Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-05-23
From the Philadelphia Ledger, May 20.
LATER rR0M THE ARMY.

Arrival or steamsh.p New hsrA NJ new
VICTORY! VICTORY. VICTORY!
Point Isabel Relieved - Mntamoras Reduced
TO Ashes ~ American Army TSimm
.phant - Sepcn Hundred Mericans Killed!
"A General Blockade Of the Merican
Ports Ordercd!
The Southern mail yesterday morning, brought
in the following glorious news from the army Of
occupation. II was communicated by Magnetic
Telegraph from Washington to Baltimore for the
Ledger, and thence brought by Special Messen.
ger 10 this Office.
The fame of the American arms has been sig.
naly vindicated. With an inferiority Of forces SO
dsproportionate as to have caused the deepest an
xicty for Gen. Taylor and his gallant band. they
have gained great, a glorious, noble, most
triumphant victory. Seven hundred Mexicans
were left dead on the field of battle-Matamoras
is reduced to ashes-Point Isabel is relieved
Such are the immediate results Of this magnificent
exploit
The reception of this gratifying news will
cause the National pulse TO vibrate, from one
extremity of the Union to the other. The thun-
der of the artillery which was fred last evening,
in honor of this gallant achievement, will roll,
responsively, from State to State--from city to
city-from village to vilage-from hamlet to
hamlet--until il reverberates from the rock
girt cliffs of Maine, and the mountains Of Yer.
mont, echoing Nations gratitude.
The news reached this city last evening, at
10 minutes before o'clock and il would be i'm.
possible TO describe the enthusiasm with which
it was received. The population appeared to
be suddenly quadrupled-the streets presented
one living mass of human beings-ioy was de.
| pcted on every countenance, and one universal
prayer of thanks ascended on high.
By the arrival of the steamship New York,
| Capt. Phillips, which came up late last evening,
we have received the following gratifying intel.
ligence from the Galveston News:-
We have been kindly furnished by Capt
Phillips, of the steamship New York which
has just arrived-with the following highly in
teresting and important news.
We publish literally from Captain Phillips
report.
The following report is from Captain Walk.
er. Of the Texas Rangers, who had arrived OH
the 5th inst at p. NJ, from the entrenchment
opposite Matamoras.
We learn that an engagement had taken
place between the U. s. and Mexican forces
The particulars, as far as we can learn, arc ss
follows:
Gen. Taylor, on the evening Of the Sd inst,
left the entrenchment with detachment of U.
States troops, Tor the purpose Of opening com.
munication between Point Isabel and the en-.
trenchment. On the morning Of the 4th. the
Mexicans. tski"g advantage Of his absence,
at daybreak opened heavy cannonade on the
entertainments, which wss gallan,ly returned
BY the U. s. troops, and in thirty minutes ST.
fenced the enemy's batteries and reduced the
city ofMatamoras to ashes.
Morning Of the CHA gentleman who has
just arrived from the field of battle informs Us
that the slaughter among the Mexicans was
tremendous that upwards Of seven hundred
lay dead on the field Of battle, ami that the mum.
Der Of houses !eN in Matamoras was not sufii.
cient to accommodate the wounded.
According to accounts received at Point
Isabel, the number of Mexicans in and about
Matamoras was estimated OF ten thousand me n
and expecting reinorcemenis daily.
General Taylor was to leave Point Isabel OF
: the 9th instant, with detachment of troops
, determined to open communications between
. Point Isabel and the Army opposite Matamora
which has for some days past been cut of, ant
| l. "A IL - b,,s sbo H..
undsunted Wslker, Of the Texas Rangers
whose horse was shot from under him in the a,
tempt, and the loss ofsix men.
4 Santiago end lsabel are now under Martin
> Law-eyery citizen compelled to do Militar
> duty.
) On the morning of the 9th, previous TO the de
parture Of the New York, heavy csnuonade
I. were heard and supposed to be another a,iac
from the Mexicans on the United States troop
!, opposite Matamorss.
:. We learn from good authority that Gen. TIA,
!. lor has ordered the schooner Alert 10 repair I
. Vera Cruz with dispatches, as is supposed ,
). the Gulf squadron. to blockade The Mexcs
ports. There is indeed but little doubt that a
!. the Mexican ports in the Gulf are now unde
strict blockade, and the American feet in tn
"a Pacific is amply sufficient to shut up every po
e Of Mexico on that shore, as soon as orders ca
N be sent to that -Gaireston NeUs, 81
rs instant.
'e [From the N. o. Picayune Extra.
re The steamship New York, Capt. Windl
sr arrived in port on Sunday evening, having le
n Brazos Santiago the afternoon OF Wednesda
the 9th inst. Her news is important, and Of Il