The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-17


the desisisn has not been published.
The UniUrsSi says
Ursss has been Issued and thst no be brought to the
The execution Of this important srdsr had been
oonided to Sener Munoz Ledo, which the Umivrsal
Gays is also impolitic, rs no one knows better than
Governor Munoz the great services which this hon
est patriot has yielded to the State and to the true
cause Of order The Uwsvsvsal hopes thAt instssd
of complying with tho order, Senior kunsz will ma
nifest 10 them that no good oAn result from such
imprudent prosecutions. In regard to this affair
the Sfglo of the 18th says.
Senior Munoz Ledo ON learning the late variatioAs
the plan Of Guadasara sent body Of troops to San MI
guei to arrest General UrsgA but whom they arrived
they found he had left the town.
The revolution Of Guadalajara seems to be gather
ing strength and presents more formidable aspect.
change of its plan has been made. All the pub
lie authorities who havo forfeited the confidence OF
the people are disarmsd. An extraordinary Con-
gress, composed Of two deputies from zach State is
convoked, which shall proceed to the election ola
President ad interim, and reformation Of the con-
stitution. Gen Santa Anna il called upon to re-
turn to the republic, and Gen. Uraga is invited to
place himself at the head Of the movement. The
Siglo Dies Nueve Of the 2Slh SAYS
Yesterday the government received IN express from
zapotanjo We are told that there wa, scms disssn.
accepted the invitation to join the movement aad that
the conmaDdant Of the battalion Of Gus.susta having
wished TO pronounce, he had been removed.
The commandsnt Of Jalisoc, Gen. Vasquez, ad-
yised the supreme government that flag of truce
had been sent by the insurgents with two commits
sioners, inviting him to jonthe movement, and that
Letters Of the 25th, from Gen. vasquez, announce
that he considered it very difficult to defeat the in
sIhe legislature Of GuansjuatA had met to con-
slider what steps should be taken in regard to tho
revolution.
Combat OF Half an Hours Duration Be
tween One Mar on Foot aud Eleven Rob
bers on Horseback.
IEr,u hal Mani panr noSN xic Aot
At time Like this Of ours, when there arc so few
who know that valor is sentiment sprung from
love OF glory and the desire to acquire wn, and
that it prompts its possegsor to brave and even to
seek the greatest dangers, We shall perhaps DO a.
cused five give our readers the details of combat,
which only came 50 our ears yesterday In ournsr-
rstivc We shall studously avoid oil cxaggerasion;
1t deserves implicit confidence, although 1t prcssns
facts certainly very improbable, and if we reproduce
it, it is to prove the unquestionable truth Of the
Latin adage: aMdaces fortuna juuat, and to incits
travellers to defend themselves Whenever they
provided with arms.
Some four or five days since, at half-past one in
the afternoon, the mail coach or diligence from Ar
royszsIco was attacked near Tspcj del Rio. 1t had
been raining slightly lst BEFORE and the coach was
closed SIDE In the interior Of the diligence
were an Englishman, three Spaniards, one French
lady and our hero, Mr. Albers Speyers, q wealthy
merchant, German BY birth; On the top were
All the passengers at the time of tho attack were
dreaming Of anything but danger, and the frstnsws
Of the arrival Of the robbers was the insertion,
through one at the windows Of the COACH OF pistol
and the cry, "Give up your arms, or you are all
dead = EYES," answered Speyers, leaning forward,
''but bullets and all, - and he showed the robber
small two bsTreled pistol On seeing this the rob-
Der crouched down to shield himself behind his
horse. Speyers, who had taken his aim, discharged
his weapon, while the robber, with five others sta.
toned the other side Of the vehicle, did the same.
The discharge was happily without fatal result on
either ride.
speyers, upon this, needless of the eptreates of the
passengers, who sought to restrain him, opens tho
door Of the ooach leaps to the ground and, pistol
in hand, pursues tho robber that had fired ut him,
and who, in cempapywith the five already mentioned
bad gore to join six more, who were stationed at
some little distance on the road, Regardless Of
numbers, Spey ers, with other pistol tires into the
group, and then returns to the coach in quest of
more weapons. When he reached it, he found al
the other passengers accumulated in the bottom OF
the coach He speaks to then.enoourages them,
but in vain He then takes out his watch, and all
the money in his pockets, and lays the whole under
the cushions, when he draws his other two bsrreed,
and one six.barrelled pistol, with which he pur-
he presents to one of the passengers. exhorting him
to leave the coach and defend himself. Speyers
himself prepares the pistol. and offers to place it in
the hands OF the passenger but he trembies so with
fear tina. he canno. grasp it. On seeing this,
Speyers becomes still m excited, aud exolams
'.spce you are all towards, | shall defend myself,
alonei remain where you are"
Meantime the highwaymen were crying, He is
loading .. ain, FIRE, fire." and they poured in the
coach deluge Of bullets, which respected the
valiant speyers The latter, however, loosss no
time; Selling firm hold Of his revolver, he darts
forward in pursuit Of the eleven robbers, who, on
seeing him, leap the wide trench on one side of
the road there to reload their weapons Shortly after
they return towards spsys surround him at ssms
brave man, So are we-surrendcr. We do not
wish to kill 50 valiant man VERY brave, you
are, indeed" answers speyers. "elsyen against
bers, who ay At his approach. "Why do you ay?"
he cries; Ibid you not say you were brave! Come.
eowards-cone, every one Of you-0ns by one, |
But their only answer is shower Of bullets and
slugs, which whistle around the undaunted Speyers
He replies by discharge of four barrels, that prove
Intellectual, in consequences Of tho inoesssnt move
nent BY the horses preventing his aiming with any
This general discharge having been made, all the
passengers advance towards Speyers they seize
hold of him, they entreat him to yield up his arms
for they arc all going to be victims; he should
recollect that there il . lady among them. Speyev
ressts; the robbers surround him once more then
he, pistol in hand, cries -" Come, you say that
.s i Ss
respect them" "well, thsn," said spoysrs, "shs
first is that you will make no attempts against my
person tho second j., that you will touch nothing
belonging to me-" Yes, We swear it," exclaim
all the robbers in . breath " Hero, then, is my
weapon" answers speysr'; =" there are Jet two
The captain o tho band then received the pistol,
and all proceeded together towards the diligence.
In one instant all the trunks were torn open, the
carpet bags turned inside out, SO. tho banditti
respecting nothing but what Speyers pointed out as
his property. Meanwhile, our hero, seated case
containing the samples of the goods which he
carried, was drawing figures in the sand, with
coelness and sang froad something more than
admirable.
The robbery being completed, the highwaymsn
having resumed their seats on horseback, saluted
Speyers, taking leave Of him in these words
robbers know how to keep our word" Farewell,
answered Speyers, "God grant that it may not DO
forever"
In this fight more than thirty shots wero die
charged ut Speyers. Two half spent balls were the
only ones that reached him, when he was searching
for his revolver in the Diligence one Struck him
the arm and the other in the back third he found