, 1861-04-05
ANARCHY II FIExICoi
The Attack upon Capt, A1dharp.

| The Mexican Extraordinary Of March 16,
gives the following particulars Of the attack
upon Capt. Aldhan:
Capt. Aldham's party consisted of Mr.. Brett,
Mr. Heslop, and hardy sailor named Harris,
dlennie, English Consul Of this city, his tami-
ly, his Eistef- inlay, Mrs. Kaufman, and M'tne
Maison, the companion in misfortune Of Capt
Aldham. The whole company had two dill
gences, which were escorted for part of the
way, and they reached OrizaYa in safety, Here
It Vas supposed al danger ended, and on leay-
sug GrizaVq IL the travellers appear to have
been quietly snDoFtng away in thei- seats,
when short distance beyond Co,doya they
were alarmed BY the diligence stopping and the
cry Of robbers.
Capt Aldham aud his officers being In the
first diligence with Mrs. Kaufman and the un~
fortunate French lady, they at one once seized
their arms and prepared for defence. Capt.
Aldham fred his pistol upon one of the assas-
sins st the eide Of the diligence, and then
made dash to gain position Outside. A. he
WAS alighting he was fired upon and fell, the
ball having passed through bis leg. The same
discharge wounded Madame Malson. i ball
passed through the diligence and hit that
unfortunate lady in the knee, breaking the
bons In such manner that her leg, it is feared,
must be amputateH,
In the meantime, Harris, the sailor, On top
Of the stage, and Messrs: Brett end iteslop,
the latter having safely aIighted on the ground
we're sustaining warm contest with the as
eassins, who had -retreatRd . short distance.
The fight lasted until fnu three full rounds
had been fired By the. officers OF the Val
orous, when the ASSISTANTS availed themselves
ofthe still prevailing darkness, Gor it was about
4 o'clock 4. NJ to make of, taking with them
such of their companions as were killed and
wounded. The original number Of assailants
Is bell eyed to hare been nine
Capt. Aldham &nd Nine. Maison were taken
to Cordoya and. quartered il the house Of Mr.
Legrand, where they received the attention OF
DR.. Carrillo, Of Orizayo and the good offices Of
Messrs. Grandson and Glennin,
Air. Brete was at onee despatched to Vera
Cruz, in the diligence upon winch this villain
ous attack was made, for the purpose Of bring
Ing the surgeon Of the Valofous. He was ac-
companied by two Of Mr. gennie's daughters.
The diligencs Was robbed, but Ar. B. having
no arms, q simpls robbery WIS all TINT oc-
CURED.
The surgeon Of the Valorous, Lieut., Moore,
q few mounted marines, and Mr.. Brett, arrived
at Cordoya on the 18th, at 10 o'clock In the
morning. At the time Of our last adyices
from Capt XId4an, It was not as yet known
whether his leg could be saved or not. He has
the advantage OF being In fine climate, aud
everything favors his sad situation, Il It be pos
sfble to effect a cure of his wound.
AfIAEhED 81 IHENTI-SEfEA ROB-
pERs-srLEsDD fIGN OF Two AMERICANS.
A letter in the Extraordinary; from Paebla,
gives, the following particulars Of another IT,
fair with banditti: - =.
The diligence that left for Perote on the
18th WIS attacked two posts this side of that
place by twenty seven robbers. There were
seven passengers In all in the diligence,
amongst them two Americans, named McDye
and HALEY, and . Frenchman, whose name I
a3 I'm
armed, having each q rife and 4 pair Of re-
on he appearance Of The. ROBBERS the stage
was at once stopped, ind the" Americans got
ont and commenced. s sharp Resistance; The
battle >wnged for about N hour, when the rob
three dead in sigh, two of whom were killed
by Mr. McDye, and the other by the French
man. Two dead robbers were afterwards
found in the woods, and it is believed that
several more of them must have been severely,
Il not mDrtasly wounded. 4->
On the part Of Tie passengers, the French
man received the worst wound. he was shot
through the body, and Ia considered to be in
dangerous situation: :. Mr. McQye received
ball in his side after it had passed through his
let1 arm. MI HALEY was not harmed. The
hat To the rest Of The passengers nothing
happened. =. III !. :. -: ...:..
The Extraordinary comments as follows
upon the numerous outrages which hare r. !
Gently occurred: :.
~ The temporary confidence established by,
tbs placing efheary escorts on the high reads,
to preserve travellers from violence and rob-
berry has a1l gone again, through the increased
numbers Of outlaws, and the dlsloyalty and !,
dishonesty Of those to whom the security Of:
the highroafis had been intrusted. Not q lay
passes but ne have some new tale of horror
some account Of outrage and bloodshed-to
bring teazs and anguish homo. to the t1resides
Of fareign families. In the past twelve days,
on the road from this Capitai to Vera Cruz,
one foreigner has been killed, and FIVE others,
Including Lady, have ybeent severely, If not :
.!uca We hear Of 3 foreigner and his wife hay.
tng been hatchered to the CRIES at ."death to
Foreigners r. We are get indisposed to believe
that these atrocious acts Of the assassin hare,
BY design, directed against foreigners. There
are those, however, who do believe that there
is . concerted plan to wage q nerciless war
upon us, and should few more cases occur:
there will be good reason to believe: thla tbs
csse~ AZ 1t is, It Is most clear TINT no securi-
t. exists for the property or lives; !: Of foreign
ers In Mexico st this time, aud we fear none
Wiu ever exist until foreign police force Ia
employed to clear the country of robbers" /.
:, ABouT THE WKArHER,-We have had sew
euteen weeks Of uninterrupted good dBleighing ,
and lis as good now as, at any time during
the, winter. 4: There has been only one thaW II
all that. time: aud: that did not destroy the