The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-05-30

en- die The sound Of had not retrogadsd. but
advanced besides here wsa no ringing Of bsis " ths
not the Grst for ollifcaon That night was the
first sound mapping that had been done in the fort for six
nights The next morning at daylight the enemys bat
eries opened usual, laying low. q our
ammunition was nearly exhausted, giving Them now
and then crowdern to let them know that the de-
generate sons Washington" all dead yet At
io'clock heard Gen. Taylor open again, and from
M ss s ~
before him in the chaparal at the point Of the bayonet
About half mile in our rear we saw their cavalry re-
treating the ferry the river to Maamoras
and they in utter confusion turned Of
Is FOUNDERS to bear the and gave them bz.
Then YOU should have heard the loud huzzas that went
up from this little spot sprang upon the walls near
was s.l as death Says Three cheers, all together
for the star spangIed banner ~ given in full blast
Mstamoras heard the shout and then and not till then,
! every gun from the enemy ceased its fire.
The enemy say they had 5000 in the fight. but, from
the Of regiments which have found on the
field, there have been 7,laa Of them We had 1900
engaged in the battle about 500 forming the reserve All
IN se
missing Of the enemy amounts TO out 1000 among tho
prisoners were Gen Ia Vega and !, Sncers nne
mis- shows you how tight it was Gen. I captured
nuskets from the enemy than we had in the tight
against them-the biggest pile OF ammunition you ever
saw, 400 splendid mules, and baggage OF all kinds,
enough to load the Harvey We have lost about
$50 killed and Wounded officers killed. wounded
Gen T. left day before Yesterday for Brasos to bring up
his mortars which we understand have arrived. He
will also organize the volunteers expected We look
for him tonight, and he arrives shall
mcnce operations against Masamoras, and we will have
crippled them SO by the loss Of their cannon muskets
ammunition that they will be forced retreat to Car
ss Il
TO give street fight Let be sowe prepared
for any event The Ang!o,saxon never can acknow.
will get pates cracked but it Is profession.
Nevertheless, mark what say.unless everything we
nd 10 taI uil dnv
from the walls Of Matamoras
Incidents, &c., OF tho War.
Erraet of letter from General WORTH dated Neu Or
leans. May 10, l846
You will probably, by this mail hear Of tho loss Of
that gallant ornament and devoted member of your
corps my warmly cherished friend, Blake The manner
adds poignancy to sorrows. Had he fallen in the
conflict in which by all accounts he had especially dis.
tnguhed himself regrets would have been turned into
After the battle casting aside his weapons
of his pistols accidentally discharged, and gave hia
mortal wound. knowing and valuing him as did, you
will readily conceive how deplore his loss. both as
rade He has left no better soldier behind Lieutenant
Blake served with General Worth throughout his opera
Our troops have behaved with great intrcpidty-
Every man has done his duty Ny own gallant regiment
speaks for itself in the list Of killed and woundcdveri
fed by the colors of the crack Mexican rcgimenthat
Of Tobasco. Would to God could have been with
them but sad fate ordered otherwise There is time
yet; it is but the beginning Of the end. sail to-mor
2lst."
CAMP MATAMoRAs,(
On the Rio Grande May IA, 1876.
DEAR M.-We have had two hard-f0ught and victori-
GUS battles on the 9Th and 9th instant Of which you
and unframed, though much exposed in both fights
Not until next morning did we know our ssaare sue.
cess, when found they had retired leaving their
Dead and many Of their wounded upon the field Of bat
company marched directly upon poor wounded Next
who raised his hand as if to deprecate any harm
being done to him. My men shook hands with him, and
him I'M and
he to e s AND
into our hands, who have been all kindly treated
We captured one Of their gencrals-Gen La vega
their killed and wounded the whole ground around
covered with them. Every feeling of humanity wa.
that night on the field Of battle Of victory and late
at night, about II IL o'clock myself and another Off
Of one wounded Mexican who was
nearly exhausted from loss Of blood abandoned in the
seen him. A sergeant who could talk Spanish was
along who gave assurance to the poor fellow that he
should be treated kindly and taken to the DOCTOR which
w. SHIr ST.. Mars
OF Brasos Santiago, May Is, 1916.
We arrived here the 10th inst, Ave days from Pen
sacon, and were greatly surprised to find our Commo
dore here with all his squadron The Mississippi sailed
there but t when within few mile. Of the anchorage
fell in with schooner which had been despatched from
this place and commanded by Lieut.. Renshaw, to the
in tho last fight. Gen. Vega, who commanded the enc
mys ARTILLERY was taken a; his guns Amer shh action
do for him remain idle; go and take the field
took every piece-thrty6ve in all. Capt May rode up
to La Vega tapped him the shoulder, and carried him
day or two since there was an exchange Of prison
ers; but have the greater number, General La
here His parole was offered him. but he will accept
for the reason says he should return to the city of
again, and refusal to do So will confscae oil my pro-
pcrty and possibly e He sits silent for long time be-
blen And then explains that must be an impossby
for 500 men to fog 7,0O0-and II does seem strange
e He e the Is
skill and ntrepdity, died the day before yesterday On
shore here. He was shot through both thigh and am
has recovered from his insanity but he not quite out
Of danger.
Matamoras and that he will issue cessation of hosl-
ties. Gen. 7. replied that he would think OFF would
net be surprised Paroles to take the field in person
he declared that he should do in the event Of
No doubt the account OF these battles will shock
his weak nerves and make him wrahy. .
seat action the other hand some say that advices
city in sta Of defence. Already have the Mexican
From the Mobile Herald, May 2a]
specimen Of patriotism related to yesterday
man threw silver dollar into the street because was
Of Mexican coinage. Whether some less patriotic nd
vidual picked up, we did not stay to ascertain
From the New Orleans Tropic, May 2ll
Yesterday the barracks presented very enlivening
scene. Over thousand men in quarters and all
seemed elaed at the prospect of speedy departure for
the Of action The best order prevailed and osn
ders Of law brought under its full penalties One poor
fellow detected in the possession of pair of panta
looms belonging to of his comrades who immediate
ly held drum.head martial, which decreed that
he should be rode upon rail, around the barracks, to
the tone Of the Rogues March" This sentence was
by the cuprt with the mon becoming solidty. Another
who had taken coat honorcd with the same tune to
the cato of the barracks where he received his dis
mssal.
Gen. Taylor speaks in high and doubtless unexaggera-
terms of praise of the conduct Of his subordnstes
OF himself however, of course, he could say nothing
His junior officers, however, will not permit injustice to
be done him. One Of them writing to his
ent in New Orleans, for example, says The General
behaved most gaanty. In the second battle he