Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-05-12
LATER FROM THE ARMY.

, Col. Cross had Dren iouiu apo'''
Gen. Taylor's camp on the Rio Grande. FROM
The wounds upon The body il seems evide'' '"a'
he was killed BY a lance. IL was iurthe' iepo'',
ed that person in Maamoras had acKnow'euss. :,
thai he was The murderer and had The wa'cn anu
clothing Of Col. Cross in his possessloni anu a.,
50, that Gen. Taylor had made formal de'nanu
for the murderer ~, :
An omen communications were perniI'eu -
mas. bv The commandant at Point Isabel between
Ina, nost and Matamoras. The Mexican scnoo'
80 I,,,;:a. from New Orleans for Matamoras'
w.s taken into Brazos Bay on the III u' 0y inc
.;Io,s-n, doub, by permission Of the blockadins
force !. eo,.
w. have the Galveston papers TO The z9ih,
from which the following extracts are s'e"neu
The Legislature will probably adjourn on 'he
5h proxiGo. d 10 ,nro;nt.
ment OF Postmaster, al Galveston, iroii NC o"su
States Government
Daniel ]. Toler, Esq, has been appointed spe-
cial cent Of the Post Office Department IN Texas.
Col. James Love, OF Galveston, has been no.
minated and confirmed, as Judge OF The pistric',
including that city.
1he Brazoria Planter OF the 18th April, informs
us that the Brazos has risen TO within SIX ieel OF
The op OF the bank, but adds that II was then De-
ginning 10 iall rapidly.
VERBAL accounts stale that the country has been
nearlv innassa5lc in consequence OF long and
quick succession Of ra;ns, which nave eSleAaeG
from The Sabine 20 the Rio Grande. SO mnch
cloudy and we, weather has probably never been
known in Texas, as has prevailed during The iast
six months.
The following is an extract Of letter, dated,
Galveston, 9Th April:
",rhe schooner Luda, Capt. Hunt, is supposed
10 be lost, with all on board; and the sloop Orange
Branch, il is feared is gone also; but this Is not
SO certain There are Two other vessels wrecked,
supposed 10 be from N. Orleans. Parts OF vessels
| and bodies, have been picked up along The shore,
from ST. Joseoh's island 10 the Brasos Santiago.
Ii is feared that there has been great loss OF he
and property"
/ From the New Orleans Picayunc, May lst
STILL LATER.
The schr Cornelia, Capt. Stark, arrived Iast
| evening from Brazos Santiago, whence she sail
I al on the evening Of the 2ilh u she reports
! thar about three hours before she sailed an OK
mess arrived from Gen. Taylor, stating that The
! commander Of The Mexican forces had made
formal declaration 10 General Taylor that if
he did no, move his army from The position he
/ then occupied within lhiTty-six hours, The Mex
lean batteries would be opened upon lhem
The same express also stated that at that time
body OF 2OG0 Mexicans had crossed The Rio
! Grande near BoTcita-a small town about eight
, miles below Matamoras, on the Yves, bank OF
/ the river-and taken up position between Point
I Isabel and General Taylor's camp. The design
ot this movement is evidently 10 cut oil The Anne
| rican troops from lneif supplies. A privae lei
/ ter was aso received last evening from an officer
1 - firm ,py N r. RI
the above report Of the Mexcans having crossed
Inc riyer. but stating the number at 1000 only.
There had previously been so many rumors 10
the same effect in nc camp, that little reliance
was placed upon this one, which was tirsi com
nun icated by 4 Mexican, who was prldently
detained by order Of Gen. Taylor.
The accounts by the Corneia confirms The me-
! lancholv news given above as TO The fale OF Col
| Cross. lie was found entirely stripped and
wounded as before stated.
We have letter from an officer in the camp,
dated The 2lst ut the postscript 10 which states,
what we had no doubt of that line Americans
chad moi retired one foot from the bank OF The RI
yer, nor does the General mean 10 do anything
that ran lopk Ike Il" "Our flag waves oper the
waters Of the Rio Grande, and We have fixed
battery OF IS Founders, that can spot anything in
Matamoras."
