The New York Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1850, Page 6

‘ii ° ” = ~ ARADO. of the 10th of April,) I was not aware that Lieu- | The Court (orally) inquired if he mei CAPTURE OF ALV. tenant Hunter had one into the river, under ating | timwonys tt oral) 19a wed of truce, but was afterwards so informed by Captain jeteral Jesup said no; but merely 29 a suggre as tes | signed as stated, and duected, 1 think, to Captain | the fort, and take he gundous Captain Hunter knowledge; g ‘otnall. > wae going in one of bouts, j in another, and be fpr, cyte egeamgpeadg aes’, Commodore Perry--Did you, on by Lieut ABM. 8. VOSBUKGH. Naval Court of [nqutry. Mayo. ion we the Comet vind: un the betad Ayatl, coe auy nye wer (o go with us 5 did sop Sworn to tx fore me, tite Mth day of April. i850. Hy the Court—Was the fetter of the ith April The Court imhing some further inquiry, General | recent preparations for defenee* A men all armed; A eye the shore ; Sailing- N. B. MOGNTYURT, Police Justice PmsT DAY. sent by the same conveyance as the proceedings Jesup said he bad supposed thattwothirds of the | any ef the forts er towns, There were signs ot | master Bankhead left in charge of the steamer ; Bergiary.—Some bold rogue euterod the dweill Minvtes of the Proceedings of a Naval Court of | the court-martial to the WN. » Navy Department? A.-l | neceseary means of transportation were dep:ading | movements of troops, from appearances about the | ecmmenced blowing very hard shortly utter; vei house No. 42 Vesey strect.ou Tuesday evening. anv Inquiry. convened ct annapolis, er on | have every reason for believing Gwe uy @a the country in which the army was acting. stables. heavy swell; consulted, and gave pins § 5 Nery | stule thu refrom two Kold watches, ome in. bo: f ‘ : : t ‘ weigh : 5 inte ut | ther with a gold sbued the Wh day of Apel, VO), by virtue of a pre- By the Court—Are there any other cireumstanees | “By Commodore Perry—-You are represented ia | Cemmedore Perry—In your judgment, how far | the steamer, stood off and on during the night; at | et with a gold senl, 91 at $100. also a breast; rept prow: the Honorable the Seeveiary of the Navy. connected with the enpture und occupation o the published report et the Secretary’ of War as | is it fic the bur at the zdnth of the river to the duy-light Hext morning, stood towards the bar Sea ot pcctocics, O20 seme wearing appere, ‘ru Anvavouis, April 15, 1850. varado and its dependencies, whi m wish to | speahing of an * injudieipus movement” defeating wi is (hat the only forton the river? A. ¢ fort; saw a nuinber of horsemen on the 7 ~~ . T. RK. Brooks. No arrest. General Scott's expectation. Please explain, A. speaking of the movement, L had relied upon | wh ort of the cixcumstance, at the tine, of ydore Chorles Morris, President; | bring to th ice of the court t 3, bei and Commander bably 1 may at ander B, Hagaer, ourt proposed ¢ ¢ the Mississippi anchored, close up to the | at them ; did so, about 9 o'clock ; men soon atter- | picion of enling » par y Telekom Daniel Boece bar; there w ne or two guns mounted on a | wards came down, and showed a white flag; they | camp. The magistrate detained them for a turt! hearing at ies stout two nautieal miles from the fort— | beach; Captain Hunter ordered ie to fire a shot ‘atin men, called James Nugent sequent period, Dupont; Al xamiving Cap- dvocate. * | tain Hunter, but he was excused, from not having tack upou Alvarado the navy in advance of | hill wbove th about half a mile distant, | sent boats towards us with white tags fly we a eee ry was duly sworn. received Certain papers to refresh his 1 General Quitman’s arranged approach, thengh not immediately in the rear of the fort. then hoisted a white flag; three Mesicane cane Kobiiog @ esol —A fetiow, called ¥) Wooies By the Court—Stite_ whether you were in com- {| dates, &e. Ly Commedeore Perry—Please state the name of Canmodore Derry-—Did the Mississippi anchor | on board, and told us the ti ry had lett the fort, bacelheg ay I on Toeeda: ona qhege, robbing t mand of the United States naval forces, in the Captain Samuel L. Breese was called and sworn. | the “naval officers twho you supposed made the | for the purpece of firing; and was she us close to and they were ready to surrender the place. pension ry pao y pe teeth ara of Lo eae Gault of Moxico, during the latter part of March By the Court—Were you employed in the Gulf | injudicions move on Aly. 0. -—1 do not de- | the cuter edge of the bar as prudentfor a vessel to Court, Gnterposing)—Hlow do you know they | trrieles vabned in ostet. done Pn oll py pa ottaed and the first of Ap S17? Answer—I was. By | of Mexico, during the latter part ¢ dthe | sie to namethe cilic had not done so; had | go? A.—'To fire; Inid about one hundged yards | said sot A.—Mr, Marine, who acted as Captain | found in hie pecsoulan, pas partis woe de the Court—Do ye rrelative to the | first of April, 1817? if so, in what ¢ . - wnerely referred toa naval movement. trem outer edge of breakers; a% near as a vessel | Munter’s inte: ter, so informed me. The Mexi- | him to prison for trial. surrender and ‘occu; » town of Alvara- | Was, and in command of the sloop-o Albany. Conanodore Perry—As this refers particularly to) of her burden could safely go. cans spoke through the interpreter to Captain Spurious Woreestershive Sauce.—A fow days ago. « do and its dependencies, in Mexico, about that Court—Do you know anything personally of the | a movement of the may which was under my Cen.nodoxe Perry—What was the range and | Hunter; we next stood in, and went up the river comes was made before Justice Mountfort. ut the time? If £0, state particnlarly wil you know in re- | surrender ‘and occupation of rado and its de- | command, the Court will excuse me for being | effect of the guns fired from the Mississippi towards Alvarado; anchored as close as we could; | Tombs, by Mr. David Dunean, grocer, No. 407 Iroad. lation thereto? Answer—I do: Three yearshave | pendences, or anything in nexion therewith t 7 somewhatparticular, Q.