Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-05-30
AFFAIRS AT THE RIO sRANDE.

An extra. issued from the Office Of tie
Washington Uaion. dated Sunia ,-night, May
~, 8 O'clock, cont aims the account from fhe
Army pubii&ed IN the Americaa Yesterday
and two letter- from Com. CosSsR, of the
Guit Squodson. which latter we transfer To our
columns. as psr, of tho history of the tran
sactions on the biaks vi the Rio Granir. The
Estra says
We have reccivcd by the Southern mail OF
this evening fariher details vii n leave no
doubt that the accounts we published last
night of Gen. TA,Lon's vwo VICTORIES are
substantially correct. We give ex,rsc,s from
the OLA isi dispatches oi Commodore Conner
showing thc gallant sod we'll Judged prompt.
twic with which that excellent oihcer. i'm pur.
suancc oi his general instructions IRON ,hs
Navy Department, has bsougl,t his ,sluabl,
ssd ,o the sccae ci action. We had not SUI.
pos,d IL probable that his s.,uadson could have
been concentrated there ~ soon after the Mex
lean a,ta,k commenced
Extract al letters from Commodore CoYSEI
to the Secretary of the Navy. dated
u. =. Snr CuMsERL,sp,
on Vcrs Cruz, M, ,, Isle.
| Tho decided tone al the Manifesto al In,
President oi ih. Mexican rcpublic, in conex
ion with other Indications, seems to leave n,
doubt that orders have been given To Genera
Aris,a to attack the American army on th
IGl Nortc. should "a favorable occasion offer
Under the beltcf that an attack is contempla
ted. L have considered u advisable, and hay
determined TO sail morrow morning for tb,
Brazos Santiago with the Cumberland, Rari
tam, Potomac, John Albums, aud Somers Tn,
rai@"uth VIII be leit here TO protect our in
tercsis and To watch the course OF events.
HE appearance of the squadron at tia
place, with know ledge OF the considerable,
reinforcement it can afford To our army, will
! think, cause the Mexican generals to- pause
II not altogether abandon their de.ign Of at
lacking Gen. Taylor. All accounts concur i,
sta.ing the Mexican army to amount 10 nearl
eight thousand men. leel assured the gov
eminent has not the means al msntoinin
THIS iurce ior any length OF time in the field
indeed, there Is not, even now. a dollar iu Oh
treasury. Hence delay will either Gauss, a,
army To disbaId, or another revolution To TAX
place; either oi which events. ii il believed
cannot bc otherwise than favorable to a.,
WISHES of our government in bringing abou
an a,nicsblc settlement of our difficulties will
Mexico. The latter would undoubtedly con
tribute To that end, as IL would place in pow
er men wholly opposed TO the policy at pres
cnt pursued.
Considerable activity has prevailed at thi,
place since my arrival, in improving and
strengthening the dcfenccs Of the castle and
the town Vera Cruz. As far as 4 am able
TO ascertain, there are now nearly. if not quite.
two hundred guns mounted i'm the Castle al
San Juan d Ulioa, t,nd as many as fifty in
the two forts and walls OF the city command
M the anchorage. Those guns are all new,
aud o' heavy caiibre, most oi them bring thir
tytwo aud iorty.two Founders, with a mum
Der al eight aud ten inc, Psi,ban guns
There are said TO be nearly two thousand men
IA the fortress aud about the same number in
the town.
am. very respectfully
Your obcdient servant,
ID. CONNER,
Commanding Home Squadron.
Hon. EoRGr BANCROFT.
Secretary OF the Navy, Washington.