The New York Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1846, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. Dy te tite ane geet ree NEW YORK, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1846. — — = =—— - — eels = Tun five miles above Matrmoras, and took up his po- urade an attempt about dusk to charge the | cidentally shot himself in the groin with his pis- State, landed, and are now encamping their com- | cer. rs L A T E Ss T N E Ww S | sition, where be will cutrench on the road leading latter with their whole line, but they were’ tol. He lived about twelve hours, and died re- reece the plain outside ; but if we are to judge from doubt that a blow had been given from which . | from Matamoras to the city of Mexico, Me will! met by a simultaneous discharge from four 6» gretted by every one. custom of war in like cases” they will scarce | bé diffleult for the enemy to recover ; and so it proved— | thus cut off thecommunication between the | pounders, and the two 18 pounders. They recoiled) = By an arrival from Point Isabel we have t comfortably gk pend a a portion of the oth infantry, finding thet cy pom od have time to 0 “pull up stakes” a rv | army aud the capital. Yesterday, the fleet, com- | in confusion, and every one was in hopes that | learned, with regret, that Major Ringgold died callanayon ti ; or 4 TELEGRAPH | pebeclaf the frigates Oumberiang, Banten?fecc-'| Gaer Taylor would order © simulianeaur charge | sborly ‘after ‘ronchiniy hove, rou. the eilooks of | Lemoyne rte gare Wh prompted thelr | toed eee athe mbick hod Jen 'same eo Sontohed totes | mao, stoarn frigate Mississippi, sloop St. Mary’s, of our whole line, but it was not done. At this bis wound. His loss will be more generally | tions of the campaign. They may appear to be great by | attack by its gallant commander, Col. Belknap, veconded anuD THE | brigs Somers and Lawrence, left their anchorage, | period of the action the sight was truly sublime— known throughout the United Status, probably, | those who are novices,as no foubt mo but with the | nobly by Capt. Montgomery, took off the remaining Mw A I L s. | spin Tespel an came Si prieen mise © | It was getting quite dark, so much so that we, than that of any other officer; for the fume of i 9g porhaps bya shelter ee I el ll m ding “ regiment into = | hard, i * si i , ying 2 ad e: ide ught good new tents on wit , whic! : sein Mexican tandard, off the mouth of Rio Grande, from | could only distinguish the enemy's position by Ringgold’s Flying Artillery had extended wide | brought good Hew tents ye er set aed ‘over his head, ‘dashed on in Cront of his men, which place I now address you. | Yesterday, 1500 men, mostly volunteers, just | tho war, the shrieks of the wounded and dying | Of course no o' the flash of their pieces, At an occasional lull of and near. Captain Page, it is said, is also dead, | ortunate.) CERI Mpare Can, be: 20. greatcanen'of com> | ware» Ovke Suma ane cine dat : her result could be looked for. It | ?'Sa'the whole, with our nursbers, means, and material, | threw him. Being a heavy man, he was helped ou to his BIGELY IMPORTANT arrived from the Nerth, marched from Fort Polk | could be heard, whilst artillery und cavalry | wasa mercy to him. fake th on i Coty ee haree by e soldier who in the act received aball through {(Point Isabel) to the nearest point of the river; | horses were rushing madly to and fro, som | Captains Thornton, Hardee, with Lieut. Kang, | harms cathe cine hich I beep ilied duriog it 1 hewre, Se at the some moment a shot carried sway FROM THA | renae aee also, from Fort Polk, arrived | with broken legs, and some in the last ago- | tnd all the men, have been exchanged, und are | has been already: wi | think I can safely say that tho | the Mexican fing, leaving but, the bandlo with the on the north bank of the river, at its mouth. They | nies of death. When it became fairly dark, | with us. “ sodgering ” as vanisaed already with all | colonel. He dash: ad with that, however, and his t foot” in Texas, | regiment carried “materiel” of | the Moxi such as to | their arm: e greatest | munitions oth. wounded, and prisoners, including among the thing before it. At this moment way entirely, and throwing down W were but. a few miles from the ships, and their | the enemy ceasedfiri: and, apparently, re- r= Ss E A T Oo F A R * | camp fires were burning all night. — retired taf the Pertociae though ees fire” Was The Campaign Against Mexico. | alone prompts me to say that ¢ At prosent, it is storming—so seon as it abutes, | kept up some ten minutes longer. It was about | phe aterm the Galveston News, May 19), tnite ae lear euuilouce thes fosceet wt 900 men, from the squadron, will join them ; and | 40 minutes past 7 when we limbered up our guns, | yt ie fithe ely me mt fy tabeet, ll of t sap sorte eg THE CAPTURE OF THE with our boats, and two steamers, transfer them | the action having thus lasted four hours and five | o'clock, being 26 hours from bar to re | General Desha’s command has taken position with the | those who were drowned in the Rio G: , do pot fall tothe Mexican side of the river, when the joint | minutes, exclusive of the rest taken by both par- | Soon after the decisive repulse of the Mexicans, onthe | 4th infantr Burita’s Ferry, some eight or teu miles | short of 1500; so that the enemy's loss in two days MEXIOAN TOWN OF BURITA. forces will march on, and atamoras. tiey during the evening. We bivouacked, for the | 8h, General Taylor finding that the enemy had entirely | {rou this place. It is the lowest ferry on the river, and | amounts to at least 2000 men—something more than the I aneh-yon @ map of the river, [this is not yet | night, on the field, whilst the enemy retired into | ‘isappoared and left the communication between his en- | Siepece Where most of Arista’s army crossed previows | umber we had iu our army. a ae tuaniviine xia ¥ engraved,] extending forty miles, and embracing | the woods, thus leaving us masters of the ground. Peale wlio Ml rnd Chad orig of Sollosted a So Soe tptite of Se neon ee ab. ban ag | hag Kaeecler grip nen he tele 4 UNTEERS. ‘ i H ji e' returne » OL! le feet ao re gana which your readers will