American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-05-28
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BY LAST NIGHTS SOUTHERN MAIL,

BY LAST NIGHTS SOUTHERN MAIL.
The New Orleans papers of the goth inst.
contain nothing later from the Army. The
following is an extract from letter in the Pr
cayune, dated Point Isabel, May 18th:
Some of our naval surgeons are here kindly
assisting in attending our wounded. All the
surgeons are kept very busy at this time. One
hundred will nearly cover our killed and
wounded in both battles-l500 not that of the
enemy: with the missing, some say 20OO.-
Whenever one of our officers or men got into
their hands they wonld commence butchering
and stripping him at once-mutlating dead
and wounded bodies. There appears to be wo-
men with their army, whose business in part
was to strip the dead. There is no mil take,
those fellows fought well. We astt nish I'd
them, however, according TO their own confess
sions, by the many marked instances of daring
valor displayed by several officers and many
men, and the fighting OF the whole Of our army.
"a At the second fight not over l50Oof us were
engaged at once. At the first fight they had
over 5000, we about 5000. At the second they
had reinforcement of 1000 or more, and we,
as said before, had 800.
In the first action the Generals Adiutant's
horse was struck twice by cannon balls, the Sc
cond time being killed.
The General behaved most CALAMITY. In the
second battle he was more exposed than any one
else, and there he sat part of the time giving
his orders with his leg "cecked over" the pum-
mel fthe saddle, unheeding the solicitations
of his staff to retire.
Such victory, such slaughter, and such
route hardly think can find its parallel.
Another letter in the same paper, from the
Camp opposite Matamoras, says:
Our loss is, Maj. Brown, commanding It'll
nifty, killed; Sergeant Wigart, B company,
It'll Unity, killed; Private Moody, Ii company,
slightly wounded in the ear; and Private Rad
cliff, II company, slightly wounded in the arm.
This is the damage, all told, of 7 days bonn
bardment, and not less than 5000 shots-shells
and balls-sent amongst us to do the work.
CAPT. MAY. The Tropic says :-"Ths gal
liant officer has immortalized himself A friend
who has watched his equestrian movements at
the camp describes him as most singular be-
ing. With beard extending to his breast, and
hair to his hip-bone, which as he cuts through
the wind on his charger, streams out in all d.
rections, he presents most imposing appear
ance. His gait on foot is awkward and that
of his horse Gan immense one) is the rack of
the Canadian pony. We are glad to quote the
annexed paragraph from last evenings Courier:
ave have seen a letter from this gallant off.
Ger to his brother, in this city, dated Point Isa-
bel, May Is. 1t was received last Sunday by
the Col. Harvey. The Captain tells his broth
er that the squadron, at the head of which he
charged the enemy's battery, contained 50 men;
and of these he lost one officer and 10 privates
killed, and Is wounded-2S horses killed and
10 wounded-that is nearly one-third of his
men; and almost half Of his horses horS du com
bat. The Captain himself was not touched,
which fortunate circumstance was owing to his
being about ten yards IN advance Of his squad
ron in the charge,
The Picayune, noticing the news by the
James l.. Day, which we published yesterday,
says:
"All eyes are now turned towards Matamo-
ras. Ali our letters indicate that the next step
to be taken by Gen Taylor is to reduce that
city, and that he was making active prepara
tons to cross the Rio Grande. We learn from
an intelligent correspondent that the Mexicans
anticipated that an attack would be made
upon the town on the l0th-immediately
upon the victory achieved on the 9th. In con-
sequence all their posts were strenthened, and
every individual who entered the city was de-
tanned and pressed into the service.
During the action of the 9th the house tops
in Matamoras were covered with the people
and the bank of the river were lined with spec
tators; but writes brave though face tious
correspondent, "a huzza fiom the Fort, brought
forth BY despatch messenger who rode in to
announce our victory, made them all "slope,"