Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-06-04

eu ii lie was an OIlcerf capt. May answered
him in the affirmative, when he presented his sword
remarking, "YOu receive General Vega prisoner
! of war"
A correspondent of the Picayune, writing from
Camp Victory, near Matamoras, under date of Nav
| +, says:
presume some gentlemen having more leisure
than myself will transmit you detailed account OF
one OF the hardest fought battles which has occur
rcd in our country since the war of the Revolution
will only say then, that about two thousand men
OF our much abused army met, on the 9Th instant,
with six thousand chosen Mexican troous,. under
Gen. Arista, the latter having chosen their position
the former being upon their march from Point lisa
bel to this place-encumbered moreover with train
of near three hundred wagons.
You observe the advantages which they had not
only in numbers, but in every thing else We
have beaten them shamefuliy and driven them
across the Rio Grande-have captured their whole
park OF artillery, and almost everything they had
with them--we have buried hundreds of their dead
and understand will send over TO them this morn
ing about one hundred of their wounded. We had
three engagements with them.-Their killed,
wounded and missing has not yet been ascertained.
Gen. Taylor sent over yesterday permission to Cen
Arisa to send over Doctors to assist in taking care
OF his wounded-they came over last night. and re-
ported forty eight of the Mexican officers missing
whilst we lost but three. This morning those gal
liant dragons captured from some weeks since
are to be brought over and exchanged-wc might
give ten for one.
The correspondent OF the Bulletin, writing from
Point Isabel, under date of May IL, after recapu-
lang the events of the first battle, gives the fol
lowing account of the second:
On the 9Th. the General packed the heavy train
collected the enemy's wounded in hospital. buried
their dead, arranged our own wounded, (among
whom we have to regret the sudden death of Mai
Ringgold, and probably Capt Page,) and moved on
In pursuit of the enemy the Matamoras road
They had taken post i'll the chaparel the second
time. occupying tie bed of the stream called Resa-
ca de Ia Palma, with their artillery on the road at
the crossing. have time for details of this af
fair. The General brought up his troops by battal-
ions and posted them, with brief orders to find the
enemy with the bayonet, and placed the artillery
where they could act in the road
The Dragons were held in reserve and as soon
as the advance of our line had uncovered the Mex
lean batteries, Gen Taylor told Capt. May that his
time had come, ''I1ere's the enemy's battery sir
take 1t, notens UOiens." Nav dashed upon it with
his squadron, and lost third of it, but he cleared
the battery and captured its commander, Gen. Veia,
In the act OF raising por-fire to fire piece him
SELF May took his sword and brought the General
off. The enemy remained tho guns and opened
them a second time on the 9Th Infantry. Capt
Barbour, of the Sd Infantry, with his single compa-
ny and few men from the 9Th, who joined him in
the chaparel, threw his back against a cump of
bushes, and received and CALAMITY repealed charge
Of cavalry.
Capt. Duncan, with his battery did terrible ex-
ecution--he is most promising officer Lieut.
Rldgeley OF the Flying Artillery, also among
the foremost In truth it was a series OF brilliant
skrmshes and heavy shocks, in which 1900 fight
ing men, met 5000 hand to hand--overwhelmed
them with the precision of their vollies, and the
steady GOODNESS of the bayonet-and drove them
from the field with the loss of their artillery bag
gage, pack mules, fixed ammunition. and near 1000
stands of muskets
The fort, meanwhile, had been summoned, with
true Mexican duplicity, and told that Taylor was
flying. The Nlatamoras newspapers and official
bulletins called him cowardly tailor. In answer
to the summons, the officers plunged their swords
in the parapet, and replied, "to the hilt." Up to
the evening of the 9th 1900 shells. and 5000 shot
had been thrown and the only loss was that Of the
brave commander. Major Brown. and sergeant
and private killed, and 10 wounded.