easily ia Mhiled aod eemdohy Ga eee toh opot at Point isabel; having previolly phir word | General, ath the army, bad pl misiortane, should have happened LA an aloe wee k s me ‘en ‘ , . eral Ampudia, that issi joras, and was to cross the river at some | character he so esteemed, and returne While I am writing, cannonading is heard, vory | 4th, had the lower jaw entirely shot off, leaving | 300 meu to bury hie A mance iinet tiie to oporate 1a Whe reas, whilst tne garrieorat | his sword which he had won so bravely. It is sald also engegem rn, the RETREAT OF THE MEXICANS. distant, up the river. We take it to be the enemy | the tongue and the roof of his mouth exposed—it | _ The news is not important. No furth ‘ort, would attack in front. It was said :aust | that the General fhe cuptive officer an order on his | attacking the new position of Gen. Taylor. He would have been mercy to have killed him, as re- | he en place. As far as wo can lea jexi- | all the Mexican troops had left Matamorns, but 2000 re- | private banker for jum, for his use when he ar- ~ is ready for them, without any regard to their | covery none impossible. Major Ringgrid was | cams appear to have retreated to tho other side of the i id ‘We should not be surprised ae tly eh Sate ito iment marched ambers. Hi i al: i ‘e should n aarp! at any moment hearinga| Immediately after the victory, a regiment marc! le so tregiii Fone Apa di! in the two battles | also mortally wounded, a shot having etruck both rn from Capt. Phillips that Gen, Taylor is now | eannonade. Perhaps there will be a surrender without a | into this fort, and was received with cheers and open their troops better, | his thighs, and his horse’s shoulder ; several other | ,, ini SUPPOSED EVACUATION OF . ; Point Isabel, having returned fi ~ besa shot being fired—such a result would not bo arms. All had done their duty—those who were left to THE AOUATION OF | others much worse, than he had anticipated’ | officers were wounded, but none seriously, I be- | He indirsshey hie cherations agaieet Moramnce weal em, | from what has been learned ot bo surpriaing | ‘efond our fort—thoee who marched to ite relief. iad Their artillery, he said, is excellent, well | liove. We had 11 men killed, and about 60 or 80 | pediting th f the ti 1am pleased t the notice which you take of nearly forgot to mention, that no officer in the MATAMORAS served. Their cavalry is numerous, but misera- | wounded, most of them slightly. Resting the macok of the froogs to, that point as fast os), Otel Walker,” Many of bis daring adventures ofthe | the oh war more distinguished: than Lieut Randolph . ble. Their whole cavairy force made a chargo The next morning, at day-light, the dragoons| _0n Friday night, a detachment'of 1000 volunteers and unknown, or at least untold. The “cutest” one came | Ridgely His conduct drew praises from the lips of upon the 5th Infantry, but were cut to pieces. were dispatched to reconnoitre the enemy. We had | Tesulars took up their line of march, for the purpose of | off during the second battle, when, having his horse shot officer. By to-morrow night our troops will be on t remained up all ni i crossing the Rio Grande at the mouth, intending to enter | under him, he fell and feigned all the agonies ofa mortal | _ The fourth shot of the enemy struck the horse of Lieut. indi y P: mn the Pp night, on picket detachments, ; is, n Ay Ni iB east, west and north sides of Matamoras—and | without any supper, and i ; the city of Matamoras. They were to be joined by 500 | wound; and when his adversary came upon him to des | Ridgely in the hoad, killing the man to whom he was ; ~|you'may dally expect to hear of its fall, The | without any otliet brenkfast then w Pieetct heed | seamen in bouts, under command of Capt Aulick. |The patonad is ith lance, end erin hie, Walkar used his | shows Desig tere, asohor pated the 8a, ee ii *, rs 4 are iteamer Vesta ‘Sund: ii volver wi fect. *' jum| the v id jetac! L, Wi wo pieces, another ol . Se. de. dio. Le Tray is healthy, and we are all in excellent bread. We advanced rapidly towards the ene- the Rio Ortaca tee the eee eae ey want 4 ” i dose moraines * ow'a horse, and | where he had hot work. pirits . my’s line, and found them retiring into the woods, | in crossing the river at that place Your suggestion to your liberal citizens, respectin; The next day we took up our march. After proceed- ? 5 ‘J sf apecting —abreevistere—memniensr) . —— with the exception of about 1000 caval: Governor Henderson will take the command of the | furnishing Walker with ‘a horse, &c., to replace the one | ing about five miles, an express came beck, orderin, , N oO: P' ry, who, , - The Magnetic Telegraph ef yosterday morning EW OrLgaNs, May 22d, 1846. with an immense number of pack mules, were | forces raised in Texas, to reinforce the army of occupe | (by the bye, ho has lost quite a number late! it in | Lieut. Ridgely to the front with his battery. He reports the following important intelligence:— | Th, shi Pg at 10 o'clock. taking the direction of the mouth of the river. | 0% by a resolution of the Legislature of that Stato. Ris SCveir ars ta, Spmninnone wilh: the ies wanes seperted, to. ties Generali te eles wiry steam ship Alabama arrived this morning, | We gradually approached, until we found our- {Correspondence of the New Orleans Picayune } Seaewe sect an londet haa Walkar telered nat with ax gr olght pieces of artille Fy, and in great force, The steam ship Alabama, arrived at New | bringing much later news from our arm: i i aid red by the 'y, having | selves on the ground occupied by eur oppon La Buarta, (Mexico) May 17, 1846. 