The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-04-04

AFFAIRS IN GIN TAYLoR's CAMP.

Inc schooner Southerner, Capt. Goodspeed arrived
Yesterday morning from the Brazos having loft the
10Th inst Maj Coffee, Of the Paymaster's Department
and Mr. Thos Crittanden who acted as volunteer aid
to Gen. Taylor In the late battles, passengers
her the latter bearing dispatches from Gen Taylor to
; the Government
Gen. Taylor ut Last accounts only held Satio and
Buena Vista but was himself quietly encamped Mt Aqua
Nueva-just before occupied by Santa Anna The Mex
lean had been alarmed BY report that Gen Patterson
was moving from Tampico upon San Luis He needed
some pretsxt of the kind to cover his retreat
letter has been received in the city from Gen Tay
or, dated the LIST inst from Aqua Nueva lie writes
that his had been harrasscd with fatigues
the week previous and his horses were 40 completely
broken that he had been unable to pursue the en-
envy whom he supposes to have retreated towards Sal
tio We learn from Major Coffee that Lieut. sturgis-
who had been taken prisoner by the Mexicans on the
10th ult and was subsequently acknowledgements
that Santa Anna had fallen back to Incarnation, and
retrcated further under the prctext giving up
the accommodates of the place to his wounded Ii
was several days after the battle when Lieut. s. in
lncarnacion. Gen Taylor when he heard of Santa
Anna being there, despatched Col Bclknap with five
hundred men thither, But the bird had Town.
We have been allowed to letters authentic
source dated the ID inst, from Monterrey They gave
the deporabe picture Of the destitution and de-
reached us Their situation il such that they must
fight starve, or retreat. They cannot be brought
vaton and Santa Anna and the army which remains to
him are actually retrcating! The only doubt is to
the route he will pursue Some have that he
Will go to Mexico by the route to Zacatecas account
of the greater facility Of feeding his But the ge-
neral opinion the spot is that he falls back San
Luis for which city he has actually struck his tents
Letters from Monterey Of the I'd further say that 1t
is believed at Salto that Urea and Canalcs have been
ordered by Santa Anna oAvithdraw the other side of
the sierra, and If this be true 1t indicates real alarm
on the part of Santa Anna FOR the safety Of San Luis
1t is stated the best authority that cabals and
other symptoms Of insubordinaton beginning to
show themselves in his army and officers predict his
speedy DOWNFALL to be followed shortly by pcacethey
believing that other man IN Mexico rally around
him the leaders in the army and other aspirants for
power.
One letter speaks of Gen Taylors latest and most
astonishing victory being surprise to the Mexicans
which will inspire them with degree of awe towards
lin furth ar
contest
Before Santa Anna retreated from Aqua Nueva he
sent in message to Gen Taylor in substance fol-
lows That he should fight him again, but that he
should select field better calculated to display and
he (Santa Anna) was whpped-that he Santa Anna)
knew that he beaten and therefore, Gen advised
him to send In proposals for surrender they should
be promptly and favorably considered.
That the above messages were exchanged substantially
assured by letter from Monterey Of late date
and from most respectable source.
Some OF the Mexican prisoners made by declared
that they had not tasted food in three days. thai the
situation OF the army was such that 1t could not hold
together four days longer unless relieved.
We annex very interesting letter from Paymaster
B. Butler, with copy Of which we have been mos
ltely favored -
MoNrREr, March 8, 1877
have no doubt Of the dissolution of Santa Anna's
army morally and physically and there will be more
hitting in this region, If there be anywhere.
Just twelve hours after had sent my second express
with Mexican giving him my best horse and 500 to 90
TO Camargo we received from above intelligence from
Gen Santa Anna is really to DO ptied His men are
wrcched set He had twice, during the battle to inter-
pose his lanccrs to prevent deserton and thew shot
down so at each time before he could prevent the
fight of his infantry The information from pri
soners who deserted exchanged and came in
to Gen Taylor's camp. They report that Santa Anna
Is destitute of all kinds of provisions that cannot
keep them together.
