Lynchburg Virginian

THE HEROINE OF TAMPICO

Thus unto the alglatape Mr Chase th wihe Iar Chi at that place sent to Ct. Conner exact plan of the castle twu. Larha and Iore o Iap nico, with ih raatnof the eat abath Ithe piare daata m romy the daahI M hae,the Captain te dane iaely st sal Er Iampico. atd iod the phe witnt ptnewine hisesehtiy t the mi ration s ii hia by that accomplished and jat thoa laly Weg tbow a It,Itwhnch we at mde bteg to the kitdns Ieut insi, Mir B MNd mah, towim itwas aders, watient Mr (Is hert, goi. spewiat idelaa te aktgI Im yooo, aad the jait she had th it Ma h less prae, we thuk has bscn haatoweden the nobe e ndpttisonat ageots and patn ti Lay than derIr, and wetias shat cut to vtoment, ihots denati ne tho wey distp cosbud araes nhh sh las ralead, at thy pnl ol har Ife, will undesatatrgly Te wan Iei with enafertag ht re
We dobt whether there is a letter run roorwitteahs a femole hand, rathamg a pppatrt sa an bleiat or. a mote courogoo s hran thon that od Mrs Cho e, whua wegebel She sabh exampeatabgotre uty wonen, aind her nane will ceaomd, on the pogeefour inst ry, whueg the adlairat nof tatut a It tl scnthathyher kilitalanage meh,h t ul IateI uar to the most shrewd gemeral, she sueerebd, iafrs wndingtrantaCnn Cohnr,mteirlyiage MeAlean thethat tiracuta'Iaopeowith ptee I station afer the wiog mta the ny I six hondred sland arms aud one boodred gumtaled powdr. We gve the I tcr nit it tioie mstaothente ao wot that cal a tomslod She ritea what ala saw and dhid Tocstaterohtly the valaeMrs C nast's sry cis totle cntry,we bus cusaler that she hs plaed anth hanlsfoar g v Poet a city that otlerw Woald hhe eat es, probubly, many valuable laes aad gieat ypebs Ihe deyter be maaeerin whdh si dpd th Mheae p anhutaa adebersot tho pla rndoaod t " a as Jndb ad r'sryeatl, and farshed ry plans o the pla mad isde hhees it is ni at al yreh h that we i al haettkan thban withouade eche stolIh entnr cmdut o M Chaa riib gae heTea and a ne atden stod deyoed potre tisn. I r whah shu wad re cive th polmiraton d the whohee waty, ahad r trust, Ihom Centsit only a conghe rnderhih at bor all her pcuary bea s, bat a unantm us vte of thanks
Ihe I ther, whel, we take the Ihertyofygoting, was nly mntended Ir the aes of th toeaad o whda it is addressed, and it was soly thruugh mh pe rnaston that We wet coaibd t alamaeja Irthe phs Bas the lapute acts of ds C we Dr her odiry and hat nintry aaght ta battra ed ant canths e the cee siw il as thtutgh h ionn P rjauuts and intetesting narative.
Truo.De1.1e
My cdermed trcnd Agatchug hasene a'ri the spiit t uotoeanat leat withnth lesti o h then aln st doubat the a dener of my amn e ne, we hving at ihmobent si Iaenty sad ed yes Is m the aer aaedeaers ayad rpas, thsolt a which jays m ba pait,tr my sa moat hs solitud ta nd sulle rng. Iam not a beho ser in Purgatory, but I think I have paee d through that ondcal by resuding in an escmy cuntry aloue, not oply lustle in f chiog, but subl and umpaegled
MydeartedI sathy knw how toreplytayen Dnichdiy s hettae tow and we and mite egecially 1n b gtouitg ny unj t et notale, ofe geit musbortu scusto a cuoey nety pn ca never hep ja with my thog Yu wil bave leen aware ot M Cias',eypelsit, ateably tothe decred the I2h o May last dad n c apdans wih that et he had only twenty four hours" notter to cmbath. of ctgthe days t telire twenly ieatges mt the mte ror He prude mtly chse the I rin rand etadothed I rthwih on baid ot the Si Mary's, the bos hading yiss Jofl the Bar I"Tmple icavig she cghty th tsand dollus m bas sone wth e otharotecionthan suehasleubd atl nd, and twodls ohne of whom wasa Mesteat, and who, maceotdanee w ththe true spint of Me stean ch vairy, co nmnche d robing i In tac't my aoyanees wen so hae Tous that I e n nat give y u tho a in de tatd,but me tely she tech an cutl kinn ng the syayatiy you fel er my pe rlous p silen in thus be w di ana lu the mext plae she Juez de Primera lustancia, by onde r of the Comamanding Gene ral. passed me a notice that thy phiyl gos ceaed as the wile of the An rean Cunsud, ane my sore mst be cl sed. I re phed to hi m the In st d esie maon I, that I was not ouly hus wife, but alss lus consatuted age nt. In adiit on to this, I was a Brtsh sulgeet, atd assiea, neither the Judgs n r the Gemral couid depave me of my batural rig ts as the Enghish law aluitted of no alicnationstating that any mtactton on its piet l.ve weuld be hastly chastised by that to veromeal, and, i couat nef mt ass reon, refened the learnod Jiez to the ILaw d Nat ns,
…Thus defeated and cxhaused. I was not allowed to send an open note to my husland, thene he Bar. But thank Cod, who'temjers the wimd tothe sh tn Lamb, He directed me. and I eoeerted a plan whuch agam defeated their hostile purpose, and s nt ty stratag m nine lette rs in eight we ks, and thr ugh the sine ntans reccived rephes. But those thangs w.re daiy making uoads upoh my health and my spirts,wich I most care fully conccaled tom my good husband,kn wieg t cinte n s ty of hus feelogs for hs govcrnmant, ad paiticularly for my welfare.
