Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-02-02
Frvn me Ns1 OrsssAs Bee. JsaHsry is.
FROM TExAS.--LATS AND IMPORTANT
INTELLIGENCE

Il frem me Nsw OrsssAs Bee, Jsaaery is.
II FROM TExAS.--LATE AND IMPORTANT
INTELLIGENCE
| BY the steamship Neptune, arrived this
morning, we have iater intelligence irun,
Il Texas. II appears that portion of The
invading forces, alter capturing the town
OF Mies, we're attacked by large party
of M,xicans. who, after desperate sisug.
gle, retook the town and captured $50
Texans. The following from the ll,us.
toa Morning Star, gives tie n,ws more ia
detail
Since our paper went to press this
morning, we have seen Mr.. Nerdhsm.
who arrived last night direct from b xsr.
| He states that General SomcIs,lie, with
polu OF the army thai renamed uud,r
ms comm nd. about 200 men, had return.
ed 10 Bsrar.
Another portion uf 800 men left the
command Of t;rnsrsl Somerviiic, elected
/ Cgl VIM. S. Fisher commander. and went
10 Mur, aud esttuin-d he ,awn; tui
shower OF rain came ny just aiis : ti',y bed
cnttured il, 50 ilrt they could ~, us.
! ,ne M IS 10 advantage, ari The NJ, x-
can army arrived and, alter d,sluraie
rngag. uaeni rftook the foEn, and capltr-
I ed about igo hHaared or .Wo hundred and
4 fly Of our troops. Daring tie engage.
/ "a, I'll our itoops captured seven pieces uf
a. nlitrs, which we're retoken b. the Mex.
leans.
About 400 Mexicans were kll,d in this
engssern, nj only four Texans wire kill-
I'd. II is not known upon what terms the
| T, ms surtend rtG. Only tso Texers
escaped. who were touni ct G.rz les by
our army When i returned, and Il Is u, m
these iwo mtnihd Mr.. Neeatam d,iiv d
ihis news. b. names II these Two mcn
are Chalk eud Sinclair. TIL. v say that
they s,ct.i,d themselves IN snu,r canes
IN or near the tnan, while The Texans
we're fighting in ihs siune houses, and
they llt IN the night after the firing had
ceased. They say alsn that the fight
s,ed from ~ o'clock III >, P. NJ. The
next day, and during 81 this time only
four Texans were killed.. This story
Sc, ms quite too incredible for belief. The
army under General Sometville heard
nn,hing Of il un,i! they reached Bexar.--
Mr.. N.e1ham s,ys Sinclair reported that
the MexlcsBs were commanded by Gene
rails AmpudIa and Csnales, and that the
whole Mexican force was ,50Uor 1000.
Mr.. Needhnm mentions that our army,
after the capture of Laredo, mDved down
cn the east bank Of the Rio Grnnds TO tho
mouth Of the Salado, and found Canales,
with 200 men, ready 10 dispute the prs
sage but our troops crossed without diff
Guilty, AMI he retired without firing gun.
The troops then proceeded to Guerrero,
aud encnmped near the town; the AL.
cnlde came out aud informed the General
,hnt the Mexican TROOPS had fed, and
tibet he would furnish any articles they
required.
The General made reqnisi,ion for the
articles mos, nerded by the soldiers. and
they WEIR promptly furnish by the Al
cslde. Gen. Somerville, believing that
his force was too W ok to proceed further.
gave orders for the army to return 20
B-xar. This gave dissas siac,un to a
large party Of the troops. and, in consr-
quence. the division was formed, and tho
party under Colonel Fisher. refusing TO
obey orders, left the command, rs haiote
mention, d. aud went down the river to
capture the small towE above Mat.moros.
p. s. by the arrival Of The Spanish
brig Tananle from Lseuns, We have re
| ceived in'orma'iou that party OF egh.
| teen hundred Indians attacked a place
called Champetsown, ahnn, the beginning
Of the month, and captured il. The in
habtsn,s, authorities, &C., had fed TO
Laguna for safety.
The new steamship Mon:ezumn was
seen by the Tonsnte 90 the 9th INST, a:a
distance of sbout 10 miles from Lagu-
ma, steering for Campeachy.