New-York daily tribune., 1849-04-21

] have been debating upon the chances " your re-
ceiviDg this letter before the which viii be DIS
psichcd upon my arrival al Nazstsn via Panama bot,
As bsve Lille leisure time will give you the oenet.
OF both ways We left the City Of Mexico on Monday
afternoon, the 26h February with two odT' drawn BY
four mules each, aud two spare mules found the
roads In excellent order. and Travelled with periec.
ease q 40 miles per day. We have passed through
beautiful country, aud some OF the hardest kind
In the valleys fruits Of every description, plenty OF
corn barley whea, rice pctasoes &c. The wheat and
barley are being harvested but The mountains and
everything upon them are ss wild an old dame Nature
could well have made them. We have also passed
through beautiful villages and several quite isrge
cities Al Cclsys place about the size Of New BruDs
wick left the diligence road and took a kind n
ma path over the most unbroken country ever irsV
e'ed over We kept II two days and then struck the
National Road sgsio, saving thereby about 40 miles
We had good deal Of sport shooting game grey aud
black squirrels rabbits aud large bird very much
ike the prairie hen were IS plenty ss blsckords in tie
states so much that would no. waste charge Of
powder 10 ess three or four could BE killed ~ once
We also fell 10 with three oAerent AocEs Of wolves
had two rnree shON ~ them Meredith wounded one
pretty osdy and We hed hne chase alter the old ie
low horseback, but be chose such confOunded
ground 10 run over that only one two got near
enough for second shot Between here and Tepic
they tell shsl find deer and we are confidently
assured q 4 crack At robbers.
A train eft here three weeks ago with sn escort Of
twelve soldiers every one Of whom were killed, but
eighteen Yankees, think VIII be rsiher large PHI tor
dose. We have got along very quietly thus far ar
about = N This is nearly large city a. Mexico
but not grand. The country about H. however Is TAR
more beautiful
Last night IIu.tons party cams into town some Of
them bringing with them pretty bad wounds, and the
sad intelligence OF one man killed They were attacked
in town called rapuato about twice as large ~ Jer
sey City) The facts in the case are these party oi
hfteen dnclucng Hutton rode IN advance Of the main
body 10 get breakfast and 20 with the baggage the
others remaining behind After the mules had passed
through for the same purpose they dpersed in squads
of three and four the different fOndss around the
plaza Hutton and eight nine others having finished
their meal. mounted and rode couple Of streets 10
look at very hne old cathedral which is beautifully
situated in kind Of park enclosed by stone wal ten
feet high They mad been there only few minutes
when they heard the beating Of the generse which IL
beaten except 10 CAL the people together In time
Of revolution or sudden invasion by hostile hosts In
A. instant. people (neD women and children) poured
from every hole and into the streets and upon
the housetoys They were very much surprised, ana
sill more the next moment 70 hear about 4 dozen
shots from the plaza They instantly thought oi me
whom they had left there. and started 20 ride 10
that direction but cut of by the mob, and stoned
such rate from the tops Of houses that they turned
their horses and for the open country As they got
the cathedral they were headed sgsn, and would
have all been killed had not couple Of old Padres
ordered the churchyar gates 10 be opened through
which they passed and gained the open country just as
the IN ain body came up Here they halted and faced
the mob which had followed them. Hutton then rode
rwaTd and demanded interview with the Aicalde
A FreDchman then rode forward and said that the A.!
