Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-01-13
From The N. o. Delta. Dec. IG.

!FsSSfS JSS'siu"s, 10 LOU conversation
Win Doctor Wilson, al CD Wood's Texa.
hahgers. lie arrived he e ON The steam.
snip Alahama, OF Moaday evening, ard is
one OF he last persons lon Monterey
aaVihg let there on The 2o;h uli. Sick
less was alaiin; IN the camp, and tie
wounded generally speaking, we,e rapidly
recovering. Gen. Butter was anon.
,hcse whose corsalesence was mos, slow.
zen. Worlh, with about 1900 mem, was at
oailiio, where lie found very comfortable
duafe 8. BY lie way, good story is TOLL
"i old "kough and K, ady," who accom-
pan'ed Gen, Worih's Brigade TO SaIlllo,
u connection With the march inlo place
as lhey app e-ched Within few miles Of
u, they were met by courier from The
Aicade, or chef governoi of The city, who
presented 70 The General very fofmda.
bile Looking despatch.
a halt Mas called, and the Generals in
ierpreler was ordered 10 give translation
OF The document. 1t opened tn an en-
pos ulaton of The injustice of the war on
the part OF the Ame icans-aIleged TIA? il
was prosecuted Cor the purposes Of con.
quest, raplne end plunder- protested a
ga ms! The further advance ofthe Generals
torces-threa'ened him with The ,e,ribu>
ton ihai mus follow, and-bu, the Con
erai stopped The translator in the middle of
| a sentence. with" Are you through. sirP,,
No" was the reply, II have no, red
half Of it, yeln'
%, III hear no moe Of it, said The
General; 'March!' He ordered the bug er
TO sound the advance, and again The col.
umn was in motion
The humber Of men fiji for active du.v
at Monterey at the present tine is abon,
io~o. VI these, one regiment is quar-
tered in the ciy--he renal ,der are on.
camped at the Walnut Spr ngs.
From he representations which Dr. WI
son makes TO US. General Taylor cannot
advance with his force from Sal,il,o TO
San Luis Potosi. The Mexicans. in their
retreat, performed the march at a great
sacr fee of lie; the Americans cannoI az.
complIsh it-h ST, because the eremv
would let the water out of the tanks. and
thus deprive them Of this necessary Gle.
ment OF existence; next because thew COLD
find no provis ons on the wav--a di s,ance
OF $50 m les--ahd, because il would amn,,n,
TO an almost absolute lmpossibil;y to con-
vey the necessary storage and provisions
over tae mounla MS in the line indicated -
There would SEEM to lie no probability,
then, that Junction can be formed with
the two wings of our army al San LUIS Po-
tosi-the one marching from Tampico, the
other tfom Monterey and Sdltillo-which
report has been saying, is 10 be the move
ment.
A report circulated along the Rio Gran.
de, that Santa Anna had challenged Gen.
| Taylor TO meet him with 81, 900 men, in
pitched battle, between SanLus Potosi and
Salllllo. "Rough and Ready" replied,
that so soon as he should have 10000 ef-
ficient men under his command, he would
meet him anywhere, whatever might be
the streng h Of his forces.
A few days before Doctor Wilson left
Monterey, an express arrived there from
General Wool a, Mouclova. Ii is not his
present purpose 10 join General Taylor
la This decs on he is guided by the ins,ruc-
lions or ADVICE nf The latte" C"ia.,~i L.
ney and bis dragons arc at chihuahua, IN
to which they marched without firing
gun. Indeed hey were cod ally weicom.
ed, and got from the au hortics deceL.
'bow out' into the barg in.
The regullr army at Monterey conduct
themselves with great oder aud reg ulasity,
not so, always, with The volunteers. They
and the Mckee 100 often Ct into
difficulties, and homlcides follow On tho
dly before Doctor w. left the camp, tho
body Of mombeT of the Louisville LIE.
glon was found in pos ton which showed
that he bad been murIeytd d. His COM
rade5 Lur.ed him, and the next day, he
Doctor heard, when he reached Cana go,
they sailed out ard Killed satcral Mex
cans. lie further heard that FOR this. Gen.
Taylor had ordered them back from tho
camp, with strong reprimand, either TO
:. Lanarcs or Camargo. he 4Ih regiment
Of Illinois volunteers, which had tDarche d
from Camarg 10 Maamolas, on their way
to lamp co, were ordered back, probably
TO take the pace Of the Ken ucky Legion,
or possibly TO repel some threatened at
tack on Camargo. Whatever The motive,
they were, AT leSet, ordered 10 counter
march fom Ma.amoras. Tie report al
None was, hat Gen Ampuda bad be en-
hi, d by military court, Al San Luis P"to
g., sor his conduct al Moniercy, AM ord.E-
cd to be sho !