—State the particulars, so | Ranged ten degrees; greatest the gunearriage | sent Marine on shore; Lieutenant Marine was | #¥: %gainst George Raphael ‘and Charles W. Cox. of elapsed since that time, but I will state all I know, Ir'so, pull you know I know nothing per- | far as you have any knowledge, of the movement | would allow; firet ehell fell near the fort; some be- | ordered by Ceptain Hunter to tuke possession of the | N®, #40 Peart street. Whey stood charged with the i hy of 20th of 7 Pferre rm chy its fueture of counterfeit labels and spurioi fi e best o! y’ recollection: immediately | sonally of the surrender; on the 20th of Ma of the navy to which you have referred, A.—I1 | youd, and others did not reach it; full eharge of | town; he shordy returned, and re] mann jus aauice, - io poo | rtenel poy 1si7, wae directed—verbally, L believe—by, have no particulars, further than published re- powder; all single-shotted or shelled; the effect | Mexicans had poke rp the Ha ei een os ae ary boy & Sh See Toe rr evacuation cf the city uid cole of Vera Cruz, | modore Perry to proceed with the Alhany off Alva: | ports in the newspapers, oud 1 amt not certain that upon the fort was to draw return fie, but their shot | then had the American flay hoisted, gave. three | whieh : Speer ir a “ 7 . Di the General Scott and myself concerted measures for | rado; to keep at such distance from the bar at the | ] ever read these, 1 fell short; the nearest a quarter of a mile, or | cheers and fired a sulute; despatched Passed Mid- country. Mie cane ten panei ey ing and naval demonstr mooth of the river, so as not to alarm the peop Commodore Perry—Did any injurious conse- | three or four hundred yards short; they then ceased | shipman Temple with five men to take te ® heariog. und x» witness by the name of Kdward pone og Ve : ( ne 2 PIB Sy = Ld hore: wan thant 7 A anchor quences result to the United States in conseque firing, and kept themselves out of sight; when our | possession of Alvarado: It was ‘shont 3" A Me, Tore testified that he was’ formerly chs the veseels ceased firing, the Mexicans again appeared; | when the Scourge got under i F empley of Mr. Kaphsel, and saw the spurious sauce we hed thonght they had ahandoned: the fort, but | towards the inet decovaral soee soe put up into bottles, and likewise the counterfeit, he had gone ee tee bila a safety, dio eatin 3 schooner; C4 Food Midshipman Prin- aoe poy “4 A iead gad hep hosed Ms - Eapheall umodore Verry—Were ten-inc! ‘aixhan’s le to tuke possession of them; th cl t geod “ used, being the largest calibre? A.—They were; 5 fixe, Hebense we could noe Pi Bie WASSCE | Dering, (Mr. Raphael denies the manufacture, or the | p of th 3 produ and the largeet in use in the navy at that time. Commedore Perry—How do you know that she pet [re oe ‘ae wantiee, The country and of Alvarado and its dependencies, in | seme ¢ view of detaching the intere: of the people of | morn that country from the cwuse of Santa Anna, and of | afternoon, about Fpast one ithe 9 ee ch inci procuring supplies of horses and cattle for the ed at Lizardo; don’t recollec: and the expences of goverument much increas: my and navy, of which they were greatly in Wing morning got under w by allowing Alvarado to. surrender without havir want, and in Which thut country abounded ; lo Was some twelve miles distant, south-east ; | secured resources within its region. ‘To obta ; attempted of the premature movement mentioned t A.—I b lieve, us stated ia my report to the Secretar War, that the American army was greatly de! erfectly Well understood, or s next day, about four o'clock in. the ufteraoon, saw | theee, it was necessary to use coercion; and | still Commodore Perry desired to’ put questions re- | could not be got off 2 A.—Merely fi report. investigation was further perfectly well undlersiogd,, OF the Micelssippi standing off the land, coming inthe | retain these opinions. ng a small Vessel intimidating the fort, but | “Court--T het is not tectimony en eh Woclock,. ‘We learn that Onc Ryed Thompren dives, ery considerable detachment of | direction of bar; Coumnodore Adams, of the | Commedore Perry—In your report referred to, | the Court objected. : 5 ‘Wists Tas besa eo ks nd fired; cap- | vered the fraud practised by persons in counterfeiting e detachinent of the squadron | Mississippi, informed me of the surrender of Alva- | you not only speak of delay and expense, but of the | Court—When_you arrived at Alvarado, did you | tured several other vessels as we went up the river; | the labels and tauce, and through his legal agent, for- Ww of intimidating the people | rade, and, under his direction, went (o Alvarado; | Same cause allowing Santa Anna to provision him- | sce any United States troops, and if so, Who com- | we anived off Tlacotalpan about two in the morn, | ¥4tded a letter to Lee & Percm. notifying them of the , nd, wn s direction, w hn PAgtod 4 : : ee fy . fuct. They, on the reecipt of the letter, trausmiited (the sume time coneiliating | anchored there the same evening. self, to take a position and hold it during the sum- | manded them? A.—Saw General Quitman, with | ing; all hands were called to quarters; tumed the Zz nove peeilie measures, ait | Court—Was any effieer placed with you to act? | mer, Explain, A.—I know nothing but what the | afew soldiers, afternoen of Ist of Aprils after- | gute upon te towns ent Lieut Mantas onabores | Shaname Unek to this sity to Me. Duncan, thelr agmat, though:, both by the officers of the | Ifse, whom! A.—Lieutenant Hunter, who was | whole country knows—that Santa Anna, after the | wards saw more oflicers and soldiers; and on the Capta Hunter told him (Marine) to demand an paapeicatteeceicine an y, that, after the fall of Vera Cru: teamer Scourge, re battle of Cerro Gordo, seized Orizaba and main- | 2d of April saw more oflicers and soldiers than | unconditional surrender of the place; think we tired Sporting Intelligence, here woul no further activ ration in th written orders from Conunodore Perry to do so, at | tained it during the surmmer, thereby commanding | previously. a gun, before entering, over the town; Captain ‘9 pe —— the enemy. The neval foree was my verbal orders from | the resources of the country, and enabling him to Commodore Perry—Do you know whether there Time? allowed twenty mits ee fannie, Po as alg ge say a eaeerenes 03 Monday thus large | © it Was in conteniplation to un- Perry to proceed off close Seott’s communication with Vera Cruz, This | were conceited signals between the army and | else he would fire upon the tawn; after Marine leit, | STROM. & Pe PORISY <AENn eM, Oem BRIO Of ted aly Yip on agwinst Tuspan; a squadron at tine showed 1 was and is my opinion—a matter about which men pavyt A.