American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-06-22
FURTHER NEWS FROM THE ARMY.


FIRST MOVEMENT OF INVASION OF MEXI
CO-PRoBABLE RETREAT OF THE MEXI.
CANS TO TAMPlCO-THE BODY OF LIEUT.
IORTER FOUND, sc.
The Galveston got up to New Orleans on
the 18th. The correspondent of the Charles
ton News writes as follows:
On Saturday, the It'll inst, Lieut.. Col. Will
son left Matamoras for Renoso, making the
first movement towards the invasion of Mexico
by the American army. Col. Wilson has a
command of five hundred strong.
-Four companies OF the list Regiment of in
hntry under the respective commands of Mai
Abercrombie, Capts, Miller, Bacillus, and La
Motto; Capt. Prices Company of Tcxan Ran
gers, with section of Lieut.. Braggs' battery,
under Lieuts. Thomas and Johust0ne, COM
pany Of Alabama volunteers under Gen. Desha.
form the command
This movement is highly interesting, because
1t opens the ball OF carrying the war INTO the
cnemy's country. Reinoso is a small town on
the Rio Grande, sixty miles from Nlatamoras
and containing about one thousand inhabitants
1t is presumed that Col. Wilson and the brave
soldiers under him, will take it without blow,
at least the soldiers fear such will be the case
The volunteers are in good health and spill
its--very few cases Of sickness. II is rumored
that Gen. Arista has sent proclamation to
Gen. Taylor, ordering him to leave Matamo-
ras within given time, or he should be Obliged
to come down from Monterey and chastise h,m
for remaining on the west side Of the Rio
Grande.
We copy from the Picayune the following
additional news by the Galveston:
The following officers arrived destined for
the recruiting service: Leuts. Smith, Gordon,
Johns and Van BukkeIer, Of the Sd Infantry,
destined for Newport, Ky; Capts. Morrison
and Morris, of the 4th Infantry, aud Captain
Montgomery and Lleuts. Burbank, Jordan,
Beardslcy, and Reeves, Of the 4th infantry, for
New York; Lieuts. Marcy, Ruggles and Crit
tenden, of the 9th infantry, for Philadelphia;
Majs, Rains and Seawell, and Capts Hawkins
and Lee, and Lieu,s, Hayman, Henry, and
Wood, of the 18th infantry, for Boston; Captain
Hunter, and Lieuts Lowrey and Sanders of
the ID Dragons, for Baltimore.
LIEUT.. PORTER. We learned yesterday from
one OF the officers of the Army that the body
OF Lieut.. Porter, of the 18th Infantry, has been
found about &c miles from Matamoras, on the
other side of the river. 1t was recognized by a
peculiar MARI upon the arm.
We regret to say that Gov Butler, ofSouth
Carolina, reached here in very low state of
health, but we are in hopes that few US of
quiet and repose will bring him up speedily
Volunteers have at last begun to pour into
Galveston freely. From the News Of the 9th
inst we copy the following:
A full company, under Cayt. Arnold, arrived
by the steamer Samuel NJ. Williams, on the
9th inst They are from Nacogdochcs, and
carry a standard with the words "Oh Nacug-
doches" on it.
A company from Jasper and Jefferson coun-
ties arrived from Sabine, by water, last Satur-
day the 6th commanded by Capt. Chesire, who
was in the battle of San Jacinto. These have
also been received, and left for Point Isabel on
the schooner Tesla, Capt. Fisk, this morning.
BY this arrival we have received the first
two numbers Of the "RepubIic of the Rio
Grande and Friend of the People" The first
number is dated June LIST, and the second June
Sth. The motto of tho paper is, Gear not
the brave and generous soldier is only to be
dreaded in the field Of battle" The leading
articles are printed both in English and Span
ish.
The purpose is to convince the people of Ia
maulipas, Coahula, New Leon and Chihua.
hua, Of the futility of resisting American arms
and to throw upon the Administration of Pa
redes the responsibility of the war. A separa-
ton of the Departments named above from the
Central Government of Mexico is the distinct
aim of this new paper. We have not room for
one of its "leaders" to-day, but Gull isw
''news items" as follows
.MopementS Of The Enemy. A traveller from
Tampco met Government carrier between
that place and Victoria, about ten days ago
hunting for the Mexican army, for whom he
bore orders, he said, to retreat upon Tampico,
This would seem to Indicate that the Govern
ment consider the day as definitely lost in this
quarter, or We're unable to reinforce their army
sufficiently to enable it to stand another battle,
and were collecting its fragments for the do
fence of Vera Cruz.
The port OF Tampco was not blockaded, he
states, as vessels were entering and departing,
though an American sloop of war-the ST.
Mary's-was in sight. Mr.. Zchatzell and the
other Americans, who were so rudely driven
from Matamoras by Ampudia, had reached
Tampco in safety, though shaken in health by
their forced Journey of three hundred miles
They took shipping on the esd ult., for this
place, where they may be hourly expected
A correspondent of the Picayune SAYS the
wounded are all doing we'll. He says los
were wounded in the two battles, and notices
deaths from wounds. Capt. Page is out of
danger. Col. Mcintosh is improving very
much.
Irish Httmor. An Irishman of Capt. Dun
cans battery, in leading a wounded horse from
the field at Palo Alto, after the BATTLE was an
noyed by the bowling of wolves, attracted to
the spot by the Mexican dead. ''Ah be aisy,
We bastes. sure there's enough for all iy veesi',
Sickness prevails to some extent Throughout,
the volunteers, confined, however, TO bowe
complaints chiefly; but no sign of fever. The