3 " thick Orleans en the 224 instant, in forty-five hours | been but ferty-five hours on her passage. The | the night be! PPONENts | Here we are within the Vice-Royalty of Mexico, at a | 0% Wes known, than a subscription was opened by the | on each ede coveren oy ick chay from Brasos de Santiago. pens sailed thence | 2° i# very important, as it appears to be be- moe pireee ed 19 found the results of | beautiful little village on the right bunk of the Migirnve, | motrs, and an onder to parakese & bores and Paalpanna | | Tieet Ridgely posed Sena eae eas Weies yards ahead of his pieces, when he perceived a few on ne vat : ae 19 dead Peg ae t miles from the mouth, Old Zuck--God bloss bine} | *e8t to your city, te be presented to him. on Tuceday, the 1h inst, at Btelock, P.M. | Zar auy oppoution: ors me wee token with | counted on he Ald whic the, Mericans ‘nd | chau reopen uhany inn un fot on hae | oie edly nse Wyn ovo Fo | tae mh odor ane Official intelligence had reached Point Isabel, | It ia reported tint this morning’s mail brings | the woods we ound tan co out 5,0 the edge of | ofthe river: vou may be asturedit will not be with | fenttocommision him. | Adly'until within 300 yards, and then returned theit Are of the capture of the Mexican town ef Burita, | ROWS from Washington of wuthority to General | and several smaller ones, showrre chit Srave® | are amply atoned for. nine Incidents of the War, do hls continue i Fran ey tae We dieser: without opposition, by Col. Wilson, with four | hopett js sor as troops wil he pouring dew'eeepon | Places of officers; one six Pounder was diarnouat | inuatry sad bom eieaniee Maree setae Caur erroure Matamonas,? | ered they were falling buck-limbered up, and dashed companies of regulars and three companies of ne with a rush, The si caitridace Were teal ea cet Sennon’| of assilay ie Beer, ie command of Tiaut. Col. Wilson, . atic bial crea MANGER PMR nh | SRS beck’ haifa mie, when Capa May rode up end Alabama and Louisiana volunteers. 6 in in the night, wit The evidences befc © prairie. | of the regular army. | The expedition up this river was} Our advance then recommenced slowly, but firml ired of Lieut. Ridgely as to their tion, wag ped edith , idences before us were such as toasure us | originally planned by the General and Commodore to be | wagons and all ; and when we arvived within Rood er i! | that ho was about to cl sige: Lieut. R. told him to wi Tt appoars that General Taylor was to cross | ry that the enemy had suffered bi F he celebrated sheet i ut very severely, and | ® combine movement of the two services. Some delays | ery range, their b a I f ‘ th d from all ourgpieces. He the Rio Grande on Monday, the 18h instant, | meet at the Rose House Nae tiring Tease thee retreating towards the river. si Oe ee ee aigeon i A ACR balls bouncing rserigy notes (peri bem atari ree fron rushed forward at the heod of his cavalry sits ticbeck “Mieuriniaty’ ingytacgivetena grattl eefenads'to' lag Seory: Returning to camp we found it had been deter. | Peiition started alone this morning, and after marching | "rechochet ;” others ying ovor our h —we following with our battery atfull gallop. May suc- > 8 y mined upon to move forward about 12 M., that | {rune {G%, miles found themselves at this village, which is | in the showing us in a few mom ceeded in taking prisoner General La Vega—the 24 in Two thousand Mexican troops had been | Correct desertption of the two Battles, by an | 28Y; leaving one company with two 18 poun situated on the first high and dry land above the mouth | pieces were served with skill and porci command—and drove them from their pieces, bat suffered even te march out of thet ‘ety, and as no Hye Wiincess D*tt% PY ** | and four twelve pounders to protect all tne sre | mene Thaie lager aeetisa song hn anght ak | ene aehgcnterved mone ie enemy caaly a | tray y thls UBT neon ho roturned and a - fi , 5s 4 ply train, which was " ; 0 if about to charge, aud the regiments nearest m | We reached th e of the ravine as he re! cannonading had been heard at Point Isabel, ‘The following excellent letter, was written by | tected by n |e sees ypbind Hs ss pron seiisied tate the ae Ae ears Saeomtae aoe ait t Were thrown into square, or formation preparatory to | saw two regiments about sixty yards off— at once halted, {t was supposed that the Mexicans had ‘eva- | Lientenant A. Lowery, of the 2d dragoons, who | my with the baggage train to move phinlaics tase aditch. The gallant little army which we Inve to emu- ne piano $d AG plspneee a Led babys a <0 bear ‘ane bi ve! bers ge ye Sned te athe ousted the place, and allowed General Taylor | Was gallantly engaged im the brilliant battles of | Pursuit of the enemy, and give them battle, ? We late,dug ditches and threw up entrenchments for a whole time, some Altesn minusen, ihe fase fre epee Knocked over eight horses and Re men’ We returned to take quiet possession ef the houses and | the Sthand 9h insts. It was writte: ‘ started about the time mentioned, and had =e. ceived in perfect silence by us; and at length, Cap- | their fire with double vigour, and with the infantry. squares in thiacity. to & Jsiond | ceeded about 6 ule, when we fund te woods | ns este eat natn oa op 7 TOM |i Dane, aint bon arlene open et | a, RNY seks one, ‘We Tollomed, bt +, * ih ree wi cl] 4 » ‘allant manner; a al er, he n, ms Ttis said that General Smith and his troops had Comer wean Maraxonss y | Sit an commanded overy avon ett Do (From the New Orleane Delt, May 22) placing himesit tn'a position to bo protected by the |i dipot pursued over 200 yards, when we came on their ‘, ns ‘ cannon. 0 : infantry, assault the enemy's cavalry, and ntire camp—took every thing they , a commenced their march te the Island of Booa| Doubtless, long bofore this vty ni rr Baasos Sr. lac, May 18, 1846. if me time tp fall (het aval. fiunition, 9 pieces of artillery, 300 poe sagen ipeod a ches f I befc i i * © ‘This morning tl f would enable him at th you, 2 ou efore mentioned that the woods extended jorning the steamship Cincinnati came infa: ‘and private communicat Chica, to eross the Rio Grande at its mouth, and | will have seen accounts of the two pite fr “ti a f t ‘om the e: . alongside at the anchorage and conveyed most Fy antl) sainmsen’ of ‘intaniry) cent a witiacteg” Ste | nal begwege thence advanee up “ne river, on the Mexican side, | ' fought by our little army with eo Mexicans; | 8th useint, the en re de yoy Loeieaes of the | troops (on board the “Alabamna) to Point Isabel.» eee be yp eel nike created some Penfusion, and which | manding eee, mrgrs + his — ha, Coolers yore to form # junction bly with General Tay. inthe whieh we defeated, and in the so- | there is one small prairie, } io Grande; | Last night General