—Commodore Perry informed me that | waiting about thirty minutes and hearing nothing | $150. two mile heats, in harness, between b.g. Pethain, ot cavalry Was attuched to » land foree, | just reeeived, and that is the only report he made | muy differ, such was the arrungement, that the army and navy | from him, Ceptain Hunter directed me to fire a | 4 ch. g. Confidence, Two other nags were entered for the purpose of more ac! rations. if q 4 General Jesup here remarked that there were | could be informed of each other's position; troops | shot over the town; told him perhaps Marine was | for this race, but, at the time of starting. they woro On the dey of the evacuation, as | Ciene- Court.—When you reecived orders, was Lieut, | confidential instructions given him by the President | end vessels arrived at Alvarado at the same time. | engaged in drawing up papers; patel being dark, | noton the track, ‘There were but few persons present 1 Quitmen, Who was detailed by tt | Hunter present aid if so, did he make any remark? | of the United States at the tine, requiriag him to | Commodore Verry—In your visit to Tlacotalpan, | we might knock down a church steeple, 6r some | t Witness this most exellent race, occasioned by the to conduct the land forces, eatled .onboatd | A-Captain Hunter was present, and must have | use every means to reduce the expenditures of the | did you perceive any preparatioa for defence or re- | thing tv that eflvet; Captain Hunter said L must | inclanent state of the weather during the morning of my dagehip f lirections from | heard the orders given mie by Commodore Perry. | gevernment by forcing the enemy to supply the | sistance on the part of the enemy? A.—Did not. | fire; then got permission to. fire towards theo Monday, Whig caused these, SvaDad sonen aeranye- Coeeml onger wiih te; General Quitman | Court.—Aiter you reevived your orders, did you | inmediate neeessities of the army. He suggested Captain Jacob Tatnall sworn, site tide of the town, instead of at it; we then hulled cand ef athe thin tannin Cae eee aatee thks and myself concerted measures for approaching tenant Hunter any special orders? A— | this as due to his own position as well as that of | CourtWere you employed in the Gulf of Mex: | the town, and Captain Hunter swid ifitdid not soon | [eading to thetrack, they sist at home, ahd engaged Alvarado; it the troops 1 to meet him off Alvarado | others, A ‘ 4 ¢.2 A.—Yes; and commanded the steamer | sunender, he would fire into it; shortly afier- | in business more proitable, although, probably, not dlute vieinity. near the ls to Bik ‘Lhe Court interposing, the subject was waived. ire. . wards Lieutenant Marine came on board, and said | quite so congenial to their fuelings. At about noou that the small mers and Court.—Did you meet him there —I did not. Commodore Perry—What do’ you suppose to Court—Are you acquainted with any circum. | they were willing to surrender the place and agreed | the rain ceased pouring. the sun shone out brilliantly, Iron should enter the river, in reason why did net give | have been the actual loss to the United Stutes by | stances connected with the surrender of Alvara- | to terms A little after one, the same Ay, got un- | 2d preparations were made for the race, Before the pores and cutting off the because Ldid not meet hin | the premature surrender of Alvarado? A —1 ha’ do, &e.t A.—The Spittire left Auton Lizardo | der weigh, and stood down the river; towed one | beur of starting, v very exert rcepting rome of the leading citi- d, no means of calcu! cannot ascertain the whole first of April; when off the month of the | prize veseel down; sent prize crew to another. At | lent order, and there was nothing imaginable to t they might be induced to forward | Court.—Can you state by whose order Lieutes ht state amounts prid tor animals, | Alvarado river, heard that the Scourge, under com- | five, spoke the Spitfire; at six, auchored off Alvara- | SC%44 *Plendid and rapid race. execpt the wind, whic erthan Thad | mand of Lieutenant Hunter, bad taken possession | do; ‘at nidvight, Captain Hunter went off, und soon | Riciinron hts wtp ia euets ducing the race. Tho of the town; a detachment entered® the fort; an- | retumed, ubout two, and reported he had seized a | ct Pubem. wt ten toe » attractive 1 think you have mentioned | chored in port of Alvarado; Commodore Perry | vessel with about ninety bales of ection, which he | of the lures, in point, of condition: netted ance sto ine or others; if so, | went ashore, and he ordered the Spitfire to proceed | had anchored off the town. Captain Hunter was | credit on the persons who have had charge of them ed it at? up the river to Tlacotalpan, to arrest Lieutenant | subsequently arrested, and 1 was left in temporary | ducing the past winter, ‘ Phe q nis simply Phuiier; met Licutenant Hunter on his way down, | command of the Scourge. i First Heat.—Covfidenee won the pote, and, aa the 5 i ig nant Hunter left anchasag s from four to six times hi, think Commodore Perry direct Court Commodore Verry, w Mons i ue and utenant Elanter in the eu sist Gen. Qu unmand ississippi, state that the Alba acl thy narch; | Were to. participate the ko on J un ‘and myseli, Ceonumedgre Perry the gross amount of | pleare state what you p! Comt, (interposi een! (coms thelr ana he did; Comm e Perry said that with | whether you have any knowledge of increase of | sume evening; next day the Spitfire and several | Court—Was the memorandum which you have | Yer Was given, he was nearly two lengths ahoad, tho 1 Lizardo, on that d d operation of the navy wnd army, a de- | expense to the government, by the premature sur | smail vessels was ordered to Thicotalpan; the duty | examined here made at the time of the ies ditest Fea “ einem (Mr, Wisin, ileaitying to od will + mie ation W mac arado; that he r of Alvarado ? assigned us as a commission, consisting of Captains | A.