American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-05-21
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES
FROM GENERAL TAYLOR.

e Union of Tuesday evening contains the
living abstract of the dispatches received
Gen. Taylor, by the arrival of the steam
orda at New Orleans:
e learn that dispatches were received this
ing from Gen. Taylor, dated the Sd and
: hstant-both Point Isabel, and the fort on
Rio Grande, perfectly safe.
the LIST, the defences on the river being
strong, (nearly completed Gen. Taylor
4 garrison of some 500 men, under Ma or
I'm, of the It'll infantry, and marched with
Remainder of his army (27 miles) to Point
el. Not an enemy was seen in the whole
nce. All apprehensons for the safety of
depot of supplies were thus dissipated.
ut on the morning Is o'clock) of the Sd,
knemy, from the side of Matamoras, open
heavy cannonade upon our fort, which
Id with but little intermission till midnight.
be meantime the enemy's guns Gall but one
Ear) were silenced by our fort. Major
vn lost one sergeant killed, and not ano-
man wounded. Our gallant little band
ected an assault from this side of the river
he same time, and was fully prepared TO
it. None was made.
atamoras was necessarily fired upon in the
bf silencing the enemy's batteries, and also
i'll or dispense the troops therein quartered.
buildings were probably but little damag'
The inhabitants, no doubt, had mostly
before the commencement of the cannon
What number of Mexican troops were
ID was only known by conjecture: no doubt
Considerable number.
General Taylor, at Point Isabel, expected,
he 9Th, to march the next day with hea-
rain of supplies for the fort on the river,
thence to assume offensive operations
inst the Mexicans; but private letter MAX
he probable conjecture that General Arista
returned with his regulars to the other side
flhe river-leaving in the chapparals only
rancheros-his irregular cavalry. 1t is not
BY that he will Ieinvade Texes, as General
#had received, or expected to receive the 9th
ant, several detachments of troops (regu-
and irregulars) from New Orleans.
The affair with Capt. Walkers Texan rang
as was represented by rumor was much ex-
ferated. In the temporary absence of that
ant and enterprising officer his company
but handful of mems or 10.
Captains Thornton and Hardco, and Lieuten-
Kane, all of the I'd dragons, had arrived
hurt, prisoners of war, at Matamoras, and
orted themselves to Gen. Taylor, by letter,
kindly treated.
BIN the cannonade Major Brown, Captain
nsfeld of the engineers, Captain Lowd, and
garrison were all much distinguished
in Taylor always writes cody. His march
! en- he expected to meet 5000 Mexican horse,
L gallant enterprise. The Mexicans have
probably had, good or bad, 1900 troops on
! lower Rio Grande.
The National Intelligencer also publishes the
Pstance of the dispatches, from which We
tract the following:
bit is true that General Taylor had marched
Point Isabel, with the chief part of his for
\, Gncluding Major Rnggold's Flying Artil
w. which post he had reached unmolested
II intended to remain there until the arrva
reinforcements from home.
There had been no attack on the camp Of
en-. Taylor, left under command of Majo
Town, except that from the Mexican batteries
the opposite side of the river. The firt
bm the Mexican batteries had been returned
Major Brown, and the Mexican batteries
Ienced, but the town of Matamoras had no
len burnt or materially damaged. as far as wa
rown. Major B. had not attempted to des
by it. One man was killed on the American
he, but whether any or how many on the 9th
|, was not known. No Mexican troops hat
bpeared recently OH the eastern side of TIN
Ver, and it was not known what number,
by, were on that side.