The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-15
From the .N:W Ooieans Picaur,e
1 Fight with the Mexican Robbers,

In our Mexican news, received by the Bonita,
will be found n short account of a recent at
tempt to rob the de igeac;g, or stage coach on
the road between Vera Cruz and the city OF
Mexico, and the killing of two Of the bri lands
by an English passenger vino was fortunately
too well armed for the scoundrels In brief
we will give the particulars, as We learned them
from parties present
The stage left Vera Cruz on the 9Th nit
with nine passengers in all. OF these, two
were Mexcans unarmed, one Frenchman in
differently provided for defence, three were
English miners, also poorly armed, one was
Californian with trang revolving pistol, but
in the coach we're two English gentlemen, S. I.
Clissold and G. w. Fitzwilam, who wer, armed
and equipped as the law regulating safety on
the Mexican roads requires and directs Ia nd
dition to a goody showing of Colts revolvers.
the best weapon we know of for any service
they had double barreled guns, well loaded with
buckshot, and for the latter ia particular they
found especial need
Every thing went on smoothly during the frat
days journey, and they reached and passed Pc.
rote without molestation from the swarms of
ladrones who have long held travellers as Their
own property. Bat while on the route between
Acajete and Amosoque, about 2 o'clock in the
afternoon OF the second day, the stage was sud-
denly beleaguered by party of brgands, well
masked and better mounte !, who riding Nd
ordered the driver to halt. They next, al d with
great show Of courage, presented their pistols
in way to rng them TO bear upon the pas-
sengers inside, and were about to charge boil,
npon the stage, when ClssoId discharged
heavy load of bucks directly into the breast
of one of them The fellows head fell list essly.
his bride reins dropped from his hands, and he
was evident about TO tumble from his saddle,
when one of his companions, seizing him by the
collar and steadying him for moment, turned
his horses head in an opposite direction In
another moment, n second charge Of buck shot
was lodged in the side of the second robber.
while the Californian, who was seated on tn.
box with the driver, opened an Intellectual fire
from his little revolver After the second shot
from Clssold's gun, who was seated inside the
stage and on the quarter upon which the bri.
rands made the onslaught, the entire psrty
scampered off, and thus was a party of Mexican
robbers completely beaten off with loss, by two
well directed discharges from double barreled
gun. Had Fitzwilliam been on the side of the
stage Immediately attacked, and could he have
brought his gun TO bear upon them the scoun
drels would have gono off with greater loss
On arriving at Amosoque, a large villa e ten
miles this side of poebla, and where the stage
horses are changed, Clissold was advised to 90
TO the alcslde and inform that functionary of
what had happened. He did so, stating that he
believed he had killed ore robber if not two.
when he was told that it was a pity he had no,
slain The entire party. It afterwards appeared
that the first brgand shot lived but few mo-
ments, and that the second after lingering four
days, finally expired. They were all described
as new hands upon the road, their faces not be-
ing recognized
The affair created not a little stir along the
road, and mention was made Of it in the papers
of the city OF Mexico. The Trau dUnion Of
the lath June, in commenting upon the affair,
has the following
The diligence which arrived here in Mexico
yesterday, was attacked at Pina. about three
leagues before reaching Puebla about O'Clock
in the evening by four mounted robbers. There
were in the diligence two well armed English
gentlemen, who, it is said had como to the coun-
try to hunt, and considered the occasion favora-
BILE for commencement of tn, sport. They
put the thi .vcs TO the test. and made them re-
rfet the detention. One Of the rascals, struck
bv a ball in the side, hung on to the pomme Of
the saddle, and made off at full speed. His
three companions tried 10 follow his example,
but second ball struck one of the fugitives in |