Taylor was to have crossed the Rio | ¥ jwered by our squares of infantry by one long, | force was abou 5 bol trap — probably wil Y" totally annihilated their “divisi aurideund prairie, however, about one | Grande, and this morning to attack Matamoros. The | *i™ultancous shout, which showed how anxious they | rays he has been in battles since his yhood, but lor’s forces as ‘ney cross opposite Matamoras. north,” capturing all their guns, ae ion Us cae mi meee pai ane five or six long, which was used for | Yolanteers arrived before us, have left Point Isabel to rom ap be led to the charge at once—but this could not | saw men peor reget beer msec oo =. wg, Bs report of Capt. Windle, that the drum, arte and aminunition, and making arr Waso narrow that we Could eal in te, road ugnigantec oriasel (pebliioreis od ete tn of courage tha inet cast eshit=45 vitsain seeaee sw our betorien did Tout Ridgely was introduced ‘s lexicay, i ii iti nineteen other offi by i t % "1 » | for hours under the fire of the enemy’s artillery, him as the officer who comma e ng . a8 are in a starving eondition. about 400 men, | icers, and | by a platoon front, and it was onl without baggage. We have © prospect of warm | to" notect from the enemy's cavalry our own acillery, | of whove effectiveness he particularly spoke. We low ‘ r have availed rT i at certain c. " mysel Py 0! _ Tab Sea, with volunteers, had arrived at | opportunity of writing te you. oes Secret qe craaraabcren tet admit o deployment ares Point Ionut, May 19, 1946, | Whilst the latter was mowing down the enemy's ranks | in our company, 1 killed, 6 wounded, with 13 horses. Yoint Isabel, and the commands of Cols. 0’ | o! ones lay, but I was out with my squadron in | talion, and the 8th inBeniy eenen arti ety bat- Embracing another opportunity. prior to the deperture Co anes tym Se ete Coen pe taeeeee we rem the Newark | (N. 3.) Adv., May 29) ‘} scare! ors, * m™ Lt ol © volunteers now this it, 7 a anot! ter from our corre! on Neils, Marks, and Waltons, were therefore prisoners, a8 was the casa on the two | Were ordered to remain to protect the enn’ | Colonel Marks, 1 will. endeavor to give you aa idea ot | 1epounders, ia tho entre, and all the enemy's batte | pio Grande, through the father of young, Dudley, from preceding days. This was vexati : mubjoi com] . and we rote . » ious, but fe % ries ope atthe same time, a tremendous cannonad- ‘tract: in wie EE vist gad ‘men were all well and , ows {ich last from Point Isabel, on the 6th | stood, listening to the roll of she geet nee = nko sea caer Mourreatt Capt. J. McBaker, took a por- | ing ensued; which, on this plain of almost boun: sig-orade sty Onan pts Maramonas, wisi j inst., in which I mentioned that we should ser out | roar of the cannons, with-ut he et xt and the | tion of the troops off the Alabama—the Cincinnati the re. | &Xtent, presented a spectacle of great magnificenc May Mth, 1846. ‘The officers men wounded in the recent | for this at 3P.M. thatday. We started ac- | even which party was gaining tha far: to pic. | mainder ‘The M. having crossed the Brasos bar, got but | jhe betlle commenced at 10 minutes pest 2PM. It | have only to mention the afflicting circumstance, thet offic pone rad Samed Fh en encamped at dusk 7 miles oc ny | ten minutes hovers oe ae day; in about | alittle vray up the Laguna Madre leading to the Point, had lasted sbout an hour, when @ large body of the ene- | our most severely wounded men are»mortifying and battles were without anything of interest occurring. We | of the battle, our ears were Peenemnent stuck fast, where she bas been for twenty-four hours | 1170 of cutting off our agv pox They evith & | dropping off. One reason is the censive heat of ive Correspondence Erp ns in the trai a eted with nx loud | with no probability of getting off without assistance, and | ¥!* : r, and another is the fact, Opesten = abi meee: pounders whioh Were bekg chee two 18 shout, “which we knew could not. be by others | that cennot be furnished at present, owing. to’ the | With the most ‘perfect tranquillity, and a discharge of nothing ‘but copper shot. Such s proceeding on their ont Ieammt, May 19, Complete the battery at thi nm up, to Wn troops—at the same instant an or- | 90#ence of light draught steamboats—this nt | musketry from the 6th (Gen. Brook’s) regiment told us | nart, has outraged the feelings of the whole army. Ven On the 17th, Ligut Col. Wilson, let Infantry, with four | COmPlets the battery at this. place—we, had also | ‘ler came for us to advance, as the enemy were re- | %,,tte, meant of transportation is | most_wretchedly their fate. “They fed precipitately, leaving men, horses, | geance is the cry day and night, for wounded commdes companies of thet regiment, Col, Desba's Mobile volun- | Carriages pale ers, “4 ‘ing Mounted on truck bere we marched into the y at full Sei to. Penge eat being ee, we find oat ae Isp oe oe has Sree aa Idaho lying se nny “popes We were the attacked, > arried in wagons, and were not | Speed, and soon ‘1 evel ing in wre! e iton’s 5 d onl; . teers, and two companies Seth ik arutinMehae tar ool bing ce The eighteen pounders | te columns, Mecting several partion of eee cg em ne shetnopnis tor cha acter Ee ce Stsnem Kiunk neat th cite tet anGilhest is 28 miles from me, and it i Impossible for me ‘ana volunteers, amounting in all te mea, crossed the addi uncan’s Ringgold’s bat- | ors, on their way back to the P 0 ‘ol, = ‘and his command of the | tie Tight—the Artillery battalion bei on that Prarget res odes fee hin, ee ee sana bedhyen pe» fou ‘ pinbe I emp ack e train. We lst U. 8. Infant Marks, y Bie. Grende, ef. ite mouth, by assistance of the U8 | Re8 SE Sat elite > just in timo to assist in driving tho enesmr igen | (cor companies ake, Wath all the volun. | right, and mest_in advance, . It must be observed, also, | slenty oft comrades about him. ry feel : ; ; is to follow as speedil , thizi steamer Nova, Capt Frederick, which had beem despetched A the usual hour, six | their guns, which was 4 poss: trots Y | that in these different changes our General was always flesh by thet indefatigable oflcor of the Quarter Master’ De- | ©0120, svas in command of my company, ex. | Sth infantry. 