—It was made when Commodore Perry sent for davon \iventotih tee, ae x4 hs = Gree acute ra to ( h neral Quitt nodore Derry—! desire to know of the wit- | Adame, Meker nd myself, was to annul the | the log-book ef the Scourge, some three or four dence, rather than have to go oe ‘and run the risk get under weigh for siinulaneou: ness Whether he has not stated some specific suin? | terms made by Lientenant Hunter, and) make | month's after the transaction. of getting his horse restive by fulse saris. It was nob ittiver, and continue, varado ri T have stated probably a million of dollars | others—granting protection of property, kin Court—When the guns were fired by the | long. however, sti elham passed the stand, about twelve miles from the ave my mea ready to land ence in the result, but huve neverimede | &e., and to secure cattle and horses ; tive hu Scourge, at the fort, were they returned; or did | beiore be bad overtaken Confidence, motwith- . to intercept any vessels eseap. 1be given to do so; the daty wate. Considered the military disadvan- | horses were wanted, and a commission of M. you see any troops on shore?” A.—No; should | standing bis venta, at the start. Pelhaw dge that there Were three Mex- the port to 1 than the pecuniary loss authorities went down to Alvarado, have previously stated that, upon first entering the | Went in front of Contidence betore he reached 1 rand ws rin the river vich dis {| Commodore I hat’sall wanted | to settle the detail iver, we saw several gun-bouts burnt tothe water's | 1uarter, and continuing foukd rote of apes, . ¢ }! nereased the distance to three lengths in advance of 1s to capture, and feared hore; the | to get at T questions. ‘Tlacotulpan wer e the chestnut at the halftime, Round the lower particular orders to Caplain Court purces in the rear of | Quitmen eecepted the terms for of horses, (this stage of the proceedings, the President | turn, McLaughlin shook Confid and he closed ‘tions | Alvarade roight have been secured by the proposed | but said he had mislaid bis directions from General | of the Court snnounced the reecipt of a communi- | the kap finely to the home stretch, where he was shaken shore, | combined attack, and without the premature sur- | Seott, which he thought only related to inquiries as | cation from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer | off sgein by Pethi Coming to the score, closed | f the river as | } also stated te him the en the Fhodin view; Lieutenant Man- | by vl may contidence in | render, A.—To obtain supplies, it was necessary | to whether they could be procured, and not to ac- | to arequest from Captain Hunter, granting him | up mcely. and was but a length behind w Pelham ed the day bet such a eouise eros imeaphusing the chemys | to eeerce the peopte, and to secure them from | tual purchase. I subsequentiy returned to Tiaco- permission to the court room, for the pw of seed the judges—time 2:43, On leaving the score, and of the See vesvels 2 A.—No recollection unishment by their own covernment, and this Was.) talpan, by order of Commodore Perry, with him | interrogating witnesses; and the eourt directed | Melaughlin drew Confidence out to e a dash for to Captain Brec ry.—Was it not my prac done by the officers iv command, and the offi- | cn board, ‘The same commaistioners were along, | Captain Hunter to be called; he appeared, and was | the Kad. move that was very impolitic. and one that h and ficely my plans to those cials with Whom they treat. Ile then narrated the | except Purser O'Brien, who Was substituted for | assigned a suitable position, eecompanied by Suml. Pete yr neh sos ree Sane nae wit ay dl, When delivering i P e incident to cv igure or surrende: Captain Adams ; and they so modified the stipula- | Humes Porter, Esq., of Peunsylvania, as legal ad- | pad to make. threw om back at least three Tengthe, t when i was conversing with i we werked that, these were not peculiar to the | tions as to require such necessary preparations to } viser.] and round tothe quarter Pelham made the distance n my exh eutenant Hunter rt - © Perry informed you with Mexico. be made forthe delivery of horses and mules as the Lieut. Bleeker's testimony resume: even greater; end continued inaking the gap wider aud sive ; d. *, was Lieut. Comt—Was this the covrse in this particular | reyuisitions of the couimander-in-chiet of the army Question by Commodore Perry.—low far from | wider all the way do back sireteh and lower \.—Yes, and | case? A.—Did wot apply to Alvarado, when it sar- | naght iequire. The character and price of the | the outer breakers was the Scourge, when the first | turn, The chances of Confidence winning were ont, fi atenant J within five + Hunter was | rendered, in either case. anitvals were also agreed upon. gun was fired, and what distance when she fired | #* Hothing but a full or a stond stilt on the part of Pel- , t0 exceule my ¢ ‘ommodor Cominodere Perry (oraily)—Can’t well under- Court—In what nranper did the American co the next morning? A,—Can't say exactly. bam cou) “ ww wame.as the card# had thus far out my part of pla not to be ) stond what is meant by two surrenders. Indes rs municate to the Mexican author Commodore Perry—What was the calibre of the een Kioyerpy hey ae mas * issippi moved down Court (orully)—Witness will explain what he | ties that the stipalations made by Lieutenant Hun- | cannon, and how charged? A.—From a pivot- | Qravur'be inoke un Confilence. Pella : Bacsilicios, keeping 1 no farther questions to means. B ter were ennutled ? A.—Verbally, by saying that | gun; two shells at evening, and one in the inorn- | and eame in winner by a few lengths, making the Inst —signals being mac - | Captain Breese, and Conunodore Perry al General Jesup—-Never understood there were | Lieutenant Hunter was not authorized to do so. og thirty-two pounders; single shells, mile in 2:41. ¢ of heat 5:24, x their reli 4- | clining for the present, he was permit two surrenders of Alvarado. ‘Think there was a leading point ia our stipalations , iodore Perry—Were you outside the break- Second Heat.