Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-06-19
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MATAMORAS TAKEN.

MA "a a14OhnS tAhEN.
The steamship Telegraph has Just arriv-,
I'D from Ioil. Isaaei. through lEr polite,
ness OF her oaIigiug ci-ik. We have leen
furnished with lie following iniormsuon:,
Reports, ihaton the I7th INST, detach-,
meut Of $40 Regulars and $50 Volunteers.
proceeded 10 tarris and took POSSESSION Of
i, and established military depot In the.
night OF the l9.h all express arrived from
Gen. Taylor, stating that he had crossed
he Rio Grande and taken the city Of Mut-~
amoras, without opposition, the Mexicans,
having lid th- city.
The MexIcahs, from the last accountE-
were deserving their ranks in balEsIIons.
Two American regiments, with the ex-
rePlon Of about $50, having marched few
days previous, were stationed at the Bras,
SOS Point, awaiting orders of Gen. T., and,
II was thought they would leave on the 2Otl1
inst. Tor MaIamoras, via the old Barita road.
Col. Mlntosh, Capt. Page, and all the
others that ere wounded in the actions Of
The 8,h and oh, are at Point Isabel; and.
/ were recovering.
| The Telegraph is just twenty-six homx
from Point saUe. Capt. Aulu, of the Tel
egraph, who has had opportunities OF OBJ
tanning correct information, has given us
some interesting particulars in relation to-
our army operations, which We have now
scarcely time 10 allude to,
The escape OF Capt. Thornton at the tin--
his company was so lady cut up, is alinoss
incredible. After carrying him safely over
the high hedge incIosure, into which he had
been decoyed, his horse bore him swiftly
over several other fences and deep ravness
swimming The Rio Grande above Matamo-
ras, then passing down below the town on
the opposite side, in attempting to leap a
broad dirich he missed his footing, when.
both horse and rider were thrown. By the
fall Capt. T. was so stunned that he was
soon alter taken up by The Mexicans per-
iec:ly unconscious Of what had happened
After the battle of the 9Th he was exchan-
ged, and restored to our army.
Capt. A. thinks the whole number of our
killed and wounded must amount to more
than 300. Besides the wounded taken to
St. Joseph's, there are now atout forty at
Point Isabel 100 badly wounded 10 be remo-
ved--aIl but three it is thought will recov-
er. There aIe three Mexican prisoners ha-
wing but one leg between them all. After
having been shot in the arm, Col. Mcintosh
received bayonet wound in the mouth.
which passed through one side OF his head.
There are hopes OF his recovery.
The condition of The brave and esteemed
Capt. Page is melancholy indeed. The
whole OF his lower jaw, with part of his
tongue and palate, is shot away by grape
shot. He, however, survives, though en-
tireIy incapable of speech. He communi.
Gates his thoughts by wiring on . slate,
and receives the necessary nutriment, for
the support OF lite with much difficulty
He does not desire to live, but converses
with cheerfulness and exullation upon the
success OF our arme, and concluded anan-
swer TO some queries concerning the baHie
of the 9th by wiring; eve gave fhs Mex
leans hill"
All our accounts represent the Mexicaps
as havipa fought on the 9Th and 9th with
courage and desperation that would have
redoe!ed credit upon the troops Of any ma
ZION. They were nearly in state Of star
yaIion, and had been PROMISED the ample
supplies of the American camp, in case
hey would secure the, victory. They met
he charges Of our troops mapfuIly, and
stood The destructive fire that was pouredin
upon them, without giving way, until the
works were eHcnpbered with ttbe deaaand