The Ripley advertiser., 1846-04-18

rom abfdid, ahd for lhs purpose VI esiina and
nfinsHribg he publir seuiiWsti, rJbie opin'
0h, heeptpf, is 90 eifunn that PAfpder, Aliet
h,aueht demands, has found II neoessafy W is'
sue proclamation cs0ntfs'inr himself ifon The
mput alton oi having melted the frthlution
whlrh raised him ~ power, idf The Jffhosr oi
aiding The designs ~ lufeirn Saies IN subsen'
ne tio pulty NJ the country, Pafedes declares
himself Republican, aud ths, he permitted The
repeated articles Of NJ J,empo only ov, Of 70
gard iof free d,seussion."
The "Afmy Of Occupation" has taken po.
sillop winch completely commands Watainofss'
Their advance 10 the present opcampmeht met
no mpra serious encounter ib,o the exhibition
of a fcv fsycal specimens OF Mexican bfsyado
The Galveston News has the following items
of Intelligence IN regard TO any moyemeDis.--
.Csn. TAytou, with company Of dragons
under The command Of Col Tsiggs, having left
the main army, arrived at Fo'nt 'saool smu'a.
neousy With tho feet Of transports from Aran
sas, on the 2ilh ull, there not being hali an
hours difference IN the arrivals by land and
water.
"On the appear ance Of the fleet the Captain
of Por, (Roderiguez,) set fire TO the custom.
house and the several other buildings at Point
IscbeI, aud made his retreat good to the r,ver
although pursued some distance by order OF
G m ray lor The buildings destroyed were
of little value.
"Tho only opposition experienced by the ar
my occupatl N, was itst at the l.ltte' Colorado
where Mexican officer with about $50 noun
ted men threa ened TO fire up u Gen Il, II he.
attempted to cross that strean, stating that
such were his positive otders,snd that Mericans
kae,o no fear. The artnery was Immediately
ordered 10, where the troops formed and CON
menced lording IN perfect order, the water be.
ing nearly to their arm pits whereupon the
MeXicans retreated. The ouy other show of
opposition had been previously made by party
of fly or sixty who having met the army in the
prairie, informed Gen. Taylor that he must pro
ceed no further in that direction BY order Of
Gen, II. the army opened, and thus party was
permtJec to march through 10 the rear, and
then depart
"Wheu near Point Isabel with the dragons,
Gen. Il. received deputaton of thirty or forty
men bearing proclamation aud message from
Gen. Mei'a filled with threats in the usual style
of Mexican gasconade. AT this moment tn e
cofagraton made at Point Isabel, by Rlderl-
cuez was discovered, and Gen II. dismissed the
deputaton, directing them to inform Gen. Me.
ia, that he would reply to his message oppo.
site 'Matamoras on Saturday, the 25th Of March
Another account gives the following particu,
lars
"On ,he arrival of the Army of Occupation
in front of Mat2moras, the Mexican forces were
drawn out oa the opposite bank OF the rlver.ma
king great display Of martial music, with
trumpels, bugles, ETC., which mode OF salu,a.
ton wa, duly rec rprucated in kind by similar
sounding OF trumpcts, and drums in the Amer
lean lines.
Thus eaded the first days rencounter be
tween the two armies on the oppsite banks OF
the Rio Grandc, and within two or three bur-
dred yards OF each other.
"On the next morning (29h the Amer.
can troops discovered the Mexican Artillery, OF
lS pounders lining the opposite bank,and poln-
ting directly into their camp whereupon the
American Army moved their enc ampment -four
miles below. This step was doubtless taken
BY Gen Taylor in order TO avoid every appear
ance of any disposition 10 commit aggressions
upon the West bank of the river, and to main
tain strictly the defensiAe character OF his op
Ierations. The most reliable statements repre-.
sen, the regular army in Matamoras to consist
of 1000 soldiers, and 500 rancheros. The
Mexican citizens ofthe Rio Grandh are said to
be quite dsaifac,ed towards their own Govern
men. aod secretly friendly TO the American
cause"