The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-01-25


Of his This the strange, te indulgence
Capt Chapman had other LETT but force doc
which he promptly did, found the silver aud placed
strong guard it, We understand that the sentinel \, IN
remain until the duties paid We also understand that
the Captain posts every relief Of sentinel himself
the bars (e5) each visit. Different conduct example
might be expected from Mr. Schatze who has been Tor
several years the OF our al this
Maynard disposition, SO notorious
From Jamaica and the Pacific.
The barque Alton, Capt Bowman, arrived yesterday
from Kingston Jamaica, having sailed thence on the 9th
instant The Alton made the passage from this port 10
Kingston in extraordinary short time. She brought back
from Kingston Midshipman J. X. Wilson, OF the United
States navy bearer of dispatches from California; Md
shpman II, ~ Crabb, OF the navy; and DR.. w J. Pow
ell, of the United States ship Warren.
Midshipman Wilson left California on the 10th OF DC
tober the Preble and arrived at Panama on the 3Oth
Of November Com Jones, John X , Clay Charge to
the same evening for Valparaiso, on the British steamer
The three gentlemen, who arrived here on the Alton
came over from Chagres TO Kingston on the Avon-a no
ted States navy and Sir Baldwin Walker, of the British
navy, were also passengers on the Avon
On the sth of October the city of Chagres entirely
destroyed by fire The custom house, miserable thatch
ed building, containing property to the amount OF 500 O00
belonging to English merchants, which had just been
D" Ifn had been puposey fired bya black man INC
Major General Lambert, commander-in- chief of the
British forces in the island of jamaica, died at Kingston
the 1tn INST, IN lne Sixty year OF
remains were buried the evening OF the same day with
military honors.
Nothing of news reaches from California by this
arrival We have combinations of the deaths OF Major
Cloud, paymaster and Lieut. Minor, of the artillery.
They died in September last Major Cloud was thrown
from his mule at Sacramento, and killed.
singular incident happened 10 some officers OF the
British navy off the Mexican coast fngate and an
other vessel off Zacatula port between San Bias
and Acapulco engaged in surveying the coast: They
sent boat ashore for purpose connected with their
survey when party of Mexicans fell upon them and
made the whole prisoners 1t in vain that they pro-
tested that they Engshmen, and belonged to ma
tional ship. The Mexicans insisted that they were
Yankees-ooked like them, and spoke the same language
Finally, of the Englshmen sent of under an
escort Acapulco, to the cOmmandant there IRON
whom order obtained for the release of the party
While they were in confinement, and threatened daily
with being hung, and expecting it, the soldiers placed
over them could be heard descantng upon the different
articles of dress of the prisoners, and dividing the spols
between them, in advance OF their execution The IN
cdent was udicrous in aspects but quite sober
affair, for a time, to the English sailors.
Passengers per barque Afton from Kingston, Jamaica,
which left United States squadron off the western coast
of Mexico the 10th of October, report the U D. ships
Independence, Cyane, Erie, and Southampton.
For THE SEAT OF wAR.-The ship Danbury leaves this
morning for Vera Cruz with three companies OF Michi
gan volunteers and quarermasers stores The barque
! Tarqun also leaves for Vera Cruz, with government
| stores.