Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-09-19
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NtscE run sat Sttuup.
We are indebted TO the head of ono of tho bureaus. for
the following extracts ofisusrs "Irom officer, Of Gen. T.y.
lors command. which he thinks viii be found full Of in
terest" I ~
"Ezirsei Of a isuo Jrsm an sNsu Of az Ensiseer ssss
(TspesraphiesD rifA Goa. Tsyiors army. Sst.s
"CAsARoo. 2t,h August. lsl6.
"on the ID, OF August, l received verbal orders from Cen.
Taylor, with my assistants, to accompany Col. Catlsnd,.
command. for the purpose Of reeonnoneriny the ro,5 H.
tween ma'amoras and Csmarso. Gen. Taylor, with tho
remainder OF hs stall. LEFT Mstsmoras on a steamer 20 ,..
ccnd the river on the 4th OF August. 1 arrived hc,e win
the command OF Col. Garland on tho I3th. NV two AZ.
Pope having joined the evening before our departure from
Matsmoras.
General Worth having been ordered to advance and q.
taohsh q depot AZ Scralvo; no was engaged leth Auy,.,
in passing tho river st. Juan. rs the best rou,e !. f,,eS -
be by the vicinity OF Miers. Lieuts. Meade and pom. h,x.
Joen o,aereu 70 report TO him: They began their march on
about 900 men inclusive OF Captain Duncan's ar,llsry
"Serslvo Is at a distance OF &c miles from Camarvo and
about ~ from Monterey, and is generally regarded "a ,Io
halfway point Its in q direction from Cam,r.o w :
W.. The last portion OF the road. in approaching sc,.lxo
Is through a billy district. and passes many small noun.
ralvo. "' Se-
From Csmsrgo to Mier, the road lies in tho valley Of
the Rio Grando; it then folows up the valley of the a.
Aguds. UNIV
The road over which Lieut. Col. Gariand's command
passed rom Matamoras, was that by 'Gartano' and .R az.
nosa, as the river road was too wet and mity 70, b,,yx
Trains. IT'S called the upper road is IL mile, long.,
ahd n very dry weather iInpraeticablc for troops, owing 10
'he deheieney OF water. In rainy weather. or when IN.
snow melts at tho head streams, the Rio Grande rise. :,
a great elevation, and overlows the back country. /, 1, |,
Typographical feature, OF this region, worthy of mote. r.,
me MYERS generally Use and fall through an unusual yer,i.
cal space. And IL Is asserted that in some Instances tho
huctuauon reaches as much as 30 feet.
IN the late Il cd, the wator WIS two feet dec, i, a.. 4.
IA StCamargo; this came from the ST. Juan bu, n w,.
an unusual rse, as many OF tho houses were dcstroy,,i Nv
the i%nundation. The rise NJ this point w,s =, 49, -
more than 30 or SIS feet.
'ln my reconnaissance of the river road long .f., N.
noou ; us maximum, and had begun to subsidc, |
found the water across the road. in various places. uo - ~
Gnnde. ~" "e MO
"Thc army in the field between seralyo and Poi,, I.,,.I
amounts to, volunteers and regulars, perhaps, l6. 900 men
t"s volunteers 1eing portions OF the quota from each State
nsnna oeen called upon. the remainder, perhaps abou,
S,oOo volunteers, are yet to arrive.
AT Point Isabel there remains I'm, n ..
inc place n commanded by Maj. Gardner; il is the Jsno,
. ordnance. and the general hospital. In the yicinity of
go !, ~ oall.a arc eneanPed two brigades of volun.
OF regulars, and one regiment Of volunteers.
Capt. Vlnton was expedited from Camarvo IN N,..
with a small command, about u fortnight since. in cons.-
quence OF an Eruption ofthe Indians, aud for M. nro,ec,;nn
OF the Inhabitants against their incursions. Al Sr,,ivo
Gen; Worth was about 900 strong, as before stated.
"Ihe brigade OF Col. Smith has crossed the river and
Is awaiting the means OF transportation TO enable r., ..
move towards Seralvo. The rest Of the army n ei,bsr
en- roHt towards this place, or are encamped here.
The transportation OF troops from the Brazos is gepor.
auy operated by steamboats,, after marching them acro..
