Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-08-25
From the N. O. Delta, of the 18th.
Late from Vera Cruz and the BRACES,

FROM the ~. y. Delta, of the 1lth.
Late from Vera Cruz and the BrazOS.
The Y. >. steamship Telegraph, Capt
w llson, arrived here last evening. She
left Vera Cruz on the ID inst. and Brazos
on the 7th. We received by her no let.
ters, She brought US the Sun of Anahuac
ct the day other sailing-one day later
and the Matamoras Flag, of the 4th inst.
The Vera Cruz paper of the Sd inst,
contains not single item of news from the
interior, and very little news of any de-
scription.
The steamship Orleans, from this CITY,
arrived there on the I'd. In speaking of
Capt. Fairchild's company Of mounted
men, from this city, at Vera Cruz, the
Sun Of Anahuac says:
''We regret to learn that Capt. Fair.
child did not receive the equipments for his
company before leaving New Orleans, and
that he cannot get them here. We think.
however, that this will soon be remedied.''
A bearer of dispatches from our Govern.
ment to Gen. Scott arrived at Vera Cruz
in the New Orleans. The steamships
Mary Kingsland and Orleans left Vera
Cruz on the Sd instant for Tampico, for
the purpose Of procuring cargo Of mules
for the Quartermaster's Department, at the
former place.
The news from Gen. Taylor's column
indicates an advance movement. The
Matamoras Flag, Of the 14th inst, says.
ADVANCE UPON SAN LUIs.-From Ma
jor Arthur, formerly Quartermaster at
Ceralvo, we learn that General Wool has
received orders to proceed with the advance
of Gen. Taylor's column, on the Goth inst
I In the direction of Encarnacion, some 90
leagues from Buena Vista, where he will
establish depot, into which three months
rations will be thrown The army will
then advance upon San Luis, and commu.
nication be opened with Tampico or Tux.
pan, from whence supplies will thereafter
be received. All the mules, and other
means transportation, have been ordered
above, and activity prevails throughout the
whole department.
From our young friend, Mr.. Dapont,
who came passenger in the Telegraph from
Matamoras, we learn that Major Cross.
man, Quartermaster at Camargo, received
imperative orders on the 29th ult., to have
all the necessary supplies and means ol
transportation in Monterey by the Goth
inst. Four hundred wagons, as part oil
those means, have been Forwarded on from
the Brazos.
The following items are from the Mata'
naoras Flag:
Robbery, rape, and hanging, appear tc
be the order of the day among the ran
cheros in the neighborhood at Matamoras
A few days ago q party Of robbers went te
the house of Mexican in the country
and while few of them amused themsel
YES by hanging the man, the rest perpe
tratsd the two first named crimes. Their,
are bands of lawless, desperate Mexican
prowling about our vicinity, whom it woult
be we'll for our scouting parties to look for
The hanged Mexican was not much hurt
the object Of his tortures being more t.
4 divert his attention from what the other.
were doing, more than any thing else. s'
A Mexican force, we learn, was recent
ly despatched to the neighborhood of Parras
to destroy theecrops of corn, &C., in tina
region. The resident Mexicans after ap
plying to Gen. Taylor for assistance, col
lected in force and themselves drove off tn.
destructives. There can be no doubt tina
the people of Tamaulipas would gladly
erect theirs into an independent State wer,
the thing possible. Their miserable, ever
changing government, not only taxes them
exhorbitantly, but refuses them protection
from the robbers within, and from the ag
gressions Of the Indians without, their lin
its. They have more than once attempted
to cut loose from the central Government
but found they possessed not the physica
means. 1
Ono 'REGIMENr.-This regiment wa
reviewed an inspected on Saturday even
ing last, by Col. Davenport, and the result
we learn, was in every way pleasing to tn
Colonel. For the short space of time tn
regiment has been organized, we do no
think one ever entered Mexico that per
formed better, or gave fairer promise Of use
fulness to the service than does this.