New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-19
THE SIEGE Or TAMPICO.
Y. q. Pic.yLrs.

c. r. -,pc1d.ue- 4 In. v. q. PRAGUE. ,.o
"T,xrIco, April 20, 1873.
"r,a .,es,be. Won the ue vs. of the operations
If the band urder Jian jose &c la Cars W.. n'u'
ess have found liz wsy 20 your city are. ''a ~,
trguished chief had finished hi' dep'-ds.lon Cd .'e
big stetson, Capt. Trenis irom yoa, i Ss1 a; ,I.r
money and baggage, they rob BED 10 oriS oil Ter
yiions and stores and then 8rded the cs' go, wa
the exception Of her ground tier, ron "n'I ~
helped themselves 10 such tommoou:s d SIN '" n
ke,chief. ar other choice articles, until Csp, Amy
of the United States fteaner Fulton obtsnef her re-
esse and promise from Cara to pay damsses ai''
be takes possession Of TaInpico.
1t is now tbirty.t~o days since gaia commenced
csnnonsding this CITY, during which period ne mss
thr, wp over 400 shots and SHELLS IN the mds o. ~
inhabitants, Killing and wounding many poor womeH
and children Several houses bear the msrks OF tne
24pound bsl,s sent into them. GsrZss agen, 10 tnls
place Don Joaquin JImenes, msn'tests az uuoonhdsd
sai-fecton a. this He nov partner and msnaser
OF the house Of Carols Cou'urr, 10 this p'sce-tEe
worthy accomplices OF Jsan jose &c Ia Cars.
Cant Trenis hes behaved like worthy citizen
OF the United States and defended ~ sg q the most
Trustworthy manner. regret to ssy that Cara has
some Amer ans in his camp, and ore, dPior from
Sonth Carolina whose name | viii not expose at the
present moment VIII the United safes perm these
insults which have been cast upon as unsrmed iner'
chant vesse els to psss without corresponding 6ha,-
Il, ement
at is said We are 20 receive re, aforosments unde'
Gen. Mi. 10 day cr two, when ou7 cautious Grn.
Moreno will be taken by the hama aud led into tie
field Of battle against Dor Juan Jo-c de IS Cars
"rANPIcn. May |, 1853.
The perilous state Of this city, OF which you hsve
been already advised, j. far worse than u has BEEN.
Morning, noon ard night il is under bombardnent,
ard many of the houses are completely riddi cd with
canno shot and genades that have been sent agsost
Zone house alone has received thirteen cannon
balls some of which were 2I-pounders one strl X the
cCrper Of the roof OF the American Consuls house,
but did no serious damage further than 10 break fe
Of the slates but the bsll rebounded, and one
% aare further carried away the eg OF gri some
2years old who has since died. and then struck the
vjndow If the British Consul Office sweeping every
thing before it. and breaking everything on the
opposite corner, although il !, strong stone VOL and
buttIess.
" The THROWN OF the grenades were indeed most
terrific, ard has ccst many poor innocent women and
children ther lives, who had neither part nor lot IN
their civil dissensions. 81.
Inc great hope Of the ASSISTANTS to capture TINS
city sLd plumber it, This is the extent of their pstot-
i'm and the grand basis of their p'an OF operations.
ave are in hopes that their balls are getting low,
ard their grenades nearly exhausted stil the bomb
bsrdment is going on while am writing. The cannon
is now booming over the city; almost every white
female has left yet, at this moment, the news IL ha'
ore of the last shots has mor;ay wounded another
Won an at work in her kitchen.