1 Deven kaee aE ee Sale Pee oe lasettn ts ele Tt” a settee | so butsteadiy gaining ground to the font, and the Feary nel opt Ser oat «tae oan, eo i my life til : enem: i enemy’s fire ha’ i. pertment, Major Charles Thomas, who was present with | ordors to cover the whole atiny ang wn Mat | cade till thon 5 before us, at full speed, rushed | Ths Mexican force there in seeposn te be saath geet | slackened, and then coatod,Gen Taylor from hie ewan (From the Albany Journal, May 26.) Assistant Quarter Master, Capt. M. 8. Miller, having pass | head to rear, keeping about ards from the | terthem two of Dun guns, and immediately at: | js about seven and a half mile from this, ine direct line, | ™0Fe advanced position, ordered allhis batteries to open, Camr, oppositz Matamonas, } i road | lineof march. Tt was ft i “ed Duncau’s, flanked by our squad- | but the way we have to get to it, is eigh } j and in his turn attacked the enemy with such fury as to May 18th, 1646. ed down by the beach from Brasos de Santingo—the ros rom this side that the ene- | ron. The chase did not continue longreur rant i Dias nae snaes titty tacighines 6° | cause evident destruction in his ranks ; but still they re-| ," bs = s * * we s marched’by the detachment the day previous. The de | IY Was looked for, and I was therefore directed | timbered and fired two volleys Of ane fn alone ew inved oie 1h endin sa Ana we expect to | mained firm. By acharge on them’ they might have | _ ! sssuroyou this battle of the 9th wiil never be forgot- teobment bed arrived the day previous st the river, ox’ | ‘2 head the videttes, and make hourly reports to | straight stretch of the roud; and we in & long | he gneamprsnt et Foint: Isabel. embracks en been routed ly, but then we must have ex ten by any participant—a most closely fought and bloody Gengral Taylor. About twelve M., having arrived | mediately after, th “ We charging i= | spout a 7 races anares of | oor wagons to be captured by their caval that | battle. I saw a corporal,who was by my side kill three pecting to mest a detechment of sailors and marines from | within four inilvs of the chaparral’ weods, whi | their tiller a 4 enemy ran, and thus lost all | ‘itt be left inf route oP ted oe neers dente; | couldnot be thought of a kl pgm Ned sppenredn ioral pee "en cea ep iatan the squadron which Iny 8 few miloe off the entrance, bat | oxtund tothe Rio Grande, “T diecovercd, wics | tight, it waee pein ces. Teunnot describe the | (Tope, under ‘command of Mejor, Munroe, U.S, a | 4, The battle had ‘now lasied from 10 minutes part 2, P. | quickmuccession, they literally ill deed one, wpon the bed speain until sellered by-the- | tons itil 1 URE a amici |, abou perfect rout, as you may suppose | brother of Cept. Hu, ©, U.S.A» &| M1.,to about 7, P.M. Atthis moment the enemy was dis- | Other; he then some others, rushed out and war disappointed, and bed te rei by 5 gle horseman, whose ac- | When I enumerate th i 'y Suppo: pt. Hugh Munroe, of Mobile. The govern- t y 1 timely arrival of tho steamer, Immedistely after crossing | ‘ion##00n convinced me that he was ono of the | covered with the enemy's dead ge | raeat have srected within the ehtrencliment several large of cavalry end infestry, on the arllery baitalioosaud the wore ring. again The men expended 37 cartidges, 5 3 tsapa 0 e pmy’s , and in many | frame storehouses, besides many sutlers’ steres of smaller ¢ . e : they took up their line of march for I.a Burita, eight miles | “nemy * videuea. A immediately reported it, and | Places it Was literally blocked up with dead horses | #i¢—these, with about nine oli thatched Mexi \3pounders which that battalion supported. "The 1¢ | and I doubt whether he ever missed his sim. |The balle rward to frighten him off; and mules. Wi ip wits horses p rat o atched Mexican huts, | ounders were a by thirty a the fell about us like hail, but yet there wore only three or above, supported by the steamer, with a detachment and} .o:ch him knew would be him oO} in to cet © continued the pursuit until dark, } $7 quite @ decent town, Isid off into streets. Owing Leta ere served by thirty men, an artillery | ‘that fell ae - r 8 ~4 on u “ J ty ‘about 860 strong Both the battery and | four men that fell near me; but after the battle was over, field plece.on board, and landed safely near sundown. | paifn mile further, I came in sight cf oe eas | Grande ¢ 300 cea Mexican on this side of the Rio | (2,the onaare of Col: Walton, given yesterday morning: | (nig bettalion were i suc! ition that 4] oh! the awful spectaclo that ground yresented—the ‘Thus was the first landing on the right bank of the Rio Ser Mexicans but at such a dives tine T colt arande a he st et i gening over. Geet Heats compeny ea paniphes” end covered | be apported Dy the other portion of the ay care the | borne deo lterally iving'n les, some groan . ® uM i ¥ t od uf 1 hs Cude su Tiler wes to uae mada is orun | THO Goer ea NFAT, ntanty.| Geldof hail, it sou cing and noble exon | Scene” for thom’ s."atc war" etalennseed | sls. ower howas town ato vane ts | ade” fener th ay etcenta aly what * ’ r ; tt im ai t i fan | see wil jacrity a y piehialored: Wide we was | Collect my force, and get as near as ibje to | ing and horrible He Ba passed away it is sicken- | the conrequence of which wos, that they, with us, had | Prompt manoaberey @ —~ Py tetany steadily the Mexican | oie them the last ‘a ia their canteens and sasist them ing four miles above suppose by think of, to take th rge. On they ‘came, “* horse, foot and dragoons, a eee eatna cabo res geos ee | Het Yaineut going wibin rang of Gear | Obed to look upon, is aly barbus” | ‘eet Pca Mtck Erma tmved i zeae | Suwtng and ying ha tne hrsemay te | te Nel ae a rte it they were forming | NOt ireeze your bii . " # no b ‘ , | the square, and #aid—'' 1 place myself in your | time alter the battle in col % . heard early inthe moraing, and from previous informe-| in line of battle, about one mile tom n> Wine | sights have seen, aot telling you the ‘horrid | te of te curser not loud Tatdeep, rere heaped upom | wungry.” ‘The General was immediately Fecognined by | Leould find—among them a major, who was severely ¢ 1s We have here quite a hospital of wounded men, eem | ‘!. men, who gave him three cheers for thi Alene one of our officers coming up with a randy in im tion, the enemy had retired with the remains of their ar- | and that the greater part of their force was caval. | at the same instant - - one m Bb i my, 2000 men, towards San Fernando, 90 miles south of | ty. (When I returned, I found our forces Prepar- orgie, and hear the Shouse eoevekaisd beve prising forty-three privates, threo Mexican prisoners— sbeceed see ot ape ong ee renee ‘grape into | his cantoon, we gave & drop; he took my hand Matamoras. They are completely penlo struck. 