American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-07-14
LATE ARRIV AL.
THE SEAT or WAR.


By an extra from the New Orleans Picayune,
we have dates from the army to the Sd instant,
brought by the ARRIVAL of the steamer Alabama
The Plcayune says;-We may say at once
that she brings no news of interest from the
army. The Mexican forces are supposed to be
concentrated in the vicinity of Monterey under
the immediate command of Paredes. The
American army appear to bo on the point of
taking up their march to penetrate as far as
! Monterey.
We have received our full correspondence by
this arrival, and will lay it before our readers
all IN good season. We annex the following as
of most immediate interest;
PoINT ISABEL, July 8.
Editors Picayune-G entlCmen--I left Ma
tamo as last evening, and started from Gen.
Smiths camp, on this side Of the Rio Grande,
at O'Clock, with volunteer officer, to ride
across the prairie, | saw "Old Rough and
Ready" just before starting. He was riding
out hunting for newspapers. The old gentle
man hardly ever is seen attended by any Of his
officers or men in his rides, but goes "pokng
about" as heard volunteer remark the 9TH
VI ud1I JUDI Inv OhiCl IOib7' NCl' OiblNsl
was to begin to remove his camp to- day some
IA or Is miles up the river OH the Mcxi-
can side. The General looks remarkably well
and in fine spirits. The mosquitoes showed
themselves ia numbers for the first time at head
quarters last evening.
The road we came over last night mean
the wagon road between Point Isabel and Mat
amoras--s still impossible for loaded wagons,
and it is wonder to me how light wagon can
be dragged over it. From the river to the PalO
Alto Some nine miles of head road, the mud
10 generally a foot deep-and in some places
two or three fee deep, and there is at least four
miles Of water, in many places hardly fordabe
for horses. The gentlemen who accompanied
me down captured gar-fish on ''sy mile pra-
rie," between the battle fields the other day,
nearly three feet long. passed over the same
place four or five times when it was perfectly
dry with no appearance of having ever been
ovefhowed. At the Resaca de la Palma where
as you will observe on the map road passes,
between the ponds, there is now but one pond
and that ls deep enough any where for a res
pectable sized steamboat to pass through it
The Palo Alto battle field is two thirds cover
ed with water,
The volunteer camp was perfectly shrouded
by smoke, raised by the men to keep off the in
lion of the Louisiana volunteers are soon to be
disbanded, and, though they have been assured
that such will not probably be IT,, case, they
are quite uneasy about t--a jel0 because they
want to 90 home and fear the rumor is not we'll
founded, but most of them because they desire
to stay and 'see the thing out" "Wnen can
we move? Can we ever get fight out Of
! them?" ale the questions constantly put to per-
sons coming from Gen. Taylor's quarter.
That large portion Of the army will soon
move towards Monterey can no longer be doubt
ed, as boats enough of light draught have ar
rived to warrant Gen. Taylo in taking posses
sion of the country between the muuth OF the
river and that place.
A Mexican prisoner f war, Lit. RuiX, whose
arrest | mentioned sometime ago, will GO out
to n. Orleans in the Alabama. You Will re-
collect that he was caught in Matamovas in the
act of trying to gather recruits from among the
citizens and the C)nvaescent Of the wounded
soldiery. A Mexican also goes out in chains,
accused Of being one Of tho murderers Of tho
Rogers family. / am not lawyer enough TO
know exactly how he will be tried, or beoe
what tnsunai, but he has an ugly phiz to bring
before jury.
Mrs Page, wife Of Capt. Page who behaved
SO CALAMITY in the recent battles and was 50
dreadully wounded, will 60 cut in the AIaba-
ma. She came to this place to meet her hus-
band, but found, oil her arrival, that the captain
had already sailed for New Orleans, expecting
TO meet her there.