Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-06-05
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DAILY ADVERTISER-Exro,
Mobile Friday, May %, "a. NJ
From The Gatrsston Neus, DlqD a2nd1
The steamship Telegraph has jusl arrived ,,1r
Point Isabel. ''O'"
| Reports-That on The afternoon Of me ~
inst, detachment Of 300 regulars Am 49,. ="
tecrs proceeded TO Bafiia and took possess =,
| i, and established military depot. Io;or,,,g,.
| OF The l9h an express arrived lIom Gen .i,,.-- "'
s:aing tina; he had CT ssed til. RIO Grace ~
4 taken he city OF Matamoras without o,ro,,,' -.
4 the Meyicans having lied the city.
/ The Mexicans fom las acccun, us,e d..a,,
ing their ranks in bal,aoLs.
Two American Regiments, vi Il tlee,c,n,,.n
otabou $50 having marched lev DAYS rrsyIc,.'
were stationed al The Brassos Point awa;,,ny ,ta
orders OF Gen. T., and il was thought lhey wonS
leave on The 10Th for Ma,amoras, via ,be I'll, y,
ri'a road. Col. Mcintosh, Capt. Page ana al
me DINERS that were wounded in The action q, he
olh ana YIN, are at Poin, Isabel, and were ,eco.
yering.
The sloop Orange Branch, Capt. Unde.hi al.
rived yesterday, "a hours from lncian pont-resr
| Port Lavaca. 20
Capt. U. says that report reached Victoria
last Friday, that one hundred Germans eseo,,itg
one hundred wagons from New Braun>,rls 10 he
| new settlement on The san Saba, seventy miles
above, were suddenly attacked by 4 large lody o..
Camanches, supposed 10 number several thou.
sane; wheTeupon, The emisraEls abandoned heir
WAGONS TO seek security, leaving their property
IN The hands OF the savages. There appears 10 te
some uncertainty as 10 numbers, &c, bal lie
main facts are substantially correct.
| Capt. U. also informs Us that a renou cana
overland 10 Port Lavacco last Sunday 10 the q.
iect that large body OF Indians consisting oirle
warriors OF seveTal Tribes, comprising the Cumsr.
che nation, were lowering abou, 10 the yiciag .;
The American entertainments opposite Malamoras
I with view doubtless 10 Join the victorious rsry
and share The plumber OF the defeated
Capt. Aud, Of The Telegraph v ho has ha3 mn.
poHunites for correct information, has given Ne
some interesting particulars in re!.iiouio ourarpy
| operations which We have how scarcely tine Il
| allude TO.
/ The escape OF Capt Thornton, 4; tle time ii,
/ company was SO badly cur M, is amos, ircret,.
| bic. Alter carrying him safely over he HIGH
hedge enclosure into which he had teen decoyet
his horse bore him swiftly over several o.he,
fences and deep ravines, swimming The Rio
Grande above Malamoras, then passing down be.
low The town on The opposite side, in attempting
/ oleap broad ditch he missed his footing when
both horse and rider were thrown b. he a.l
Capt. Thornton was SO stunned that he was soon
after taken up by the Mexicans, perfectly urcon
scous OF what had happened After The battle u
the 9th he was exchanged and returned 10 ou.
army.
Capt. A. thinks The whole number o. orr kire:
| and wounded must am unit TO more uaG 3Ga--
| Besides he wounded taken II 81 JOscrh> heIe
are now about 40 al Poin, Isabel too bacly woua'.
ed 10 be Iemoved-all bu, three. il is thought vii
recover. There are three Mexican prisoners hay.
ing but one leg between them all Ailer beng
shot in the arm, Col. Mcintosh received bayo.
mel wound in The mouth, which passed through
one site of his head. There are no hopes 0. his
recovery.
The condition of The brave and eseen Ell Cap.
Page is melancholy indeed. The whole 81 his
lower jaw, with part OF his tongue and n ale,
is shot away BY grape shot. He, however
survives, though incapable ofspeech. be CON-
municaes his thoughts by writing on 4 sa;s
and receives the necessary nuirmcnl Tor The sup.
por, of life with much difficulty. lie does ro,
| desire 10 live but conveises with chee:iulLe.s
| and exultaion upon the success at our arm ;, and
/ concluded an answer 10 some queries concern
ing the battle OF the 9th, by wlirin2-"We gave
! the Mexicans h-liw
| All our accounts represent the MeXicans as
having fought on The Sin and 9Th with a courage
and desperation that would have reflected CROFT
upon The troops OF any nation. They were neal.
" in stale OF starvation, and had been pro.
missed the ample supplies OF The American camp
in case they would secure Tie victory. They
mel The charge OF our troops maniully, and stood
the destructive fire that was poured IN upon them
withou, giving way, until The works were encuin.
bered with the dead and wounded.
On The 18Th, il was reported that three thou
sand men had crossed tn I:er AM none q ne
volunteers had yei gore oyer. Gen. Taylor U7s
on The other side; te Intends, a We UNDERSTAND,
10 proceed Immediately 10 the civ q Naamaras,
which he expects 10 take without he ttDe I.
gan Nothing iurher had been heard o. tie
reiniorcement> tina were repcHed 70 be CT tLell
way 10 the relief al Amrucia.
Col. symptom found Mexican few days
since in hickei. As soon as NJ VA cisco9tr-
ed, he threw away his arms. saying thai he had
been fighting month with nothing tul bread and
wafer Tor provisions; that he nov wished % sur
render 10 The Americans, as he would fight no
longer under the Mexican Government ard uat
iwothirds Of the whole Mexican force wished %
do the same.
u Ex-Presdeni Tyler passed through his
city on Tuesday evening, on his return from
IVa.b;rotCn cit, n GRO ba waS py9mined by The