Washington telegraph., 1847-04-28

faoN rItE RIO GBANnH.=-.lhe steamship Tele.
graph arrived At New Orleans on the 10Th iusi,,
from the Brasns, but without any news Of inisfesi
The Bulletin received by her the MaiAmoras Eag
OF the % iusi., aud gives some extracts
There is ia truth VA the prssi8ns repafiz af a
battle between Gen TayIof aad the Me.eans
undff ufreu.
zen. Taylaf bad tstuFard 10 Monterey. ailer
having made IN unsuccessful attempt 10 ssi at
Morales, Whu had concentrated, It l. saa, } OF
1000 men,
The Flag says BY boat which arrived fiom
Camufeo lat evening, Hv have received The i5l.
loving LITTER
camafsa, March %
train Of laj wagons starts ia.mouoW Tor
Monterey, VIA China II . 10 b. escorted h tea
companies Of the Virginia Regiment, va pIsess
oi artillery, aud 35s Texan Rangers, whole aseof.
being under tue command Of Col llam,famss
Gen Lamar. With lis command u The Texas
Regiment, s gong 10 sabnes, and ibrnoo 10 Mon.
coFa. From Moncluya they vii probably @ 10
Pauas and saiilli.
Attempted Rsraluiiaa IN Mfzi6a--We under.
stand from the captain Of the Corvette, winch
pass1d down The river ~ Thursday last, that
lellsf was received at Gamafgo, Just before he
lell, from Capt Montgomery, q II. At Manlaisy,
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authority, tlat Gen Afsia, nrrnscl al The dis.
grace put upon him by santa Anua, 90 dill' rent
from hi. treatment of Amplda, had suecr,dei Ia
raising 1000 men, aud was marching from Zaca.
leeas to the city Of Mexico determined to pot
down santa Anna's authority, and r,in,iaie Her.
rem. II was uGder,iooi that santa Anna had
marched with the remnlnl Of his shattered forces
10 crush Afisia.
4 II ~
While ai Cimargu, that gallant Texan officer,
Col. Cooke, hfsi heard oi the inhuman massAcfc
near Ccralyo, lIe started In immediate puf.uIt
Of the mufdercfs. to rain dowu fetrlbuive justice
upon their heads for their dignfly conduct H.
succeeded in capturing one Of IHcau officers,
Whosr ianalirism, no doubt, nstisaiod the afro.
ciirs, loo fcyu'tns 10 dsrrney and humanity 10
describe. lie was identified as the murderer of
Burns, and Was seen 10 manslr, no., horribly,
with hs own hands, the dead bodies Of the Amen.
eau isamsteu- Moved By he sliut " o demon.
he attempted, and would have murdered. the rfl,f
distracted daughter Of the unfortunate Burns, bli
for the Interference Of brother officer n the saino
division. Amer be- was taken. and bound by
thongs around The wfsis, BE- spfang, nilrd a ps.
iO which Col Cooke had laid down. tired al aud
wounded him In the karr Eunged iof an n.
st1ni, he drew hh sword, bat his anger melted
away at the sigli Of the cords which confined his
arms, and be dtsIsied from his hasty purpose.
lie was then placed Ia a wagon, with a siek
soldier, guarded by Gle Of men, and was thus
conveyed until they reached the spot where III.
massacre had taken place, A halt wac ordered
untl the rites Of bunal could b. performed One
Of the company, who had lot a brother in the
iglt stole, with his rife, unpefreyed. 10 the dc
tnnce Of one hundred and iny yards from the
wagon, where he sccreied himself behind a bush.
and waited uniil bis comrades len an open space
between him and the butcher Of hIs brother. when
h. fred aud drove ball through hs bosom The
desperate man, feeling that the thread which
bound him 10 lie was cut, snaichcd the guu Of the
sck soldier aud made an almost suprfhuman
effort to shoot one Of the guards which he came
within a hair's breadth Of accomplishing