Santa Anna expected an easy victory His army was
told that the Americans had abundance provisions
day of the battle and take their supper Mt our
his Is from reports OF persons taken officers well
Respectfully SC,
J. B. BUTLER, r. NJ, u A
All are curious to know the extent Of the loss of the
Mcxicans in the battles The Mexcans do not know
have convcrscd with gentlemen who should be ~ well in
formed as any None of them down that oss at
none OF them would be surprised were it four thousand
or forty-fvc hundred The slaughter awful The
American loss was not less than seven hundred
hundred aud fifty.
Maj Coffee tells that he heard nothing of the Fo-
reign Legion" in Santa Anna's army, but he mentions
that two desertcrs from made prisoners by our
army and Gen Taylor them both back to the enc
my They were foreigners.
Of the prisoners We took from the Mexicans none
were OF higher rank than Of Gen Torreon's aids
put we took enough to get back all the party Of Majs
Gaines and Borland-oficers and men.
Col Curtis, of the Ohio regiment has had no action
with Urea urrea attacked the train with which Mr.
Crittenden and Major Coffee down near Cerralyo
His force was 1900 cavalry against about 400 troon,
under Col Giddings The train consisted of 200 wagons
OF which 90 were DESTROYED it being extended far
nearly two milcsthat the whole could not be protect
ed Urea was routed with loss of forty men, while
we lost three soldiers and ten twelve tcamsters II
believed that Urea has fallen back to Victora
Three Mexican generals were in this fight two Of whom
are said to have been woundedonc in the hand and
Col. Curtis at Ccrravo on the 18th with his own
regiment and some Of the Virginia companies who have
arrived on the Rio Grandc.
The last train which down, saw the remains of
the teomsters who were cut of by Canales weeks
before lying by the road side From that they
never passed rancho the route without burning IT,
they swept every thing before them Communications
are now considered safe for companies as large as fifty
men.
The I'd Mississippi Rihcmcn left Matamoras on the 9TH
instant Tor Monterey, as we learn from the Flag This
$50 men, it now numbers $50 They have lost I35 by
death alone, and fifty are now sick The eager
for q fight.
Some Virginia and North Carolina companies were NJ
Natamoras on the l7th awaiting the arrival of the
of their regiments.
have been recently snaggcd and lost in tho Rio Grandc
Machinery and engines will be saved the bulls
Wc' conclude this long summary by stating the
authority Of Major Coffee that General Taylor Is shortly
expected at Monterey and Camargo and very probably
now in one of those places
MONTEREY Marcia
think shall not have an occasion to trouble you
again think that the late battle and triumph will be
peace-conquerns victory and that this letter will
close my correspondence in relation to It,
Messrs. Crttcnden and Coffee will leave Immediately
with the official dispatches and this will accompany
TIE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
The following completes the list of the killed and
wounded at Buena Vista We find in the New Orleans
Doita was not sent with tho dispatches General
Taylor
The KENTUCKY CAVALRY
RHed.-Adjutant f.. NJ. Vaughan
Company A, billiards. sergeant D. j. Lillard, Pri-
Yates Lewis Sanders A. J. Martin
Company b. .(Price's) -Privatcs j. d. Miller, b. War
Company c. Clilam's )-Privatcs James Session. John
Sander John Ellingwood
Yates D. r. Rogers, w McClintock J. pomcro WIS
Company r., Boards -Prvates A. q. Morgan, G. |
Jones' VIM. Tevarts, N Ramey, II. Carly w. w. Bales
Company +, Qcnning tons )Privatcs H. Danforth j. |
&. Martin u. Rouston, NJ. Roulin John Ross, H. F.
Lilly.
Company q, (Clays Private Thos. Wright.
Company II, UIcady sc. B. Thompson
Company J. (Marshall SIC b. Dcmpst
Reorganization ef Kiied.-Commssioned officer.
Non commissioned officers. ...,.........
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