—Four to one on Pelham. ‘The horses at t Ante ‘The Court submitted letters from Dr. Court--Would or would not the possession of | to that efieet. the bar, when you fired on the fort? A.— | the start were closer together than in tho previous ing of the 3l=t Ay New York, medical Orizoba, by Santa Anna, have had influence in Captain Sands, sworn. font aati they: went round the upper turn aud dow ad reported to me, fron th in answer io interrogate preventing ‘supplie if there had been stipa- | | Conrt—Were you employed in the Gulf of | Commedore Perry—Did you see the town when | We east ag oe tone . Pace: rection of lo, which was about sixteen or | Cf interest: net elicned of that | lations ter them, nt upon the surrender of | Mexico, We.? “A.—Yes; in command of the you fired at the fort, or the enemy's vexsels moored first od 2, read wit d ATS eighteen ® dist for Commander | greamer. a me Pep some ot it ; pe- | steamer Yew. . : uerees thetriver? A,—No, neither. bap a ing. be ner pon tm Ayo f Sands, of Com. Franklin Buchanan called and sworn. rated aguinst the delivery of sup if even stipu- Court—Are you aequainted with any cireum- Commodore Perry—From the time the 8: ther. i 0% ful that Conri—Were eyed in the gulf, &e., | lated f stances connceted with the surrender of Alvarado, | Iny off Alvarado, till ehe retumed to Anton Ligne, | tosetbee. They swung on the home stretch in th R va ay. and had # neck and neck race to the score. mak- t Was in command of | |Commedore Perry remarke identally, that | &e.2 A.—On the evening of the 3Ist Mareh, I | do, did you eee any opposition offered by the enemy | ing the mile 40. Whelan here made an effort to ar Germantown, in the Gull although Santa Aung held Orizaba, we held all the | was sentgfor by Commodore Perry, to come on | to the Scourge, oF ot of the American panne f shake Confid: off but without effect. the chestnut N sticking at his side round the upper turn, notwith- tion, Which might defea | and in what cape hia te 1 look owrge, un (hye With cireumstances | Com, Hyon the borders of which the cattle were | board the Mississippi, lying at Anton Lizardo; | ron? A-—None, stances, und report to pom a &e thing per- | feeding. went accordingly, » hen Commodore Porry suid the Con: y— Were af ing S: ing that he had the outeide position, Dowa the back and retamed in the wight, I’ think, aud urrender, Se. t_A.—I know nothing per } °y etrenant Gitxeon eélted and sworn. Seput of guns tad ‘Conn be meaning Ee rennyeeey saitnast aicoaie deat stretch they continued locked; but going round the ald eee {Question by the Court—W elialtet jexieo, &e.t Ay Saratoga, arrive next day, the troop got under way with the Mis | to the surrende d other veesels, and steed down off Alva | 4 small steamers and li you employed in | down at Alvarado; and said he was apprehensive | acquainted with the instructions of Commodore | ¥et tun, Confidence being crowded out too mueh, es; aw first tieuten- | that that young officer (alluding to Lieutenaut Petty? A.—No, except that we were going to ye ee Ee a Sopher of olf the Island of An- | Hunter) has done or may do some foolish thing, | Alvarade ; 1 understood it was his intention to go | then the whips of both drivers were put in requisit! mare fo. = . € aa eet 1847, and afterwards | and that be wanted me to hold — in readiness | in, and cut and slash, with might and main, became th jumand of the schooner i art martial im re d ceeupation of Alvarw rie Was, to try him for disobedience of ord all L know of the matter was dk ive od thas going in, and tl that court. in " . pete a to go dewn to him and tell hin he mast abide his Captain Hunter—Is it possible to see the town | duty of the drivers untii horaes had reached the p ott, and be Captain Bnchanan wos next called to testify, as | Court—Are you acquainted with anything con- | instructions, and ply with the usages of the | (Alvarado) from the bar at the mouth of the river? . Confidence led home more than a , mak . Approaching the river, amember of the coust martial that tried t, | nected with the surrender, &e.2 A.—Nothing. navy—or something to thet effect. 1 got up the | A.—Ithink not; Idid not see it; nor could I, 1 og the last mile in 2:46, and time of the heat 5:25. jay, 1 saw nothing of the Scourge, and get | Hunter, toa ce sh copy of the records of |, Court—Do you know anything connected with | fires in my steamer, and immediately proceeded | think, from where we were. Heat.—This Legion poem nen to tng close in, a flag was discovered on the for that court, which Commodore Perry said he had | it? Nothing personally ; had heard much eon- tothe mouth of the Alvarado river; went | A letter was received from Commodore Warren- | i? front as they came up, and Whelan again nodded north pout, at the mouth of the rive fost; and Cuptain B was finally discharged. Versation about the maatter While in the meighbor- in (0 the bar; took a good look in every di- | ton, uecompanied by the log-books of the Seourge | to accide to which ff tie tre belemeed the pense, Oe time befor: rould dist Captain Johu H. Aulick sworn. heod, We. ‘ i n; saw nothing; all was quiet; supposed | oud Vixen, for the use of the Court. ing round the upper turn to the quarter. te ungovidins the flag, but ultimately it Cour vw eimployed in the Gullef Mexi- | Commodore Perry—Did the conversation you | that the Scourge might be under the’ lea of the - that Whelan intended to take trailing American flag, much to the surprise of myself and | eo, 8 i ond in couumand of the frigate | Speak of refer to the surrender and occupation of | land; returned to the squadron—arriving about Police Intelligence. Dide his ti He lay thus for» the officer troops huviog arrived near the | Potomac. a Alvarado ; and with whom were those conversa. | daybreak. Reported to Commodore Perry, could mile and a half. nbout a length behind LF, i the river, and pr fo | Court—De you know anything connected with | Hons held t A.