The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-05-28

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Wade, arrived in pom on Sunday eEen-
IN. hsFing lell Brassos Santiago he after.
nom Of Wednesday, the 9Th inst Her
news Is important. and 81 lie inosi gEall-
firing disruption.
Our last pTeEiOus accounts came down
70 Wednesday The 29ih ullmo. Capt.
Walker. VI The Texan Rangers, having
come INTO Point Isabel on the evening 81
tie 2slh uliimo, from bis desperate en-
leounler with The MeIiezns. h1d solnn-
leered y carry dispatches 10 General
Taylor. We noN learn By The New
YORK, hat in that desperate ailrmpt-sO
desperate astO be thought lOol-hardy--he
fully succeeded Gen. Taylor learned
from hun the critical situation in which
Point Isabel was placed, and the immi-
nenl danger Of lis being carried BY an
oseEpoWeFing force Of the Msxicans. lie
promptly determined upon = moEemenl
which should protect Point Isabel. and re-
establish hls communication with hIs sup
plies. Accordingly, the evening Of FRI
Lay, the Isl instaas nc iris iris camp, OPP
poslle MaIsmoras, with the main body Of
bis ionres. determined 10 cut his way
through, leaving behind him for the De-
ienee Of the WORKS opposite Matamoras
between 700 and 500 troops. -a.s~
This movement OF Gen. Taylor upon
FONT Isabel was effected without encoun-
lering single Mexican. In place Of mo-
testing him, they concentrated their troops
about the camp which he had just left.
On the morning Of The 81. Gen. Taylor
despatched Capt Walker back TO the
camp for intelligence. The gallant RAN
ger executed his commission with success.
returning TO Point Isabel the afternoon Of
the 5.h. lie reported that the Mexieans,
taking advantage Of the supposed weak
ness Of the camp. commenced an attack
upon il in front, the morning Of Sunday,
the 3d, with all their batteries from the
opposite side Of the river, and simullane-
ously with detachment Of their forces on
this side Of The Rio Grande, in The rear.
The Americans holly returned the FIRE.
The attack in the rear was Immediately
repulseil, and in less THAI thirty minutes,
the Mexican batieIies were silenced, and
the city Of Malamoras battered down.
The loss to the MexicanS in the action is
yariously set down, While no account
makes il less than 900, the latest report in
regard to il, which we find in the Calves
ton news, carries il as high as ZOO. The
Americans lost but single man, IL Is said.
who was killed by a shell. None were
wounded, so admirable was the state OF
the works before Gen. Taylor left then.
The town of Matamoras is a complete
ruin; there are scarcely houses enough
lefs standing 10 serve as hospitals for the
wounded. a.,. a. .s-... -.
This attack and repulse. however, is
.ennsidarad- hnf .iha nnanina nf the cam
Paign. Cannouading was distinctly heard
AZ times, down TO the hour of the depar-
ture of the New York. Gen. Taylor set
forth on the 9th instant 10 return to his
camp with ample supplies. The Calves
Ton News states that when he left Poin,
Isabel, there was not the SLIGHTEST doubt
entertained that he would have to cut his
way TO his entertainments through vastly
superior numbers Of The enemy, who were
known to be posted in large forces among
The almost impossible ihickets of chap
parrai on the road, with determination
to cut him of, if possible, in his attempt
10 regain his other forces. The Number
Of the MeIicans is entirely vague and un-
certain, though all the statements agree in
estimating them at not less than ten thou.
sand, while many accounts put their num-
Ders at Is or 10000. All accounts agree
also in stating that the Mexican forces
were rapidly ilocking in from all Quarters.
How many crossed the river could not be
old. though the News thinks it would be
,easQnable TO presume that large part Of
heir forces would be brought in requisi-
ion 10 dispute the march of Gen. Taylor.
They could not but see the importance
II cutting him of, and would doubtless ;
'mploy all their advantages of local know. {
edge, skill in horsemanship, and all their
acknowledged resources in stratagem 10
ccomplish their object. Gen. Taylor
anticipated formidable and deperate on.
'osition to his march, bu, determined TO r
ccomplish it or perish. q
Thus reasons the News, and according p
anticipates intelligence of decisive ge- +,
eral action. We are greatly inclined to n
CUB: whether the Mexicans would ven
ire to attack Gen. Taylor's whole force, a
Though they so out-number him but !,
Re shall have a glorious victory to re. \
punt. One account before us states, =
owever, that Gen. Taylor had not left c
'oint Isabel, and probably would not leave
lere before the arrival of further reinforce. II
lents-he having full confidence in the n
oillty of the troops left in camp to main- 5
IN their position against any odds. .