Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-06-10

enemy and decided, it would appear, the
fate ofthe campaign. This is not what
our brave fellows want, they would like to
meet foemen worthy of their steel!-but
will they2 see '.'4 + H. Eat@ ''7
From the Galveston News Extra Of Thursday.
/. MATAMoRAs TAKEN.-The steamship
Telegraph has just arrived from Point lisa.
bel. Through the,Roliteness of her oblig-
ing clerk, we have been furnished with the
following information. He reports tha,
on the 18th ult, detachment of 800 reg.
ulars, and $50 volunteers, proceeded to Ba-
rita and took possession of it, and estab-
lished a military depot. 49,. ..--
On the night of the 10Th, an express ar
rived from Gen. Taylor, stating that he
had crossed the Rio Grande, and taken the
city of Matamoras without opposition; the
Mexicans having fled the city. The Mex
leans from the last accounts were DESERT
ing their ranks in battallions. Two Amer
lean regiments with the exception Of about
$50, having marched a few days previous,
were stationed al the Brazos Point awaiting
the orders of Gen. Taylor, as II was tho't.
They would leave on the Goth for Mata-
moras by the old Barita road.
re Col. Mcintosh, Capt. Page, and the 9TH
ers that were wounded in the action of the
9Th and 9th, are at Point Isabel and were
recovering. The Telegraph is just 26
hours from Galveston. Capt Auld, of the
Telegraph, who has had an opportunity of
obtaining correct information, has given us
some interesting particulars in relation to
our Army Of Operations. We have now
scarcely time to allude to them.
Nothing further has been heard of the
reinforcements that were reported to be on
their way to the relief Of Ampudia. Capt.
Simpson found Mexican few days since
in a thicket; as soon as he was seen he
threw away his arms, saying that he had
been fighting month with nothing but
bread and water for provision, that he now
wished to surrender to the Americans, as he
would fight no longer for Mexico, and that
two thirds of the whole Mexican forces
wished to do the same. .... ....
The escape of Capt Thornton, at the
time his company was so badly cut up, is
most incredible. After carrying him safe
ly over the high hedge enclosure, into
which he had been decoyed, his horse bore
him over several other fences and deep ra-
vines, swimming the Rio Grande abo, e
Matamoras, then passing down below the
town on the opposite side. In attempting
to leap broad ditch, he missed his footing,
when both horse and rider were thrown.
By the fall, Capt. T. was so stunned that
he was soon after taken up by the Mexi-
cans, perfectly unconscious Of what had
happened. After the battle of the 9th,
hewas exchanged and restored to our arms.
Captain Aud thinks that the whole
number of our killed and wounded must
amount to more than 800, besides the
wounded taken to st. Joseph's, there are
now 40 at Point Isabel, too badly wound
ed to be removed. All but three it is tho't
will recover. There are three Mexican
prisoners, having but one leg among them
all. ~ ''-
After being shot in the arm, Col. Nc
Intosh received bayonet wound in. thu
mouth, which passed through one side o
his head. There are hopes ofhis recovery
The condition of the brave and esteeme,
Captain Page, is melancholy indeed. Th'
whole of his lower jaw, with part of hi
tongue and palate are shot away by 1
grape shot. He however survives, though
incapable of speech. He communicate
his thoughts by writing on slate, and re
ceives his food with difficulty. He doe
not desire to live, but converses with cheer
fulness. ......,...:. n
All our accounts represent the Mex
cans as having fought on the 9Th and 9t
with courage and desperation that woul
have reflected credit on the troops of an,
nation. They were nearly in state Q
starvation, and had been promised the am
pie supplies Of the American camp, in cas-
they would secure the victory. They me
the charges of our troops manfully, an
stood destructive fire that was poure
in upon them without giving way, unit
the works were encountered with the dea
and wounded. a
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