—It was relative to the surrender of | see or hear nothing amiss. ‘The squadron Weighed 79S SERENA CF PHS heen Chee. entering went up to the © had ‘ 4 —Not! Alvarado, and held with the alealde and other | aud moved down; about two hours afterw: The testimony in the ease of Ixare T. Jowett, | McLaughlin, laying there quietly until he reached = Rian aelthin ie Mexican olficials. came up with the squadron off the mouth of the | charged with rape, terminated the other day, | Ftraight work at the three-quarter pole, Then be had beew | " tial that ‘The Court objected to the question; and, after | river; after some at mentsoutside the bar, We | which resulted in Mr. Jewett being beld to anewor | MAde a dash, and after a most animated » he ded up the viver; inuuediately | tonter, for disobedience of orders. fcliberating upon it with cloved doors, ruled it to | paseedit—Commodore Perry leading in the steamer | the charge. The following ls tho examination of Mr. | faethe She urhiae es enmant Hunter, had entered ine oun at be inadmissible. Spittize ; soon arrived opposite the town; in the | yoqeee. im reference to the ob: ‘s portion of the | adinired by the sj ithe autaorities, U disavowed his | ¢, menndean Beush anand ait ete pesenaidll FOURTH DAY. mean time saw American mangge te fom eam we sah h ei wi himself a #kilful F ed and illegals Gencral Quitutan |. Commed may ¢ Ti vane autted 10 | Lieutenant Glisson recalled. anchored abreast of the town, and remained. till | ¢¥#dence material to the ease:— heat, The first ha! arrive aia half anh elf, when Lia | © Peete x ahpentenhener seed Commodore Perry proposed a question, (the pur: | next day. City end County of New York, o#.—Trnae T. Jewett be- | the first mile in 24, and formed him ¢ he ¢ Lion ¥ respecting | hort of which could not be ascertained, because it Commodore Perry here desired to question the | Ine examined, according to jeu, s the foregoii Pa ct i tenant Hunter, as uneuthoriaed and contrary to the concent +h arrangement between ( tn and myreil, q and emberr at Alvaredos | Was not read), to Which the court took’ exeey i in | Charge, after being intermed charge mi 4 row . : ptions, | witness asto what the Mexican authorities said in ne. got vee riculars of my divwowal t0 | and went into secret session to deliberate upon it, | reference to the atinck and surrender; bat the parent pecans ate tnd begenes Pll age § Meselt cewietia? ave serscaalie & teak afterwards ruled it gut court objecting, endered the court to be cleared, was bors in Dutchess county; I nm over shiney ones oflicer; will prove by the ‘officer Who catried the | ,,qChumalore Very Will the Court say how I | and wfter deliberating for a short time 1 | of aye Lam not married; 1 realde iu the city of Now oceurred t, or the vrning, J H i ‘} Fr the statements of others through the wit- | and ruled the question out. am 4 mereban’ troops arrived, and on the second they were in 0 : gree: noes reaps cnest: “et m ness pk ‘ i th nwre pay ace tah Rae you to sng sutative 10 the charge mete enpation n, and th wval foree © by ourt—Ilere is a report Jieutenant Court—We can only receive facts. The witness + ‘ ‘i inet you! the rive we Mayo, of the Navy, | Hunter, giving an account of his proceedings. Is | may give hig own impressions; but he cannot be | ¢ Non opal ny Ape ge malay res ay howd ‘A.—The charge made against me: by Mist G was and military governor; a letter to which you referred in your testi- | supposed to know the opinions of others, nor can | Ceeded up the river with the Viren und other small Se re Gace enn deput received from Tlacetulpan mony of ¢ th instant! A—It is he give them. . vesacle, under command of Com. Perry ; came | Dye °trta: Muster ot times; I sever met with her on the seme day, FP went with the de) The Judie Advocate, by directic Commodore Perry—Will tlie Court put upoa the | i, and, with the rest of the officers not on duty, | nT te street, near Oteone, en the dag of whieh she 9 Liacctelyan, in company. with some of | read the report of Captain flunter, « record my deaive in the premiers t went ashore ; under Commodore Perry's direc: | speaks: I never saw her faint, of full, oc lie om the floor an’s staff, behind, | ond the surrender to him of, Alvarado and _Court—You can write down what you please, surveyed the town of Tlacotalpan ; partook | in my room, or in eny situation ing oF resem cived the submix own from | pendencies, sir, and let us eee it. ; of the hospitatities of some of the principal inhabi- | bling the situation she describes in her vit; he authorities ; I disavowed th e The Court here received a note from Capt. Hun- pmodore Perry—My only object is to obtain | tants: then ordered, and took the Vien still high- bas been in the habit of vieiting my room, in the Uni- LOTERERS. ant Hunt i declined granting the ter, stating that, having understood that General | @ truthful historical narrative of the capture of Al- er up the river, some seven, eight, or perhaps ten versity, since about pons pe heen en bin i een By order of the coramittes, © general on my return to Alvaredo, finding t Jesup was to Ue eantnined this morning, he pro- | varado + and, if the Court has doults as to the | tiles, to where the tiver was #0 aurrow it Was dil: | oub.y saiciation, and often ta opposition to my ox. | 7 ere £4 of New York was Quitman was return to join the main army, d against his p eding, unless he (Captain | cot v » L must» e ave nothing | ficult to turn the steamer round ; returned to Tlaco- | Eiterneon J chanics’ Hall, 170 Hester street. on i lished @ government, Sapte r) Le permitted to be present to cros#-exa- | further to as! MY question is inudinissible. pe och sndnes = ” short time, went back to | Apri: Se ne « Ge enh ee " tal hen I went home from my business I found | , The meeting being enlled to order, the Commer Ht Ada wr sea Aivarate | a lee tnvetion Gonaenl:ontcwenny grits | Gis ster des emabeet eee nk cos teh ana tae the cveniog sommenced with the edtleetion ‘ourt ordered hs — rhe “7 , din the Gul Ba le = some troop, had entered the town ; found thein | alone, at her own Fequest; it was about five o'clock im | Meuey Cristy the « of Pousot, Broadway.» fier sitting with be] c.t — as; und as executive ollicer of | there on my return, emong them some officers of | the afternoon; this was five days before she made this Sulton eae paseed, ‘that, if the committee could mot ur, the doors were | # Bone 1g" EO ; the quartermaster’s department ; spent some time | complaint: the fire notes that have boon produced are | Gud employment for them in the course of a week, ‘ourt—Are you a th any circum | at their quarters; there was present a person who um her. Stedman. ee deg their beard will be from the funds of the ‘ 5 i a Lieutenant | the room to be cleared, . giving an aceount of his ed doors about half an goth March, S17, to the date , | receive duted 2d A proceedings fem of hie report: and, during my stay there, I th rected Captain Hunter to be called, | stances connected with the surrender of Alvarado, | Sineared to be ed in the purchase of horses | VY ber st my room— by herself, personally, as sho has thet Ste. Boner, a meaeber but not positive, 1 ordered his arrest, and. dire Ke. 1 A.