Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-03-04
FROM BURMA VISTA.



The following extract Of i letier from Bueni
yista, describing the execution Olive Mexicant
e. numbering three Alissi&i piahs. Nm 6c sssd
with Interest
BrExA vmrA, Mnxico.
Jan g, l016s
go 1si IL man leaves to-morrow. Ihasp
deterniined 70 wriss. yoa letief. although II I
consulted my own convenience should BE sleep
ing having Dust come o5r duty. and of course not
having closed my era iship twenty fppr hours.
But custom IS 2 second hatdte, and Can now.
three nights in he week. peEfcrm lhe same dusy
STAR have isl lie SaEes siss sSa soo 81 al e
he breaking ofihe porn partake Of lily k1mbls
soldiers hreakfast cooked 81 my own hands, a.
sisted By my mess-matcs The remainder of The
day isspent IN the various and afduoas duties of
camp company and haaiaiion drills, mnpeo.
tions. &c. &C.
!, We g ss ss., ssihIPs = N. As ssls
Tor the murder ofthree discharge Mississippians.
The Mississippians had started from Saltillo
for Monterey, on horseback, and Il is supposed
that the robbers or their accomplices, who infest
the city, knew Of their intended return and deter
mined 10 ,Yayiay lkeYi After having travelled
about Is miles they alightcd At stream Of water
BY the roadside, for the purpose Of drinking, and
s..ss - tuG Az We.e dstsSsfeu ~ the party, and
being oysrPoTsfFd by numbers were All three
killed and horribly mutilaied. So soon a. il wa
ascertained, parties were sent out, and i've ofihj
Guerrilleros were captured and their ranche3
burned. They were tried ana Condemned u 81
hung in the Main Plaza in Saltllo went n
town to witness the execution, and upon entering
the Plaza saw the scatfold already erected with
lre hal,ers suspended from it The prisoners
We're brought out about is minutes before ii 81
cIf3fk tho aHOTinfa1 49, Ill. ~
magnificent Cathedral, whose front occupies ono
entire SHE ot the Paza tolling during the execS.
ton, and until the bodies were carried off. 4
They were brought to the scaffold in two va.
gons and three of them were actually smoking
Pneros, and continued to do 30 until the ropes
We're around their necks, exhibiting dntihg ihse
vi, whole proceeding The nas. perfect ipdiasrenes
~, and followed by two priests in their fancifui
pontihcial robes. The scaffold was surrounded
BY the military in large force, and the whole
space. in their rear was filed with multitude
densely packed. The house-tops, which YOU
know are Nat and afford splendid promenades,
were filled with beautiful senoritas, and the faiii-
lies q .le higher classes All the hour ,of tts
the clock on the, Cathedral, ahd eacR iliiirui.
counted asst heesed by. The awful moment IL
last arTfved-the clock TOLD eleyen--and i've
souls were hurried into eternity The last sound
which they heard were three cheers from the
crowd OF Americans present. Their bodies wetS
tossed into Wagon, and giveR up u lie priests
for interment
One Of them in his confession 10 Tie Priess.
gave tie names of seventeen, Mex Eans who were
Of the party which committed the murder. Three
Of them have been takeI, and the rest doubt
not will also be captufea, rs their ranches arc
known. They will of course folldw tkeif i've
accempIices. should they all BE taken.,
Murders are sill frequent about camp and will
ne VIII be avenged by his fellow-soldiers, whe.
ther right or wrong.
One Of the Mississippians killed was boy Of
about 10 years Of age, who was lust returning a
his friends, having already been discharrsd 81
account Of inability TO serve his country faffEhef
They deserved better fate. FHe ttiilfee weEa
buried in one grave, within sight Of our camp. a
spot where lie the bodies Of hundreds Of. sol-
diers--all hating died since the Virginia Regi-
Inent reached tAis camp. The war doaubE hol.
will continue sodie fins, and | hope TO have p
opportunity of seeing some active Operations. i
am fond Of soldiers life, and am determined "
see the end OF the war