1 ng for action, by divesting themselves of knap- | ted many accounts of baitles, but never a de | ceotthe U. Barmy ro etn Ne MUOWIOK OM | the Advancing. ranks, cresting grett havoc, but not | and gave me t geatefol Jeol, saying, “amie AP was informed by Mexicans, when on their side of the ri- anes ine . vars &e. Everything being ready, | sctiption of one. Every thing was carried at the |. Col. Mcintosh, Sth infantry, was pierced through the | °hecking ‘entirely their onward movement. They | ‘r.” mNco IBie tone ‘the deal on. the following out, and took tio} I hi point of the bayon dog bay laces. hed f yundi that th the 9th complete, and their . Ok position as ave | P of the bayonet, and . | mouth with t, and she * | marched forward to within good musket range, some Joos much eshte di dhirdsndyh by my last—100 drown pect ay by seared err are fofaniey age alone. For fou itlles he pidge Koroed | Col. Payne, Inspector General, shot inthe hi ik A Re adliveres ee eee Sess tis Katty ot ou ot cur nts yu leon tae » | we 7 n the right—having | {rom position to position without Capt. Page, 4th infantry; lower jaw, part of the tongue Hy ed qe tly at tee nits | him privoner—at the moment a soldier cocked his gun, od in re-crossing the river—Generals Arista and Ampo- | Ringgold’s battery, covered by the 2nd a oe fo rly shot awey.”'He is sulforing that they would come no, nearer, Coline! Childs Com | cnd would have dispatched him but for m; interference n wadron | faltering for one instant. W, r and upper teeth entire! din taking the load In the Aight, tripping off their clothes | of dragoons on their right; next eame the Yd and | than 1400 men * the ent nO time had more | dreadfully. ; "walking ap and ordering him to surrender he came crop thwegh the shop ak saving wa | Mey, Bango tr rght ro eigitac: | oF O80, and SOO ST at acre Made PNCe | age Mee hn; night arm shot of tov he | Gn acon: Saeu "lh “cru | eat metaverse ed thes on Denk intheir shirts only, streaming tn tatters to the 3 the 8th, ho artillery battalion had | lions, only 2000 of w: i yout, Gates, 6th infantry: dlept on their arma precisely as night found tuem, an i oc- | Pose saved his life. wind, plunged im and ere amongst the first aerose.— Brinean’sarulery on in left, covered by the Ist | the other 1000 being seb yeemrtneentedhe in'the Iolthend aera eriapleapar ieonsegs caplet the position in_which the remy come ei the oe hl Was cal ae ean Welaete, tases They were completaly panic strioken—one Rencbere in sare yr wake pes remained; in this order we | before the commence: Lieut. Jordan, 8th infantry; shot and bayonetted in | Pattie. The two armies slept quietly almost in presence | iti! oft their pack train, ,consleting of "than 400 ; ment of the engagement, i 4 the enemy, until five | !resh, and confident of — ? | several places. of each other. The night was serene am! beautiful, the ; entering the river, on horsebeck, was besought by a | minutes past threo, when, having ar Sadk erithd " of victory. In the first en- | “Lieut. L , 2d artill f. moon the softest light on everything aruund us, | ™ules—all the officers’ baggage—in & per- footman to save him, es he conld not swim ; he was per — of their guns, we received a fall fre from. S060 More casey had between 7 and 8000 men, | It in expected that all th pulp aetet. fect route. ‘The enemy was so closely pressed that Bey ind bat for the groens of the wounded, and the screams or more cavalry, with 12 pi i : ve will recover, but most | Sftn, rh fferii d ‘knife of threw away their arms, and many, very many, were miliod to anise bold ot the horee’s tal, aad vas tes cur. eame the balls 8, three of four Pieces each; on | one of these was ismounted | niga e Sypateg oteee despre al or that bedy of marines from th eons, noone could have Tagied the teens which had See ses Yee seiecng, oak Ole woke fale Hod eorece and dragged some dstanes on the ground on | Ame the balla, tearing up the earth in front of | tnd three others were so much crippled a 13 | feet anticipsled the arrival of Cel, Wilson at Bante, | egurred but afew Lours provioualy, |") '* |W | killed, healt te Ang Eos whole force. we, Brought the opposite bank, bis belly making a furrow ia the | his shove ; the first y* recruit to shake in | make it necessary to send them to Matamorns. | )Y marching upon the Mexicans, who immediately eva: | 4» Me™lctf credible. in Magrudecs commeny: tro | into action. Our killed is about 40, and wounded about . hart no one, their Accordi thei . ated carth—and he ceatinuing to sereem “Oh, save me! | being aimed so low as to loose all their foree by and lost Dy desertions, We Rey hed 400 killed | oie Martnes eal forthwith seat thew frech beet end other | 2% whilst at an order, had the bayonets of helt mus. | 60, ws near Cs BA pean se Oe ee ial net save me from drowning !” the ricochet, before reaching our line We con- | at the outside 70 wounded ° Ii killed, and provisions. We are there, nevertheless, although Eee ont (0A be, semmon, Valle. nesta dame onett: thee ona i led * vadied a the ‘iret day, notwithstanding a olunteers are in from Now Orleans and tak- | tinued to advance, and received ei officers ki 3 they have six or eight } ur fond hi of hi . “seep shoulders and between their heads, He had also a man | * ™ A thoy! x weeaneei oe young & tan Hoy Osease cad bs | Se behee wer inaeereT ae ‘tight or ten ts killed and many wounded. "The frlgiee Horta eae yee ee Cae cue. | Killed on his immediate rightand left. Some of the balls | bell pasted, through a company it Me, Sonttss Sop stat ing up - 3 n In