—I kaow nothing relative tothe Scourge. | “WY Tovernment contactor, | eupposed-—the subject houses thins Gomme hued Motes berbet ewes te as sent OWE of cmployment by Mr. Meeks, hie trial by a court-martial; he was afterwal the Court has re- | A day of two after the surrender of Vera Crit, | oF whose conversation was respecting the difficulty | hawee' cre courenn ke aad tate te acum: ocation. A in con- tried, and the sentence approved and eartied into t grant you any privi- | Commodore dere informed me that he was in procuring horses im consequence of the prema- | try;1 have ever been, and still am, ready to fw all -laws, was made and.earried. effect; th € rders for < enjoyed t i . Unless spe- prt Brdann.- Eepead, la conjunc ets | Sarg movement. aud every obligation | have made to her <= the purpow carrying , ith two let ly instructe Secretary of the Navy. neral Quitman ; orde ave everything ia | UC, re w 1. JRWEIT. tere date i toch, ectting forth reasous for | Licut Hem cd his intention to write to | Teadiness for battle and for landing; on the ist | gq urt, (interposing)—Lat us eee whether much | oo tee me, thin Std dey of Ariih ivee achtather motion wae athorising the, presi. bringing J.ieorenant Hunter to trial, were forward. | the Secretary of the Navy for permission in the | of xy squadron moved from Sacrificios | Tatter of incidental conversation, or was it an offi- N. BMOUNTFORT, Poller Justien. | Sind Caurier # bow a the Herel, a ed te the Novy Department; £ left Alvarado oa | court room to interrogate witnesses, and retired. | down to Anton Lizardo, on the way to Alvarado | Gat statement! A.—lt was a general converaath one tog dale New York, s#.—Matilia Johuson, | "The meeting shortly after adjourne the 4th April for Anton Lizardo, and on the aame | General Jesup called and swom. sent boats to ferry Quitman’ | Connnodore Perry (orally)—The tendency of this | (eelored) being duly sworn for defence, says: 1 resid NEW YORK SADDLERS’ RENEVOLENT SOCIETY. day | mode a report to the Secretary of the Navy Gus Tease state Whether you were employed river, on their mareh to Alva odduets edad te aliedage growing out o. | St No. 107 Canal strest, and am the wife of Robe One of on reporters attended @ meeting of this eoct- of the eur rand occupation of Alvarade. et VF ra Oye, during the latter part of March and The next morning, (ihe tet of April.) the | Certain naval ‘end— ety on Tuesday evening, and was very well la ate tarly part of April, 4847 t Ifeos in what capacity t | Miseiseippi, with the other resselas got under | “Court (interposing)—We want merely fucts— tects of the meeting id were tres Commodore Derry desired to explain a portion o° | A.—Lwas there : Twas not attached to General | Weigh; the Mississippi took the small vessels in statements er vene net of persons you don’ reporter of the IN Present. society, wail, his teetimony of yesterday, in reierence to the re. | Scott's anny, bet actiél hief for the govern- | tow, and proceeded towards Alvarado ; Commodore | know. Witnese—The conversation was respecti pombe Sees Feo hy OT mark that, afver the fail of Vera Cras, it wa ment, in the Quartermuaster's department. iealeontiea we eT he ate uals from the | dificulies reeulting from an unexpected state 0 lent selety, and bad nothing pep powed thet there woukl be no fw re you acqtfainted with any cireumstan- '’ m things. of wages. were always tions againet the eacmy in that ces connected with the surrender of Alvarado, &c., | Quitman ; when we arrived off the mouth of the | “MME... serursiney-—What state of thingst A. orn chars wicvenhes ta Fodaaia’ te Ge Maas oe ceeded to ¢ either leading to or growing outpf ict If so, state all | Alvarado river, saw an American ensign flying The naval forces ting conjointly with the wages. Secing the ing was held for private pur- pout Know. Ai—As the chief of thy owga department, from a small battery on the hill, and Coun © | army; | have said but little on this subject myself. efore the expedition, Lepoke to some af General directed @ boat to be sent ashore, and ascer- veil; 1 did not notice Vera Crog, con nemy in 2 : : 3 Py ” ' bine ‘ Court—Do you recollect anything that Captain northern Mexico, by ay the cubs. | Seott's stall officers, ‘and requested them tw Hare eat went, and, Te | trving said? Tee Cannot; onl) eo the general maat- the Keds tive recta tos eae nett gabon tom fut trom | Ty.iawe and charter of the rocket. ‘The sssoelation sequent fall of the stronghold of Vera Craz and the | General Seott to send a detachment to ocoupy t ' oe urge had caused | ter of conversation. the bed, bus were Grawn ecide “FH | wad chartered in 1896, but was esta twenty years castle of Son Jaa Ulloa, that the enemy would | country between Louisarve and Orizaba, which | it to surrender—that had po up the river Court (orally)—To admit that might lead to dif. | tive (hat tbe lady m before that time. d RS not be able to nd that the | Weuld et once secure transportation of the army; | theday previous, and that the town of Alvarado | geulies, fame 00 be Courses. MARTING oF 20% ANYMEN Me Besa rts. party in fave » means of | ialked with General Scott myself, upon learning | had been abandoned, by the Mexican forers; also | "Cl tcmodore Perry—In your opinion, could a per- | time, T did not then know ber names t oh nes Sorting <a bringing the | thet Col. MeCrea had mentioned “it vo him, and | learned that Passed Midshipman Temple, with two | son Conduct a veesel drawing over six feet of water | ® Week tfter, in the same roo! fon Tuesday cveuing wt Mechanves” H tro Roster wae urged him to procure means of tr. United S¢ porta into the river? A.