The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-05-30

"''ih Ia TER FROM THE ARMY
The james l. Day arrived at New orles,
on the 80 h wtb3 DAYS later Intelligence f,o,
the Army.
Gen. Taylor bad loft Point Isabel on the "A.
with Que cvmplny oi artillery aud Two Of Ora
eoona, taking wl'h bun a large tram of waron.
, oen. Taylor travels IA The simplest style, dress
ca IKE PLAIN country farmer. ills soldier
nave bick.naIned hun Old Rough aud Ready.
An arrival from the Fort met him on In
iott.-lio doubtless reached his camD in safety
Nothing farther Is stated about the advanc,
OF fatedes or new troops. II e supposed SOM
/ d or E0u0 Me&Ieans are lowering IN the neigh
borhood Of Point Isabel.
There arc now 200 men a, Point Isabo
ana arrivals OF volunteers are coming IN every
day.-The place is considered too strong for
any Mexican force TO take it.
Four companies cf regular infantry. one ar.
tiIlcry company Of Louisiana volunteers. and
The Mobile volunteers, in all about 1000 left
Point Isabel for Bari'a on the 18Th. nader
the command Of Col. Wilson. Attbis town of
Barita the MeXcans have collected in consid.
.erabe strength. II is on the RIO Grande about
midway between MatamOras and the Guf. Gen
Taylor has entrusted the taking of the place
and holding It the volunteers, aud thew are de,
teTmHed to prove themselves worthy Of the
uust. The U. ;. Steamer Mlssisspoi, FRI.
gates Cumberland, Rartan, Potomac aud st
Marys, and brigs Sorhers aud Lawrence. have
run down to the mouth OF the river and will
send a detachment IN boats up the stream to
cooperate with the land forces Stefmers will
hereafter take transports for The army to Barua
Il Is no doubt Gen. Taylor's dce'g1 to con.
centfa'" a" army by al approach irpm various
points Iof decisive action at an early day
perhaps an attack on Matamoras
The next engagement we viii hear Of vi !
PROBABLY be the collision at Barita Sentinel
a. Il is Impossible TO predict what effect
the news Of actual hos,ilit,es COMMANDED nm
me no Gfande, may have on our relations
win England. There was every reason to be.
leVe that instructions were sent bv the last
steamer to Nj. Packenham 10 re.onen nerotIa
tons, and propose settlement Of the question
bv compromise on the baeis Of The 4gth decree.
ms proposition has not been submitted bv
ny hIm,noT has he taken any STEP that we learn.
''"afus reopening negotiations; but, on receiv.
hE Information that The MeXicans were on THE
SIDE the Rio Grande, despatched messenger
q 54Fcfaar as we learn fra4as~ 1nah1.sss.7
WIN dispatches to ms government ~That bel
imposed that the event of a war with mexico |
you'd dispose our government to compromise
. terms more favorable to England, and SO
dVIsef inc British government there can be
tile doubt. What the consequences ofthis
rror may be we cannot predict, but very much
'ar that 1t will increase the difficulties atten. L
ing the settlement Of this already much en-
arrassed subject
This error We say, for had Mr.. packenham
ave delayed the departure OF his messenger.
atil information OF the alacrity with which the t
9opIe, ~ every quarter of the country, are pre-.
arng Tor The emergency, should have reached =
IN, nc might have assured his government of q
Nv LITTLE she could rely upon our difficulties a
18th mexico, as IN any way efftctng the oues- p
on favorably for her; and the prompt action of Il
e House, IN responding to the recommended. !
OILS OF the message; would have taught him "
Nv shortIived must be the contest between Us h
I'd Mexico. "
mr., Packenham has already once; 10 all prob Z
'lhty, lmpeded The settlement of our dilTicuI. Z
IS with England, by his unceremonious reiec. |.
9n of the Presidents offer of 40 > and now, u
ould war ensue, it will be, 10 great measure
be ascribed, TO his neglect, in failing to pre-.
r the proposition of the British government, \,
Imposing instruction. were sent him SO to do a,
which, we repeat, we have no doubt,) and =,
haste IN forwarding dispatches TO his gov q,
nmeni. with information of recent events, be. ~
'e their resulting consequences had in any
" developed themseIves. But few DAYS de- :,
J would have assured how little enbarrass V
mt the government was likely to experience u
its advocacy Of cur rights, aud how ready the Of
lzens, in every section of the country were, to %
fend them.-Apsal. u