The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1847-02-26
From "a n. 3. Rlea9ans
a1cF from TaHaDico.

Loss Of the SHIP Ondidh.u Col. De Eassi,
aud -Four CnmpaEies of Loaisaao Tolan.
teers Wrecked-the Me9icaas II possea>
sion Of NE Wreck Coaficiing Runorsl
Rfpnrted Bahle az Ckihaqhna, a., &c.
There wete two aTlras YESTERDAY from |,
Tampco-lho big Perfect Capt. Gardiner,
and The schooner Charron Capt. Goidinp. i
The Perfect sailed on The 9Th and lie ChafS
ron On the 9th inst. The news 81 these ii.
rivals, though somewhat indefinite in It's des
tails, possesses great interest. We re pret /
thatwe have received poneof onr eorrespon-
denee BY either Of these vessels, for though !
neither Mr.. Lumsden nor Mr.. Halle had +
reached Tampico on the 9th, vet letters
we're due Us from our correspondent B. A.
We presume our letters were placed on
board the brig Wm. Thompson, which sailedsE
on the 5lh with large mail.
Quite The most important intelligence re-
ceiFed is,the loss Of the Ship OHdiaka. This |
fne ship got away from the Bajze about the
I2Qth. ult with four companies of the LOUIS
ana regiment Of volunteers, viz. Companp
E, Capt. P1eg company F. Capt Hunt; cons
lPany g. Capt. Pope5 aud company K, Capt.
Lewis. They were under the immediate
command Of Col. DeRnssy, and exceeded
three hundred in number. The Ondiaka
touched atllhe BRACES and sailed thence on
The 25th nlt.'- She was on the bar at Tame
picO on the 2stll, and the next We hear Of
her is her foialloss. The scene Of disaster,
we learuirom Capt. Golding, was about 80
miles south Of rampico. Some passengers,
with whom we cOnversed, make The scene
more distant, and one Of Them places il TO
the north Of TamPico. This we incline to
think an error, and presume the accident oc>s
cured to the south, and not very far from
the isle Lobos. Il must have happened on
or about the lst inst. All the troops on
board and tue crew got safely ashore. The
first Tumor we had was the troops we're all
taken prisoners as-sooh as they landed, glad
TO escape from tho water with their lives.
Subsequently passenger, 10 whom we are
Indebted for much intelligence, assured us
that they got safely ashore with their arms
and weeks provisions, and at once erree-
ted slight Temporary defence. Capt. Col
ding confirms the report of the safety Of ali
on board the ship. both from the waves and
the Mexicans: and he adds that the FIRST and
second and the crew Of The ship and all the
VOLUNTEERS had arrived at Tampico before
the Charron left. He speaks of the condi-
ton Of the volunteers as being deplorabIe,
wanting shoes hats and other necessary clo-
!, thing, and he adds that the crew OF tie On,
diaka had been COZ fiued III Tanpico 10 be
used as Witnesses in The legal questions grow
/, liBn onl nf.ihe loss Of the ship, 81 on aIlspis
) cion Of having abandoned their ship. Capt
fiealey, who commanded the Ondiaka on
this voyage, had not reached Tampico, nor
do we hear that be had left his vessel at oil
, If there be any ambiguity and uncertainty
r in the above, the reader will attribute it 10
the variety Of rumors upon Which we are
: compelled, insthe absence Of usual corfespOn.
, dence, 10 rely. We feel q strong conf
dence, upon reviewing all the reports which
have reached US, that none of our volunteers
+. unless mere sttage Iers, have fallen into the
hands Of the Mexicans We come now &c
r another reported disaster touching comps
r ny Of us. regulars.
= The steamer Undine was dispatched from
Tampico; upon hearing of the Joss of the
:. Ondiaka, with company Ell Of the Sd artillery
r, on board, TO render her any assistance tina
?, might be required. The boat had not re
turned when the Clarion sailed. bnt plo
= boat is said to have arrived at Tampico will
= a yun0r that this company Ofartillery bat
I. in some way been surprised and cut off hy
r, bodyaof 500 Mexican cavalry. We place
very little confidence fiji this story, but ar
!. compelled togive il, because it reaches u
- BY two or three distinct channels. We ha,
~ anoiherTnmor; too, which we came near Q
-, hitting, that the Mexicans had attacked lh
IT. volunteers after they had landed, and sue
ceeded in seizing their weeks supply Of Pre-
- visions, and that this led to the dispersal an
,,r forced march Of the volunteers TO Tampics
pr A more probable version Of the storie
ep this, that after the volunteers and crew ha
eP left the vicinity of the wreck. some Mexica
81 irregular troops took possession Of it. and VI
ct on the arrival Of Undine, the artillery comps
10. ny found themselves anticipated
=. The ship Catharjne and another ship, III
D'r name Of which was moi made out, were Q
eP Tampico on the 9th inst, with troops G
g. board. The schooner ST. Paul was up
D,F sail for this port on the 7fh inst.
D,r The u, s. sloop Of war Albany, Cap
O'r Breese, sailed for Tampico on Sd inst, on
sP cruise. All well. =
= We are glad 10 hear BY these arrivals Til
the health Of the troops are generally exec
lent; that here was very lille sickness
T'ampico. and more Of dangerous characie
4t This We are assured Of bypassengers vi
came On the Perfect. 81
n The Delta issued an extra last epenln
81 iii which i. IS said that a report had bes
al received al Tampico, BY commercial houl
Il. Ofa fierce encounter between the Texicai
e. sand portion Of Gen. Kearnel's, cosnnan
!. supposed 70 be the Missourians unde CO
Price. Many are represented 10 have bee
81. killed on both sides; but The AmeFicai
were victorious and took possession Of Il
cily0f Cbihuahua
The Wings .rnaY. hear their cOndemnatie