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TIE MlgR PEIsoNgRs.-Thc n. O. Bulletin of
the 2lst publishes letter from Monterey which
it says must silence all doubts as 10 inc rccapture
Of l20 Of thc I'e1an prisoners who made their
escape. Two successive orders have been givcn
by the Secretary of War at Mexico TO shoot every
tenth man Of the number, to be dccldcd by lot.
Gen. Mexia, who disobcycd the first order, mas
been arrested. and there is no doubt the second
mandate has been executed on TIC road TO the
capital. The sick and wounded were secretly
marched on. of town on the 4th ult. The writer
adds that the case of the prisoners ,:lo were Ia
ken at Bcxar, ard conancd in the Castle at Pc
ro,c, Is one Of peculiar hardship. The greater
part Of them are gentlemen of talents and high
responsibility, connected with some of the first
families in the United States.