Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-06-03


TIE desiaatiea ofooe-h bali Of ~ "a Raei.
msnt q Dvago0as. which wss ordered 70 join
Gen. Taylor. has been changed. Fire CON-
panies have been ordered to Gen. Scott
Three OF these companies--so wit:-Capt.
Duperuss, Of Louisiana. Csps. Gathers ol
Kentucky, and Capt. ford's Of Indiana, leave
this evening 10 the Fnshsou for Vera Cruz,
under Lieut.. Col. T. P. Moore. Capt. Nc.
Reynolds company. from Michigan, will
Proaby leave tomorrow on the steamship
Mary kings!and for the same destination.
The diversion of troops intended for Gen,
Tay lor's column would lead US to suppose
thar il IS not designed that the Rio Grande
army shall make movement towards San
Luis Poiosi for some time.
From the .Nsss Orleans Pieayms, .afay 20.
FaoM vExA Caux--The steamship Eudo
ra. Capt. Wilcox, arrived At late hour las,
evening from Vera Cruz the l4,h inst, bring
ing as passen yers Col. Haskell, Ii. Col. Cum
mings. Surg T. B. Hill. Capt. G. w. Nc.
Gown, Capt II. F. Murray, Capt. H. j
Richardson, Lieut., G. w. Bounds, Lieu,
u. w. Chambers, Lieut. VIM. G. McAdoo
Lieut., A. J. Ellis, Lieu, E. Sullivan, d. +
Douglass. Suffer, and l70 wounded and sicl
priva,es, OF the I'd Regiment Tennessee Vol
un,eers; also. Lieut. Geo. Sutherland. anc
Lieut.. Alex ndei P. Greene, OF the Kentucky
Volunteers. The Eudora brings NO later in,
,elligence.
LATER FROM THE BRAZOs
An arrival at New Orleans on the Goth in.
slant from, BRACES Santiago, brings advicel
from that place to the 4th inst and from
Maiamoras to the 18th. The Picayune says
Gen. Gushing was doing very well. II was
his right leg which was broken, not his left.
The Msiamoros Flag thinks he will shortly
be able TO attend to his various duties.
Reports were in circulation at Matamoras
that some influential Mexicans at Victoria are
engaged in a projectto proclaim the State Of
Tamaulipas independent of,he Mexieaa con-
federacy.
The Flag says tina, considerable parties of
Indians have been seer at diGeren,tilnes with
out the last few days. only few miles from
Matamoras.
The Rio Grande is so low that boats of,he
lightest draught cannot get to Camargo. No
vessels have lately been above the new depot,
and but two or three SO high up. Reynosa
is about as fer a boats San ascend with any
success.
FROM TABASCO.
The U. s. revenue cutter Ewing, Capt.
Moore, arrived at s. West Pass Of the Mis-
sissippi on the 18th instant from Vera Cruz.
via Tabasco, leaving the latter port GA the l2th
inst. The E. left at anchor outside the bar al
'rabasco the friga,e Raritan, the sloop of war
Albany and Spanish brig -of-war The u.
s. revenue cutter McLane was in the river,
aud brig, name unknown. Com. Perry
was daily expected with the steamers at Ia
basco. There were no news when the Ewing
sailed.
Advices had been received at New Orleans
from Havana TO the Sth inst.
The Spanish war steamers Congresso and
Bazan entered the port Of Santiago de Cuba
on the 23d April. The French steamer Ton.
ncrre arrived at the same port on the 22d
from ST. Thomas. On the oath the royal
steamer Clyde arrived there week after her
time. She went 10 see again within an hour.
The English corvette Nova Scotia. which
sailed from Clenfuegos on the 18th April for
Newfoundland, was wrecked on the Goth on
Los Jardines, southwest of the Isle of Pines.
The eap,ais and crew saved nothing from the
ship but took to the boats. They arrived on
the Goth at Cape San Antonio. and there TAX
ing pilo, they reached Havana on the 18th inst.
CALIvoRx,A.-The New Orleans picayune
says
Last evening we had the pleasure Of con-
versation with MIR. Stoizel, German Gentle
man, who left Mazatlan on the morning of
the 9th of April, much the latest dates VIC
have had from that quarter. When he left
the Americans were in quie, possession Of all
the conquered territory, and the coast was
closely blockaded
From the .Ness Orleans Pieayu,e. May g.
LATEST FROM THE BRAZOs.
Rumored Defeat Of COL Domiphun-C Court
Martial upon Gen. Lane and COL BoUies-
The proceedings and finding efthe Court
.Nss0s from Durango Preparations for the
Departure IF Gen. Cadratader's Command
for Vsra Cruz, Sc. &c.
The U. s. steamship Trumbull, Capt S,o,es.
bury, arrived last evening from the Brazos,
whence she sailed on the 18th inst The fol.
lowing passengers came over on the Trum.
bull: Capt A. B. Lansing. Assistant Quarter
master. U. S..A.; Capt. E. Webster and ser.
want, and Capt. Crowinshield, Mass. Volun
teers; Capt. Claiborne, Of the U. 8. steamer
Colonel Cross; Lieut. Frost of,he Voltigeurs;
Father McElroy, Chaplain U. S. Army; Mr..
Coolidge, Mass. Volunteers; Mr.. Field, Mrs
Reed. and SO deck passengers mostly dischar.
sed volunteers. Capts. Lansing. Webster and
Crowninshield return TO the United States for
short time for the benefit of their health.
Quite the most important intelligence BY
this arrival concerns the safety Of Col. Doni-
phan's command. According to the letter OF
our correspondent. dated the Sd instant, from
Monterey, the most grave apprehensions
were entertained in regard 10 that command.
The rumor was, as will be seen by that letter,
to which we refer, that Col. ID. had been de-
.eated by the Mexicans and lost all his artile-
~. We are greatly in hopes that this will
prove to be a mere Mexican rumor, and we
are encouraged in this hope by the fac, that
the Picket Guard, published at Salsilo on the
81, makes no mention Of the rumor,1 and an
ncipates the speedy arrival Of Col. Doniphan
and his command at that place.
BY this arrival we learn that Brig. Gen.
Cadwalader is torthseith to proceed with his
command excepting the dragoons.) now en-