The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-07-22

n armed and equipped.
b ber'cdn Correspondence In,ercspfed.-
ten. Alvetez sent an express FROM meca,
a on The lin, with correspondence Iniercep.
/. TED 10 The possession Of g courier going from
the Capital 10 Pueba. The Government,
. had called on the different persons aending
letters, 10 order tina, they should be opened
) and read, 10 show whether Or not they con.
tanned any Information OF which the Amer.
cans could avail themselves.
letter addressed 10 Ell Monitor, from
! Puebla, says that Gen. Worth, who began
! BY kissing his hands TO all the young ladies
at Puebla, has concluded BY broakng the
doors OF Senior Flaro's house, and lodging
himself IN it. Whatever truth there may
be IN the former part Of this statement, the
latter part We believe to be a lie.
Gen. SCOTS March 10 TIE C0Pital.-El
PubIcano Of the llth, has accounts from
Puebla, IN which il is stated lna,,h Amer.
lcan forces would not move towards the
Capital before six weeks, tfrom the 10Th
Juue) as they we're awaiting reinforcemen's
and heavy artillery from Vera Cruz. Ell
Monitor Of the same date, publishes let.
ter 10 which the writer states that he has
been informed that he whole forces will
move toward The Capital, in all from The
10Th to the 20,h 40 they had resolved and
determined 10 spend aud celebrate the 4tb
Of July at the Capital.
Movements Of American Troops. le,.
ter from Puebla, addressed to FL Monitor,
states that General Worth vent as far as
Cholua, with 200 men, and had returned
alone with his staff, without being troubled
by any Of the gueulas.
Assistance Solicited from Gen. Scott
A letter received at the Capital on the OH,
from Tlaxcala say that the inhabitants Of
that place had addressed petition 10 Gen.
Scott, asking protection of him, as q chief
OF guerlIas, Portllo, was constantly an
noyng them. The Monitor says that it
reems the Tlaxcaltecos wish 10 initiate
their predecessors during The time when tho
Spaaiatds went 10 conquer them.
Attack on Gen. Scott A correspondent,
from PuebIa, writes On The 7Ih TO q friend
IN the capital, that the American forces are
scarcely 5000 men, and as Gen. Scott could
not leave that place for some time, i, would
be good policy TO have the Mexican forces
marched 10 Puebla and there attack tie
Americans, who were not prepared for an
effective defence.
a letter from Tuxpan, Of 3lst May, says
that the inhabitants are go much frightened
there, that as soon as they saw vessel ap.
preaching The port, they packed up their
beds and ran 10 he woods, where thew re.
NAMED until they were assured that there
was no danger in the town.
I'll NacioDa comments with some sever
ny on The promptness with which Ger.
" oFh has the Judgments OF his Courts
Martial executed. Sergeant McKeown, Of
company f., New York volunteers, wa,
tried al Puebla on two charges LIST, for
conduct subversve of good order and mill.
tary discipline; %, for robbery. The spe-
under the first charge was tina,
SAID Mcheowu, on the ooh May, entered
the house Of Dun Jose Santa Cruz PoIanco.
sword in hand, and threatened the SAID Don
and his family with violence. The second
specification was, that sald McKeoen should
pay foe Of fifteen dollars, for the benefit
Of the Don be imprisoned for the time the
regiment should remain in Pueba, not ex.
ceedlng thirty days. and be reduced 10 the
rank OF private soldier.
The same Court tried and convicted a
soldier by the name of Patrick Crumlan, Of
H., N. Y. volunteers, on Similar
charges, and imposed q like fine for the
Dou's benefit, and sentenced the criminal
TO fourteen days Imprisonment.
h Nacloual, after publishing the charged,
specifications, Judgments, &c. thus com.
ments: "From the foregoing document,
our readers may form an idea Of the PROMPT.
ness with which the Anglo Americans ter
inmate criminal case, condemn the &C.
cused, and execute judgment; but, al the
sane time, i will be observed that all this
exaggerated rlgor Of punishment is moth.
ing in reality. la order TO condemn the
robbers Of PoIanco; the Sergeant TO a fine
Of fifteen dollars, Imprisonment for thirty
days, and deprivation Of rank and the
sold TO a similar fine and only fourteen
days Imprisonment there is, indeed, no
need Of forms aud delays, by which the &C.
cused may have access to the means which
justice furnishes for self defence. By our
laws, American soldiers subject TO them
would have suffered a, least four years i'm
prlsoumenIi yet the whole process would
have been proctasiinaed sufficiently long
to have every matter involved completely
investigated, and only when the crime and
the participation Of the accused should have
been rendered as clear as noon day, would
they have been condemned, for our laws
respect whatever is due TO the person of
the man. Our invaders, howe yer, who
pride themselves So much upon their civil.
cation, and upon proceeding with entire
justification, do not stop to ascertain even
the date Of the crime, from the document
here inserted, in which it is averred that
the day Of the robbery was the 20lh CT
May, liH'e more or less; lha, is to say,
the Judges neither knew nor wished to know
the day when the crime was petpsIraled, as
II this were not circumstance so important
IN the process as to he worthy Of extensive