the 25th ult She was nff
she bar Of Tamrco on tile 2S,h, am,, the
Next we hear "f her is her total lnss. The
scene "f The disaster, we learn from Cap
tain 6"ldi"g. was about thirty miles south
"' lamEIc". Som" passengers. with wh"m
we have convcrSc.i. make the scene more
distant. and one Of them places it to the
north Of Tompico. This we incline to
think M error, aud presume The cciIenl
occurred 10 the south. ami not very far from
the Isle Of Lnbns. II must have harpenrd
on or about the Isl inst. All the lrnops on
board. an.l. the crew got safely ashore. The
first rninnE we had was ll,a, the tronps were
NIL taken prisnnprs aS sD"n as they landed.
glad Ia escape frnm the water with their
lives. Subsequently, passenger. In whom
we are indebted fnr much intelligence, as.
srfr'l nS i'.i they 90, snfrIy ashore will,
their arms and IA weeks provisions. and a,
once erected u slight Temporary defence.
Capt. G"liing confirms the r"pnrl "i the
safety Of all ~ board tie ship, both frnm
the wares and the MpXicAns, and he adds
that the first and second mates aud the crew
oflhr ship and nil the volunteers had nrri.
we'd at Tampic" brf,re the Charnn left. llr
speaks uf Ilie cnn,ilnn nf lh,. volunteers us
being d~pI"rnhle, wanting shoes. hats and
other tsrI@s&arv clothing, and hr adds thar
the crew 81 :lie Ond;aka had been c"nGne,l
nl Iampicn To hr used AS witnesses in The
lgn' questions growing ont nf The lass of The
ship. or on suspicion "f having ahnnd"neh
,h' ir slip. Capt. iIrhlev who cnmman-
dr the Onh,.ka, on this voyage, had M,
reached FamPicn. nor dn We hear tha, hr
had left his vs3Srl nj all.
The steamer Unhine was dispatched
fr"m ranpic". upon. hearing "f the loss nr|
The 0nlaka. with n6mpany II nf the tir,l
Artillery on hoard. n rentlhr ANY, assist.
anrc tn II might lr rcq,,ireI. THE buat had
not returned when the Etnrrun sailed.
but pilot hnai is said To have a+rirci al
Iamriro with rmmor that ,his company
"f artillery had in some way leen surpris. |
Ell and GU. "ff by body of 500 Mexican
cavalry. We place very h,,le c.nfilrncr
IN this st"ry, hui are c"mpeileh to give il.
because il reaches us hy two or three dis
hinct channels. We had another ru,nor,
Which we came near nmitting. that The
MeXirams had altarkcd The volunteers af
Ter they had landed. and succeeding in
fcizing their weeks supply Of provisions.
md that this, led ~ the dispersal aud fnrc.
ed march Of the volunteers IL Tampico.
A. more pr"bable version OF these stn-
ricS-is this. that after the volunteers aud
crew hah left the vicinity nC the wreck,
Nnnn Ms'xjcan irregular troops took. nos.
session "t it, and upon .hc arrival oIlh
Vn''ins, 'he artillery company found them
aslNsa- anticipated.
Pom the Delta.
NEWS FROM, rA NPIt,O.