The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-06-11

WAR NEWS!
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Wrare iade5iej 10 Inc Galveston News
Of Inc 22ad Msy fos Inc following:
The steamship Telegraph has jus, Ar
rived frem Point lssble.
RelsHs-Thal on the afternoon OF he
i.gh insl, a detachment Of 600 regulars
.il $50 volunteers proceeded 10 Barila
81. tsok possession Of il. and established
\ m.ilary dspOi. Ia The night Of Tho l9.h.
snrvnress alrired from Gen. Taylos. stat
,,si'.sl that he had crossed me rio Graade
and aiken the city Of Malamoras wilhous
oaoosiliOn; The Mexieans have fled the ci-
y.
The Mexicans from las. accounts, were
des...i ing lheir ranks in bailalions.
Two Amcrie5r Regiments, with The
exception Of about $50. having msnrled 4
tvs LAY, prrTiou', were stationed al Inc
q l,sos Point, .wsiling line oaiers Gen.
T.ylJr. and il was thought they wonl,l
lie nl the asth faf Malamoras: via the
oil Rarita road. Col. Mcintosh, Capt.
P4se. sad al he others ,hal we're wound
- 10 he Ion Of The slh aad OH, are al
10 II isahrl. anil were recovering.
The sleop Orange Branch, Capt. Tn
Lerhi.l, arrived yesterday ~ hours from
lsl.gn POiai Port I.ayaca.
& pi. l. says ,isi epnrt rearhed Vie
20 - la>i Friday. hal one hundred Ger
m4os, csco Ing one iunt!scd wagons from
\cN Braunlels 10 the new settlement
on the san Saba, seventy miles above.
were suddenly aitackcdb BY large body OF
Cananches, supposed 10 number several
'hla,and, whereapon the emigrants aban-
toaed their wag0us, Ia seek security. leav-
~ Iasir properly IN Inc hands Of The sa-
wages. There appears 10 he sone nnccr-
;4n.y as 10 numbers, cir, bat tue main
fa,.s = suhstgn. ALLY correct.
Cspt. II. also informs us hat report
cane overland 10 PorG Lavacco last Sun
day. 10 he effect that Ia &c body of la
dams, consls,ins OF me warriors OF several
..DeS, comprising Inc Camaaehe nation,
wee lowering about in The vicini.y of il,c
American enlrsnchmenls opposite Msta-
morss. with a view doubtless 10 join tile
victorious party, and share the plumber Of
ihe defeated.
Capt. Aud. OF the Telegraph, who has
had opportunities for correct information.
has given US some interesting particulars
in relation 10 our army operations which
we have now scarcely time to allude 10.
Capt A. thinks IlIe whole number OF
our killed and wounded must amount 10
more Than 300. Besides the wounded Ia
ken 10 St. Josephs, there are now about
40 at Point Isabel. too badly wounded 10
be remosed-all but three, il is thought,
will recover. There are three Mexican
prisoners having but one leg between them
all. After being shot in the arm, Col.
Mcintosh received bayones wound in the
mouth, which passed through one side of
his head. There are no hopes of his re-
covery.
The condition of the brave and esteem
ed Captain Page is melancholy indeed.
The whole Of his lower jaw, with a part
of his tongue and palate, is shot away by
a grape shot. He however survives,
though incapable ofspeech. He commit
nicatcs his thoughts by writing on slate,
aud receives the necessary nuiEiment for the
support Of life with much difficulty. lie
docs not desire to live, but conTerses with
checrlulness and exultation upon the sue
cess of our arms, and concluded an answer
to some queries concerning the battle Of
the 9th, BY writing: We gave the Next
cans HIP
Col. Symptom found Mexican few
days since in thicket. As soon as he
was discovered he threw away his arms
saving that he had been fighting a month
with nothing but bread and wafer for pro-
visions, that he now wished 10 surrender
to the Americans, as he would fight 10
longer under the Mexican government and
thattwo.thirds of The whole Mexican force
wished 10 do the same.