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McyRMENTs or GENERAL rAfLok.

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MOVEMENTS or GENERAL TAYLOR
VI, Nv Sea psrmiised % psiuse : lesssf
ffcm Gen. TsyIor. dated canargo, me WIN ph.
In |, ~ Genefal states hal b bad ssnten
thr.e hnhdred mules, two hundred wagons, and
a. hu1dred and si1,y thousand tations that
4. you'd mose on The lstto he 5,h inst, him
,,lf "a Mon,erey that il The enemy did DOT
eiye him 6gh. there, be would push onto stl,il-
l.. and lhers arrange BIZ. plans for future and
more fot ward movement
1 REPORTED CAPTURE or MONTEREY.
Anosg The reports 10 circulation vas. enc
brought By Mexicaus. . follows
They say that letters from Monterey
assert that a body OF Americans, Who
came down By the way OF Nsw Mexico.
were Joined near The Preside By nun.
lber Of Texan aceafYrerors. and the com
bined force bad entered the town without
any opposition. II Is believed 10 be trne
by the natives. aud We confess thatvmang
ibiogs woula surprise Us more than The
last mentioned rnoyement. Two weeks
ago letter was received here from Mon.
clova, stating that a body 81 Americans
was advancing upon that place. but i. re-.
ceivedIno credit whatever from the AMER.
cans.
Report says that Col. Harvey was at
the head Of this movemedt..
Col Hays regiment Of Texsn ransers
were Il the Mexican town 81 China on
The 23d August.
Mr.. Keadall writes on the 22d ult.,
from Camargo. that the most auihenyiciin-
,tll:sence ftom Mcnterey represented That
| Mejia h "a 1000 re gulars aud 5000 rawsre.
ctuils. all withou, money Or shoes, pnd
| i'll provided in every respect.
| Al Caiderey:e. thirty miles this side OF
/ Monterey, there was force Of between
700 and 1000 cavalry about The 18th Of
August, better situated than The troops at
| Monterey. bit sill i'll provided Canales
/ and other officers were said TO be recruit
/ ing men by every means 10 their power.
! 10 the same letter Mr. K announces
! Thai news had been received that Gen.
/ Worth hal reached . point one third Of
The way d Seralvo the morning Of ,hsalst
FALL we'll EfH
II RIOT AMONG THE voEUNTEERs.
4 The Picayune has al accouci Of lie riot which
occurred among ,he Georgia solehteeIs, IL Blu.
tia, % the Rio Grande:
!, o. the night .of the 3l.t ult.. riot
broke out among some volunteers. on. a.
steamboat lying al ID encsmpmeni op.
posi,e BuFiia. in which several persons
,, we're saidto have been killed. and others
MORALLY wounded The particulars of
,lisis shameiul.affair. as we have them, ate
tiiese. On board the boat were some
three d. four companies Of Georgia yolua-
Y teers. 81 ahese there. were one Irish CON
pany between which and some other
company.a ieud bad existed for several
days.
! The quarrel reached its climax on ths
: evening mentioned, and . terrible 6sh
e ensued SHOTS were fred, and sword
0 and bsyonets were used iudiscfimina,ely
: 10 the ARRAY some fifteen or,wen,y per
sons are fepof,edAio havs BEEN killed .
norislly wounded. and probably as nan
others we're injured more or less.
,ui Besides the dead and wounded see
4. On Board ard on shore. II is said that
al or 10 were forced overheard, uho eth,
v IL uIOWueu VI oiSu W AuciI AWOuHu1I q
iyt The rioters we're finally subdued, for,
ngl ed ID urrender their arms, and place
ri under q. strong guard.
.I A lelter in The Della says
ed1 pa the morning Of tie Ist ipst aSo
nfe ny of The wounded (some mort ally) We
az lying upon the boat and shore, snd it "
n generally believed ihatths dead Cat le;
Re 8 ofI0) had been throw overheard =
81 81 Y said he Coloneltof ne Georgia Res
~ mentIshot seyeralEof bis own men rim
4 leaders 10 the riot.
g, The Captain Of the Georgia com nan
p while resisting Col. Baker aud bis
a4i brave volunteers. was knocked down vi
* the bplt 0. q musket. and thus disabled
y i'e urging on his men.
= FATAL STEAMBOAT Exp1osfoN.
MI An explosion occurred Oh board i
1 So steamboat Enterprise. Oh he Rio Grand
4 Ihls casually occurred ! little after 1 \
q light on the 2lstH ult, about lot,v e,
Il mites above Reynosa. There wers 81 !
i, ioD persons on board, and ma6y ii Il
Il ,mme date vicinity Of and directly oyI
i inc boilers. who were scarcely Injured
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