New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-06
Rr TIE SOUTHERN MAIL.
I.afer from Mexico.


Ths steamship New.Olsans Capt. Aud, AZ
rived q; Sew-oreans the Gh nom Vera Cruf' "n'eH
port she isft on the iah Inst.
TIE FREE Aisericaa OF the 10Th announces the arrival
a, Vera Cruz on ths 18Th Of IS wagons from Js'pa'
escorted BY g men only Hnlsr the command Of Leu''
HUFFMAN Of The Baltimore battalion. Ater loading ne
x.yor. sth provisions and ammunition they WI return
- Jalaga The trocps uater Lieut.. Itgnmah oat.siy'
rs srasoons sns so inisl;ry Of the Ne~Jsey os.aon'
commanded b Liegts. IcUng and Mcdowell Al IS Iu-
aorea ,hai Gen Narshal, who Is a. Jaapa, wiz msrea
or Orroa ss soon he ca gei ne rssesary annunl
ton Pa'rs garsuta. tie guerrilla calri Is n9- ieolu4'
ius in that cry. There are sooniz,oNV m.S ~ 1~.-Ps
rhs re- trsrtca q The 2lsi saws This uornlns sew
s~s psrSsrs Of note arrived 10 this city from Aeso'
among whom We noticed Cen Pierce. Col Isoot'' 20
Snyth bearer Of ispaiches 70 WAsnlns'on MI =, ~
p.osies 1ifor o. the Arsrlc9n Sisrf Or bH"n, Leu'
-. Ifxop fsts OF the Alabama Volunteering was
wounded several times 10 The battles o. Mexico. .neso
geutenst lsfi Mexico on ne sth MS N,. ~ W.
which thsss fet Del Rio day before ,esterosf We
have r c-sei with one Of those gentlemen, VINO ol u
thst VS. hts opaion that peace would soon oe MADE
ten Pierce will cave far The states IN lew ess
We hsf the pleasure of meeting Mr. J IN n ieotis',
Ftitar of the Anf- SGr. publ shed m ne 1iy OF
Mexico. NJ Peoples has been 10 ins country sh.e ne
commencement. oi the war. lie was among ne hrst "ho
yolunieeret 70 shoulder the nusAs. VIC" 80 -
called upon and he was the urst man "no Pu1
i.hsd an American newspaper IN the kePaole' as well
A. GA TIE CllY Of Mexico. 80,
"Cen. gp'gss who Is now m command Of the train
which Il 81 Is way fhis city, appointed Governor OF
The Derarnnert Of Vera Cruz. and will remain m con-
msuf her. until ihs arrival 90 Gen. JesuP Ten l. W"
thea q b,re IS QHarts unssicr General
We u.tc-sfan1 that Cen Pierce VII lesish ~ So'H
mission m lhe aruiy As 50 he arrives In the Inilei
states .,.
"Oa ihr 27,h Inst Gen. Lane viii detachment fought
he Nexi.srs ~ Place named Msiamoros, warped
them ard delivered several prisoners We save !. i'se
the loss Of Lieut. Rdgey Or the artillery, and Assistant
Ad'utAnt. General o. Cen. Lane
From %, same paper CT the 23i, We learn thAi r,n.
Al ~ Ne
train wh,s, he commanded great many wounded ON
. Gers aud sellers were IN The tram.
sIieut rion Of re Ride Regiment, was shot iAy pc
fore vsstefd,y near san JrSu del RIO. Although twice
srus by as enemy bs heis ia fair way Of recovery
The ship Texas arrived yesterday, In six DAY rom
View orleans. HAWKS 40 recruits on board un1e' Le"''
Howard Llents Huise Conway and Woodruff came pas
he cheers stationed At Pueba have resolved % present
se M 20 Gen. Lane. ON one SIDE q IL Is 10 oe ne Gen
eras likeness and tie other side he will be represent.
ei entering the City OF Pueo'A The meo-' j. " ''''
The Free 4nroqa II The goth, says Lieut. Hawkins,
IL was rumored lev days aco, had been Killed W 'ne
eusreros. We re happy 70 announeeh m ine 'sP0''
false. q, -
Ges Twrgs commenced his duties as Governor Of vera
cru, on the 2th inst Col Barkhead was % ee'emmeoi-
stel, for Mexico Join Gen. scott. C'i WILSON late N-
er0r oi Vera Cruz 70 leave on e ioh INST on 'ne
n : sbo a. Germantown for The North Tho New Orleans
hroueh over Gen rcrcf Col SDyth, bearer OF dsps s'
Gel Trousal Mai rac0tt. Drs Jackson Barton Jord'h
and Scots Capts Mciiuor. ScsifAnt lenoeitol'ifn'',
Gsshire, Tori. B.autng, Sumter, NcCtm's, Jones ahd
Nichols. Lieuts NcLlue, Llcoiu, McCowcn. Love- WI
usms Murray Smith Pitcher Steen, NcCiurg. Brcsand'
Bradford Pierce WoO'hluse, Cautwcl Cl9, Muttl sW-
rletsn BOYLE Miller. Move. Higgins Van Burcr. stevens
Lengsreet ana Fos.e and Messfs Ltchaie ana ie'P'S
seecial Correspondence Of the Picayune.
