Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-09-24
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Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune

Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune,
CORPUS CHRISTI, Aug. 27, 1916
The mail leaves in an hour or tvc
and have, therefore, time only TO Del
you few hasty lines of matters con
cerning us.
We have now the means of learning
any forward movements of Mexicans.
before they can get half way from
Matamoras here. Gen. Gaines has
had the folly to send two companies of
Louisiana Artillery Volunteers upon,
US. without the slg ghtest call or need
The general (Taylor) is very much an.
noyed by it.
Five Companies oflhe 7th Infantry
have arrived in Arkansas, and The re-.
naming Companies of the 4th Infantry
IRON Fort Scott, and to-day the I'd
DragoohS, In fihe condition, will be At
our Camp, making very considerable
addition to the command. We heard
yesterday. by the arrival of 1t. Ring
gold, bearer of dispatches, and oy the
mail OF the orders of the 5th and slh
lnfantries; 6 companies of Artillery to
US; but we hear nothing of them farther
than this. We need a we'll instructed
Company of horse Artillery at least
AS a precaution from destruction we
have, While waiting the arrival of these |r
troops now arrived, constructed de. t
fenslve work near our Camp, on Or a
near the beach, and have two or three b
Pelces Of Artillery, obtained from the n
village near us. The remainder of the t,
Hh Infantry, 5 companies, are dailv a
expected. Our Camp is on the Yves. c,
tern shore of the bay, near the junction al
OF Corpus Christi and Nueces Bavs. and al
from the shelly shore, water beino nh s
tanned only from the wells dug imme. f
diately in our Camp. D,
We have every means of renel1;no W
an attack of 5000 Mexicans; but Infane. ia
ry troops cannot march from Mata- to
noras to this place this season. The ao
does not admit of the proper FRI
resources. The General has lateIv te
oeen to San Patrico to meet with the
"a "a Dragons. 1t is 80 miles, on the
Nueces. We found the dragons in
very good condition, horses in GOOD or.
ier' the officers were all well and the III
ne. nen, with few exceptions, the same dI
ne General has ordered them To- this of
''ace and will employ them verv soon m be
n patro!Iing in advance of our position of
ne main depot is at our old camp on lat
u. Joseph's, and one is to continue po
erc. Nomovement forward probably re'
vii take place until the designs of Mex. W
co are known, or perhaps until the 1st mir
october. Our position here is desirs s'
lie, being healthy, and wood and wa fur
er' being in sufficient quantity for crl
resent purposes-beyond us is the We
'ildest and most forsaken of all wild thr
house or beast ev. exc
ePt myrIads fdeer, wolves, wild bor sla
s. &C | have not time, at present. rae
tell you OF the scenes over which be
e passed TO San Patrco-Afer we frol
owe from here we shall soon. nroba the
Y, lind ourselves on the Rio Grande sys
ne General has received direction eve
cal! on President Jones, if necessary due
.Iepel invasion with more troons imI
!. lexlan volunteers. Should Mexico lshn
care war | think Matamoras will will mas
~ oe invested by our command. lbe posi-
neral thinks it, including the reoi. Oh
nts and companies, to come in s,,G Ca
nj TO act upon the Rio Grande. wa p post