The banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, 1846-07-15
From the N. 0. P;ekayume, 9th inst.
LATER FROM THE ARMY.

From the N. o. Piekoyune, 9th inst.
LATER FROM THE ARMY.
The steamship Alabama, Capt. Win.
die, arrived this morning from Brazos
Santiago, having sailed thence on Sd
inst We may say at once that she
brings no news of interest," from. the Ar
my. The Mexican forces are supposed
to be concentrated in the vicinity of
Montery under the Immediate COM
mand of Paredes. The American army
appear to be on the point of taking UP
their march to penetrate as far as Mon
terry.
POINT ISABEL, July Sd,
GENTLEMEN,-I left Matamoros last
evening, and started from Gen. Smiths
camp, on this side of the Rio Grande, at
9 o'clock, with volunteer officer, to
ride across the praire. I saw cold
Rough n and Ready" just before leaving.
He was riding out hunting for newspa.
pers. The old gentleman hardly ever
is seen attended by any of his officers or
men in his rides, but goes "poking
about" as l heard q volunteer remark the
oth.r day, "just like other folks" Gen.
Smith was to begin to remove his camp
today, SOME twelve or fifteen miles up
the river on the Mexican side. The
Genefal looks remarkably well and is
in fine spirits.
The mosquitoes showed themselves
IN numbers for the first time at head
quarters last evening. The volunteer
camp was perfectly shrouded by smoke.
raised by the men to keep off intruders
A rumor obtains in camp that portion
ofthe Louisiana volunteers are soon to
be disbanded; and, though they have
been assured that such will not probably
be the case, they are quite uneasy about
1t; a Jeao because they wanted to go
home and fear the rumor is not well
founded, but most of them because they
desire to stay and "see the thing out"
4" When can we move2 Can we ever
get fight out of theme" are the ques.
tons constantly put to persons coming
from Gen. Taylor's quarters.
That large portion of the army will
soon move towards Monterey, can no
longer be doubted, as boats enough of
light draught have arrived to warrant
Gen. Taylor in taking possession of the
country between the mouth of the river
and that place.
The road we came over last night
l mean the wagon road between Point
Isabel and Matamoros; is still impassa.
! bic for loaded wagons, and it is won.
der to me how light wagon can be
dragged over it. From the river to
the Palo Alto, some nine miles,
there is not, altogether, half a mile of
head road. The mud is generally a
foot deep-and in some places two or
three feet deep, and there is at least four
miles OF water, in MANY places hardly
fordable for horses.
The gehtlettian who accompanied me
down captured a gar-fish on asix mile
prairie" between the battle fields the
other day, nearly three feet long. 1
passed over the same place four or five
times when it was perfectly dry with nc
| "fPS"t t~ASS VI AoSluS cVeT Oeen over
flowed. At the Resaca de la Palma
where; as you will observe on the map
road passes between the ponds, there
IS now but one pond, and that is deer
enough any where for a respectable
sized steamboat to pass through it. The
Palo Alto battle field is two-thirds co1et.
| ed with water.
A Mexican prisoner of war, 1t. Ruix
whose arrest l mentioned some time ago
will 60 out to New Orleans in the Ala.
bams. You will recollett that he was
cadght in Matamoras, in the act of try
ing to gather recruits from among the
citizens and the conyaiescent of the
wounded soldiery. A Mexican also
goes out accused ofbeing one of the mur
derers Of the Rogers family
lam not lawyer enough yet to know
how he will be tried, or before wha;
tribunal, but he has an ugly phiz tc
bring before a jury. Mrs. Page, wife
OF Capt. Page who behaved so gallant