VERA CSr1 Dec p, i2t7.
Col Domirgnez made his second grand entry into Vera
Crx about O'Clock tod but he brings lacr date.
rom Mexico than those which yor have no doubt ere
his received. It is reported that NJ rrst viii reseh
here with escort Of cavalry, and he may eus ut'S
rom Mexico 20 the oth N'Yemter-ohe Gay l"'t '""i
lbs been received
I. has no 3 become pretty cerais a. learn nom many
who with Tho rnn. that Lieut. o saisan Nho %as
promoted for his galantry az PAo Alto and dun1u shed
himself By his gdlanry in the battles before MeNco'
AFTER throwing up his commission joined the MeS,.sns'
and has received appointment OF Colonel IN the MeA
can army although gallant and brave man AS ever
lived he dsgracad himself many occasions. by wnicn
he lost the respect AL his associates and may now hsh
as hsrd against the American tx IS he has fought cr IT,
The ls' artillery, under command ot MaJr DmmcA
win relieve TIE lst infantry tomorrow sud the latter
regimen, will remove Immediately to Camp Nersna.
/ The Terrible steamboat Explosion on the Ohio.
The Cincinnati papers Of the 3lst ult are filled
with accounts of the awful disaster 10 the steamer A. "
Johnson. brief account Of which published several
days ago by Telegraph The steamer new one, and
was making her nrst trip from Cincinnati to Wheeling.
The explosion occurred abou, o'clock on Wednesday
morning. 29h ult. when the passengers were In their
berths some or 70 miles above Maysve The steamer
was at the time in the act OF rounding out from shore
having just discharged passengers on the wharf boat
/ az Manchester.
one OF the boilers Of The boat is stated to have been
blown some 300 yards from the boat into cornfelisn
/ other go to 800 yards into the same held
We ex,ras. the following from the CsacaHaa Adas OF
/ the 3lst.
IL, In, -, IaIaa hin
horrible crash aroused them. Mr. W. teeiicg the steam
penetrating the siaio.room, seized his wife who had
sprung No. aud enveopirg both her and himself In the
hstclohes saved themselves rom being sctlted BY the
| steam ani hot water, which wet ever hing
! around Looking out IN fcv minutes, he found hat
one o the boilers had been blown at, directly through
inc boat tearing away the floors Of both cabins and
carving on the front Of the s'ae-rooms the side
opposite 20 them. Front OF The Wheel-houses the gem
tIemen's cabin was III b'o0n away or fallen down.
Mr ami lady got the guard beside their stae-room,
/ which. fortunately the side toward he shore,
(c0se which the boat ay and ~ the assistance Of the
Caotan 20, SAFE 20 land They the last that left
/ the wreck. through which the fire was thea rapidly
I spreading.
on the shore there were two small CABINS, but they
could afford little accommodation for the sufferers. MIR.
Williams procured skin, and with his LADY and gentle
man started for Maysve 10 miles below. to send up aid
/ They got down about o'clock IN The morning Inc
Boone had got IN from Cincinnati with her buckets
broken by ice, ami could not 70 ny until they were in
some degree repaired. She do not get of before A.
Notwithstanding the reported statement Of the as Ing
engineer Il be the general opinion tina. the hor
be accident occurred from want OF water n The boilers,
which In turn Occas0nsd By an impereciiou In The
pumps.
she had three boilers and It o. thought the fues Of all
collapsed one Is supposed 20 have gone down through
the hull and occaonei the rapid siokiug which took
place; another passed Aft already mentioned, tearing
everything before H. and landing In conei some 800
yaids below while the third broke into two pieces,
OF which found 10 the bank close by, snd tie other in
the corn-1eI some 80 yards absve.
near AZ can be told there were % cabin passengers
and IS deck; from 40 - 30 Killed missing. Ihere
were six ladies' Ou board-a saved or : children, also
saved The Boone brought down 20 Mtysyille some 30
and 70 this city Of those less scalfed or
wounded together with others who escaped with IT.
tie or olnjmy.
Five Of those len at Haysvile were not expected 10
live when the Boone lsn There - horses on
bOari-sx were saved The circumstances o. the death
Of the first clerk represented most singular lie
blown some 100 yards on shore-sprang ran some
distance into house. under bed, and when persons
got to HIN be was Just dying.
The Immediately aer the explosion Ia represent
4 IA and aa IA he oxfr