Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-05-29

,,,r,ac on THE WAR.


ia ,c,h .os arrived ., New ORLEANS, bringing
,b,,a davs, LATER intelligence from he Army.
sortoi pause seems 10 have succeeded ''e sums
scenes Of The srh and 9Th, but We have nm y
events in embryo, which PROMISE 10 PFcuu'e
most important results.
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Gen. TAYLOR left Point sabel on THURSDAY '"e
I4h, Tor his camp, with about ooo li'en on5
on lie 18Th Two companies OF volunteers, uhuei
cams;ns Desha and Stockton, with some regu-
laIs--in All amounting 10 about lOUU men
n,arched nndar command OF Col. Wilson ior Bar
rita .oan;
ON Saturday. the 10Th. intelligence was recelv-
ed rom Gsn T.ylor that he intended crossing
Inc Bin Grande lust below his camp, By making
bri,ioe with his wagons. So tar every thih2
looked favorable 10 his design. The Heel haa
sailed from off the Brazos 10 lie mouth Q! me
river, and were 10 send up detachiiieH's " ~
operate in The attack upon Bairha
Another accoun; says mar oen. ayio e'e VIZ
departure of the James l.. LAY, oPeneo no eu'n
lnnnicalon with mis- camp. II VIII DC seen una,
iwo comnanies OF artillery reached Point Isabel
on The li,b from Pensacola The annexed ieller
gives deIaiIs OF the arrival OF volunteers, &c, ana
ri the movements OF the troops from the Point;
C,Mp.r PolNr ISABEL, BEAsos ST. JAGo,
oA"f = May lG, 1916.
Gents.-The Volunteer Companies under COM
mani of col + b. Walton OF the Washington
Eeai,nent on board The steamer James L. Day,
arrived here on Thursday morning The lith lnsi.,
aliera yery pleasant passage OF three days, ana
lbosa 10 Tho Telegraph arrived on the 18th and
wcn, Immediately into camp. Gen. Taylor LETT
here on the morning Of The liih for his camp,
with large train o. wagons, and quiIe a ioFmi-
nl.nt
dabIe rain OF artillery, Dragons ana Infantry,
amounting TO some six or eight hundred. There
was an arrival from The upper camp this morning
which raised him yesterday on his march; he
has in all probability ere this reached his camp.
on The morning OF the 18th, regulars enough
10 swell the amount 10 about one thousand en-
barkci on board The steamers Neva, Loo and
Cincinnati, and at o'clock were landed al The
Brazos Santiago, and took up their line oil march
for the Rio Grande, all under the command oil
Colonel Wilson; their march is for Barila, sItua-
led some fifteen miles up the river, where II IS
stated The Mcxicans are collecting considerable
forces.
The United States fleet, consisting OF The Mis-
siss,ppi. Cumberland, Raritan, Lawrence, &c,
which have been here for some days, have run
down 10 he mouth OF The river and come 10, ana
with their boats will cross The troops under The
command OF Colonel Wilson To the South bank
Of Tie river. The steamers WILL BE- IN readiness
II Parla 10 assist in The transportation oil arms
and ammunition Colonel Wilson's command
have win them lwo days raions, and scarce
hlanke, with no tents nor any baggage tram. AZ
dad, ,hev had crossed Bocachila, and were 90
their march for the river. This morning. the
I6th The sea is very high, and The weather squal-
lv sothal lie steamer Ncva cannot gel 10 the sea,
ana if i, continues 50, must create some distress
in Coorcl Wilson's camp for provisions and
blankets.
On The 18th The steam schooner a ucus;a sail
cd for the slant OF ST. Joseph, with all The
vounde1 that were able 10 be Transported, taken
from the battle Of the Slh and 9th instant.
Men Of war lying oil The Rio dcl Nore j:
MississipFi, Potomac, Lswrenc", s.. Mary, Cum
bfrland. ilag ship; Rarilan, oomeIs, and the
armed schooner Santa Anna, under command OF
Lieurenan, Rrnsnaw.
We learn that about IS 900 rounds OF mu,ket
cartridges. 800 packed mules, with their saddles
and camp equipage, were taken in the action Of
The ninth inst. The American soldiers drank The
Nexcans' liquor, smoked their cigars, eal their
bread and beef, which they were Just in The act Of
cooking when the engagement took place.
CAMP OPPOSITE MATAMoRAs,
May IA, 10 o'clock a night.
Gentlemen: would like 10 write detailed &C.
count al all that has occurred since ihe Sh inst,
tut have q hope OF getting lev hours sleep To-
night, lor tomorrow fancy we shall have some
thing 10 do. A report is going around camp To-
night, that we will 50 over and take possession OF
Matamoras tomorrow or next day.
Gen. TAYLOR returned tonight from Point lsa-
bel A parry Of Dragons since his arrival have
swan over and brought boat from the opposite
side. The sentinel over this boat LEFT in haste
All the prisoners whom We had in Matamcras
we're exchanged day before Yesterday, besides
which we gave our enemy 81 wounded men by
way OF La Nap. Yours, N.
During The engagement Of the Sth and 9Th
atou, 1000 sailors and marines from the Fleet al
anchor oil here were landed and were orinica-
Ne sci Of men to keep lhc place white The soldiers
were absent. They are now on beard their re-
sroc,;,.. rassels oui will not lc Gale: on again
I'LL a similar occasion my demand their servl-
ceS
Major Ringgod was buried with all the militia
~ h~nors.
Another le,,c. da,cdih 18th, 10 P. NJ, winds
u thus:
awe have no news from General Tayor's
camp today, and expect The first news you re-
ceive OF anv active measures, will be the crossing
OF the American troops over The Rio Grande.
captain Griffin (of the James l.. Day. heard
nothing whatever OF the report that Paroles was
marching 10 Maiamoras with $4,000 men, nor
was there any certainty mat the MeSicans had
been reinforced; The general opinion, howeye
" that they had been"
An officer thus describes the military arrange
m Ms Of General Taylor-he wrote be!ore tie
late ensagemenis-and yetlhi> is The "smail ard
Inefficient army, which, in The opinion OF The
Wings, The President had SO wanlonly sent TO The
Rio Grande TO be sacrificed:
Every movement Of his army has been as
rcr:ect as piece OF machinery and although lhe
enemy have watched him necessarily win Inc
csign II attacking him. they have never seen
lal>e move that they cond take advantage Vi
There never has been time, by nigh; or day,
ma. his whole force would not have been IN readl-
ness. and in he best possible position 10 sustain
the shock Of m allack, in three minutes after the
ian Of The drum. All this has been done too
with a large po. ion Of the command daily al
work. Gr>i in Ill. ,!Gowina up temporary dsiences
and batteries. and subsequently upon large lori
designed for permanent OCCUPANCY, which was
commenced as soon as the necessary reconnoisan-
ces and surveys could be made by our engineers.
Seventeen hundred Mexican troops, who had
crossed the Rio Grande at Bareta below Mata-
moros upon hearing OF The defeat of their main
army by Gen. TAYLOR, preclp'tately Te-crossed
the river
The Galveston Brought on three Of the field
pieces captured BY Gen. Taylor.
The y. o. Picayune gives further items Of
news from Mexico BY the Mandarin;
A letter was received at Vera Cruz from Tam
nico on The 7th inst. which announced The death
OF Col. Cross OF our army, the circumstances Of
his cruel fate are deaed. He was taken by an
armed parry Of Ranaia0s, and hang ammediately
To tree