The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-10-08

Iey, Ehieh puts hen q 3 900. with > hea-
"a additional lore on he march, which.
i j. sid. vii be ihere helore Gen. Tay-'
l0r en- possibly aEiFe. The whole force
with which Gen. Taylor mairhes 10 M0n-
teFey vii MOI exceed 1000. Tie place
Il represented BY he MexieaBs 10 BE e.
iEsnely well fortified. and fhey are iiEEaly
Of The opinion thai he Americans Nill be
whipped. We hare had 10 inielligenre
from Gen. Taylor since lie Iefi CsmsEga.
lie Is no doubt BY Ibis lime 10 SeEslE0.
and but few days can elapse befOTe impoE-
lant news may Be looked for. Murh the
larger part Of his force has been lell be-
hind, which he viii not move forward IN
less the exigeneies may demand il. The
imposslbilily ofIrsnsponing provision has,
no doubt, caused him 10 move forward .
less forre Than he otherwise would"
The New ORLEANS Delta has = letter.
written al Point Isabel on the evening Of
the 10Th, which states
That two spies were found in the
camp al CamaTgO, and their guilt was so
evident that they were Immediately hang
ell. Also, that there was skirmish be-
tween 4 parry Of Americans bound from
CamargO 10 Maiamonos, and some Mexi-
cans, in which some lives were lost. And
further, that Col. Clarke, eommandant al
Matamoros, had been shot at while sitting
in his room; that in consequence an or
der was issued 10 deprive The Mexicans in
that town of their arms; that no Mexican
should leave or enier The town without a
written permit from the eommandant. In
depriying the Mexieans Of their arms, new
discoveries were made of secreied arms
Of all descriptions, and ammunition. The
Americans in the town were held in rea-
diness 10 repel any attempt Of the Next
cans 10 make an insunection."
The New Orleans Times has the sub
joined letter from camargo, noticing more
particularly some of the movements of the
troops. We are sorry to learn from il
that there is no abatement Of the sickness
among the volunteers:
!. Camargo, (sexicO,) Sept. 8, ls46.
Since the date Of my last letter there
has been much hustle and note Of prepa-
ration here, though not as much effected,
it appears TO me, n novice in military
mallers,) as might have been. Ten days
} ago it was well known that the army
) which is going TO Monterey had orders iC
march in the course of the present week
On Monday the 3D. brigade Of regular'
= crossed the little river San Juan. The
2 river is not exceeding one hundred ant
1 fifty yards wide, and the brigade is no
more than nine hundred or one ihousanS
: strong yet it took great portion Of In
0 day 10 get them over. and the provision
0 train that went with il was not ready un
e Ill Tuesday afternoon, and some portion
7 of il and the troops did not get away un
$ til the next morning. OF the division o
!. volunteers commanded by Gen. Butler
i some have gone, but many are here, or u
e the vicinity Of the place, and the day
e no. vet known when all will be on tn
e march. The want of sufficient transpol
5, tation is alleged TO be the cause Of delay
J. IL this be true. : load of censure shoul
% be heaped upon those in the United State
r whose duty il is 10 provide it sufficient
s crush them. If there be suffieiency {
is transportation, then those here, on TN
D. frontier, whose business il is to use it pr,
ID perry, should be hela to strict respons
N bihty. That ,he movement of the force
n ON this frontier have been dilatory and e,
p pensive is undeniable, and Gen. Taylt
st and his friends owe it to the country an
Sc his fame to have tie causes fully explain
M ed.
lg 1t is said, and suspect truly, that m,
s. ney is much wanted in all the disbursir
s. departments here. Two days age | sa
rs a clerk Of one Of the chefs going around
v the suffers, requesting them to let hi
have all the money they could spare, al
rs take checks on the deposite banks of vol
city. Other operations of the same kir
IN were also reported. 1t is believed su
I'd ply of funds arrived last night; ifso, the
" will be very acceptable, as the voluntee
he about marching have not been paid, al
IT, many of them are much in need of sho
L. and clothes.
<. am sorry TO inform you that there
o. much sickness in several Of the volunte
V, corps, and it is feared that diseases w
v. increase. In the First Tennessee Res
We ment, commanded by Col. Campbe
Of more than three hundred men are on Il
lie sick list, and there have been for son
he days past several deaths each day. O.,
is er regiments are suffering severely, but n
e. so much. The diseases are measels, d
he sentery, and bilious fever.
We Since the preceding matter was put
e. type, we have been favored with the fl
an lowing extract of letter from an offic
lot at Matamoros to his friend in Washin
'e- ton:
ms Matamoros, September Is, 1876.
or "MY DEAR SIR: am informed by |,
;el ter from Camargo, written by my cler
ny that that place is filled with rumors fro
The interior. TO the effect that the sutler