Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-04-06
n,.n,y interesting from Mexico.

the New-OllcahS lalhf> VI inv -"
March CONAN Interesting Next an news
From the Pi,ay,ae the following dc'crp
lion of the Miramon Is taken'
~Thc Uui,ed States nria"-sicamer 'irnc'
nal Miramoa, l.;cuh Minor commaalrr;
came up u the cilv Yesterday mn'fn'ns "nd
anchored Off the Marine Hospital WnerF
sArn now lies. She was Com. Marln nag
sim. and consequently d't"d mp with more
~ nm ave 10 comfort AID clegincc ,hln her
consort. the Marc 'i' lie Ia lia"na' ilfr
cabin. in particular is very neatly a"Nts>
fully arranged. Am mg hs nrnrmrn,s are
several very lTcny drwingS ut the ON,
rnoA,rnS two sons who were lak N on ooatd
with him.
We do no. learn however, that they
formed part 1t the expel''ion pron'r
They had jnsi completed their course at the
College of Havana. a"a were r"tn n'ng
,snne rs messengers. No doubt they con
siA.Ss, themselves fortunate in this pcrul-
sar on ortnnity. Int they can no SENSE he
considered Responsible for the eN"d'''o'.
They are fom II to 20 years OF are. OF
fine presence. gentle manners. and varied
accomplishment. The school eces,framed
and snspended in the cabin. with the natn-
ri nriJ. of father. testify ahundanily TO
their proficiency ndrawing One OF them.
a female head, alSo bears witness to The AZ
fists fine appreciation o. s'nllenc5' ana
beauty.
Outside The Miramou's cabin. however.
,l,.nrs look very different. The gun deck.
upper works, rigging and all, give evidence
Of the lot engagement she has been m.
Tho marks Of cannon balls, Minnie balls,
and shell explosions, are everywhere TO he
seen. Among the most noticeable Is the
mark of q cannon shot on large mounted
iron niece in the center OF the vessel. II
is particularly curious in this, that the iron
has The appearance of being melte rather
Than inlrnted The smoke stack also Gu
riously enough. has clean cannon shot
through it. The wheel anil wheel-hon'r,
compass, ventilator, &c. are completely
smashed up. while the sides OF the steamer
are rddled in every direction, and the rig
ring very badly cut up.
Tire Mramon received three broad>iles
ssffom the Saratoga, beside an innumerahle
nrmrer of rifle shots from tile lndianola'
during the engagement, and it is surprising
that the loss of life in any case great, was
mi even greater Everything bears wit
ness TO the bravery and determined resist
unce of her commander. lie yielded, how
ever. very gracefully TO adverse fortune
Retiring at once to his cabin. he Invested
himself of every portion of his uniform ex-
cept a rclly-tasSclcd comnodoreS scarf,
and aftirel himself in a plain but elegant
suit of black, which he has worn ever since
Commodore Marin is about 30 years o
age, but appears somewhat younger. lie
is very slight built, not more than five feet
six inches in hight, and perhaps one hun
.lrcd and twenty pounds in weight, He Is
very firmly knit together, however, partic-
ularly in the shoulders; stands and waks
perfectly erect, and altogether has a com.
manding appearance. A very dark com
plexion and jet black eye give him also 2
somewhat fiery appearance, or what would
he such, we're it not for quiet and exceed
inciy gentle manners.
The Miramon is handsome modelled
steamer, of about 600 tons burden. Sh'
was built at Greenock. Scotlaod as indi
Gated by her engines, and is probably five
or six years old. Her history before she
carne into possession of the Cuban Gov
srnment as a nail-boat, is not known. Nor
indeed, is anything positively known of he
recent transfer to the agent OF Miramon'
Government. We have rumor that he
purchase money was somewhere between
S50!000 ane 100000 and that it was trans
unified to Havana through the French Cor
snla'e nj Vera Cruz.
The Miramon brou!ht up 50 prisoner
aud has a prize crew of IL men. The o
ficers in charge are: Lieut.. X. ID. Mino
commanding; Lieut. John Irwin. ID.
Rrayton, sailmaker, and James II. Jonc
chief engineer.
The two pcizes are probably worth co
sideraby more than was at first estimate
If the cargoes turn out 10 he rs rich MS Y
have reason to expect, their total valuaiit
IN money cannot be less than 100000.
The same paper contains also some pa
ticulars concerning the bombardment
Vera Cruz as follows:
VERA CRrz, March, -, 1860.
As promised in nv letter of yesterda
j write yon by the Virginia Antoinetie.
The beilieerant parties have had thr
several meetings, and. as | informed u
that the Liberals would not yield up 81
gle point touching their principles or r
forms, they could not come to an agreeme
The last meeting was brought 10 a clG
late last evening and this morning ~ 81
w dawn the firing against the batteries
Miramon was resumed in good earnest, n
the enemy commenced returning the san
iut so far to no effect, ms some of the ba
fly over us, and some far short Of the d
fance. The enemy are at work with
guns, while the Liberals are using the
selves some eighteen TO twenty iive--6S a
80 pounders-and two small mortars.
TEy O'clock, A. M.-Ihe enemy n
now throwing furteen-inch bombs, two
which burst IN die palace; also one bu
above rsie honse Of Lahadie & Co, VIII
ewe were at breakfast, tat none of Us VIZ
injured at this moment. also. a bomb hn
IN the house Of the Frenci. coa,ul. UT
the present time, no lives last hot I
are slightly wounded With bRiei. bats fr,
the bursting Of bon,bs.
n Spanish steam s4ip-of-war has inst
sivsQ. 1 hopn. ere fhs. our GoreFami
have taken steps 10 reinforce our sqaa'lr
for ms long an ;iiis civil war lasts, thtr,
no safety for American suiJrets ia Any /,
of this Republic.