Mobile register and journal., 1846-12-30
Later From the Army,

The United States steamer Fashion. Capt Full. lertoR from Brazos Santiago, via Maiagorda Bar and Galveston, arrived late last evening. She left Inc Brszos on ihe 2ith inst The Fashion has IS cabin passengers and 80 discharged volunteers Also. lhe remains Of ibs gallant llison. (irom Nashville 1enn.,, who received the wound which terminated in his lamented death, at the seize of Monterey.
 Tho Fashion brought up a very large mail from the interior ot Mexico, and among her passengers is Capt. feaIman, A Aid-de-camp 10 Gen Wool. who is understood to be bearer of despatches to Washing ton City.
 Col J. Langdon, of New Orleans, who has been attached To General Wool's division of the Army, was passenger in the Fashion, and has po- ''lelv furnished us with the following items o nor aation.
 Gen. Wool's column was left by Col. l.. encamped within two miles of Ihe city of Parras, his force amounting by the field reports, to 2900 men. He is ordered there to establish depot, and lo loyy upon all supplies belonging to the Mexican Government. and he has already taken large quantities of -four, wheat and corn
 The lst and 2d Regiment of Indiana volunteers were on their u,arch from Comargo to join General Wool.
 Gen. Worth was at SaltilIo in command of 1900 men, and lhe command oI Monterey has been assign ed to Gen Butler with 2000 men to garrison it.
 ten. Twiggs and Gen. P. F. Smith, with their respective commands, were at Victoria and Gen. Quman with h,s brigade left Monterey for the same place (Fictoria) on the l4th inst
 Gen. Taylor, with squadron of Dragons, also leli for Victoria on the 10th inst.
 Gen. Patterson WAS to have left on the 22d inst |, accompanied by the Tennessee regiment of cavalry for Tampco via Victoria The Alabama regiment of volunteers, and the 2d regiment of J. $. artillery had arrived there already. The city was in com mand of Gen. Shields.
 Lieut.. Col Henry Clay, with six companies of the 2d regiment of Kentucky volunteers, was at Ceral,o. Capt. Willis was at Mer with two com panies of the reg giment, and Captain (tienera) M B. Lamar, with company is stationed at Lo- redo.
 The S steamer Major Brown, Capt Stirling, was at Lerado, lhe stage of the river being such that she could not navigate IL. Lieut. Tilden is about attempting to remove the distractions in the river, which, il successful, will enable the Major Brown to go up 10 Oamargo.
 Great exertons are beiag made to raise troops in all the small Mexican towns in the neighborhood of the Rio Grande, and with success.
 About ihe 10th inst Captain Stone with detach- ment of 7O men proceeded to ranche up the R io San Juan abouI 37 miles, where he found about 200 Mexlcans collected, and among them Capt Cantoon, who was the particular object of his search, Ca { C was captured, and lhe muster roll of the company and letters oi instruction from Ampudia and Para des, wllh a quantity of blankets. and 50 stand of arms, ainunitien, &c, were secured. Capt Cantoon was carried to Camargo end there put in prison. On the eveang of the 10th inst, n Mexican was taken by the guards at Camargo, having made an enry into the powder magazine with u design, it is supposed, of blowing 1T up.
 Col. Marshal is confined in consequence of iniu. res received m falling from his horse, but was fast recovering.
 An express had reached Gen. Patterson, to the effect that Santa Anna advancing from San Luis Potes on SaltiIlo, for the purpose of cutting off Gen. Worth.
 About 45O Regulars were to have left Camargo OR the 20Ih for Monterey; among them Captains Kerr and Hunters commands of the 2d Regiment of Dragons.
 We learn from passenger in the schooner H M. John on, from Tampco, who caue up in the steamer Fashion from the South West Pass, that there was an attack made Tamplco by an advance from a force of Cavalry nearly 1000 strong. Number at tacking was about 300 The American forces opened park of artillery them, when they speedily re- tired
 The steamer Fashion Jeff about 50 vessels in Bra. zos harbor; schooner sail day for Tampico, with 10 volunteers; schooner do. for Vera Cruz, with Mexican prisoners; schooner Sea- to sail same day for this port; steamer Eudora ghtering 10 get over the bar; schooner Pao Alto was wrecked on the South Breaker the 23i, and full of water schooner c. Vanderbilt was wrecked on Padre Is- land; steam schooner ]. c. Stephens badly aground on the South Breakers, of the mouth of the Rio Glande; ship Gen. Washington and Pharsaa, with several ether vessels, in ihs ofng, 10 wait to be lishtered.