Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-06-11

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/ LIEUT.. JoRDAN.-We were in erro
in stating, last week that Lieut.. Thorn.
as Jordan was wounded. From an au.
thentic source, we learn that it was c.
D. Jordan, of the 9Th Infantry, who
was wounded.
From the Galveston News Extra of Thursday
MATAMORAS TAKEN.
The steamship Telegraph has JUS
arrived from Point Isabel. Through
the politeness of her obliging clerk,
we have been furnished with the fol.
loving information
( He reports that on the 17th inst. a
detachment of 300 Regulars and $50
Volunteers proceeded to Barita, and
took possession of it, and established
a military depot.
! On the night of the 10Th, an express
arrived from Gen. Taylor, stating that
he had crossed the Rio Grande and
taken the city of Matamoras without
opposition, the Mexicans having fled
the city.
The Mexicans, from the last &C
counts, were deserving their ranks in
battalions.
Two U. S. Regiments, with the ex-
ception of $50, having arrived few
days previous, were stationed at Bra
SOS Point, awaiting the orders of Gen.
Taylor, as it was thought they would
leave on the Goth for Matamoras via
the old Birita road.
j Col. Mcintosh, Capt. Page and all
the others that were wounded in the
actions of the 9Th and 9th are at Point
Isabel, and were recovering.
The Telegraph is just twenty-six
hou,s from Point Isabel. Capt. Aud,
of the Telegraph, who has had oppor-
tunities for obtaining correct informa-
ton, has given us some interesting par
ticulars in relation to our Army opera
tons.
We have now scarcely time to allude
to them. The escape of Capt. Thorn
| ton at the time his company was SO
badly cut up, is almost Incredible
After carrying him safely over high
hedge enclosure, into which he had
been decoyed, his horse bore him safe
ly over fences and deep ravines, swim
ming the Rio Grande, above Matamo-
ras; then passing down below the town
on the opposite side. In attempting
to leap broad ditch he missed his
footing, when both horse and rider
were thrown. By the fall Capt. ].
was SO stunned that he was soon after
taken up by the Mexicans, perfectly
unconscious of what had happened
After the battle Of the 9th he was ex-
changed and restored to our Army.
Capt. Aud thinks the whole num-
Der of our killed and wounded must a.
mount to more than 800; besides the
wounded taken to St. Joseph's, there
are now forty at Point Isabel too badly
wounded to be removed. All but
three, it is thought, will recover.
There are three Mexican prisoners
having but one leg between them all.
After being shot in the arm Col.
Mcintosh received bayonet wound
in the mouth which passed through
one side of his head. There are hopes
ofhis recovery.
The condition of the brave and es-
teemed Captain Page is melancholy
indeed. The whole ofhis lower Jaw,
with part of his tongue and palate, was
shot away by a grape shot: He, how-
ever, survives, though entirely incapa-
Bile of speech. He communicates his
thoughts by writing on slate, and
receives the necessary nutriment for
the support oflife, with much difficult
ty. He does not desire to live, but
converses with cheerfulness and exul-
tation upon the success of our Army.
All our accounts represent the Mex
leans as having fought on the 9Th and
9th instant with acourage and despera-
ton that would have reflected credit
upon the troops of ally nation.
They were nearly in state of star
walton, and had been promised the am
pie supplies of the American camp, in
case they would secure the victory
They met The charges of our troops
manfully and stood the destructive fire
that was poured upon them without
giving way, until the works were en-
numbered with the dead and wounded.