The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-09-15
Movements Of tho Army, 80.
r.arEn rRoM CAMAnGo.

S goo. Tie general opinion was that
,hs ,eysnce Of the army under General
WoRrH would set out for Monterey about
the Ist September, Bat dis is deemed
matter Of much uncertainty. as The whole
country hss been nearly inundated with
The rains and rendered quite impossible
for wagons. The difficulties which Gen,
TAYLOR has encountered from this cause
are said to be very great and quite IN
credible TO those who have not been eye
witnesses. 1t has not been without the
most unremiuing perseverance, toll, and
exposure that he has been able to reach
Camarro. The whole region has been
flooded, and every river, creek, rayine
ard gully swimming. Half of the town
OF Camargo has been swept away, aud
the walls Of ihe remaining buildings so
undermined by the water that many OF
them are insecure and often tumbling
down.
Intelligence from Monterey through
American channels is received almost dai-
ly in Camargo. The remnant of Arls-
ta's defeated troops, numbering about
1000, are sdIl terrifying at Monterey,
but without the slightest expectation of
attempting to defend the place. la fact,
while the army is carrying the appearance
OF defensive measures, the people are said
to be preparing 10 give friendly recep-
sion TO the American army. The nation
al hostility and implacable prejudice which
the Mexicans have long been taught TO
feel toward Americans, are said TO be Civ
sng way under the prudent policy and
management of Gen. Taylor. They
have been constantly treated with consid-
Grafton and kindness; they have received
a full equivalent in money for all they
have had to sell; they have been able to
purchase the necessaries and luxuries of
life at one-half, one-third, or even some
limes one-fourth the price they had to
pay under the enormous duties of their
own Governments; they have been SUBJ
iect 10 none of the contributions so often
levied upon them by their own Generals;
they have found ready and profitable
market for every thing they had, horses,
hogs, cattle, sheep; their laborers have
found employment and good wages; those
who have before spent their lives in the
abjeci condition of slaves, subject TO the
orders of their perpetual creditor and
master, have suddenly become emancipa-
ted, and haze accumulated money by their
industry TO an amount which they had
before never dreamed of. Some Rancho
ros have been named to Us who have ac-
euired S400 TO $500 per week by fur
nishing teams for the use of the army
In fact, our army furnishes a market to
the bexicans, fax and near; and hence the
larger portion of the population, and es-
pecally the more intelligent, are said TO
be determined never to come under the
Central Government again.
Galveston News Of the 2Ist.
transportation, sc.
The New Orleans correspondent of the
Courier and Enquirer writes as follows:
81 learn there are now a thousand or twelve
hundred mules in this city, purchased for
Government, awaiting the means of trans
portation TO the Rio Grande. They will
costa least $500 each before landed there.
CAMARGo, August lO.-There was
grand parade of all the regular troops last
evening, and magnificent show they
made. Gen. TAYLOR and Staff passed the
different regiments as they were extended
in line, and expressed himself highly
gratifed with their appearance. Gen.
Worth is drilling the men constantly, and
the mastery style IN which they perform
their evolutions beats any thing your hum
ble servant has ever seen in the way OF
military tactics
The general impression among The best
informed, az regards the chances of the
Mexicans giving another battle, is. that
Gen. Taylor will have an opportunity OF
gaining fresh lnurels at Monterey, or near
that place. On the river the inhabitants
appear friendly enough, but in the mte-
rior the case is different
The town of China, on the Rio st.
Juan, about 65 or 20 miles from Camar-
60, was taken on the 9th instant by Cap
tain Mccullough, of the Texas Rangers,
WITHOUT opposluon. Ool. Seguin, with
one hundred MeXicans, was in town, but
on the appearance Of the Americans they
retrea;ed. Another Mexican depot of
arms has been found in Matamoras, and
quantity of stores and ammunition.
MATAMoRAs, August 14.-It has rained |
almost necessarily for weeks, and the |
whole country is inundated. The battle |
field Of Palo Alto, which visited few
days ago, is swamp, the water reaching
10 the saddle-sfirts, The moving of
troops by iand is difficult, but ii is sup
posed that the march from Camargo to
Monterey and Saltillo will commence
about the first Of September. Rumors
from the interior are rife, but no serious
opposition Is expected TO the advance
There may be some show of fight at the |
mountain-pass between Monterey and |
Saltillo. where there is corge in the |