the second ment, their loss is not _nc- | The rest of the fleet, comprising the frigates Cumberland | ‘ell into the centres of the squares, and recoched out | Dot) firocgh. My hoses wae Just behind the unsettled accounte of Texan and American murders are | 4d, it was with a terrible effect—every shot | cura engage . tely known ; but it docs not fall short of 2500 | 824 Potomac, brigs ‘Bainbridge and Somers, are in the | S6uin; without touching any one. | Others fell just on the | Fail’ assed between his logs. “The second - loughed its way th: thei: ke: soon to be settled. Mexican authority north of themoun- | Porakicy ve yeoy wrouah their ranks, acing 4 men, killed, wounded and prisoners, including | M26 tt exchor. Oftcersand crow all well in tyuare, under such a fice, for five ours, withoct rng | officer was wounded, Dobbins, who was, knocked down tains Sierra Madre, will soon be slosed, and you will | the field. It was a magnificent 5 ht, and if IJ | Pg tron in attempting to escape. Our own Point Isanet, Texas, May 18, 1848. | a shot, in the best evidence of discipline and invincible | PY sgre See sargeant major and one man killed, heer of us in Matamores, Monterey, Aaltill, Sea Luis | should s¢e one hundred battles, I shall never for- | \elievee’ yor enOm 3 Shedragoone oat 18 men, 1 |, Keserdey Lieutenant Col. Wilson, Fit Us. Infantry, | Courage that troops can give. But mores the effect of | #4 four wounded. Ca aac ke ees |e paso aad centile ete te waked ot cae ow er «| Wgcoarrioanec semen | maemo oe gat home a ux | ter nee aces Aan . m | entered his neck, bi . giment of Lou volunteers amounting to 400 men, | my retreated, leaving the field strewed with their with California and New Mexico. ht on a day, than a battle of life and death. 9 the spinal chord. He | crossed the Rio Grande at its th, and took up theii havi From the Houston (Texas) Tolegrert, 3 13.) Union, gh @ constant roar from both sides, and a Ene from leave of Seaton: four days | line of march on its west or right bank for the small oi hunted. is” kibed HA pe BT bee ‘we loara trom ‘a private lettes, that Gen. ler hes If any thing in the above will condace to the | .4¢ 9 musket was fired until thi A was the onl; i vf the interest of your paper, extract it. You may rely on | the comangnerstont of Ue hover es ake fithent | Lieut. y officer hurt in our re- | town of La Burita, information I forward you, although it is net expressed | time upwards of 1,000 lancers ‘had |. McIntos! 4 ight miles above; supported by the | have found out since, that his loss is much greater | expressed @ determation to make hi: ofthe 4th, was killed. | U, 8. steamer Neva, Captain Frederick, on board of | The enemy's a.tillery was numerous, and served with at Bontere ii Seneca tak toh, solamente h was wounded ir three places, but | Which was small detachment with a fel Grent rapidity and precision; while we had little caval- | How Bier ot Sienaary' that ho can establish his om, passed | hopes are F Th and had arrived ine style intended for publication, as my duties de not | through the woods aad made their appearance | Lc! vote ned of his recovery. Col. | river, march oni dex Studie catithe:'son'| Hida at anit Gal Gane os toe Gee cones im any part of the eastern permit me time sufficient; yet 1 have the best oppor | On our right flank, in the position indiented. Ring- thougt Inepector iy T hows was also wi beach er ios a detiaiooes ot tala oes Hence in sneek ee iqubed ou that day a great victory, Mexico that be dere vid ‘ee of was ton q , Ra J . . . . *|¥ by mapy of our soldiers, the war, , which I cheerfally com gold’s pieces, and the Sth, were immediately front ronal Capt. Howe, of the | and arines trom thi adron (lying a few miles Suan enee csp mle srg Rew ein the new direction ann 2 rolling fire p Antrel Dieu his Tight arm namputated near the shoulder. entrance) to titi n craig and 10 cooperate ‘n'thele | On the moramg of the Oth the Mexican army leit the | sndthey all describe it as an earthly paradise groves of etry commenced, whic) , with @ s ry r ‘wou! none ve! movements; but were until the Ni ente: after ranates, sarround my letter containing map, te., came mfo to head ; all | emptied many a saddio. Scarcely had ten minutes | serously, I believe. Gen. De la Veg aiid €h othe | od the river and relieved them from thelt difuculsios; ake | Soramenced the rarseh: sewerds out ieee ot thie lace. the information contained in it is more than ceafirmed— | elapsed, when I saw Ringgold returning at full | Caped bere prsoners. Arista and Amppdia es- Te a ren with supplies, by that indefatiga- | at two o'clock, P.\1., we found the enemy drawn up in a aemete- our loss less then estimated, and the enemy's grester. speed ; my first impression was, they were pur- oft by mere accident. We saw thert running | De r of the Quarter master s Department, Majer C. | great force, occupying a ravine, which our road cross continuous parte, pnt various kinds of vege! Mi the aticers of artillery and infantry, with thove of | 064, but almost immediately Tearned that they | Guek’ttt,,About, 60 cavalry ; but, it being quite | Caa™s's’ miler, kethe crcasogs nt Cer mene | with thick “chaparral” or thomy bushes on either | owever, in eummor, ie rather too warm to De agreesblc the dregoons under Captain May, distinguished them. | 4&4 driven the enemy, and were returning to own tone es not distinguish them from our | ‘To-day an express was received from Col. W, stating | either side, pine Ree Os tate oenon to persons from the Northern States ; but n short dis- and eit position. Wounded men, and some | in , & party of whom were supposed to be | his safe and unopposed entrance into La Burita, where | complete defile. ‘They were 7,000 s sot tinker | tance, in the elevated plains along the mountains, the selves. Lieuts. Duncan Ridgely, commanding the af the same directi A plete y 000 strong, we eal dead, were being carried to the rear by this ti ; | bee: ion. About 400 prisoners have | he has taken up position. than the previous day. ‘The General ordered an imme. | Climate, even in midsummer, is as cool and salubrious as two companies of light artillery, perticwlarly, did great | and even this