The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-11-19
From Monitor Rspublieano, Of MEXICO, Oct 9.
Combat OF Half AN Hours Duration Between
One Man ON Foot and Eleven Robbers ON
Horseback.

Horseback.
Alta time like this OF ours when there few who
know that valor is sentiment sprung from love OF glory
and the desire 10 acquire Tenown, and that II prompts It's
posssor 10 brave and 10 seek the greatest dangers
shall perhaps be excused II give our readers inc
details OF combat which Only came 10 our ears Sesiei
day la our narrative we shall sludlously AVOID AL
exafgeraton il deserves implicit confidence although ~
presents facts certainly very lmprooaoie anu We pro
duce Al, il is 10 prove tile unquesiioDa0le ruin Oh the
Latin adage audatss r.na uUai and 10 nce travellers
defend themselves whenever they are PROVIDED WIN
arms. . !. !,
Some four or five dai since, at half past one in the
afternoon the mail coach or diligence from AHoyazaco
was atacke near Tepe del RIO II had been raining
slightly Just before, and the coach was closed on one
side In The interior OF The diligence an English
man. three Spanards, French lady, and our hero.
MIR. Albers Speyers, a wealthy merchant, German by
birth, ON Tie Top :, aled three Mexleans.
All the passengers al The lime OF the attack were
dreaming OF anything but danger aud The first news oil
the arrival OF The robbers The insertion, through one oil
the windows OF the coach OF pistol and the cry Give
up your arms or ,ou are all dead" "Yes answered Spey
leaning forward ''bni bullets and all and he showed
the robber small TWO barreed pistol On seeing this the
Tobber crouched down shield himself behind his horse
Speyers. who had taken his aim discharged his weapon
while The robber with five Others stationed the other
aide OF The vehicle, dill the same. The discharge
without fatal result either side.
Speyers, upon this, needless OF the enlreahes OF Inc
passengers who sought 10 restrain him. opens ihe door
Of the COACH leaps 10 The groand, and pistol IN hand
pursues the robber that had fired him, and who, IN
company with the Ave already mentioned had gone 10
Join more who stationed al some little distance
the Regardless oil NUMBERS, Speyefs, WIN
other pistol fires into the group and then returns to me
coach in quest OF more weapons. When he reached H.
be found all the other passengers accumulated IN me SOL
tom Of the coach He speaks 10 them-encourages
them but in vain He then takes out his watch, and all
the money his pockets and lays the whole under the
cushions whey he draws his other two-bareed ana one
six barreed pistol, with which he purposed 10 pursue
the campaign The former weapon he presents TO one OF
the passengers, exhorng him TO leave The coach and de,
fend himself Speyers himself prepares the pistol ana
offers to place in the hands OF the passenger, but he
trembes with fear that he cannot grasp IT, On seeing
this, Speyers becomes still excited and excalms:
Since you all towards shall defend myself alone
remain where you are"
Meantime the highwaymen were crying, " He is load
ing again; fe, hire !" and they poured IN the coach
deluge OF bullets which respected the valiant Speyers
The latter, however, loses time seizing firm hold
of his revolver he darts forward in pursuit OF the eleven
robbers, who, seeing him. leap over the wide trench
side Of The road, there 10 reload their weapons
Shortly after they return towards Speyers, surround him
al distance, and cry 10 him. We see that you are
brave man. SO are we-slrrender. We do not wish 10
answers Speyers, eleven against one ihis SAID nc
sets forth in pursuit of The robbers. who fly at his ap.
proach. Why do you hy'" he cries; did you not say
you were brave! Come cowards-come, every one OF
y0u--one by one await you here"
But their only is shower Of bullets and sugs
which whistle around the undaunted Speyers lie re-
ulcs by discharge of four barrels that prove ineiect-
ua in consequence OF the incessan movement by The
horses preventing his aiming with any approach 10 GER
tanty
This general discharge having been made. all the pas
sengers advance towards Speyes they seize hold OF
him they him yield his arms, Tor they are
all going be victims; he should recollect that there
is lady among them Speyefs Tesiss; the robbers sur.
hound him then he, pistol IN hand. cres
Come, you say that you brave we Will see II be
So shall surrender my two conditions" " hat
are ihey" cry the robbers; I've faithfully 10 re-
spec them" Well, then" said Speyers, "the first is,
that you will make no attempts against my person The
second is, that you will touch nothing belonging 10
me-" Yes, we swear H." exclam all The robbers IN
a breath :" Here, then, is my weapon" answers Spey
ers; "there yet two barrels loaded"
lin nj he han received the plstO and
all proceeded together towards the diligence In one IN
slant all The trunks torn OPEN the carpet-bags
turned inside out &c, the band respecting nothing but
what Speyers pointed ou as his property Meanwhile,
our hero seated containing the samples OF the
goods which he carried, drawing figure in the sand
with GOODNESS and sang Iroid something more than ad
mirable.
The robbery being completed. the highwaymen having
resumed their seats on horseback, sauted SpeyeTs Ia
king leave OF him IN these words: Farewell, brave
man remember that robbers know how 10 keep
our word" Farewell" answered Speyers, God grant
that il may not be forever"
In this fight more than thirty shots discharged al
Speyers Two balf.spent balls the only that
reached him, when be searching for his revolver 10
the dilgence-one struck him the and the other
in the back third he found in his boot going 10 bed
without knowing whence IL The Englishman had
his hand badly injured by bullet, which even now can
not be extracted the driver also wounded and the
French lady received IN her dress four bullets which did
not, however, injure her.
Mr. Albert Speyers lost in this affair nothing but his
watch and some money, deposited in the diligence and
which he did not claim, having no arms 10 back his de-
mand
We have been informed that Mr. Speyers is a mer-
chant, established al New York. and accustomed 10 tray
ell in among the Indians of the North, and on
OCCASION behind his wagons with ten companions
sustained against seventy five a combat which
lasted from sunrise till sunset leaving more than TWEEN
ty.hye OF Them stretched on the ground
We sincerely wish that there were in Mexico few
hundred men OF the Speyers stamp in order that the
highway banditn might receive the only treatment a0d
the only indulgence they deserve daily, Notwithstanding
the pbianthoc Tenderness OF the honorable representa-
ves Who al most prescribe change oil climate for The
cure OF what they deem local inhuny.
VISIT TO OCoEHELLs EsTATE-Mss Manineau, IN
OF visit she lately paid TO the tomb OF the
celebrated Daniel 0Conne says;