Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-11-21

From the Doltu Of the 18th.
We gave in our extra, issued Yesterday
morning, the ma n features Of tho latast
newa from Moatero7. which ws took from
The M1tamoroa Flag, Of the 4h tn't. Sinfe
then Il waa or pleasure to have m rnfef-
view with Dr., S,lotno0, of tte payn,4ter's
Depu tmoht. H. wse one Of the Last Of
those who arrived hare bY by tho Virginia,
WHO loft MantaFog havint departed NJ mon
on tho 28fh Ill. Fron tie information
which Mr.. Salamnn vas kind ouonfh 10
couirnuntsate to ua, NO compile trn follow.
lug digest. Frat. then, 81 poor EiJrley !
the accident Of which bs was the virftn, M
related By "a yettar1 ~ occurred u him
aa stated, on tho . 4 Blt., pDl 81 hts recoy-
cry, when Mr.. s. Loft. thors was 40 liopcs,
L w1s the ut1ntmous opinion Of the four
doctors in Attendance % bio, that the chm
cos Of htg existing wera as ono Ia to ono
thousand.
Nal f~1aton. tho bearer If dispatches 10
Gancral Taylor, VITO had left Washington
bitore tie government had been Informed Of
the battle of Monterey and ia results, had
reached the camp somo dlys previously TO
Tho departure Of Mr. Solomon. The purport
Of those dispatches wera beloved, or known
to be, instructions or advice from tho War
Department 10 march 90 TO Fampico, II, af.
ter a foil survey ofhia position, he lelt him
self justified in doing 80. Tie battle oi
Monterey, Of course, IN o great measure,
rendered these orders pull and the generals
movements will necessarily be- guided by the
desfatehoe Of which Mai, Graham WAC the
bearer, for they were written with a foil
knowledge Of what had trarapired at Mon.
This gentleman, Mr., Solomon met
between Camargo and Monterey, 40 that
Gen. Taylor' dot crtninaiion has been before
THE taken.
on The moveDonts Of Santa Anna, Ampu-
dta, or tho main body Of the Mexican army,
tte-natbing posiflyc-was known 1t the
Il was only understood that they
have cyacualed SallIlo. and we're copcentra.
it was believed, their whole force at
San Luis Potosi. Should nothing IN The
late dispatches induce Gen. Taylor to altar
bis plan ii operations, his determination was
march on TO Lannres, (420 miles from
Monterrey en- route to Tampico. and in a
Inc north Of San Luis Potosi. But thitber
he did not mean TO move with a numsri ial
less. than fifteen or twenty thoBEand
men The present active force from tie
mouth oflhe Rio Grande to and at Camargo,
$ ea.tnaeed at 1900 meu-that in Monte
.ey at 5000 so that il would seem, after
the necessary men to garrison the
lapots and forts along the Rio Grande 10
Camargo, TO occupy Mier, Seralvo and Panta-
,uida, Of which our troops now hold military
possession besides Monterey, and Saltillo,
which possession was about TO be taken,
hat a considerable reinforcement would be
Iecessary before-in the opinion of General
P~aylor--the first advance movement should
e made. Bat be il understood, that an ex-
arrived at Monterey, from General
Wool, on the 25th uIt, stating that he was
six days march OF MoncIova, and had
him fifty days provisions. From this, I,
is position, it was believed that he was on
is way 10 join Gen. Taylor at Monterey,
nd had not touched at chihuahua. Ills
could not u,uch exceed $500 men.
Notwithstanding the predetermination of
Taylor not to move from Monterey
ithout the strong reinforcement spoken of :
,ove, our informant thinks that Gen. Wool's :
'ma,and, and sugh other force as be may n
az Of from tho present military g~tarioDs'