The daily union., 1846-04-29
FROM THE CAMP.

We understand that official accounts have been
received from the army Of occupation to the 18th Of
April, which confirm the following statement
"Information has been received in this city from
an officer Of the army stationed at Point Isabel,
that on the 10th instant Colonel T. Cross assistant
quar,ermaster general Of the army Of occupation,
left the camp opposite Matamsras for the purpose
Of taking a short ride. Not returning within
reasonable time, search made for him in every
direction in van and up to the evening Of the 18th
instant nothing had been heard Of him, although the
country had been secured by the Dragons and light
artillery for many miles around the camp. He had
been traced to a house few miles from the camp,
the occupant of which admitted he had been there,
but that ne had leh TO return 10 the camp The i'm
preston appears to be that he taken prisoner
and carried across the Rio Grande, although fears
are entertained by some that he may have met with
foul play from the banditti who said to infest
that part of the country, and who as obnoxious
to the citizens Of Matamoras as they are to the
Americans"
Extract Of letter from officer ofth amy, dated
"PoSr ISABEL, April l6, 1876.
Cup 10 last evening nothing has been heard re-
spectng Colonel Cross's disappearance; and am
utterly at a loss TO account for il. cannot think
that he has been killed, and must still remain Of
opinion that he is prisoner to the Mexicans"
1t was suspected that Colonel Cross might have
been seized by the Mexican scouts, who were occa-
sionaly rowing to the east side Of the Rio Grande.
The armies were posted opposite sides of the
river; but no collision had taken place, and none
was seriously spprehended.
Extract Of letter from an officer Of the army dated
"PoNr ISABEL, April Ia, 1916.
81; becomes my duty to have thu disasressblc
necessity Of informing you that Colonel L. Cross
assistant quarermaser general, is missing from the
r Mat,
ras, and no one knows what has become Of him. He
rode out unattended on the 10th instant and has
been traced to a house within few miles Of the
camp, where it is stated that he stopped. The oc-
cupant Of the house says that he left there but this
is not certain. My impression is that he has been
taken prisoner and carried across the Rio Grande,
although some are under the impression that some
more serious misfortune has happened to him"
We are indebted to a highly respectable source
for the following letter, dated 18th April:
"Col Cross left the camp about IL noon on FRI
day. He was alone, and when last heard FROM
was at the house of Mexican about one mile from
the camp. Since that time no certain information
had been received TO his fate. On the evening he
was missed, a command of Dragons sent out
and kept out all night, in search of him. Halfhour
guns were fired at camp and every practicable meas
ure taken to find him. At daylight next morning.
| was ordered out with my squadron which dvi-
every direction, but could not find him. The colo
nel's son, William, with me, and gained such
information as satisfied both him and myself that
his father had been taken prisoner while out. After
chase Of half mile through swamp we cap
tured Mexican negro. He could tell nothing to
crafty our inquiries, until gave him foggng.
He then told the circumstances attending the colo
nel's capture. Iobtaned the same information from
several other persons. The Mexican officers who
brough General Ampuda's despatch to General
Taylor, assured General Taylor that Colonel
Cross was not in Matamoras, and that if taken
prisoner, they knew nothing about it, believe he
has been captured and taken into the interior of the
country.
''The regiment has been on the move day and
night for the last five days, guarding the crossings
Of the river"
The accounts received in the last New New Or
leans papers, by this evenings mail relieve us, in
some degree, of our fears of Col Crosss life. They
speak with some confidence Of his having been taken
prisoner by the raneheros. (See the accounts from
the Picayune, which appear in another column of
this u TTniop \