While upon the subject OF the army, We may
s,ae that The steamer Col. Harvey which lett
here on Wednesday for Brazos Santiago, TOOK
with her battery Of ten long twelve pouniers,
and quantity OF munitions OF war, and that she
was TO lake in more al Galveston Tor the same
destination. The New York, which sailed yes
terday Tor the same point, had detachment oi
1870 men or board for the army under the COM
mapd OF Lieut.. McPhail. Four companies oil
infantry are expected here in Two or three days,
who will be despatched Immediately for the same
destination.
The steamer Gen. Worth, twelve hours later
from Brazos Santiago, and bringing, II IS salo
one davis later intelligence from Gen. Taylors
camp. was in The river late last night, eight or
len miles below the city, waiting for tow II
Is said bearer Of dispatches from Gen. Taylor
was ON board. Colonel Hunt Immediately de-
spatched boat TO bring her up. Mr.: Marks, al
,acbed to the American Consulate at Matamoras
il on hoard The Gen. Worth There was Iu-
NOR brought by one of the schooners last night,
that our Consul AT Matamoras, experimenting
Imprisonment from the Mexicans, had elt his
post and repaired to Gen. Taylor's camp.
THE Y.-MsAppREHENsIoN CoRREcT-
Ed. -GENERAL WoRra-Our readers cannot fail
10 have been struck by The number OF officers re-
ported by The CITY press TO have arrived here on
The New York on her last trip from Galveston.
Enough were reported TO have differed several
regiments. This was entirely the result OF mis-
apprehension. We learn that but three gentle
men connected with The army did in fact arrive:
these were General Worth, Major Van Ness ana
L,eutenaB; Smith. General Worth it is known,
| has transmitted his resignation 10 Washington;
the other gentlemen named came here on mpor-
tan, business connected with The service.
| We have before expressed the deep regret that
would be felt by the nation at the resignation OF
General Worth. He has conferred luslre upon
orr arms by his distinguished services in Florida
and elsewhere, and the country looked TO him as
one OF the chief of the gallant spirits who were
10 sustain the national fame, should our difficult
ties with Mexico terminate in open war. But he
felt himself constrained 10 pursue he course he
did, in consequence Of recent decisions of The
Executive upon he subject OF rank His resig-
nation was no. rendered until all prospect of an
immediate conflict with the Meyicans had passed
After il was rendered, he remained for some days
in camp as private individual nor did he leave
so long as ne;r was any probability that his SER
vices, in any contingency, could be rendered
vaable.
Gen. Worth led the advance OF the Army
across from Corpus Christi 10 Matamoras, ard
hos,ed with his own hand the American flag
upon the banks Of the Rio Grande, within $50
yards of The Mexican batteries. II was The flag
of his own regiment-the 9Th Infanlry-whch
he had brought with him from Florida and was
the first American ensign hois;ed by the army
west of the Nueces and, strange 10 say, it is the
only one with the army on the banks Of The Rio
Grandc del Nofle
Asa matter OF curiosity not without general
interest, we have placed in another column an
account OF 4 conversation held between Gen.
Worth and Gen. Vega, the later being The rep
rcsentaive Of the Mexican commander chief
and Gen. Worth representing Gen. Taylor. We
received il from a correspondent al the camp op-
posiic Malamoras, and fuil reliance may be
placed in its accuracy
Minutes IT ar iaterriev 5etwecn Brig. Gen. w.
J. WORTH, q. S. d., and Gen. RoMULo VEGA,
Of TIC Mexican Army--aclG on the rigM bank
Of the Rio Gfaade 2sta March, 1916.
On exhibiting white flag CO the ief bank Of
The Rio Grandc, boat with two ofticers-reprc-
scnted as cavalry oiiicers-wilh an interpreter
inc same who appeared at The crossing of lbe