Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-24
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TIE Panama correspondents Of the New York
Herald under date Of January 25th, says
The incosed is translation Of a letter re-
ceived in this city from an eye witness OF Toe
bombsrdment Of Acspuleo By the French feet
The writer is a Msxicsn; but gives very cor
rees ard TeliAhis account Of the whole afialr
which hss been confirmed by other parties il
is evident that The Mexicsns had a very respect
able force on shore, and for shat reason the
French concluded it would not be prudePt to
remain on sEoreor in the pert, and were com
PEELED to eave for some other port, where they
eoald get fresh provisions and other supplies.
During the bombardment the Mexican flag was
shot down three times; but the monsent it fell
they hoisted q rev flag staff The Mexicsns
conducted themselves with great bravery, and
deserve credit for the gallant manner "a when
hey dsieaded their forts aud city.
ACAPULCO, January u II VII herewith give
Won a correct account of what has happened
with the French squsdron on she days Of the
| 10th, l1th and 10Th inst.
On the morning of the Sth, came in sight the
Pauas, the Galssea the Coruelie and the Dia-
msnt Soon after the latter advanced with
white flag, making the fllowing demands on
the citizen governor Of the State, Diego AlYa-
rez, as 1 have understood them
1 That satisfaction should be given for and
the official report made to the government by
Gen. Ghilardi, in connection with the Bayon-
nsise be retTscted-
. That the fortifcations be dismantled out
side, as they were nothing for such naval bat
teries, as they were only composed OF tao old
"a Founders mounted on old marine carriages.
s That they should be permitted to take in
water and coal, and also provisions.
All of which was denied TO them, although
Mr Van BTunt and others used their best en-
dea7ors to get some concessions for them.
On the Ssh their pretsnsions underwent some
modification, to the effect that the admiral aban-
doned the point Of asking the dismauiling Of the
Qualifications but insisted upon others and the
captain Of the Diamond added the threat that in
the spaee Of two hours they would sweep all
the fortiGestions clean Although Gen. Al7a-
req fully understood the Disadvantages of our
old artillery, badly mounted and Of short reach,
in comparison with their modern pieces, he re-
| fused ali Of their exaetioRs with much dignity,
adding that if the French squadron entered the
! port he would FIRE upen t. The resolution was
communicated to them at SIX o'clock P n, on
the 9th
On the 10th, between eight and nine o'clock
NJ the Frsnch squadron entered-ths Dia.
mant towing the Gslstis, and the Pallss the Cor
radin At nine o'clock A. NJ exactly the Forts
Ho-nos, Csmsron- Grifo and Candalans opened
! fire about the same time This last fort Csnds-
laria had only twelve-pounder and another
small piece, while our artillery were saved, a.
| though dismounted The lookout fort, called l
Alvarez, opened FIRE likewise But pretty nearly
/ sl the forts had no pieces large enough to reach
the squadraR. Particularly the guns of the
GrifO and Hornos wsrs silenced imme]iately
g. the pieces were dismounted By the enemy
proiactles, which came down on them il
regular showers, or perhaps the csrrisges
were too old already TO stand the shock ol
firing The fort Cameron, which is uoariy
down at the eatry of the harbor, probably
fred the most shots. The commsndlnts Of is,
citizen Camilo Brseho, held out firing on tne
enemy until be had no guns left to oppose. The
PAllas was struck by bali fred from the Cam
sron lust above her water line, By which She
must have been severely damaged. The for
Candslaria, whioh had but one gun, was OBJ
served by the United States ship Saransc, al
anchor IN a corner Of the Tambuco, aud the
Americans had to admire the valor of our sol
diers fighting there, as they only LEFT it with
their small gun when al their ammunition haC
given out Our forts were mostly Withou Mt par
spets The commander of the Candelaria was
so much heated or fadgued that be took off bi.
coat, taking freseo'i under a shower of bombs
Great things these Frenchmen have done
When they observed that not single soldier
was left in ths forts-sl situated nesr the waters
edge-they jumped ashore to flush the guns
left, which they really accomplished by eithel
breaking or 70 ling them into the water While
they disembsTked from their vessels they were
protected by a heavy firing over the ground
they moved TO- They fred sixty-pouud bomt
shells cut Of rihed cannon.
al this occurred on the 10Th On the ] ii
and 18th, only the Pallas continued shellinl
the fort Alvarez Whea they ceased firing
the fort answered By q few shots, but none o
them reached the eEemy, although these wer
the best Of our guns. The Pallss Continued
send US her bombs for three dsys-sixty-pOund
ers out of riAed cannon-and fired in al abou
. thirteen hundred shots, until the evening Of th
18th, when the whole squadron left in the d
rection of Manz8nillo and Mazatian without Oh
tanning anything of what they demanded {
cur troops about eight or nine were killed
but few wounded.
The city suffered good deal too, BY th
bombs that fell into it BY accident. Seven
t houses were set on Are, aud others moro or les
] Injured. The house of P. Rsvarte & Co. (foi
r merly the house Of Az8yeta, HuaTte & Co.
: burned down almost One-hslf eousing loss
g merchandise, etc, Of from $4,000 TO S3O00i
without counting the material Of the hous
! Several poor families who had deposited theE
: their provisions lost all by the fire