"I in the mean tume drew a plan of the city and river, and had it sent to Com. C onn r and C'apt MeClunev, of the John Adams,witha correct de scrption of all the i rts. the pumbor of guts, a hist of the troops and h w they wire posied. and every politeal m soment, s that through Mir. Chase and his agoat, they koe w every tan portant novement in tils scetien d the e ua ry
"They al used and insulied th Amcrican nan and nation to such an extent that it oficn caused me to reir and ypay God for the day of o tibuton. Wuh the ex coption of my taithtal Ame ha, I had Lut little haman sympathy, as all the English influence was agaitst our national cause,
"I am, P shaps, a little prosy, but I well know th a nsi ie heart to wh m these lues are a ddressed, and so eontinue. I daily watche, tot very chr s an like. for the mounent dfrtala'n, Iopir ti be able althoe alone tn the eombat to 'aquate aceoats's with my fietee debtds, a d, ifpssible, plae myse latd paity on th k credit s.de of this eatungled arcouat
San'a Am r e iomergled to th Gv roment of Mx co the condiscatien dtall Amrean proyerty morder to to carry on the war, aaith tal A osiians redieg w thus y country slould be taede prsoeset war a a rial stroke er toths userpig p.ra'es -the geathe name gen rally ap ed with t a m re Iraya Wlaen Iead ths prtede in oge o the thanint peradical, It vaa rathet grating ta teIn m t lated ealitin. I doit nad. Iomevrepet1nma i I ho woold be tor, hume it mum stake the bi w."
et, in other w rls, me em ws at hwst helpleeand notr een depnat ad rg ind a daente rinsh
"Iwsr en dahyO my ide, alaats the eAfdahaadateavam, md wretehes oe thot I was p ed dI te nentgIoca otn IaaentalE him tat te thogs wiia Ge Ihrat Mta ata, aaim re Iol tea datebad tomptureS Jon.te aod ciad whtenakinr thatIwahd 1.thspashhh atIrmofriteemy P1A tea that she theagiit the G o a I te woald eall m ar Nat dy I hal s eall foom thecpsin of the p ft. who wahed to han the trath, sui aiated if (hao fod wnilten', tr L tht ell t ahad sanalter soethorof the haluctis hieeome to la an ump rtant e'oract r, in thctr daily puds. In a enver s ton w.th the feher in haw of the Gcheral,I reoam Broledto lam an ouly ithat. ms the wsrst eurs t Laleh, and that sade night, a prvate jast wasdes athel t Sn Lahs P ad opon thoatrength o the ia taroatuns: re tod, thhmgh me the toa i of Tump os was oal rod to lr vaeated oa the app atane of this lare Iroe f tha bot aas Wereirat, moury dre in, to peube mule, t'eI rthe coeyange oipp? nit to the mar aid tao wehooerkas wares tnthd Iame hdrd adfatas rmaod Trom the I ih, ad the toe vaatd the pharIthea dsatehadt Cen Caaeranaceantd Ua dateal thua , and in triplicnte to Hnana, siler d ther nt evers to my husand, ureag h sretan i ith with Tie wrp seathny an aeat. whsapgd thaem mere Ielterae nvevinr a wi tomy htdnnad t arma een(amn metIhaI Meata restha n am mtnte tathsetaoh barn it. rwand M itertUo Corntaobone was ditea O dr h, heFeived at Oaa r27th, and matlycalled amn rt ihs seor Mier, amd lat man depateh bafepe them. Ihad due weght Iroyis Ihs w ir broght fea Point Ialall. ani distriat d am gs the quadon, adnthe Iih Novealer th ant Ii Iende aod om the tn thig of the I ith hove pnghit,iw.he sl off thehyd Iampde I was s ofhient o t eanor aI the spedr n I ld a thag eall mnd en wk pevias, and bad neet dupn the hew tapih ihier to raa the fest Ameticah dghoted as arght yer Iumpo Oamy firs vght aI the Iet, m ieat op Ih ve way.ani I w pt as a chald tor jSseg that Gd had bnaght dee ace tothecaple aad in imtepatonof son slre th dget if my atheetina, and slssta eratitde to I wh so moghty to° sate, and that my ferhle (ll rts lad wrmght ss s'rang ly m mr nattonal welfere. Here I ahat pae. aal siy I caant pretend todes rba my cchisatthat tae Frtude ened toge wsgand tn tha aidt df ths emotisn, I aran saw the spindrn H stog bo the tae, the loate maghed, snd the lihe pa Jag, (hey aanding their oln ptlos oer that maireate assige anl the irgd penaiat thyie attwo mas Ie ade sthe blue ard red a y 1nilatel Ane ha pid my Irn u. Mr. Cla'a cthi. ahd mn shitads ther aI a prayet, then pulld the #hag d wn, and a ne rashad to the Iote tap I ened it up, aad ted t on the l with my own haade ai weAadin. myal aad MeIdrhtal it, ty f gyig the fea pall Tra ne deh the whd Laeo Tampe. Icat lot sna o th Aa ein bhat tt me p sassd eaure ermfonal spintehughtlend ahand.