—No; not under ordinary cir. | tween four or three men, had been left there to take charge, vod to Le abundant in the country; | and that the Kenurge hy farther up the river wat Mr. P. Ridley inthe Chair, Mr. J. Brinker- then told me the movement towards | to attack Tlacotalpen. Commodore Mery then - ve she come im; she arked The trade has already had ® previ- wi mttances ; the bar is dangerous—very intricate, rs ing with ty | General § : “Senmneteie 2 oralify Tha aes ere cos tt was, and I tld het our mecting, at which it was resolved to for ® tes troops, Commodore Perry desired to ki be composed of the army and | Went on board the steamer Spitfire, und I accom | tingally hn uces of the tide, Mrike for an inetense of 25 per cent. on ‘and to understood that one of the ete of the | panied him. Captain Tatnall was in cominand of ent Was to procure means of transportation | the Spitfire, On landing at Alvarado, after exam- in Tatnall recalled. Colt By whose orders did you, with other this explanation of his testimony of yester- Sie Debeeaaee toca protection of the jour- legates alse were appointed, ia, J the Comt—To whom did you deny the acts of visions, wh: : i he lerstood ate be = pone ed —- i. Slovan commissioners to whom 29 have wins , enter - poet yp baat toa See pee by t have spokes meet otgecte te view, 5 Was Het | ot reported bre Te ty that the | into the stipulations alluded to —We went ‘onde " Hane rte t ched the late Captain Irving, of | town was deserted and defenceless. The nextday, | ty onler of Commodore Perry, and the terms were Saas tot E Gia eth es. Americ: parte commanded a division under | € J a preseribed by him. in on the wame week: FRO | vie report was then made, by which It that Con ued a copy of a communi: | General Quitmen, with instractions to carry out | tender MeKenzie and Captain Tatw he Court here caused to be read a letter from it was about the | ine men in all the shops were decided, narrod to cation to the tary of the Navy, d April | the views of General Scott and myself; | ‘ y ere by f wacehor hg ip Mne some py fies Rage | the trode, and that they all wont in for the 4, IST, to be read, in which he appre the | posed that from two te tive hundred the Li We did finally discharged until he receive an answer fron the rooen hihen 1G. Gna Waites & Meck ena sat | formation of a (rade soeirty, to carry out the purposes conduct of all the officers, except that of Liew | animals could he obtained: Tunderstood, , | Fo, and retumed te Alvarado the saine evening, tenant Hunter, in the movements upon Alvarado, | by letters frem Captain Irving and others, that he | braging down some Mexican depntics from that "| re i with but a very simall number; ia conse. | ploce to see Commodore Perry and General Quit- whieh, Colonel + ea second de- | than, to adjust seme minor points. 1 returned to tochment, ander Lieutene it, who | the sissippi the next day. went in the same direction; in consequence of faile | Comt—What wae the chereeter of the ures to seeure them by other means, We were | ricne entered into at Alvarade T A.A ou, the Seeretary of the Navy for pe pear in court for the purpoee of cross-questioning ad them ed pruelin drewa: « might here Lieutenant William W. Bleeker, Court—Were you employed in the Gulf of Moxie co, &e.1 A—Yea ad the te i and pase tower we. Hy the Court—You stated, had cqpitt-mertialed Lieut papers (which were hand ewora, teen ® Hight merine hite elik or eatin hw veil; the eur: that any one going tains were generaily drawa back, im could Fee them, ng Violati was first lievtenant of the of orders in entering the Alvarado river, &c.) utenant Charles G. Muanter, ’ : stermer Scourge, 1 “ tain the cherges against Lieutenant Hunter thrown into the hands of contractora; and were | of safety and protection to the town and jx commending. City and County of New Vork, ¢s.—Abraham which he wae court-martialed ' A.—Comimodore | alse chliged to send Large numbers of animals from | all their civil and religiows privileges, ar TemAte you, eequainted with any cirenne My he fn Ga Ey F eenliy. On the cesee Sond wan snered Perry, after examining the paper, said he believed | New Orleans, Braces Santiago, and Tatnpicos also, | Were required to deliver mp all arin cied with the surrender of Alvarado, | Se st ent, ot Note Water ctevear thane | neg ytecuanton arcs, ead 08 SEES Ge paid by cork it did. fe nomber from Baltimore; though Ldon't consider | # furni¢h a certain nuuber of horses ang Yee. The Seourg iat Vera SSten ts eet. dewett, weep wm Or shoek Bang pom enre | cr a ing © olabee, bo to The Court handed Commodor: { these latier as attributable to the failure Shaded to. on ry nn cee ae i tmatket | Cia om 20th Mareh, from Hovana; joined the ‘ Noon torte oe een ee ment, and asked him i egatat e proc Je Zon kaow anything pereonany of She | & re— Were these stipulations in writingt 1¢ | fouedions without anchoriog, went up with the | shout Aiteen months; t walked with ber in Hrosdmag, tion, it was reco pmodore Perry | surrender of Alvarado 1 A. cntace of Mr. Jewett since Uinet eo eonmittiee to ' a hee ek dteamed, | eo. by whom were 4 other veesels¢ came to off the enstle; the next | have p here intimate nd bea . sl ” i aN y signet! A.—They we | | Lievienant Hunter requesting that no witnesses be nd = 6 b , with , ‘ A PROON, if - ri F watked with Mies Govrges: Ihave na dictt rreol. ferters ~ PX-T Bgl the Hosp Repermace. before leaving New Orleana, there were from fifiy | in whiting, ap@sizved by the Mexican authorities | MO "ihe piceed te "hive tae ye = ye Ketion of her heving wid st any tine Vie | om ty the chetrmen, The Conrt nleo directed Commodore Perry to ex. | toa hwndred thonsatd Iraft animate in the region J ‘x th wae le lta’ rived there about daek; fired couple of shout waking wit her in ieondway, “Now 1 @hall gets Ants ds St Seabee staine evil etters, ond see whether they were of eferred tes one thea ed special treater & . Ww sur Saptain wteen ty aha Sanmey aod | oe merdto atten Sader geek tut Wee bo Li, ay tag ede rs (ted the th, aad two é ) bg hpow that cw ’ tid, & hen t wiete these | td waick e s —