Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-08-06
FROM MEXICO.
FRoM THE n. o. PfcAvuxr, 5rLy 25.
LATER FROM THE ARMY.
CAAfAR(Sn TAEEN
CAMARGO TAX

LATER FROM THE ARMY.
CAMARGO TAKEN.
The steamship Fashion, Capt Fullerton,
arrived hate iast evening ffoin Brazos Santiago.
We have not received our letters by this arri-
saJ, but we learn verbaiiy that there is gen
.efar movement OF sae troops up tue Rio
'Grande. Gen. TAYLOR, was still al Ma'amo-
ras. bot lie was sending forward the recruits
as FAST IS hrs means OF transportation would
permit him 10 do so.
Advices had arrived Of the taking OF the town
OF Camargo. Six companies Of the 9TH Regi-
rnenr entered that place day or TWO before
/ the Fashion sailed, without firing gun
I These companies were under the command OF
! Capt. WHITING and others. When the u. S.
troops arrived at Camargo, Col. CARRAJABAL
was on the opposite side of the St. Juan river.
He Witnessed the entrance of the troops into
the town, but offered no resistance.
Gen. TAYLOR had received reports from re-
connoisance parties, who reported only three
hundred troops at Monterey. The general
impression III the army was that there would
be no resistance offered to American forces
this side Of that city. No preparations for an
attack Of the town Were made.
The absence Of every thing that indicated
resistance on the part Of the enemy had led
10 the belief in the army that the war was at
an end. The impression was that negotiations
way of accounting for the apparent supine-
ness of the Mexicans.
Reports had reached the camp that PARE
pEs was afraid to leave the city OF Mexico
his presence there being necessary 10 keep
down threatened revolution.
Occasional broils between the Mexicans and
Texan volunteers occurred. The regular SOL
diers exerted every meas for the protection of
the citizens, who were promised security and
support ii case they conduct themselves in a
pedceable and inofiensve manner
There was rumor in camp that Mr.. LuMs-
DEN and his party had been intercepted and
cut off by Indians. The report was not gen
orally credited.
Thevolunteers We're suffering from diarhGa,
but otherwise were well.
The Fashion left Brazos Santiago on last
Tuesday and experienced heavy weather on
the trip. The Sea left eighteen hours before
the Fashion and has not yet arrived.
TWO DAYS LATER FROM MEXICO.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MOBILE TRIBUNE.
PENSACOLA, July IS, 1916.
The U. S. Frigate Raritan, Com. GREGORY,
d
place she left on the 18th inst, bringing two
days later dates than received by the Princeton.
The Vera Cruz papers of the 18th and 10Th,
publish the news of the Oregon Treaty under
the head of Every Important News" The
papers state that in consequence Of the Treaty,
the Mexican people are called on to make In
creased efforts 10 save the country from the ra-
paci,y of the robbers on the ''del Norte."-
They remind the Mexicans Of the manner in
which the French were driven out of Spain,
after Madrid and the cities Of the country were
in possession of the enemy. This was done
by guerilla warfare, in which small parties
of the enemy were murdered wherever they
We're found.
Paroles has not left the city Of Mexico
II was found impossible to raise body of even
5000 to follow him.
1t is the opinion of all well informed persons
that there is nothing TO prevent Gen. TAYLoR's
marching directly TO the city ofMexico. There
are no troops to oppose him.
Gen. ScoTT's ideas of the rainy season have
caused much mirth among those residing in
the neighborhood of the city of Mexico and
Vera Cruz There is no finer climate in the
world than that of the highlands Of Mexico
which are reached near Monterey.
Gen. Moro, the new commander Of the
Castle and city of Vera Cruz, who has sue
ceeded the Vice President Bravo. has entered
upon his duties. He has body of several
hundred men at work every morning on the
low sand beach adjoining the Castle, where he
is throwing up additional breast works. About
sunset the soldiers are exercised at target firing
The guns are mostly of large calibre, and
throw shot 10 great distance.
The American squadron is anchored under
Green Islands. The opinion daily gains that
the Castle can only be taken by escaLade or
boarding" as Jack calls it. This the sailors
Of the squadron are eager TO undertake.
The British steamer arrived at Vera Cruz
on the l4th without SANTA ANA, and the best
informed now say there is no probability Of
his coming there at all
The yellow fever is making great havoc
among the troops both in the Castle and in the
city. The soldiers being mostly from the int
rior are not accustomed TO the climate of the
sea coast, and therefore suffer in health very
severely. Vera Cruz could easily be taken
with two or three thousand men, who could
land either north or south Of it. AT present
the city is nearly deserted.
Excellent health prevails throughout the
squadron, the Rartan excepted, on board
which the scurvey prevails TO great extent.
This is caused by the great length of time
which this vessel has been at sea. She has
been two years and six months on commission,
and all that time has been passed between the
tropic and under a vertical sun.