"bn thaay maes thAmten calld pon ma and orfe red m t hanl id in. I rphad u wara sed esa rehti potecton. Ihey ad Itad nusueh rgit. I ril that it was a mater of opipt n m whachwe s ald tot agree Ihey sand it yas a larl que upon their natiot a ludy taking the cityand whit would the Sapren Gonemnnt od M veosay Imepled ey tacomteailly,"Coen sale" and ofhened th mw ne uaa the bew haomer. Thy thteat ned the hotse I ran to Is top, and ak I Mir U dernt he would stad hy me He rephed, Ye" …Ihen." std I, the 1g m tmam,oralldu wnt oveth Ietp.asIsall aeverpull i dowa or sall r ay Mentosay ily hstonh" Ihad ben rohbad. my re nteied and pt IaII m re than thathuad dolhus in the e Iof aethteand wh the rermeat tom Pue'Iaenterad da on, they cndrad nos at ro anl carnaed I adandI hand nar arsandti hsammhy ad thaahal the GoaI the Iut wes my cpiaa gmr, ad I hnd iho Iafn ai M And now th hoty rdamyton was at Land. Ieypetd they would ait te pjam or storan the I usI ristel with my rogh um rind the th the hamiwavtg tn mneseal ba at, wad thesad wear the cihy, whenr the y t the t g Iwisti Iratning to plgnms to knom to whe Icte bt s theoer s thot m Inioaai, aid gav. thpeehemtrm the,ad deatmbose,whehat be n w masmmtast pred se eme plaga, andmytolt ws tht I heimg tie wieotan A areCoed e Par and themuneial aath teceto my h tw onaal, th CoCamer.
Mhydsaehes la lan nt ith st D yoriat and I hive leiterei thanksfan the cthi ers cannade who Faye chamgd the nneed Ir Iilerl tI't A nculamst tu Ihy arid ohe Ith I ty coht hodts alier, came Mr. (lae, cwnn all iny happ
You nill nodoubt haye heard part of my stery pre vhms to ths rraghmg yot, dhoe ny the thterest you tee, and the uobumuted trendship evtced by y n. I thes haye tahen tho Iarty tove as far s pridticalh in dtalamd lae esrmdel my avnat Ileso ms thfe ntn the some the tiesthe that son will ge a b ast r onst thesioapfet wtalomd may nerf the pobigs od moental athne thon. as belt hy me "mekihly mrei theeyting war bids ih mrol usi a pemmiaiy point. It hs v ry maemlly that loe tot t the lena all y d may sarits to thas My ts ism H, ah ce wihh blad e t w W have sat od m muod, in p sn, and n pckt butwith leclin of iaterest ton and eor bale emntry atnd dua to the cae, and Ihe the w d w I w s wi ting to contrbute thiy mite fi r the hotor of th coumty hehad s I my represented. and sa dutiful wile a 1 low hu m weal or wo, dootdimr tothe ir saur t ias Ir'me,and ma imening daorr, een the lek yme of ulyersiy shmlinstehallmy aidor,i boll wag hus ad viere mnd hits caus , and trust t Ged.
"We will lose healy cne half of our staek ofols Nad onbt the Umted Siate s Goseraent will mmdomty Mr. Chseat afutur das Ou house will a taed mto a rarren. and thns field peers will beplaad upoit. Ian w lhing to snad by hy husogaad ata gun uatd we bath dieor ae yotot.
"I have beea trymg to Kepd j urnal ofthe Beates o the Drama, mn rather armgh forin, aad may place it In yoelr hands at a tuture day