Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-05-14
General Taylor surrounded by
5000 Mexican Troops.
ReQuss1tlon upon the Governor of
Teas for lid.
Governor of Louisiana Ordered Oul
$500 Troops.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN N. ORLEANS

The Galveston News, Extra, of April 3Oh,
| contains the following intelligence -
On the e3d ulr, 1900 Mexlcans crossed The
Rio Grande about twenty miles above General
Taylor's camp. Two companies of cavalry,
63 men each, commanded by Captains Thor
| ton and Hardee, were sent 10 reconnoilre the
ncxr morning. They fell into an ambush, " hen
Lieut.. Cairn and l3 men we're killed; Captain
Thornton reported missing, and Capt Hardee
and 1G men taken prisoners.
A wounded man, sent in by the Mexcans.
made this report. These Mexlcans were COM
manded by Canales and Carrahajal.
After the flight, the Mexicans were rein
forced, and Gen. Taylor's position is entirely
surrounded, cutting off all communication with
Point Isabel, al which place is the rran, and
| all the stores of the army. Gen. +. not having
| over ten days provisions. The entertainments
al Point Isabel are not half finished; aud 10 de-
fend them, lherei is but 80 artillery, 20 dragons,
and about 40 teamslers, citizens, and lahorers
call was made on Governor Henderson,
of Texas, by Gen. Taylor, for forty companies
OF rtlemen, sixty men each, twenty companies
TO be mounted, and 10 rendezvous at Corpus
Christi, and the foot companies al Gal. esnn
Gen. Taylor has also called upon the Gov
ernors of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
for 5000 troops.
General Taylors works opposite Matamoras
would be completed by the 2Slh, a, which time
The fire would be opened on the city.
The Mexican forces Is 5000, we'll equipped,
and with an excellent, park of artillery
The Governor Of Louisiana has issued his
requistion for $500 volunteers, and they were
1,, IL Il l.
ID, actively preparing for departure They
expected TO leave the next day. The Louis
lana Legislature has appropriated 800, 900 for
the service. The city of New Orleans was in
a great state of excliement-drums and flags,
paradlng through the streets, calling for volun-
teers.
The following intelligence, confrmalory Of
the above, we received yesterday.
From the New Orleans Picayune, May q
DEpLoRABLE News FROM THE Army
Colonel Charles Doane arrived nJ his city a,
an early hour yesterday morning. from Brazos
Santiago, which place he left on The 2Sh ult.,
in the Steam schooner Augusta. Sky miles
west of The S. w. Pass he was transferred TO
the steamer Galveston. He is the bearer of
important dispatches from General Taylor and
vi d iC1uiSibIOH upou SO'CiHUi VI lLOuiSl-
ana for four regiments. The previous news
received, that The Mexicans had crossed the
Rio Grande, is fully confirmed and deiach-
ment of American troops has been cut off.
But for the details we refer TO The following
account of operations, kindly furnished US by
Colonel Doane.
On Thursday evening, The % inst, Gen.
Taylor received information tha, body of the
Mexican army had crossed 10 The east side of
the Rio Grande, al point some 20 miles above
his encampment. Early on the following NOR
ming he despatched Captains Thornton and
Hardee, of the ID regiment Dragons, with
detachment of 70 men, 10 examine the country
above, and Capt. Kerr, of the same regiment,
with company TO examine the country below
the encampment The latter returned 10 camp
without having made any discovery Of Mexl-
cans.
The former however, fell in with wha, he
considered TO be a scouting party OF The enemy,
bu, which proved 10 be the advance guard of a
very strong body of the enemy, who were pos
ted in The chaTparra Immediately in the rear
OF Gen. Taylor's camp. Capt. Thornton con-
irary to the advice of his Mexican guide,
charged upon The guard, who retreaied towards
the main body, followed by Capt. Thornton,
when in an instant he found himself and COM
mand surrounded by the enemy, who fred upon
him killing, as is supposed Capt. thornton,
Lieutenants Kane and Mason and some twen-
tysx Of The men, and taking Capt. Hardee
and the remainder of the command prisoners
The Mexican commander sent into General
Taylor's camp carl, with soldier badly
wounded, with message lha, he had no lrav-
ellIng hospital with him, and could not, there
fore, render the soldier the assistance which
his situation required.
Ii Is supposed that The detachment of the
enemy on the east side Of The Rio Grande,
consists of al least 500 men, under the com
mand of Coils. Carusco and Carrabajal, both
old and experienced officers, and that their OBJ
ject is TO cut off all communication between
Gen. Taylor and Poin. Isabel, the depot Of
provisions. In the execution Of this object
they have fully succeeded, and have ,hersby
placed The American army in most dangerous
position, as it will be utterly impossible ior
Gen. Taylor. with The limited number of men
now under his command. say $500 to force
his way through the dense chaparraI, in which
the enemy are already strongly posted
On The 22d, Gen, TayIor received from Gen