Irom tue Brszos to near the mouth Of tho Rio Grande-
Ahe w : haNlgaole Tor steamers OF small class In n dis-
lance OF about two miles above the mouth OF the 81. Imam
at which point they are arrested by rapids. A s,mH,, oh.
srueti0n occurs IN the 81. Juan about six mile. above tbs
place, but, overcoming this obstacle, il II. SAID the ,iv.r 4.
should the position Of the army be permanent At Mon,.rav
TO take advantage OF high water in the river to got a boat
above the rapids, which | presume, nigh, bo effected. !,
would be n vast economy OF transportation.
ut IL understood that it is the wish of General T,yI,,
10 ADVANCE upon Monterey, but that he is DELAYED nv the
necessary arrangements for depots OF various kinds. and
the throwing forward Of the necessary munitions. :, n /.
word, IN perteeung his line OF communications This
uhncu'uos encountered IN operations OF this nature seem
TO be very formidable, for very little reliance il nI,c-
ed upon the resources of the territory in which W.
arc engaged; and 1t is difficult to procure supple. from
ue INHABITANTS VINO are utterly thrftless and lazy, and
VINO require Tor the little they do supply, the most ex-
traSagant prices. We pass through a country ,ichIv
provided with grass, and covered with herds of ,b,;y
ing cattle, yet they supply the Camp with fodder
beef, mix, &c, nj a price far exceeding what il can
be purchased Tor in the most populous cities of ,bo
United States. Such are the prices for the abpndn,,
products OF the country; but objects the result of ncrL,n-
ieAi labor however coarse; fabrics that are imported, in fact
every detail OF convenience, are at q price here for which
we can only account on the ground Of their natural .iner,.
ness, which gives an inordinate value in their eyes In n
thing that Is the result OF human industry; added IN which
they have no appreciation Of the value of money bv !,
Standard since II Is comparatively useless TO them in sup.
plying tho Injuries OF life, which are, in fact, not 10 be pro-
cured IN exchange for II; hence regarded as a mass thew are
most primitive IN their habits, and are really moi mani A.
gtees ABOVE Tie Indians o! our country. They live in huis
built OF reeds or mud, bnd thstched with a Kind OF conr,e
straw. They possess scarcely any Of the appliances n,
civilized hio;a rude couch, a table and n bench, even when
they do occur, are their only objects OF furniture. Their
dress quite as mesgre as that of our Indians, and their per-
sons, especially those ofthe females. quite as much exposed.
their language though based upon The Spanish. Is n miser.
aole Pa,ols' Ehemlnaio and lazy their occupations arc
assimia'ed with the domestic occupations of the Indian.
but they are wanting in The enterprise The latter displays IN
MS excursions. They possess one striking advantage.
however, over the Indian, in not being addicted TO the ne,
OF intoxicating hquors; in regard TO personal appearance
thoy are likewise superior, and are perhaps a shade lighter
in complexion.
such n people can obviously never meet us in battle
with success; they will abandon the field though their nun.
bers should triple our own.
From news received this morning. the force at Monte.
reg consists OF about 5000 men, Of which about two are
regulars, being the remains Of the army defeated on the stb
and 9Th of May. They have Likewise a force in advance az
Monterey Of about 700 cavalry lat Cadariti, distance 25
miles from Monterey) Tho informant reports them a 3 not
well prepared Tor action, and states that the horses are in
miserable condition.
They have a, Monterey two pieces Of artillery "a. pound.
crs, and four Of small caliber; he states they are (ortifying
but that their works ao not IN n stale Of completion.
General Taylor received the news last evening Of tho
movement without ORDER, Of Lieutenant Col. Harvey from
San Antonio towards Monelova; il is now almost a month
since he set out upon the expedition.
tMonclova is on the Rio GTAnde, on the road to CAihua.
hHa-the route on which Gen. Woods command. 10 which
Col. Harvey is assigned, is destined
"Undor existing circumstances, il is believed that Genl.
Taylor will make the utmost eXerton to reach Monterey.
a. il is believed that no resistance will be made of anv mo-,
ment to the entrance o. his army. The person who brings
intelligence asserts that the people Of Moierey and the coun.
Try adjacent are anxious for tbs arrival of the Americans.
"The station Of my camp has been determined by ma
| hud IL in latitude zee 30 OIL 3; about one-third Of n mile
north Of the Pl,zs. J regret extremely that have not the
means OF determining l%ongiudes; il would be one of the
best means Of verifying our TeconnOisssnces, and establish.
ing geographical points"
Extract Of a letter from a field officer of General Tav.
ioT's command, dated
"CANAE0o, 24th Aug. 1876.
Accept my thsnks for the map, and the summary Of
news which came under cover with il. We will try to
give you moro accurate information in a few months OF the
| topography OF this part of Mexico. than has ha,n b.,.to-
fore published.
Gen. Worh,s brigade left us a week since to establish
a depot az Saralyo, which 10 about half way To Monterey,
aud some miles west Of the San Juan river. The location
Of the town Is feprcson'sd as beautiful, with plenty Of Guit
round about II. The mounnins IN full view, and nsinz at
somo foinh as high os 200 feet THO wafer clear and
cool, running or rather dashing over beds Of rocks. Smiths
brigade, tho 9Th aud 1h infantry, marched Yesterday on
Worih,s lrlll. Gahand,s brigade. Including Bragn,a bni-