certainty of no renl strife could n sent down to Point Isabela, and nearly as| Information wae received from General Taylor last | diate attack, by all the troops except the first brigade, | that of the Cotskill mountains. Even the northern fruits, Yours, ke. ely Soe the pleasing novelty of the scene” ~ wounded were sent over to Matamorns. ped that Sear ikthe: ion oe ences which was kept in Teserves nd 4 soon the rattling fire of | such as the apple, pear, &c., ms produced in abundance, os me. Sk : fe trophi ot al A to-day. cannon , mingled with the und of artillery, Pan ys, quia ory x Moen |." Ya! Pacunn hun Dal he S| or canna Hoa nd andes a dees | satan Releases Sehr aeeeseN eas, | sme, econnaneamen. ihe cto Aas | ea anne eae ' fe ans 4 of the Mexican army, 2000 m very unwi to forsake it; and the rip te, Bocmein Ore i x 240,000 rounds or Bt “ ry enemy had chosen his position which he considered he SieNiom will ore illed, Tang arepe: some caer are cannon), over 600 mules, o iisclapoue To'sen Perebdo, thirty lesguse abet dalled f Si tinsaa Ci estalers, tiesod the tein ahik Loa a ea Cane: neon, alfclaases to annex it to the Sides. . But one, ont of 82 wounded, have bee hth FB RT pera ee camp equipage and pond jo hts Prloners, having” seat ved in utter | swept the road with reps and which it was absolutely | U iad Seaton. She he stupendous ehais of at on both that was Majer Ringgold, ‘host Be eny had two horses killed under him; arte eer ig aticken, in the retreat from, the atileeld Taf Hihee pisces were fanked on lhe ie by regiment aifcant Ro Bravo is only MGtbio to define the Limite of 1 stores. they | foot thr gh the Arisra sti ‘off ¥ rave veteran troops, from Tampico, and we were | States or counties. hovel ‘aot o throu, chaparral, their clothes Seer te and on Scie maces & arene, tne Dalles, be pais Pp rations throughout inton. Their aeny aca er ted a et Beas sodtey on sethate thistse ccvening . int ‘he wind— an sone’ teers with great fury oa bath siden, and ‘oxas) sh whether they can i ip another, | the: plunged in and acros their deluded deeds been dem many ousto: Star, They appear to Lass cnirely daoeted demos follawere sink ‘into tha repalche th re hes | Barele a bP ag eo {From the Houston (Tver the command of Cop, i i a \- “degenerate sons of ” Greer the. viver, and, gave ‘General Taylor the | cared to tan ® great number. APB guitta. he | lier to be seen in eny Meera Ws copeet | lr frie the situation ofthe gallant Gen. M. Diaz Deis complete com T enseiddatid 12 r, the enemy again opened | be living inthe town in four days from this, Gen. | ye'eer deine hie dute veal coreaned, thee ae sly Tike loss of the ay A no’ their fire, and, at the same time, some show | T: having gone to Point Isabel for the purpose | Hi Bren eene i Ey mec cogrrr’, ‘San AX a Goward. as heretolore, mander-in-<! nou ; —s see pane of Sereng, a) Duncat's pert GU we immedi- of arral with Commodore Connor a com- teomed ty all that know him for hie virtues =e icnalbal ng arg ‘and bulle ect the co uolford, the dauntless leader of the Red suaaegSrttelan snes onmy of | Wid ay reed peck oe Rg re | ME ean Tat te ran cule || wan Ban aba wade! | Sarat carne rete grea poems | rt fos nee vm = Man 8 aon, Gen. Taylor visited Fort | 2e,stempt, a sccond and a third time, reuiring | i* *0id that the Alcalde of the, town has sent over | morrow morning on Brasoe Island, thence take up their | this murderous ailstorm, ani fa ¢ ested eee | no Lor the 12th and a. Fort | each ume in like manner, with the word that he i sliver i line of march, via sea beach, for mouth of Rio Grande. dro} ; " i bs consulted with Commodore Con- | dou! > hove, is reudy to deliver it up whenever | Te atance of Gen Smits command leaks Renata | mengewvojaway oF cut to cieces the artlerste 2h | ae e of inducing us to sue them ; this we | We May require it. i ‘Gnder @ salute from the batte- | could not pur: w. <a : after, same destination, to crose the river and march uj h the bat s di do, for our squadron numbered only 119 © were much pained on our arrival to hear | to Matamoros, z Freere arate, he cberged beck, Ped pn hs? ye t ries, for that purpose. fe Toate army ane fank, whilst the. enemy had nearly 2000 on that | {hat Major Brown, commanding the 7th infantry, | phe Mexicans lost 100 dro thei; + enh ons from the First Division Louisiena Volanteers, for imme- ‘ lank, alone. ; had been wounded by a thell the day before our A whed on their retreat cross | Te! xucan General officer, vo ; sion ‘lies one > 0 ed By this time, our moving rradually in front of | ®*tival. Amputation’ of the | (ed ing the Rio Grande ; most of the wounded, who were | his guns, and who was parrying tio » diste corvion em the Bie Geunde, cates ‘itaicss of this his fort, Fopposite Lge po Rg 700 ton the fires kindled by eur gun brought us within | $Y, and he died shortly efias, fom te effects wae oo want of Slcoual ens cad speption, a salt oe Oicama Vega, al cone. "slay tecpod Serellont ont his with ‘sseurances of the proud ted on the nor not RioGrante. = musket of the enemy ; they appeared to be of *, being of a weak and infirm constitution. “ Font Pox,” (Port Isapex,) May 18, 1846. | him over to anofficer, and galloping back to Gen. Tay: | satisfaction ‘which he has reported to the \ ar De the enemy at ne bth, Gen. Taylor crossed the y one oe them in constant confusion, Bi Mt inl after our arrival. Licut. Bhp ey bce Peggy off the = ee patel ceptured ine soomy's beer? | Dagyenanst hoes petites Oe hheseit 0° * . a 5 lee ‘xactni alm, lake, " 1 morning i" start, i allen: rave! defending a ‘hose ould most gled): . hus destruction made by ems ae csenieee “They ved with prea in Retictes, eo remainder of his brave band from your ‘ove quam ‘onal his commanding oft: | ‘he so Grabs 6 oie care oe WO OF ince died, and pe near gegpeters one, which shared fate. | onal effects, 1000 ‘stand of arms, and all wabin himself. All the se i eannonade lasted until quarter pat aP MM, forage nnd subsistence 4 Tn ‘eho: s became so hot, this on T morning fo1 oe uted Fey or. ‘Mother de) to-day, under O’Stronder. Harris 5 the command eiithes het full gota of volunteers to Divissi0m Onn Major General Gaines haviug duly considered the ofier