cade would come out II they would promise not To
xiii take him prisoner which they did, and hls Honor
made his Appearance Hutton first asked him whether
his men who in the town safe. He answer
ed yes that they In prison. Hutton then densu
ded why the SeHdie had been beaten and his party al
tackled. lie answered that he had been grossly insult
cd by Of them that the people had arisen and be
had called out the troops TO put them down, which
proved 10 be an internal lie. Hutton then required the
TO be brought out with their horses arms, &C and
the Alcade returned town. and in about an hour and
4 halt came back with five of them accompanied by
about 500 Lancers) without bOrses arms, money, and
hardly with clothes their heads all besen to pieces,
aud several of them with sabre cuts and bayoEet saOs
one OF them missing, whom they soon learned
WAS dead
The young man killed named Dunham, he was
from Connecticut IL appears that after they had mn
shed their breakfast they mounted ~ ride or and the
keeper OF hotel out sud said that Durham owed
him "A shilling. lie answered that be had paid all but
qusrtillo "a cents) and asked man named Carroll 90
pay ID for him lie handed IL 10 him and the
fused to take it, stl protesting that he owed real
Carroll told the Mexican TO take the quarto or moth
ing The man of few houses for the Acade, who
came and demanded the shilling 10 be paid. Carroll
stated the case and offered the piece of money which
being again refused he threw II upon the ground The
Acade ordered him TO dismount and pick II up. Car
roll told him he would see him ID nrst The Al
cslde the street TO guard house, and In
they heard the 9fnerdle and the next instant
they surrounded by 200 soldiers some with mus
keis and sOme with lsncets(we have sscertsned since
that the Acalde is Coonesn the army having 200 men
under his command at this place. He again ordered
Carroll 10 dsmount. lie answered that he would see
the whole Mexican Nation In HI fret In the mean
time of the others offered to pay the shilling and
to pick up the quatllo neither of which would the Al
cslde permit him TO do The Acsde after the second
refusal turned to his men and asked If their pieces were
all loaded they answered Yes; he gave his order the
third time and Carroll still refusing TO get of, be or
dered his soldiers TO knock him off which they did in
mighty short order He carried 10 the prison in
sensible.
Al this moment Durham cspped the spurs into his
horse and tried TO dash through the crowd The or
der WAS given 10 FIRE about dozen muskets were DIS
charged aud he fell dead. Al the same time all the
others but were knocked from their horses with
muskeis and cut and kicked by everyone who could
get near enough To do IT, One of them named Chceny
smashed his horse through them nearly 100 yards
trsmping upon all who could not get out oil his way
About 20 shots fired al him, not one OF them tax
ing effect His horse At last stopped By some men
one OF whom he killed by striking him on the head with
double barrel gun When he came TO bis senses, 81
ter be was knocked of be found himself In prison
In the prison they insuted and abused In every
shape and way their pockets picked, and everything
they had taken from them Dunhsms dead BODY was
brought into the same room and abused before theH
eyes. The Acade told Hutton that ne was sorry Tor
hat had happened, and only one man had been
killed on each side there would be no use In making
fuss about It, Hutton told him that the Mexican had
been killed by one acting In setdetense and tnai the
whole affair was a most dAmnable outrage that our
Government should be Immediately informed through
,ir Clifford and that the United States would demand
atffaction OF the Mexican nation, which irshientd
rms and horses which had been taken. and has KEEP
his word This morning they all arrived, except pai'
IF revolyers which he Informed Hutton 10y letter
could not be found.
The reason thsi more Mexicsns were not Killed was
hat since the accidents have happened they have car
-ed their arms without cops upon them, thinking that
hey would have time In any emergency to take cap
rom their pocket sud pu, IL on but they found cut al
erently
This afternoon the diligence arrived from Mexico
1y which expected Agnew, snd were mneh di,ap
pointed At his non arrival When we left his hsnd Was
70 much better that we supposed he would get mere
before us We have nothing directly from MIN a.
xe know is that his hand was not well enough 80
An acquaintance Of OF our party came oy tnis
,tsge and was robbed OF every thing The cOsch has
,een attacked three times in the last two weeks-H
-uus through twice week.
This is most ex,raysgsntly dear place and we hesi
hat everything will be higher as we draw nearer the
,osst This route has proved costly one Tor US the'
IRE few who will have than enough 10 snd tnem
n California We hear that the price OF passage rom
san Bias or Mszsuan is $500 for cabin, and stVO ioi
,ecrssei in ssilinR vessels and $500 per steamer
They continue 70 have news here every day ron
-sHrornia and II sppesrs 10 be more and more isVoIS
de aud crowds and crowds OF people are on theH
way from every part of this country All toe mineIs
rorn the mines in this part Of Mexico are hsAhs
racks | would advise any one leaving the l. ;"
axe smos, any other route than ths,-or A. any ae
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