Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-07-16
-ITEsT NEWS FROMMExIC,O.
From the N. q. Picayuns, July 6.
FROM THE ARMY OF GEN. TAYLOR

FROM Ihe N w. TlCdyuuSS IAhJ W
FROM THE ARMY OF GEN. TAYLOR
The U. S. steamer Fashion, Capt. Ivy, ar
rived Yesterday from BraZos Santiago, with
about fifty discharged soldiers and teamsters
Bv this arrival, we have our correspondence
from Monterey to the goth ult., and the Mat
ofnoras Flag of the 3Oth. The following pas
,.nocrs came over on the Fashion: Mr. J. B
Bioelow. T.. w. Webster, Capt J. Adams, and
Nc Tryon. Capt Adams is in charge of
two men who are said to have deserted from
the American army just prior 10 the battle of
Buena Vista Their names are Isaac McField
and Christian Reath.
From the Flag we learn that Brig General
Hopping, then at Matamoras, was to proceed
Immediately to Mier to superintend the forma-
ton of Camp of Instruction for the troops
now OH the Rio Grande and to arrive. The
Flag gives the following account OF the troops
TO go into camp.
The 10th (Col. Tibba:tS's) regiment, entire,
is now at Can,argo and will be the first at the
camp. Two companies Of the 18th Colonel
Echols'sr regiment passed up the river on
Monday; one company is in Fort Paroles,
where it will remain for the present and two
more are.at the BrazoS, expected up The 9th.
er FIVE companies of this regiment are vet tc
arrive. The 10th regiment, (Col. Temples,
complete, is in camp at this place, and will re-
o move to the Camp of instruction when reev,
ed by the Illinois troops, understood TO be or
the way out. The battalion of 81 Dragons
now here, are under orders to remove 10 the
camp, but their march is delayed IN cOnse
quence of the non arrival of horses.
In addition to the troops above mentioned
the following forces, raised and to be raised
under the recent call for volunteers, and as
signed to Gen. Taylor, will enter Gen. Hop
pings school at Mier az fast as they arrive:
One regiment of infantry from Indiana ant
one from Ohio one battalion Give companies
from New Jersey one battalion Give do
from Delaware and Maryland one battalion
five do.) from Alabama; one company of foo
from Florida four companies OF horse iron
Illinois, Arkansas, Ohio and Alabama /; twt
companies of foot from Virginia, and one com
panY from North Carolina.
The troops will be exercised in their studio
at this school under Col. Belknap, and wheI
they shall have passed through course O
instruction under him, they will be fully pre-
pared to fight under Gen. Taylor's invincibl
banner
The troops quartcred al NIatamoras, abou
400 in number, were to have been receive
on the 1st inst, by Col. Davenport, the com
mandant
Mai. Ben. McCulloch and his re1 had bee
for some days quartered at Matamoras. Tn
men were enlisted for six months, and tn
Major has gone up to see if they could be re
ccived. We regret to hear that the Major
in bad health
The Flag has a report communicated by lie
teE-in which, by-theway, it puts no faith
that a scouting party of Gen. Wool had bee
cut off near Encarnacion, and all but one ma
killed or made prisoners. The letter turtle
said that Gen. Wool was expecting an attacl
The letter is dated June 10th. Had there bee
any truth in its reports, they would have bee
noticed by our correspondent, writing ten day
later from Monterey.